StellarNet Black Comet Spectrograph

Downloading StellarNet software for a Windows computer: 

  1. Download the SpectraWiz software.  The version for Windows 10, downloaded on 03/17/2022, is available on the above GitHub repository.  Various versions also available at the StellarNet website: https://www.stellarnet.us/stellarnet-downloads/ (Serial num of Black Comet is 18042612).
  2. Useful instructions from StellarNet are available here: https://www.stellarnet.us/wp-content/uploads/Spectrometer-Installation.pdf Additional steps/notes are:
    1. Step 1: When you execute the file as administrator, the program will say something about PnPutil.exe not being recognized.  That is okay.  Move onto their Step 2. 
    2. Their Step 5: after running the SWUpdatezAP-Install632 script as administrator, you may get an error popup that says something like "run as administrator failed".  This is okay.  See if the StellarNet spectrograph has shown up on the desktop.

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