Hi Peter
Thanks for the reply.
sx test result below, I`m no expert but it looks like a usb fault
sx_ccd_test version 1.6
sxList: 'LodeStar' [0x1278, 0x507] found
sxList() -> 1
testing LodeStar
sxOpen: libusb_open -> OK
sxOpen: libusb_claim_interface -> LIBUSB_ERROR_BUSY
sxOpen() -> 0
sxGetCameraModel: libusb_control_transfer -> LIBUSB_ERROR_IO
sxGetCameraModel() -> 0
sxGetCameraParams: libusb_control_transfer -> LIBUSB_ERROR_IO
sxGetCameraParams(..., 0,...) -> 0
sxSetTimer: libusb_control_transfer -> LIBUSB_ERROR_IO
sxSetTimer(900) -> 0
sxGetTimer: libusb_control_transfer -> LIBUSB_ERROR_IO
sxGetTimer() -> 0
sxClearPixels: libusb_control_transfer -> LIBUSB_ERROR_IO
sxClearPixels(..., 0) -> 0
sxLatchPixels: libusb_control_transfer -> LIBUSB_ERROR_IO
sxLatchPixels(..., 0, ...) -> 0
sxReadPixels: libusb_control_transfer -> LIBUSB_ERROR_IO
sxReadPixels() -> 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
sxClose: libusb_close
sxClose()
cheers
Steve