User requests support for binning.

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Hello, 
I use regularly PHG guiding (with sequence generator pro) and I appreciate this 
software, thank you for sharing your job. 
I have a little question : why PHD guiding does not support binning ?, I thing 
this feature could be useful, specially with modern sensors with small pixel. 
Binning could improve the sensitivity and the pixel size of this sensor for a 
more comfortable guiding specially when OAG is used. For example I have a 
QHY5l-II camera which have 3,75µ pixels, using binning give about 7µm/pixel 
that is correct but whit a great increase in sensitivity. The new ascom driver 
for this camera support now the binning and it is a little frustrating that 
this function is not supported by PHD. 
Can we hope to see the binning implemented in the future version of PHD guiding?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by br...@boneheads.us on 16 Jul 2013 at 3:14

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Hi.

I use a lodestar autoguider, with a mount that is not as perfect as I'd like, 
my seeing is better than the mounts wanderings.  This means I get best 
performance by 'chasing the seeing' and go for fast guiding.

The issue with the old Phdguide is that by downloading in 1x1 it takes about 
200ms, by downloading in 2x2 we should be closer to 50ms, which is a big 
difference on 0.5second guide frames.  I'm using an OAG on a 1500mmfl so can 
afford 'big pixels', in fact this would give me pixels about 3x the size of my 
imaging pixels which I believe is close to optimal.

so +1 for binning options please, so long as they are 'hardware binning'..  at 
least on the lodestar.

thanks for the great code so far.

Original comment by derek.wo...@gmail.com on 26 Sep 2013 at 3:54

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+1... i suggest to implemant binning. this is very best for Adaptatives Optic

Original comment by ftapiss...@gmail.com on 17 Oct 2013 at 8:33

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Issue 41 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by andy.gal...@gmail.com on 8 Jan 2014 at 5:16

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Original comment by andy.gal...@gmail.com on 4 Aug 2014 at 2:17

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