- ASCOM - Standards for Astronomy
The ASCOM Initiative provides an extensive set of tools, libraries, templates, samples, and documentation to help developers get started The focus is on C# and Python, both are modern, high-level, and cross platform
- Download Center - ASCOM
The ASCOM Platform is required for most of the drivers and other components It contains a set of common interfaces, engines, and tools that are used to support most ASCOM drivers and other components
- Documentation Center - ASCOM
If you want to learn about ASCOM, including why it exists, what it does for astronomy technology, its computing and design roots, and where it's going in the future, this is where to go
- Telescope Mount Drivers - ASCOM - Standards
This ASCOM driver allows the use of a variety of commercial and homebrew passive encoder-based digital setting circles systems with any Windows software that supports the ASCOM standard
- 1. About ASCOM and Alpaca
ASCOM is the general name for enabling technology based on universal connectivity between astronomy apps programs and the devices they use ASCOM has thus opened up astronomy software innovation by eliminating the need to write special code for each device
- Motivation for ASCOM
ASCOM brought a standardized ecosystem to astronomy in 1998 Now you can start to learn about the environment and design elements of ASCOM Continue to 1 Overview of ASCOM
- Applications - Getting Started - ASCOM
The following script, written in the JScript language, shows how simple it is to control a telescope using ASCOM COM on Windows We use the Telescope Simulator, part of the ASCOM Platform
- How to Get Support - ASCOM
If you have a problem with an app or a device that uses ASCOM or Alpaca, the first place to go for help is the app or device maker With the above in mind, feel free to communicate with us on the ASCOM Talk Help Forum
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