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ASCOM - Standards for Astronomy If you want more info on why ASCOM was created and how ASCOM (Alpaca and COM) works, see the About Alpaca and ASCOM section It tells the story in pictures Otherwise proceed to the section that addresses the reason you came here, in the orange menu on the left
Download Center - ASCOM - Standards As of August 2022, we no longer host drivers here Drivers formerly hosted here have been moved to the ASCOM Ghost Legacy Drivers repository on GitHub Download Center This page lists items that the ASCOM Initiative has made available for download
Documentation Center - ASCOM - Standards Alpaca: Alpaca API Reference V9 (May 2023) NOTEWORTHY This document is the technical reference for the ASCOM Alpaca APIs and describes how to use them (also available in PDF) Also described is the ImageBytes High Speed Image transfer Protocol, as well as the Alpaca Discovery protocol and some of the fundamental behavioural principles that underly the APIs and their effective exploitation
Camera Video Drivers - ASCOM - Standards ASCOM Video Collection by Video Standard Author (external link) Drivers for video cameras as well as a C# client reference implementation for using video via ACSCOM and some anecdotal info on the 2 year development of this new ASCOM Standard and tools
Frequently Asked Questions - ASCOM Frequently Asked Questions — ASCOM Alpaca and Classic ASCOM COM NOTE: Alpaca is 100% independent of Windows Nowhere in the Alpaca ecosystem is Windows (or COM) needed
Focuser Drivers - ASCOM - Standards Airy Focuser Drive Driver for the Airy Focuser Drive Compatible with William Optics 3 3" Focuser, Takahashi FSQ-106, and Feather Touch 2 5" and 3" Focusers Link to download ASCOM driver is at the bottom of this page
ASCOM Remote Server The Remote Server has two primary uses: To enable astronomy applications to run on a Windows "remote PC" away from the observatory, while astronomy devices are connected to a Windows "observatory PC" that is physically close to the devices to support cabled connections such as serial and USB
DeviceHub - Universal Hub and Analysis Tool - ASCOM ASCOM DeviceHub (replaces the old POTH) DeviceHub is a tool which is supplied as part of the ASCOM Platform It is a powerful tool for both routine use as well as disgnostic testing
Using the Chooser - ASCOM - Standards The code to use the Chooser is simple (set a reference to ASCOM Utilities Chooser for early binding and IntelliSense): Dim chsr as New ASCOM Utilities Chooser ' This will be a Telescope chooser chsr DeviceType = "Telescope" ' Retrieve the ProgID of the previously chosen ' device, or set it to "" scopeProgID = chsr Choose(scopeProgID) ' Maybe save the new telescope choice ProgID here
Developer Tools - ASCOM - Standards Pre-Release Universal Driver Conformance Checker (Alpaca and ASCOM COM) Conform Universal (ConformU) is a cross-platform tool to validate that Alpaca Devices and ASCOM Drivers conform to the ASCOM interface specification