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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
Telescope Mount Drivers - ASCOM - Standards FEATURED AlpacaScope - SkyFi to Alpaca Gateway (cross-platform) This is a cross-platform program (Linux, Mac, and PC) that emulates Simulation Curriculum's SkyFi device to allow their SkySafari Plus and SkySafari Pro Apps to use Alpaca to talk to any ASCOM compatible telescope plugged into a Windows PC (by way of ASCOM Remote) No physical SkyFi needed Of course AlpacaScope provides direct
Version 7. 0 - ascom-standards. org In line with previous Platform installers, 7 0 is a cumulative release that contains all enhancements and fixes from previous Platform releases and service packs The Platform environment pre-requisites are listed here Platform Prerequisites
1. About ASCOM and Alpaca - Standards 1 What are ASCOM, Alpaca, and ASCOM COM? 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
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
Applications - Getting Started - ASCOM ASCOM COM Applications (Windows only) If you haven't yet read the section About ASCOM, you should really go there and read it now Knowing the basics and design philosophy can save you time and frustration compared to starting with pre-conceived ideas and ending up frustrated
Developer Samples Sources - ASCOM Alpaca - Standards Alpyca - Python API library for all ASCOM Alpaca universal interfaces Alpyca is a Python 3 7+ library package for app developers who want to access astronomy devices via Alpaca and also devices on Windows (using ASCOM COM, and using ASCOM Remote)