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- 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
- ASCOM Master Interfaces
Chapter 2 Introduction to Master Interfaces This is intended to be our master generic document or the ASCOM interfaces The interface specifications are written using language and OS independent syntax For more information
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- ASCOM Platform Developer Components (For Platform 6. 6SP2) - Standards
ASCOM Platform Developer Components (For Platform 6 6SP2) Use the Check for Updates facility of the Platform (in the Windows Start menu under ASCOM Platform) to make sure you have the latest versions of the developer components Also see the Additional Tools page for more developer tools (such as the Conformance Checker) not included in the Platform Developer Components
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