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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 Download Center This page lists items that the ASCOM Initiative has made available for download 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 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 ASCOM (both COM and Alpaca) is a many-to-many universal interfacing system with no dependence on any software or central server Alpaca is cross-platform, COM is Windows-only
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
Camera Video Drivers - ASCOM 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
ASCOM COM Developers Most of the driver developer tools are now contained within the ASCOM Platform, with driver templates and the ASCOM Cross Platform Library now hosted on NuGet Driver developers are strongly encouraged to use those tools