ScopeDome Driver is a dome driver’s software compatible with Ascom standard and dedicated for ScopeDomeUSB cards, cooperatating with most popular models of telescopes and sky atlases. It allows to run a fully automated observational sessions. In addition, the driver allows to power and control four devices such as a observatory telescope, a CCD camera, lighting and ventilation.
Main Features:
- closing and opening the observation shutter
- turning a dome round in any selectet direction
- GoTo function to any selected azimuthal position
- setting tracking accuracy of the telescope
- choosing the time at which the position of the telescope will be updated
- synchronization of the dome’s movement with the telescope
- stopping the dome’s rotation at any time
- semi–automatic synchronization of the dome with the movement of the sky for visual observations
- setting the dome in Home position
- setting the dome in any specified Park position
- measurment and display azimuthal position of the dome
- telescope position display
- OnTop – maintaining the program window over the windows of other applications
- three sizes of the interface
- graphic information about the state of the dome
- defining names of the controlled devices
- switching on and off any device
- switching on and off of observatory with a single button
- Home and shutter position sensors
- the possibility of independent dome control through the remote control
- remote comtrol of the dome via internet
Requirements:
- Microsoft WindowsXP Service Pack 2
- Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5
- ASCOM Platform 5.0
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