Ascom focuser interface in Title/Summary

CCDSoft ASCOM Focuser Plugin

The FocusAPI plugin provides CCDSoft with the ability to control focusers via their ASCOM standard drivers. With this plugin, you can use focusers not supported internally by CCDSoft but which have ASCOM drivers. Also, some focusers have ASCOM drivers that provide enhanced functionality as compared to that provided with the internal support in CCDSoft.

• Publisher: The ASCOM Initiative
• Home page: ascom-standards.org
• Last updated: October 20th, 2011

ASCOM RoboFocus Focuser Driver

Platform 6 returns to a single installer for the whole platform, removing the need to install an update on top of the core platform and introduces a number of device interface changes to bring consistency to the information available. It also provides new flexibility for client and driver authors to innovate and add their own driver commands without having to release new versions

• Publisher: The ASCOM Initiative
• Home page: ascom-standards.org
• Last updated: April 4th, 2012

ASCOM Platform

ASCOM Platform is a free-to-use astronomy application for Windows OS. ASCOM is many-to-many and language-independent architecture, supported by most astronomy devices which connect to Windows computers. The diagram below shows how ASCOM differs from traditional astronomy instrument control architecture.

• Publisher: Ascom Initiative
• Home page: ASCOM-Standards.org
• Last updated: August 15th, 2017

Ascom focuser interface in Description

HNSKY

Hallo Northern Sky, or HNSKY for short, is a planetarium software tool capable of displaying stars up to magnitude 16 in high-quality graphics. With extensive databases containing data on comets, asteroids, 30,000 deep sky objects and 4.5 million stars, this free application is fully compatible with any telescope connected to an ASCOM-compliant interface.

• Publisher: Han Kleijn
• Home page: www.hnsky.org
• Last updated: March 29th, 2016

EQMOD ASCOMPAD

ASCOMPAD is a free, open source application that provides the ability to control ASCOM compatible Telescope Mounts and Focusers using a standard gamepad. Features: -Focuser operation uses 4 user definable presets to provide different resolutions of movement. -Focuser control can be assigned to buttons or Joystick -Focuser lock to prevent accidental change of focus

• Publisher: EQMOD Project
• Home page: eq-mod.sourceforge.net
• Last updated: February 28th, 2012

POTH

POTH has many useful features such as traffic logging and its own set of "handset" controls for the telescope, dome, and focuser. There is a detailed help file for POTH, accessible from the Start menu, ASCOM Platform, Scope/Dome hubs. It also has a "quiet" mode which minimizes traffic to and from the driver, useful for ill-behaved driver/controller combinations that might have timing issues

• Publisher: Jon Brewster
• Home page: ascom-standards.org
• Last updated: February 29th, 2012

TheSky ASCOM Plugin

The TeleAPI plugin provides TheSky X and TheSky 6 with the ability to control telescopes via their ASCOM standard drivers. With this plugin, you can use telescopes not supported internally by TheSky but which have ASCOM drivers. Also, some telescopes have ASCOM drivers that provide enhanced functionality as compared to that provided with the internal support in TheSky.

• Publisher: The ASCOM Initiative
• Home page: ascom-standards.org
• Last updated: March 2nd, 2011

ScopeDome Dome USB Driver

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.

• Publisher: ScopeDome
• Last updated: November 15th, 2011

Additional Ascom focuser interface selection

FocusPal

You have many choices on software to use with your FCUSB. You can use any third-party software that supports the ASCOM Focuser standard, or you can use FocusPal from Shoestring Astronomy. It is a stand-alone program that allows you to control the speed of your focus motor, and to run the motor in and out. It is free and can be downloaded using the link found below.

• Publisher: Shoestring Astronomy
• Last updated: October 26th, 2010

RoboFocus

The RoboFocus is a remote focus driver to be installed on your existing focus mechanism. RoboFocus provides digital control and feedback of the focus position using a stepping motor controlled by a microprocessor. The user sends commands from his computer to the RoboFocus to move the focus, and receives back digital position information.

• Publisher: Technical Innovations, Inc.
• Last updated: March 8th, 2011

ASCOM Video SDK

ASCOM Video SDK can be installed as an SDK that contains the COM interfaces, an IVideo simulator and a client video software with source code in C# .NET. It demonstrates how to use a video driver to render and record a video and to control a video camera.

• Publisher: Hristo Pavlov
• Home page: www.hristopavlov.net
• Last updated: February 10th, 2014

Photoshop Interface Assistant

Photoshop Interface Assistant helps you get maximum available screen space for design while using Adobe Photoshop. It hides all the floating palettes and toolbars of Photoshop until you need to use them. Photoshop Interface Assistant offers a solution to overcome the conflict between more screen space and work continuity.

• Publisher: GoldSolution Software, Inc.
• Last updated: October 28th, 2011

AWS Command Line Interface

The AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) is a unified tool to manage your AWS services. With just one tool to download and configure, you can control multiple AWS services from the command line and automate them through scripts. The AWS CLI introduces a new set of simple file commands for efficient file transfers to and from Amazon S3.

• Publisher: Amazon Web Services, Inc.
• Home page: aws.amazon.com
• Last updated: October 28th, 2015

Microsoft Captions Language Interface Pack

The Microsoft Captions Language Interface Pack (CLIP) is a simple language translation solution that uses tooltip captions to display results. Use CLIP as a language aid, to see translations in your own dialect, update results in your own native tongue or use it as a learning tool.

• Publisher: Microsoft Corporation
• Last updated: July 21st, 2010

ASCOM Celestron Telescope Driver

nstalls a driver for telescope control systems that speak the Merlin Controls Astronomy Command Language. Please note that there is a specific driver for the COMSOFT PC-TCS control system below. Version 6.0.1 corrects a COM port setup bug, and has sources for building under Platform 6.

• Publisher: Chris Rowland
• Last updated: April 25th, 2014

Lenovo System Interface Driver

Lenovo System Interface Driver works as the programming and data interface which is commonly used for Lenovo drivers, utilities and application programs for Microsoft Windows 7/8.

• Publisher: Leader Technologies/Lenovo
• Home page: support.lenovo.com
• Last updated: January 30th, 2011

SD-Test Unit Interface

Air circuit breakers can be used both as circuit-breakers for general protection (of plants, of user complexes, of electric lines) and as protection circuit breakers of electrical machines (generators, motors, transformers, capacitors). All the SACE Emax circuit-breakers except for Emax X1.

• Publisher: ABB
• Home page: www.abb.com
• Last updated: June 7th, 2008

Dolby Advanced Audio V2 User Interface Driver for Windows 7

Dolby Advanced Audio V2 User Interface Driver for Windows 7 is a suite of audio technologies that enables a PC to deliver a crisp, clear cinematic surround sound experience over its built-in speakers. The package enables you to easily access and see the Dolby application features. It also adds clarity to sound from headphones.

• Publisher: Dolby Laboratories Inc
• Home page: support.lenovo.com
• Last updated: January 13th, 2014