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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.
Basic 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
The program is distributed under GNU licence together with the source code and
necessary documentation. On the Download
page you will find links to documentation and installation files.
System requirements:
- Microsoft WindowsXP Service Pack 2
- Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5
- ASCOM Platform 5.0
Installing Software
Note: During installation of the driver card must be
disconnected from the computer.
- Download and install the package Net Framework 3.5 from the www.microsoft.com
- Download and install the package ASCOM Platform 5 from the www.ascom–standards.org
- From the menu Drivers on www.ascom-standards.org select and install appropriate driver for your telescope driver
- From the Start Menu select the folder ScopeDomeUSB Dome Driver and from the Install tab run CDM 2.04.06 program,
it installs a virtual COM port needed to support ScopeDomeUSB card.
In the Start Menu a shortcut to the program ScopeDome RollOffRoof USB Driver will
be added. The program installs in the directory: C:\Program Files\Common
Files\ASCOM\Dome\ScopeDome_Dome\
Note: In the Control Panel in Regional and Language Options change
decimal separator to Dot. It is required by the ASCOM
platform version 5.0a, maybe in later versions this bug will be fixed.
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