![]() ![]() Which I must disencourage just for now, because the protocol is very new and changes may arise, although I will try not to introduce changes.Īnyway you can work on any platform, with any compiler, any telescope library and any license in order to implement your telescope server. You can eigther use the stellarium telescope library (license LGPL) for communicating with stellarium, or write your own TCP code, PS: when you want to have support for other telescope types, a telescope server program must be made. Now when you start one or more versions of stellarium, you will be able to goto the selected object by pressing -1 and. That stellarium will not show the telescopes current position - which is unknown anyway - but instead an interpolated position of 500000 microseconds (=0.5 seconds) ago. If you run the telescope server on a different machine, you must replace localhost with the name of this machine. Of course you must have read/write permissions for /dev/ttySXXX. > TelescopeServerLx200 10001 /dev/ttyS1 & > TelescopeServerLx200 10000 /dev/ttyS0 & Start two telescope servers on your linux box for your two Lx200 Telescopes attached to /dev/ttyS0 and /dev/ttyS1, the TCP ports 1001 will be used: You will then be able to control your telescopes with stellarium. Also the telescope server is capable of serving many stellarium programs.įor each of your telescopes (if you have more than one) you must start a different telescope server. Keep in mind that the telescope server can - but does not have to - run on the same machine as stellarium. ![]() So if you have a Linux box to run your telescope server, and an Lx200, you are welcome to test the new feature. ![]() In the cvs module telescope_server you will find sources for a Dummy telescope server ( nix+WIN32) and for a Meade Lx200 telescope (nix only) If you are capable of compiling current cvs stellarium, you will get the ability to communicate with the external telescope server. Do not get overexcited: telescope control works with an external telescope server. I have committed telescope control in stellarium current CVS.
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