ST10 XME control protocol

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  1. Rainer kresken

    Rainer kresken Standard User

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    Dear all,

    I like to write a program that controls both my telescope via an ascom interface
    and my St10 XME to monitor a set of variable stars sequentially. For this
    purpose, I need the commands that I have to send through the serial bus in order
    to control the camera and to download files. Do you have these commands and
    could you please provide them to me?

    Kind regards and thanks in advance,

    Rainer Kresken
     
    Rainer kresken, Dec 11, 2020
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  2. Doug

    Doug Staff Member

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    The interface is USB, not serial.

    We do not publish the protocol, but the API is available - the SBIG Universal Driver. It can be downloaded from our web site.

    You could achieve the same result by writing an ASCOM wrapper for the API.
     
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  3. Rainer kresken

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    Thank you! That is precisely what I need!
     
    Rainer kresken, Dec 12, 2020
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  4. Colin Haig

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    You could also buy commercial programs like DC3 Dreams ACP Expert to schedule observations and telescope pointing, and use our MaxIm DL Pro to control the camera. Or you could write scripts to drive MaxIm.
    Details here:
    https://diffractionlimited.com/maxim-dl/
    https://acpx.dc3.com/
    Would probably save you a ton of work.
     
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  5. Rainer kresken

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    Thanks, this is a very interesting option!
     
    Rainer kresken, Dec 12, 2020
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