The ASCOM Initiative provides an extensive set of tools, libraries, templates, samples, and documentation to help developers get started. The focus is on C# and Python, both are modern, high …

The ASCOM Platform is required for most of the drivers and other components. It contains a set of common interfaces, engines, and tools that are used to support most ASCOM drivers and other …

If you want to learn about ASCOM, including why it exists, what it does for astronomy technology, its computing and design roots, and where it's going in the future, this is where to go.

This ASCOM driver allows the use of a variety of commercial and homebrew passive encoder-based digital setting circles systems with any Windows software that supports the ASCOM standard.

ASCOM is the general name for enabling technology based on universal connectivity between astronomy apps/programs and the devices they use. ASCOM has thus opened up astronomy …

ASCOM brought a standardized ecosystem to astronomy in 1998. Now you can start to learn about the environment and design elements of ASCOM. Continue to 1. Overview of ASCOM.

The following script, written in the JScript language, shows how simple it is to control a telescope using ASCOM/COM on Windows. We use the Telescope Simulator, part of the ASCOM Platform.

This is our master implementation- and platform-neutral ASCOM interface specifications for Platform 7, with FAQ enhancements. This is the definitive reference for the various device interface (patterns) …

ASCOM (both COM and Alpaca) is a many-to-many universal interfacing system with no dependence on any software or central server. Alpaca is cross-platform, COM is Windows-only.

Most of the driver developer tools are now contained within the ASCOM Platform, with driver templates and the ASCOM Cross Platform Library now hosted on NuGet. Driver developers are strongly …