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 …

This page lists items that the ASCOM Initiative has made available for download. The ASCOM Platform is required for most of the drivers and other components. It contains a set of common …

1. What are ASCOM, Alpaca, and ASCOM COM? ASCOM is the general name for enabling technology based on universal connectivity between astronomy apps/programs and the …

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 …

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.

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.

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.

If you have a problem with an app or a device that uses ASCOM or Alpaca, the first place to go for help is the app or device maker. With the above in mind, feel free to communicate with us on …

This tool performs a comprehensive set of tests on a driver to determine its conformance with the relevant ASCOM interface standard. It also tests some aspects of driver behavior against the …