A pure python3 implementation of skywatcher synscan motor protocol. Tested on SkyWatcher AZ-GTI mount and open-synscan project (https://github.com/vsirvent/Open-Synscan)
SkyWatcher made some of their code public in (https://github.com/skywatcher-pacific/skywatcher_open) even a C# !WinForm python interpreter application exist. See (https://code.google.com/archive/p/skywatcher/wikis/Programmable.wiki) but, been a special interpreter, python integration is limited. This project try to fill this gap.
From sources:
git clone https://github.com/nachoplus/pysynscan.git python3 setup.py install
From pip:
pip install synscan
Code sample:
import synscan '''Goto example''' smc=synscan.motors() #Synchronize mount actual position to (0,0) smc.set_pos(0,0) #Move forward and wait to finish smc.goto(30,30,synchronous=True) #Return to original position and exit without wait smc.goto(0,0,synchronous=False)
More code examples are in examples directory.
Several CLI (command lines interface) are provided:
synscanGoto 32 10 synscanTrack 0 1 synscanStop synscanWatch synscanSync 10 12 synscanSwitch 1
See the full documentation [https://nachoplus.github.io/pysynscan]