GSServer - ASCOM Synta/SkyWatcher Mount Driver

GS Server is SkyWatcher ASCOM telescope driver for use with astronomy software and SkyWatcher and Orion mounts. It is built using C#, WPF, and a variation of MVVM.

Download the GSServer installer program at http://www.greenswamp.org/

ScreenShots here https://greenswamp.org/?page_id=857

Features

Autohome process for mount with home sensors
New Dec guiding alternative
PEC support for mounts that support PPEC
GPS NMEA support for lat/long/elevation information
CdC push/pull for Observatory locations
Local DarkSky weather conditions
PHD2 plotting along with pulse information
ChartViewer for viewing plots after sessions
Take and save observing notes
Session, Error, and Monitor logs for troubleshooting
Built in simulator for testing
Synthesized voice commands
No Sleep Mode to keep screensaver off
Monitor raw mount commands live
Gamepad support
3d model representation of mount position
Multiple park positions
Full and half current tracking for battery power source
Theme support with primary and secondary colors
Anti-Backlash for hand controller

Solution Projects

ASCOM.GS.Sky.Telescope - COM/.Net Class Library implementing the ASCOM device interface for V3 telescope driver.
ColorPicker - from another source
GS.ChartViewer - Viewer for the charting data
Principles - Class Library that contains a number of fundamental methods including Coordinates, Conversions, Hi Resoulution dates, Julian dates, Timers, Time, and unit functions.
GS.Utilities - WPF application for troubleshooting GS Server.
GS.Server - ASCOM local server and organizes the view models
GS.Shared - Common code
GS.Simulator - Complete simulator that mimic a synta mount
GS.SkyApi - API for the server
GS.SkyWatcher - Synta codes and mount controls

Built With

Visual Studio 2017 Community edition
.Net Framework 4.6.1
DarkSkyApi for weather information https://darksky.net/dev
Live Charts and Live Charts Geared - for plotting https://lvcharts.net/
Material Design In XAML - https://github.com/MaterialDesignInXAML
SharpDX - gamepad support http://sharpdx.org/
ASCOM platform 6.4 and developer tools
Inno Setup Compiler version 5.5.8 http://www.innosetup.com
Microsoft.Xaml.Behaviors.Wpf
Newtonsoft.Json

Contributing

Please read CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md for details on our code of conduct, and the process for submitting pull requests to us.

If you are contributing to this repository, please first discuss the change you wish to make via issue, email, or any other method with the owners of this repository before making a change.

Please note we have a code of conduct, please follow it in all your interactions with the project.

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md

Authors

Robert Morgan - Initial work - https://github.com/rmorgan001

See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.

Support

Can be found at Groups.io

License

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

Acknowledgments

Hat tip to anyone whose code was used
ASCOM development team
Andrew Johansen & Colm Brazel
SkywatcherEQ8 members at Groups.io

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