This is where you can get drivers for your astronomy instruments and devices.Some of these astronomy apps are only available for one or the other. The links along the left side lead to the drivers for each device type. If you receive a message that 'Platform 5 is required' then please check carefully that your setup filename is indentical to the one on the web site.ĭon't be tempted to downgrade your Platform install to fix this type of issue, Note: Do not rename downloaded drivers, this may defeat backward compatibility features and might prevent your driver from installing. Please refer to the FAQ for advice or post a message on ASCOM-Talk. If you don't find a driver for your device here, contact the manufacturer and inquire about availability of a driver. An increasing number of manufacturers are shipping drivers with their hardware (see the Projects page).
If they don't have one, suggest to them that they have one developed, as it will greatly enhance the value of their product. See the Advocacy page for some suggestions in this regard. This is where you can get the plug-ins that allow programs such as TheSky and SkyMap Pro to connect to ASCOM Drivers. Note that most programs that use astronomical devices already use ASCOM drivers and thus need no plug-ins. These components are not drivers they are engines that are primarily of interest to developers.
Included are a scriptable positional astronomy engine based on the USNO NOVAS Vector Astrometry package, an orbit engine that can generate ephemerides from orbital elements, and a scriptable deep sky catalog server with over 70,000 object names listed. The most useful item here (under Additional Tools) is the Conformance Checker (written by Peter Simpson). This tool can be used to check many aspects of yor driver against the relevant ASCOM specification.
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