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 …

Download Center 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 …

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 …

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 …

This section contains downloadable documentation for ASCOM, both Alpaca and COM, as well as conceptual documents that cover both. These documents cover ASCOM theory, ASCOM …

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.

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.

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 …

The ASCOM Platform depends on Microsoft technology that is included in Windows 7, 10, and 11, but is not enabled by default. Here's what you need to do before installing the ASCOM Platform:

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 …