Green Swamp Server
GSS is an ASCOM telescope driver for mounts that use the Synta protocol. It supports SkyWatcher and Orion mounts, including the EQ8, EQ8-R, HDX110, AZ-EQ5GT, Sirius Pro AZ/EQ-G, AZ-EQ6GT, Orion Atlas Pro AZ/EQ-G, EQ6-R Pro, NEQ6, HEQ5, EQ5, EQ4, AZ-GTi and others.
Features
Mount control
- Autohome process for mounts with home sensors
- Multiple park positions
- Gamepad support
- Full and half current tracking for battery power
- Pole Locator for manual polar alignment
- Connect to a separate ASCOM focuser
- SNAP support
Guiding & tracking
- New Dec guiding alternative
- PEC support for mounts that support PPEC
- PHD2 plotting along with pulse information
- Plotting axis movements to verify tracking
- ChartViewer for viewing plots after sessions
Location & integration
- GPS NMEA support for latitude, longitude and elevation
- CdC push/pull for observatory locations
- 3D model of the mount's position
Troubleshooting & comfort
- Session, error and monitor logs for troubleshooting
- Monitor raw mount commands live
- Built-in simulator for testing
- Synthesized voice commands, or beeps
- No Sleep mode to keep the screensaver off
- Dark and light themes with primary and secondary colors
Developers
- Rob Morgan Author rmorgan001 on GitHub
- Andy Watson Significant contributions Principia4834 on GitHub
GNU General Public 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 gnu.org/licenses.