Notes on tracking mounts
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\section{Camera}
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\label{sec:hardware-camera}
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\index{camera}
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% XXX aravis
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Cameras being evaluated:
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\gls{telescope} mount is a known working solution.
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\index{Sky-Watcher}\index{Ekos}
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\gls{Celestron} \glspl{telescope} are widely used and available for many years.
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There is a variety of software written to control the mounts. The below list
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covers the drivers (e.g. \gls{INDI}), not the software on top (e.g \gls{KStars}).
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\gls{Celestron} Nexstar \gls{telescope} tracking mount drivers:%
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\footnote{\url{https://www.indilib.org/telescopes/celestron.html}}%
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\footnote{\url{https://github.com/indigo-astronomy/libnexstar}}%
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\footnote{\url{https://github.com/indigo-astronomy/indigo/blob/master/indigo_drivers/mount_nexstar/README.md}}
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\begin{mdframed}[backgroundcolor=blue!10,linecolor=blue!30]
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\begin{description}
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\item [Celestron INDI] --- \gls{Celestron} \gls{INDI}
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\item [libnexstar INDIGO] --- libnexstar INDIGO.
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\end{description}
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\end{mdframed}
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Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro \gls{telescope} tracking mount drivers:%
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\footnote{\url{https://www.indilib.org/telescopes/skywatcher.html}}%
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\footnote{\url{https://www.indilib.org/telescopes/skywatcher/eqmod.html}}%
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\footnote{\url{https://www.indilib.org/telescopes/skywatcher/synscan-telescope.html}}
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\begin{mdframed}[backgroundcolor=blue!10,linecolor=blue!30]
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\begin{description}
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\item [EQMod Mount INDI] --- Drives Sky-Watcher protocol.
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\item [Synscan INDI] --- Drives Synscan hand controller.
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\gls{INDI} recommends using EQMod Mount over Synscan.
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\item [libnexstar INDIGO] --- libnexstar INDIGO.
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\end{description}
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\end{mdframed}
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\subsection{INDI}
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\gls{INDI} does much, \gls{KStars}, etc.
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One option to consider is making \gls{stvid} an \gls{INDI} client.
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\subsection{INDIGO}
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INDIGO%
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\footnote{\url{https://www.indigo-astronomy.org/}}
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works with libnexstar, which supports many mounts:%
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\footnote{\url{https://github.com/indigo-astronomy/libnexstar}}
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\begin{quote}
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This library implements the serial commands supported by the Celestron
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NexStar hand control (HC) and SkyWatcher/Orion SynScan HC. This applies
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to the Celestron: NexStar GPS, NexStar GPS-SA, NexStar iSeries, NexStar
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SE Series, NexStar GT, CPC, SLT, Advanced-VX, Advanced-GT, CGE, CGEM etc.
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SkyWatcher: EQ5, HEQ5, EQ6 (Pro), AZ-EQ5 GT, AZ-EQ6 GT, EQ8 etc. and the
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corresponding Orion mounts.
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\end{quote}
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\subsection{Antenna Tracking Software}
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At present, for the \gls{SatNOGS} network \gls{RF} \glspl{ground-station},
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hamlib is typically used for tracking, if directional \glspl{antenna} are
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used. Hamlib was originally created for \gls{amateur-radio} equipment, but has
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expanded to control many more devices.
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expanded to control many more devices. Hamlib can be used for some
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telescope mounts.
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\index{hamlib}
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\begin{mdframed}[backgroundcolor=blue!10,linecolor=blue!30]
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\end{description}
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\end{mdframed}
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\subsection{Hamlib}
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I don't know of anyone prototyping a satellite tracking mount with hamlib,
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but it should be possible using the ``leap frog'' method, perhaps on the
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same mount as existing \gls{SatNOGS} \glspl{antenna}. The mount may not
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be steady enough.
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\index{hamlib}\index{mount}\index{track}
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Hamlib lists support for the following tracking mounts, usually
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used with \glspl{telescope}.%
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\footnote{Output from version 4.3.1 of \texttt{rotctl --list}}
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\begin{mdframed}[backgroundcolor=blue!10,linecolor=blue!30]
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\begin{description}
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\item []
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\end{description}
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\end{mdframed}
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% 1401 Celestron NexStar 20110821.0 Untested ROT_MODEL_NEXSTAR
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% 1801 Meade LX200/Autostar 20200610.0 Stable ROT_MODEL_MEADE
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% 1901 iOptron iOptron 20191209.0 Alpha ROT_MODEL_IOPTRON
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\subsection{Camera Tracking Software}
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