<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Hardware Control</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Linux Astronomy HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Organizations" HREF="orgs.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Installation Help" HREF="installhelp.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Linux Astronomy HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="orgs.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="installhelp.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="HARDWARECONTROL" ></A >6. Hardware Control</H1 ><P >More folks are using Linux to control equipment. Users range from amateur astronomers in the field to professional observatories.</P ><DIV CLASS="SECT2" ><H2 CLASS="SECT2" ><A NAME="AEN350" ></A >6.1. Telescope Control</H2 ><P ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P ><A HREF="http://ktelescope.sourceforge.net/" TARGET="_top" >KTelescope</A > is a robust Client/Server control library for Meade's LX200 based telescopes. It uses the Instrument Neutral Distributed Interface (INDI) protocol.</P ></LI ><LI ><P ><A HREF="http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/INDI/INDI.pdf" TARGET="_top" >INDI</A > is an instrument-neutral distributed interface for operating any remote device over a reliable byte stream interface. There is an active group writing an expanding list of drivers for astronomy related equipment including telescopes and cameras at <A HREF="http://indi.sourceforge.net/" TARGET="_top" >sourceforge.net</A >.</P ></LI ><LI ><P ><A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/observatory/" TARGET="_top" >Talon</A >, formerly <A HREF="http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/Company/History.html" TARGET="_top" >OCAAS</A >, is a complete observatory control and astronomical analysis system for Linux.</P ></LI ><LI ><P ><A HREF="http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/xephem/" TARGET="_top" >XEphem</A > has the capability to control several telecopes and other devices using the Instrument Neutral Distributed Interface (INDI) protocol.</P ></LI ></UL ></P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT2" ><H2 CLASS="SECT2" ><A NAME="AEN368" ></A >6.2. CCD Camera Control</H2 ><P ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P ><A HREF="http://www.ccd.com/" TARGET="_top" >Apogee Instruments Inc</A > supports their line of professional CCD cameras under Linux.</P ></LI ><LI ><P ><A HREF="http://www.fli-cam.com/" TARGET="_top" >Finger Lakes Instrumentation</A > Manufacturer of CCD cameras and filter wheels and include drivers for Linux.</P ></LI ><LI ><P ><A HREF="http://www.sbig.com/sbwhtmls/linux_announcement.htm" TARGET="_top" >SBIG</A > offers some assistance with operating their ST7 and ST8 CCD cameras under Linux.</P ></LI ><LI ><P ><A HREF="http://dim.com/~ashe/ccd-astro.html" TARGET="_top" >CCD Astronomy on Linux</A > These pages describe a number of facets of using astronomical CCD cameras for image acquisition and processing under Linux.</P ></LI ><LI ><P ><A HREF="http://schmenk.is-a-geek.com/linuxastro.html" TARGET="_top" >Gccd</A > is a gnome-based CCD camera and filter wheel control program.</P ></LI ></UL ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="orgs.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="installhelp.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Organizations</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Installation Help</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >