[Kstars-devel] digital setting circles protocol ?

[Jasem Mutlaq]

--- "I.Ioannou" <astro at roryt.gr> wrote:

> Recently I got some nice optical encoders.
> I was thinking to design some kind of hardware
> connector for them (maybe a hacked mouse ?)
> and then write the software to interface them
> with indi/kstars.
> Is there any resource (other than the sources of
> course)
> that I can find information for a protocol
> that kstars already understands ? Like the LX200
> Generic
> or the one used for argo navis ? 

Hi,

You can use Meade Command set which KStars supports.
The specs are here:

http://www.meade.com/support/LX200CommandSet.pdf

Good luck with your project :)

Regards,
Jasem