Appendix F. Use A Pc To Control An Ioptron Mount - iOptron GoToNova 8401 Instruction Manual

Appendix F. Use a PC to Control an iOptron Mount

In general you need the followings to use a PC to control the mount,
1. Download USB2COM driver (cp2102, zip file for 8401 and 8402A)
http://www.ioptron.com/manuals/USB_2COM_Driver.zip;
2. Install USB2COM and establish the connection between the mount and the PC (see
instruction);
3. ASCOM platform (download from http://ascom-standards.org/);
4. iOptron ASCOM drive (download it from iOptron website
http://www.ioptron.com/Files/File/iOptronAscomSetupV1.02.rar); and
5. Planetarium software.
Some company integrated iOptron's products into their planetarium software, such as
Voyage and The Sky X Pro. Therefore, an ASCOM plug-in will not be needed. Most planetarium
software can be used to control iOptron's product via ASCOM.
Some other ASCOM drivers, such as LX200 Generic ASCOM driver and AstroPhysics
GTO driver, are also compatible to SmartStar
®
mount.
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