University of Toronto Scarborough | Python Telescope Control System
This python script can communicate with the UTSC Telescope via a RS232 connection (via a USB adapter). The telescope uses a SkyWalker controller built by Astrometric Instruments.
Simply run utsc-ptcs.py. Then open the serial port by pressing o.
UTSC | PTCS can communicate with Stellarium via the Stellarium Protocol.
Start the stellarium server by pressing s.
Use the following setting in Stellarium:
- External software or a remote controller
- Coordinate system: Equinox of the Day (JNow)
- Host: localhost
- Port: 10001
- Eric Dapp
- Caden Armstrong
- Hanno Rein
- Kim Pham
- Ari Silburt
- Dan Dobre
UTSC | PCTS 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.
UTSC | PCTS 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 UTSC | PCTS. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.