ASCOM Remote - Version 1.6.7360.22073
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Highlights and Dependencies
The installer is located in the "Assets" section at the end of these release notes
- This release requires ASCOM Platform 6.5
The Platform 6.5 Chooser can now discover and create drivers for devices presented by the Remote Server.
Cover calibrator devices and IRotatorV3 rotators introduced in Platform 6.5 are supported by the Remote Server.
Performance of Camera.ImageArray when handling large images has been significantly improved.
Documentation
- ASCOM Remote Concept: ASCOM Distributed Architecture - background and conceptual diagrams.
- Installation: ASCOM Remote Documentation - how to install and configure ASCOM Remote.
- ASCOM Alpaca API (for developers): ASCOM Alpaca API Reference - how to use and implement the API.
- Alpaca Discovery Protocol (for developers): Alpaca Discovery - how to implement Alpaca Discovery.
Changes
- The Remote Server supports the Alpaca discovery protocol.
- This is enabled by default and can be turned off through the configuration dialogue.
- Camera.ImageArray performs significantly faster and uses less memory.
- The faster mechanic is enabled by default and can be disabled through the Camera client setup dialogue.
- The Remote Server has improved support for multi-threaded drivers.
- Commands are now forwarded to a driver immediately on receipt, enabling the driver to decide when to process them. Previously, commands were serialised and sent to the driver one at a time.
- The new concurrent behaviour is enabled by default, but the previous synchronous behaviour can be restored through the Remote Server setup dialogue if required.
- Added support for CoverCalibrator devices
- Added support for rotators that implement the IRotatorV3 interface
- The Remote Server can now handle up to 100 devices
- The Remote Server has CORS support.
- Configuration storage and retrieval is more robust if it encounters corrupt values.
- The installation and configuration document has been extensively updated.
Issues Fixed
- Form parameter parsing has been made more robust.
- Permissions are now correctly set for user's whose accounts don't have admin privilege and who use a different Admin account name to authorise configuration changes.
- The Start menu ASCOM Remote documentation link now works correctly.
- A rare un-handled application exception when closing the Remote Server has been fixed.
- The Setup button now works correctly with early Focuser drivers that implement IFocuserV1