PMC-Eight ALPACA Server v1.2.2

Mirror of upstream PMC-Eight ALPACA Server release v1.2.2 from https://github.com/nigeldun/ES_PMC8_ALPACA/releases/tag/v1.2.2.

Imported for the OpenGOTO community repo on 2026-06-17.

Included artifacts:

Platform	Artifact	SHA-256
Linux ARM64	$(System.Collections.Hashtable.name)	$(System.Collections.Hashtable.sha)
Linux x64	$(System.Collections.Hashtable.name)	$(System.Collections.Hashtable.sha)
macOS ARM64	$(System.Collections.Hashtable.name)	$(System.Collections.Hashtable.sha)
macOS x64	$(System.Collections.Hashtable.name)	$(System.Collections.Hashtable.sha)
Windows x64	$(System.Collections.Hashtable.name)	$(System.Collections.Hashtable.sha)

PMC-Eight ESP32 Firmware ES4.2.3

Mirrors Wes McDonald's public PMC8 Tools ESP32 update packages for Explore Scientific PMC-Eight users.

Upstream: https://github.com/wesmcd6/pmc8-tools

Packages:

• pmc8-esp32-ota-20260615-8a0910f.zip: recommended OTA update path when OTA is already supported.
• pmc8-esp32-serial-flash-20260615-4f17190.zip: fallback full serial flash path when OTA is not possible.

Verified firmware:

• Both package manifests report ES4.2.3 (v2.5).
• The OTA esp-at.bin payload contains the embedded version string ES4.2.3.
• The serial-flash pmc8_normal_firmware.binary matches the private Explore Scientific PMC-Eight-Firmware-Source bin/20A02.1.8.3.bt.binary SHA256.

SHA256:

• b7d7a36c95ca302ac1e6689bb74ed1d5043499f6863e88073b3787c6570999b6 pmc8-esp32-ota-20260615-8a0910f.zip
• c5de2fc1eb618f1476f074810e607eb3cc491816113050d67decc989d1c2fc4f pmc8-esp32-serial-flash-20260615-4f17190.zip

PMC-Eight ESP32 Firmware Current

Stable current-download aliases for the latest approved PMC-Eight ESP32 firmware update packages.

Current version: ES4.2.3 (v2.5)
Versioned release: https://github.com/ExploreScientific/OpenGOTO-Community-Projects/releases/tag/pmc8-esp32-es4.2.3
Upstream: https://github.com/wesmcd6/pmc8-tools

Use these fixed filenames for website links:

• pmc8-esp32-ota.zip
• pmc8-esp32-serial-flash.zip

The date/SHA-specific upstream filenames are also preserved on the versioned release.

Spiral Search Bridge v2.0

Mirrored OpenGOTO community release for Wes McDonald's Spiral Search Bridge v2.0.

Assets:

• SpiralSearch-Bridge-v2.0-win-x86.zip
• SpiralSearch-Bridge-v2.0-macos-arm64.zip
• SpiralSearch-Bridge-v2.0-macos-x64.zip
• SpiralSearch-Bridge-v2.0-linux-arm64.zip
• SHA256SUMS-spiralsearch-v2.0.txt

Each ZIP is a self-contained executable plus user documentation for the target platform.

PMC8 Home Network Config v1.0

Mirrored OpenGOTO community release for Wes McDonald's PMC8 Home Network Config utility.

This utility is part of Wes McDonald's broader PMC8 Tools collection. The OpenGOTO project index for the collection is here:
https://github.com/ExploreScientific/OpenGOTO-Community-Projects/tree/main/projects/PMC8-Tools

Upstream PMC8 Tools repository:
https://github.com/wesmcd6/pmc8-tools

Assets:

• Configure-PMC8-Home-Network-v1.0.exe
• SHA256SUMS-home-network-config-v1.0.txt

The executable is provided free of charge for PMC-Eight users and may be shared unmodified under the included license terms.

PMC8 Dashboard v0.1.0

PMC8 Dashboard v0.1.0 OpenGOTO Community release.

This release republishes Wes McDonald's PMC8 Dashboard packages under the Explore Scientific OpenGOTO Community Projects repository, with source, documentation, third-party notices, and checksums tracked in projects/PMC8-Dashboard.

Assets:

• PMC8_Dashboard_Windows.zip
• PMC8_Dashboard_macOS.zip
• SHA256SUMS.txt

Checksums:
text EEC077D8B0103F0CD28282CC47F264170AAD6390FD4A7C4F875C7A01AA7A82DE PMC8_Dashboard_Windows.zip 3C137400F1F21EA246E2709799DBE56721AB23E39699968FFA264A0AF23D1AAD PMC8_Dashboard_macOS.zip

PMC-Eight ALPACA Server 2025.06.22 Community Package

PMC-Eight ALPACA Server 2025.06.22 Community Package

This release provides the PMC-Eight ALPACA Server community package contributed by Prosaic Alto and hosted by Explore Scientific as an OpenGOTO community project.

Download

• PMC-Eight-ALPACA-Server-2025.06.22-win-x64.zip - Windows x64 published package.

Install And Run

1. Download the Windows x64 ZIP attached to this release.
2. Extract the ZIP to a local folder.
3. Run ASCOM.ES_PMC8.exe from the extracted publish-win-x64 folder.
4. Keep all extracted files together; do not move the executable by itself.
5. Configure the PMC-Eight mount connection and verify operation with an Alpaca-compatible client.

Notes

• Contributor: Prosaic Alto.
• Explore Scientific has received permission to host and redistribute the submitted files.
• Explore Scientific review is complete.
• This package is hosted as a published executable package; standalone source files are not included in the submitted package.
• The executable is tracked in the repository with Git LFS because of its size.

SHA-256

17EC354399B97C5DEA80103946806C379AA911ECE43027BC7E9F57388C73B21A PMC-Eight-ALPACA-Server-2025.06.22-win-x64.zip