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@dmead dmead released this 28 Oct 00:05
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SlopCap 0.1.1: the same program as 0.1.0, now packaged as zips that carry the license, and with a Mac build. SlopCap
is free software under the GNU General Public License, version 3.

Downloads

File What
slopcap-windows-x64.zip Windows 10 / 11, 64-bit: slopcap.exe (the whole program in one file, camera drivers inside), a README and the guide (docs/)
slopcap-linux-x64.zip Linux x64, Ubuntu 26.04 or newer: Qt, the camera drivers and their udev rules inside, a launcher, a README and the guide
slopcap-macos-arm64.zip Mac with Apple silicon, macOS 27 or newer: SlopCap.app (Qt and the camera drivers inside), a README and the guide

Each zip has LICENSE (SlopCap's, GPL-3.0) and licenses/, with the licenses of everything else inside it: the
camera drivers, Qt and the libraries that come with it, the compiler runtime (Windows) and the IBM Plex fonts.

SlopCap isn't signed. Windows warns about an unknown app the first time: More info, then Run anyway. On a Mac,
drag SlopCap.app to Applications, then the first time right-click it and choose Open, then Open again.

Cameras

ZWO, QHY, Player One, ToupTek and MallinCam, with each vendor's driver inside on all three systems. On Windows the exe
unpacks the driver on first use, and a newer DLL put next to slopcap.exe wins. The camera still needs the vendor's
USB driver on Windows, the one SharpCap uses.

Mounts

Through INDI, or with SlopCap's own drivers: LX200 and OnStep, Celestron NexStar, Sky-Watcher SynScan hand
controllers and direct (EQ6-R, HEQ5, EQ8, AZ-EQ, Star Adventurer GTi), and the SynScan app.

Not yet tried on real hardware

  • Player One, ToupTek and MallinCam cameras (tested against simulations of their SDKs; on Windows each SDK loads and
    enumerates)
  • the built-in mount drivers (tested against simulations of each protocol)
  • the reworked focus sweep (it now follows the focuser and carries on past its range to the peak) at the telescope
  • the Mac app on a screen: it's built and its tests pass on a Mac, but it hasn't been used there with a camera

ZWO and QHY capture and the INDI focuser have been used with real equipment, and the ADC tab under the real sky,
where it works well.

Changed since 0.1.0

  • Releases are zips only, each with a README, LICENSE and the third-party licenses; there's no separate slopcap.exe
    download any more (it's inside the Windows zip).
  • A Mac build.

SHA-256

75b995f59b2be36e9ea148a505f9760e9dfa955858f363ad2972e33210cd921b  slopcap-linux-x64.zip
13e7ac5cc08bf1342c086fcb452912ba2c3f51a0ef977e17e65857fe264f940c  slopcap-windows-x64.zip
4a4fcd3bbb738dd9163b9f0686f545d18ff317fd75e394a0c2febc8735187cfc  slopcap-macos-arm64.zip
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