Target(Astronomy) is a small WiFi-Handbox to control a telecope mount via INDI. This box is running with battery and does not have any wire to the telecope mount. This box consists out of a electronic board, a ESP8266 firmware (arduino IDE) and a Qt5 application bridging the handbox to the INDI mount. The handbox provides four keys for N,S,W and E, one slew speed key with three LED's and a function key which change the N,S,W and E key to Focuser 1 in and out and Focuser 2 in and out (not tested yet, I don't have any motor focuser).
sudo apt install build-essential
sudo apt install cmake
sudo apt install qt5-default
sudo apt install zlib1g-dev
sudo apt install libcfitsio-dev
Installation of the INDI lib development package:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mutlaqja/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install libindi-dev
cd ~/_develop/
git clone https://github.com/stroblhofwarte/Target.git
mkdir -p ~/_develop/build/targetclient
cd ~/_develop/build/targetclient
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ~/_develop/Target/targetclient
make -j4
sudo cp TargetClient <WHERE/EVER/YOU/WANT>
The new Version of the Target_Astronomy_.ino firmware (from 6.01.2021, ./targetclient/arduino/Target_Astronomy_) is supported by the ASCOM TargetBridge. This version of the firmware is not supported by the INDI driver anymore. The ASCOM TargetBridge adds support for a Win10 based observatory setup. With the TargetBridge application the Target handcontroler box can be used to control the mount and the focuser together with the imaging software (e.g. N.I.N.A.). To reach this the ASCOM Hub must be setup for devices not supporting a multiconnection. The ASCOM Hub must be setup only once. After setup the TargetBridge and/or the imaging software will startup the hub automatically.
For some convenience four focuser positions (for absolute focuser only) can be marked. This can be used to switch the focal plane between a imaging setup with CCD and a visual setup easily.
The ASCOM TargetBridge is written in C# (VisualStudio 2019) and requires the ASCOM development libs to compile properly. An precompiled msi package will follow soon.