ASCOM telescope control in Stellarium

Asked by Mike Baird

I have downloaded the latest version of Stellarium verson 0.11.1 I activated the Telescope Control plugin, but I do not see support for ASCOM telescope driver controls. How can I use my ASCOM driver telescope pointing system with Stellarium?

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Alexander Wolf (alexwolf) said :
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In latest stable version of Stellarium not yet implemented support of ASCOM devices. You can build it from source code - lp:~stellarium/stellarium/telescope-control-0-4-0

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Bogdan Marinov (daggerstab) said :
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Use StellariumScope. It's a small program that acts as a bridge between the ASCOM driver and Stellarium. It can be downloaded for free here:
http://www.welshdragoncomputing.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=31&Itemid=39F

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Mike Baird (jcanterbury2) said :
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Thanks, Bogdan. I downloaded StellariumScope program and successfully
loaded it in Stellarium. It tested very well in 'virtual mode'. The
program also automatically updated the config.ini file so I didn't have to
manually do anything. This looks like THE fix for the ASCOM driver issue
in Stellarium. Again, many thanks....Mike

On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 4:20 AM, Bogdan Marinov <
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> Bogdan Marinov proposed the following answer:
> Use StellariumScope. It's a small program that acts as a bridge between
> the ASCOM driver and Stellarium. It can be downloaded for free here:
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> http://www.welshdragoncomputing.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=31&Itemid=39F
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Mike Baird (jcanterbury2) said :
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Problem solved