ASCOM Driver V6.6.6.0

This release offers a much expanded Setup dialog with the ability to:

• Connect to OAT
• Manually Slew the scope
• Manually move the OAT (AutoPA addon required)
• Manually run the focuser (Focuser addon required)
• Reset the focuser position
• Set the Home and Parking position
• Unpark, home and park
• See mount status, RA and DEC stepper positions and stellar coordinates

OATControl V1.0.2.4

• Fixed persistence of some settigns (ShowLimits, KeepMiniWindowOnTop,..)
• Added support for Hall sensor-based autohoming for the RA ring (requires firmware V1.9.21)
• Added ability to park DEC before power off.
• Fixed Guiding indicator. Tracking remains on.
• Fixed indicator for RA position to take tracked distance into account.
• Moved some Settings buttons around.

OATControl V1.0.2.2

• DEC go Home command was requiring one firmware version too high.
• Focuser position was being queried incorrectly

ASCOM.Driver V6.6.3.0

• Changed pass through command to correctly handle all Meade commands that OAT implements.

OATControl V1.0.2.1

• Enabled OATControl to use ASCOM driver.
• Added support for communication handlers to open a settings dialog.
• Added display of active connection to main window.
• Added ability to set a DEC offset from power on state to home and to slew there (requires V1.9.16 firmware) on button press (see Settings Dialog)
• Mini Control can be set to be Always On Top (right click on Mini-Control button in main UI).
• Swapped out the application settings logic so settings don't get lost between builds.
• State of Show DEC limits toggle is now persisted.
• Made some cosmetic changes in Connection dialog to accommodate setup.
• Made some cosmetic changes in Main window to line up display of stepper and mount values.
• Changed all black or dark text to light red for better readability.

OATControl V1.0.1.1

• Support new split ALT/AZ configuration
• Allow ALT control in MiniController window (keys 'W' and 'S' to move up and down, 1 - 4 to select distance).
• Allow AZ control in MiniController (keys 'A' and 'D' to move left and right, 1 - 4 to select distance).
• Allow Focus control in MiniController (keys 'X' and 'C' move in and out)
• Added shortcut key display to MiniController arrows
• Added control area labels and changed some label colors in MiniController
• Added LST display to main window.
• Fixed the Stop button to actually work.
• Fixed some culture specific code that was causing issues with OAT on non-US machines.
• Changed the way that connection retries work.
• Hardened app to better protect against disconnects and to prevent zombie OATControls and random hangs when communication issues arise.
• Turned logging off for release app, but support -log commandline parameter to turn it on.

OATControl V1.0.0.4

Starting with this version, we now have an installer for OATControl.

Please remove the previous version from where you unzipped it before installing this version.

Bugfix:

• Some culture specific code was causing issues with OAT.
• Mini Control window now supports ALT movement ('W' and 'S' keys, keys '1' - '4' for distance).
• Recognizes only-ALT or only-AZ configuration of AutoPA addon.

ASCOM Driver V6.5.4.0

• Added all supported ASCOM Baud rates to the drop down and defaulted to 19200

OATControl V1.0.0.2

• Improved Target Chooser display. Fewer columns, better readability, DEC limits filtering.
• Added axis displays for RA and DEC that show current and target position, as well as limits on DEC (if set). Also added a button to set the lower limit from the current position.
• Added Baudrate selection step in connection dialog (Firmware V1.9.04 and later use 19200, earlier versions use 57600)
• Increased the time needed to start changing Target coordinates with mouse before they auto-incremented or decremented.
• Slew progress now uses actual stepper positions instead of stellar coordinates.
• Users now get asked to confirm if the want to slew to a location that is outside of the set DEC limits.
• Updated Polaris coordinates for Polar Alignment function
• Hid the network settings the Settings dialog if no Wifi is enabled.
• Fixed a crash caused by trying to send a command to a disconnected device.
• Fixed a crash caused by reading temperature without the addon hardware present.
• Fixed a sporadic crash in connection dialog.
• Fixed a sporadic inability to shutdown properly after more than one connection session.

ASCOM Driver V6.5.3.0

Bug fixes to pass ASCOM Conformance Test and improve general stability.

• Synced up version numbers between OpenAstroTracker and Telescope driver
• Added Baud rate support to the profile dialog
• Made sure all commands are correctly configured for no reply, number reply or string reply and consolidated handling this in one function.
• Added some extra logging around what is being sent and received.
• Reformatted source code to the standard C# style.
• Made driver rates not overlap.
• Added Altitude and Azimuth getters and calculated them from RA/DEC
• Made the OAT logo on the properties dialog take the user to the wiki when clicked.