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E SAT TO u s e r m a n u a l
Controlling ESATTO with ASCOM drivers and third party softwares
In order to control your telescope focus with ESATTO you can also use third party softwares instead of the FOCUSER Ma-
nager described in the previous paragraphs. In order to do this, you can use ESATTO ASCOM drivers.
In order to install ESATTO ASCOM driver in the EAGLE or Windows computer you use to control ESATTO, please follow
these steps:
Make a double click on the Esatto Ascom Driver Setup.exe that is part of the
ESATTO software package you downloaded from our website
primalucelab.com/astronomy/downloads
A new window will appear, select “I accept the agreement” and press Next
button to proceed.
In the next window, press the Install button to proceed with installation.
When the installation is completed, press the Finish button
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NOTE
ASCOM is an open platform that allows an integration between astronomy softwares and devices. In order to use ESAT-
TO with ASCOM drivers, first all you have to download the ASCOM platform (from
website,
ESATTO has been tested with ASCOM platform 6.4) and install it in the Windows computer you use to control ESATTO.
NOTE
The ESATTO ASCOM driver included a log file record feature that allows your computer to save a file with all the events
related to the use of ESATTO with ASCOM and third party software. If you find any problem with your astrophotography
software, enable the “Log communication” option in the ESATTO ASCOM properties and send us with en email to
the log files you will find under C:/Documents/ASCOM
