NexStarCtl version 0.15 ======================= This module implements the serial commands supported by the Celestron NexStar hand control (HC) and SkyWatcher/Orion SynScan HC. This applies to the Celestron: NexStar GPS, NexStar GPS-SA, NexStar iSeries, NexStar SE Series, NexStar GT, CPC, SLT, Advanced-VX, Advanced-GT, CGE, CGEM etc. SkyWatcher: EQ5, HEQ5, EQ6 (Pro), AZ-EQ5 GT, AZ-EQ6 GT, EQ8 etc. and the corresponding Orion mounts. Communication to the hand control is 9600 bits/sec, no parity and one stop bit via the RS-232 port on the base of the hand control. Communication can be established over TCP/IP if nexbridge is running on the computer connected to the telescope. For extended example how to use this perl module look in to the distribution folder for nexstarctl/nexstarctl.pl. This program is a complete console tool to control NexStar telescopes based on NexStarCtl module. NOTE: For SkyWatcher/Orion mounts it is highly recommended to enforce protocol version checking (see enforce_protocol_version()) as the AUX commands are not supported or may behave erratically. INSTALLATION To install this module type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install DEPENDENCIES Device::SerialPort Time::Local COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE Copyright (C) 2013 by Rumen G.Bogdanovski This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.12.4 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.