Guitastro Device DeltaTau library

GUITAstro stands for General Use of Instruments and Telescopes in ASTROnomy.

GuitAstro is a Python module that provides classes and methods to write easily Python scripts for astronomical observations.

GIT repository: https://gitlab.irap.omp.eu/guitastrolib/guitastro.git

Guitastro Device DeltaTau complete Guitastro to provide access to DeltaTau controler drivers:

GIT repository: https://gitlab.irap.omp.eu/guitastrolib/guitastro_device_deltatau.git

Few basic examples of use

First example: To connect a DeltaTau controler and slew a telescope:

import guitastro
import guitastro_device_deltatau

dev = guitastro_device_deltatau.Device_Deltatau()
dev.open(False)
dev.commandstring("mount SET target 'RADEC 12h56m -10d23m'")
dev.commandstring("mount DO RADEC_GOTO")

Guitastro functionalities

GuitAstro device DeltaTau wraps the driver functions dispatched into the classe:

• Device_Deltatau: Manage device DeltaTau drivers.

This class inheritate from the classes Component* of Guitastro. As a consequece, it is needed to install Guitastro before using Guitastro DeltaTau.

A complete documentation can be generated from .rst files in the folder doc/doc_rst

Support and contact

The main author is alain.klotz@irap.omp.eu