mountwizzard4 4.0.0b8

Tool for managing 10_micron mounts

Note

MountWizzard4 Version3 moved to a new repository https://github.com/mworion/MountWizzard4v3 Only in case of interests in version 3, please refer to this repo. From now on MountWizzard4 repo is for version 4 and later.

Documentation:

There is a documentation available for MountWizzard4 (including the installation): Please be noted that with the new installation you net not to install any python package yourself!

https://mworion.github.io/MountWizzard4/index.html

Welcome to MountWizzard4 is a utility for 10micron users for improving the workflow for astronomy work and imaging runs on Windows (10 and 11), OSx (Big Sur - Sonoma), Linux (Ubuntu 18.04 - 22.04) and some Linux ARM64 distributions (Astroberry and StellarMate - both 64 bit). As a python application, it should run in all environments supporting python 3.10-3.12 and PySide6 6 as a GUI framework.

For being fully operational, MountWizzard4 needs either:

• INDI server(s) (see: https://indilib.org) where your devices are connected to.

• INDIGO server(s) (see: http://www.indigo-astronomy.org) where your devices are connected to.

• ASCOM Alpaca remote server (see: https://ascom-standards.org/FAQs/Index.htm) abstracting your ASCOM devices or devices which speak native ASCOM Alpaca if you want to connect over IP with your environment.

• Running versions of Sequence Generator Pro or NINA as frontend for camera device.

• For the core devices there is native ASCOM support (Windows platform only). Please be reminded, that ASCOM has 32bit and 64bit driver implementations and MW4 v3.x should not be installed in 32bit as it causes in some environments troubles. Please stay with a 64 bit python environment.

• In addition an internet connection is used for some services which might be very helpful.

It is recommended to use mount firmware 3.0 or later as some of the functions don’t work with older firmware versions. It should not be a problem using older versions. A HW pre2012 might also have some issues.

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Changelog:

https://mworion.github.io/MountWizzard4/changelog/index.html

And there are some videos available for explanation in Youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJD-5qdLEcBTCugltqw1hXA/

Feedback discussions and issue reports:

Please report your issues: https://github.com/mworion/MountWizzard4/issues. Please have a good description (maybe a screenshot if it‘s related to GUI) and add the log file(s) to the issue. Any feedback welcome!

Please feel free to start any discussion: https://github.com/mworion/MountWizzard4/discussions

Finally:

MountWizzard4 is ‘always’ in development. The use this software is at your own risk! No responsibility for damages to your mount or other equipment or your environment, please take care yourself!

Hope this tool makes fun and helps for your hobby,

CS Michel