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--- software [2025/11/21 15:56] – holtz
+++ software [2025/11/21 21:56] (current) – holtz
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 This should show you a list of commands (which you can see again with the commands() function), and a list of connected devices.
-Several other processes also need to be running on song1m:
+Two other processes also need to be running on song1m:
 - status  : updates status window and database with various information
-- spectemps : queries spectrograph temperature devices and log to database
 - guider : process that handles guiding through socket connection to main aposong process
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 Run ASCOM remote for QHY interface and Esatto focuser interface.
-Run Alpyca server for thermocouple interface from an Anaconda terminal shell:
+A desktop icon has been set up to start the Alpyca server for the thermocouple interface. This just starts an Anaconda Python shell and does a:
 <code>
 cd APOalpyca/device
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 Since the QHY power is controlled by the thermocouple interface, the ASCOM remote interface won't connect until this is run: it will prompt you to connect the ASCOM device within 10 seconds.
+The system should then be ready for remote usage.
+The two programs (ASCOM remote and Alpyca server) have been put into Startup folder so they should start by themselves if the computer is restarted (may take a minute or two).
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