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The bisque directory contains software for communicating with Software Bisque's
Paramount ME.



mks
===

This protocol is a native linux application. It depends on a proprietary object
module from the RTS2 project. See the README.mks in that directory for more
information on how to obtain the requisite library. Due to licensing restrictions
thie library is not included here.

The protocol has been tested only with the Paramount ME's serial interface. It
should also work with earlier versions of the Paramount, and with the USB to
serial adapter with an appropriate choice of device ID.

In actual use the mount may be powered on by hand and homed with a touch of the
joystick button, as usual. The software will communicate with the mount,
request a new "home" slew, and connect with XmTel and XEphem.

XmTel will use the mount as configured by TheSkyX, and does not change this
internal configuration. It should be possible to switch back and forth between
these applications.


tsx
===

This protocol communicates with TheSkyX Professional (TSX) through its
Orchestrate scripting program. In order to use it you must have TSX Pro with
Orchestrate installed and have Orchestrate running. At this time TSX and
Orchestrate are available for Windows and Mac OSX, but not Linux. You can run
them on another machine and map a "folder" under Windows to a directory in
Linux. Alternatively, you can run TSX in a virtual machine on a Linux system.
In this solution the application that is running the telescope is available on
the same hardware that xmtel is using and there is little practical difference
to running a native Linux application.

The TSX Pro interface is provided for those who have a need for other (usually
proprietary) Windows or Mac software, and the scripting features of Orchestrate.
Indeed, the tsx interface is limited to commands available through scripts, and
is simply a way to use scripting interactively with the features of INDI, XEphem
and XmTel. Any telescope supported by TSX Pro should work with XmTel in ths
way. The mks interface is recommended if you do not have other needs for TSX
since it does not require another software layer and is more responsive in an
interactive Linux environment.