Providing you could already use your telescope(s) via computer while sitting in the observatory, controlling them via Remote Desktop shouldn't present any problems at all. I haven't had any problems relating to remote usage of my observatory, or Remote Desktop in work applications.
You do very occasionally find some software will not install correctly when installing that software under the control of Remote Desktop, but that is the only thing I can think of.
Remote Desktop tends to "just work", as if you were sitting at the remote computer.
If this is also your first shot at running entirely from computer then you might have other things to consider like programming in horizons and slew limits to your starchart/control software, ensuring no cables can snag, having a procedure in place to sufficiently monitor the weather conditions, understanding your pointing accuracy limitations (if any), etc.
Roger.
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Originally Posted by pmrid
I've managed to get this working with the computers in my Obs. It's 200 metres away from the house so I've put up a couple of grid-type dishes linked to the wireless router in the house and to a bridge and a 5-port switch in the Obs so I have both scopes (there are 2 piers in the obs and a scope on each) now accessible via Remote Desktop. But the weather hasn't been kind so I've yet to give it an 'under-the-sky- test.
So while I wait, I thought I might poll others with more experience in these areas than I (won't be hard) to see what the pitfalls are and identify any 'things-I wish-I knew-before-I-started'.
Peter
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