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Matt, TelescopeAPI is an ascom product. ie: sky calls telescopeAPI.dll to control the scope, but ascom supplies that dll to interface sky6 to ascom. You'd need to ask the developers of that api where the shortfalls are.
Bisque hates ascom and decided to write their own interface called X2 for skyx. So if you make focusers for example, you can now write an X2 driver so it will plug into skyx directly. We are supposing here that there are people out there that will pay a yearly subscription for the skyx focuser/camera plugin. Yes it costs yearly to control certain stuff from skyx.
Ascom also wrote / are writting X2 to ascom converters so you can still sell your focuser with ascom only drivers and the skyx people can use the x2 to ascom convertor to make it go.
Then consider, are all functions available on your device in stand alone mode available in X2, probably not. Are all the available X2 functions converted to ascom, dunno.
A bit like BetaMax and VHS or HD and Bluray if you ask me.
Last edited by Tandum; 15-10-2011 at 02:38 AM.
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