I just executed my first ever completely hands-off astronomy start to finish:
- Check weather with cloud/rain sensor
- Open roof
- Power on telescope, camera, focuser ... all individually.
- Home telescope
- Slew to target, focus, take photograph
- Park telescope
- Power off telescope, camera, focuser.
- Close roof.
All without leaving the house. Woohoo!
(finishing piece in the puzzle was the extra IP power switch unit I collected today and installed this evening)
There is still work to make it all integrated (roof motor to computer, weather check integrated with roof control, scripted control of power switches, etc) but it's getting there.
It all seems so simple in hind sight, but takes years to get there for one reason or another.