ITelescopeV4Tracking Property

The state of the telescope's sidereal tracking drive.

Namespace: ASCOM.DeviceInterface
Assembly: ASCOM.DeviceInterfaces (in ASCOM.DeviceInterfaces.dll) Version: 7.0.0-rc.0+0

Syntax

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bool Tracking { get; set; }

Property Tracking As Boolean
	Get
	Set

property bool Tracking {
	bool get ();
	void set (bool value);
}

Property Value

Boolean

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
PropertyNotImplementedException	If Tracking Write is not implemented.
NotConnectedException	If the device is not connected
ParkedException	When Tracking is set True and the telescope is parked (AtPark is True). Added in ITelescopeV4
DriverException	An error occurred that is not described by one of the more specific ASCOM exceptions. Include sufficient detail in the message text to enable the issue to be accurately diagnosed by someone other than yourself.

Remarks

Tracking Read must be implemented and must not throw a PropertyNotImplementedException.

Tracking Write can throw a PropertyNotImplementedException.

Changing the value of this property will turn the sidereal drive on and off. However, some telescopes may not support changing the value of this property and thus may not support turning tracking on and off. See the CanSetTracking property.

Revision History

Date	Version	Description
ITelescope	Platform 3.0	Member added.

Reference

ITelescopeV4 Interface

ASCOM.DeviceInterface Namespace