Rotator Class |
Provides universal access to Rotator drivers
Inheritance HierarchyNamespace: ASCOM.DriverAccess
Assembly: ASCOM.DriverAccess (in ASCOM.DriverAccess.dll) Version: 7.0.0-rc.0+0
SyntaxThe Rotator type exposes the following members.
ConstructorsProperties| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | CanReverse | Indicates whether the Rotator supports the Reverse method. |
| Connected |
Set True to connect to the device hardware. Set False to disconnect from the device hardware.
You can also read the property to check whether it is connected. This reports the current hardware state.
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| Connecting |
Returns True while the device is undertaking an asynchronous connect or disconnect operation.
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| Description |
Returns a description of the device, such as manufacturer and model number. Any ASCII characters may be used.
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| DeviceState |
Returns the device's operational state in a single call.
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| DriverInfo |
Descriptive and version information about this ASCOM driver.
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| DriverVersion |
A string containing only the major and minor version of the driver.
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| HasConnectAndDeviceState |
Returns if the device has a Platform 7 or later interface that supports Connect / Disconnect and DeviceState
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| InterfaceVersion |
The interface version number that this device supports.
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| IsMoving | Indicates whether the rotator is currently moving |
| MechanicalPosition | This returns the raw mechanical position of the rotator in degrees. |
| Name |
The short name of the driver, for display purposes
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| Position | Current instantaneous Rotator position, allowing for any sync offset, in degrees. |
| Reverse | Sets or Returns the rotator’s Reverse state. |
| RotatorState | Rotator device state |
| StepSize | The minimum StepSize, in degrees. |
| SupportedActions | Returns the list of custom action names supported by this driver. (Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| TargetPosition | The destination position angle for Move() and MoveAbsolute(). |
Methods| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | Action | Invokes the specified device-specific custom action. (Inherited from AscomDriver) |
 | Choose | Brings up the ASCOM Chooser Dialogue to choose a Rotator |
| CommandBlind |
Transmits an arbitrary string to the device and does not wait for a response.
Optionally, protocol framing characters may be added to the string before transmission.
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| CommandBool |
Transmits an arbitrary string to the device and waits for a boolean response.
Optionally, protocol framing characters may be added to the string before transmission.
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| CommandString |
Transmits an arbitrary string to the device and waits for a string response.
Optionally, protocol framing characters may be added to the string before transmission.
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| Connect |
Connect to the device asynchronously
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| Disconnect |
Disconnect from the device asynchronously
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| Dispose |
This method is a "clean-up" method that is primarily of use to drivers that are written in languages such as C# and VB.NET where resource clean-up is initially managed by the language's
runtime garbage collection mechanic. Driver authors should take care to ensure that a client or runtime calling Dispose() does not adversely affect other connected clients.
Applications should not call this method.
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| Halt | Immediately stop any Rotator motion due to a previous Move or MoveAbsolute method call. |
| Move | Causes the rotator to move Position degrees relative to the current Position value. |
| MoveAbsolute | Causes the rotator to move the absolute position of Position degrees. |
| MoveMechanical | Moves the rotator to the specified mechanical angle. |
| SetupDialog |
Launches a configuration dialogue box for the driver. The call will not return
until the user clicks OK or cancel manually.
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| Sync | Syncs the rotator to the specified position angle without moving it. |
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