A chimera plugin for Software Bisque TheSky telescopes.

Note: This plugin is only valid for TheSky versions 5 and 6, for TheSkyX, please use the chimera-ascom plugin instead.

Install chimera on your computer, and then, this package. Edit the configuration file adding a TheSkyTelescope like the example below. This package, as The Sky, only works on Windows.

On the Windows machine running TheSky 5 or 6, install with pip:

pip install -U git+https://github.com/astroufsc/chimera-bisque.git

* The Sky version 6. Deny slews with altitude less than 15 deg (optional). autoclose_thesky: False makes chimera leave TheSky when it closes, the default is True. find_home: False disables home finding when connecting and unparking.

telescope:
  name: paramount
  type: TheSkyTelescope
  thesky: 6
  min_alt: 15
  autoclose_thesky: False
  find_home: True

This plugin was tested on these hardware:

• Paramount ME on The Sky 6

For more information, contact us on chimera's discussion list: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/chimera-discuss

Bug reports and patches are welcome and can be sent over our GitHub page: https://github.com/astroufsc/chimera-bisque/