Command Reference
ARAP includes many commands covering a wide variety of simple and complex tasks used for automating the operation of an observatory.
Many commands have parameters and some do not. If a parameter is surrounded by less-than and greater-than characters "<>", it is optional.
Command names are not case-sensitive. Note that any command parameter can be specified as variable value (eg. $VARIABLE).
The available commands are divided into the following categories:
- Telescope Commands
- Dome Commands
- Focuser and Auto-Focus Commands
- CCD Imaging Commands
- Compound Telescope and Imaging Commands
- Cloud Sensor Commands
- Image Processing Commands
- Instrument Selector Commands
- Calculation Commands
- File and Internet Commands
- Object Database Commands
- String Commands
- X10 and Relay Commands
- Earth Centered Universe Commands
- Database Commands
- Social Media Commands
- ARAP Commands
- Miscellaneous Commands