Program Update Information on ASCOM driver for the STAR BOOK TEN Controller

About this update

Ver. 1.2.8.1 (2024/6/28)

・Program correction where East and West were reversed in the SideOfPier property.

*If the program version of your STAR BOOK TEN controller is earlier than Ver.5.10, please update to the latest program.

Update Procedure

Before starting update

ASCOM platform, an intermediary software provided by ASCOM Standard for Astronomy (external website) and commercially available various astronomical software compatible with ASCOM are used.
This section describes a procedure to install necessary drivers on PC. For details how to use ASCOM compatible software, please refer to the instructions supplied by the software.

Requirements:

STAR BOOK TEN Controller (in the program version later than Ver. 5.10)
Power supply to operate the STAR BOOK TEN Controller
Crossover LAN cable (Commercially available) ※1
PC used to control the STAR BOOK TEN Controller ※2
ASCOM driver for the STAR BOOK TEN (Driver software provided on this webpage for download)
ASCOM platform (Free downloadable intermediary software provided by external website 「ASCOM Standard for Astronomy」
ASCOM compatible software (commercially available)

※1: It is used for the version up of the STAR BOOK TEN Controller. It will be required for download of several drivers depending on the PC.
※2: PC which can connect with network via ETHERNET (via. LAN).

Necessary PC operating environment:: Microsoft Windows 10 or Windows 11; Web Browser: under environment of respective operating system recommended by Microsoft; CPU: under environment of respective operating system recommended by Microsoft; RAM: under environment of respective operating system recommended by Microsoft; LAN: 10BASE-T/100BASE-T

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Download procedure:

In order to operate with ASCOM compatible software, the program version of the STAR BOOK TEN controller must be updated to Ver. 5.10 or later. In the case of the Version before 5.10, please update to the latest program.
You can check the program version in the ‘About STAR BOOK TEN’ of the ‘Initial Settings’ screen that appears right after turning on the STAR BOOK TEN controller.

To install the ASCOM driver for the STAR BOOK TEN Controller, the ASCOM platform must be installed on your PC. The download driver cannot be installed alone. Please download and install the ASCOM Platform from the external website below.

ASCOM Platform 6.6SP2

Click [Download] from the「ASCOM Platform 6.6SP2」 on the right side of the top page to download the ASCOM platform. ※The ASCOM Platform 6.6SP2 is the latest version as of August 2023. Run the downloaded “ASCOMPlatform●●.●●●●.exe”.

Please download the ASCOM driver for the STAR BOOK TEN Controller from below.

Download Driver

Run the downloaded ASCOM Driver for the STAR BOOK TEN Controller. Insert a checkmark in the 「I accept the agreement」 and click the 【Next>】

Click [Install] to start installation

Installation completed!
Various ASCOM compatible software will be installed here. If it is already installed, proceed to the next step. Please check the instruction manual supplied with the software for installation instructions.

Connect the PC and the STAR BOOK TEN Controller with Crossover LAN cable and turn on the power of all the equipment to be used. Operation starts with ASCOM compatible software. For details how to use the equatorial mount and operation procedures of the software, refer to the supplied instruction manual.

Update History

If you perform the latest update, all the events will be improved.

Update Start Date	Update Contents
Ver.1.2.8.0(March 22, 2024)	Program correction where mount information was not read correctly when the PC’s date and time settings were set to a specific region. Program correction where the correct guide speed was not reported when autoguiding was performed without using a guide cable.
Ver.1.2.7.0(March 27, 2023)	Complied to the ASCOM Platform 6.6SP1. In order to use the Driver Version 1.2.7.0, the program version of the STAR BOOK TEN controller must be updated to the Ver. 5.10 or later. In case of the Ver. 5.10 or earlier, please update to the latest program. The program version will be displayed after turning on the power of the STAR BOOK TEN controller. You can check this with “Star Book TEN” on the “Initial Setting” screen.
Ver.1.2.6.0(April 5, 2021)	Compiled to the ASCOM Platform 6.5SP1
Ver.1.2.3.2(June 3, 2020)	Program correction where errors occurred in the right ascension and declination obtained by the “getstatus” command. Now compatible with ASCOM platform 6.4SP1.
Ver.1.2.2.0(May 15, 2019)	Added the setting item “Use Last Mount Setting.” The “Use Last Mount Setting” option has been added to the dialog box that appears when you specify STAR BOOK TEN as the connection destination while using ASCOM-compatible software. This option corresponds to “Use last mount setting” in the initial settings menu of the STAR BOOK TEN controller.
Ver.1.2.0.0(March 15, 2017)	The STAR BOOK TEN is now available with ASCOM Platform 63. If previous version of the driver is installed in your STAR BOOK TEN, uninstall it in　advance to use the latest version.
Ver.1.1.7.1(February 5, 2017)	The commands of SideOfOier are available partially. With this update, the commands of SideOf Pier that are used for controlling an observatory dome become available partially.
Ver.1.1.7.0(March 25, 2016)	For AstroArts’ software “StellaShot”, it corresponded to “fine movement” operation.In addition, you can set fine adjustment speed setting (high speed ? low speed) in 9 steps.