Hardware supported by RTS2

This is list of devices supported by RTS2. Support is intended primary for Linux. Please contact us for details of device support.

• EPICS based mounts, particularly CAHA 1.23m (driver is close-source, EPICS connection is public)
• Meade and LX200 variants
• Celestron Nextstar telescopes
• Losmandy GoTo systems (with Gemini LX200)
• Software Bisque's Paramount ME
• Millennium Mount with Dynostar X3
• Pi 4 and NTM mounts
• ProjectSoft ASCOL protocol (close-source)
• MDM custom protocol (read-only for telescope movement; close-source)
• Astro-Physics GTO GTOCP2 (GTOCP3)
• Johnson 1.5m UNAM (proprietary bridge)
• Customs drivers, including modelling capability
• Mounts with SiTech controller
• Any telescope supported with INDI protocol (with rts2-teld-indi-bridge)

• Full range of the SBIG parallel and USB port cameras<
• All Starlight Linux minidriver based cameras (Starlight XPress, FLIcam, cookbook..)
• Apogee cameras, including ALTA family (most probably only with patched drivers - instructions are provided)
• FLI cameras supported with libfli
• Andor CCDs
• custom CCDs controlled with EDT board
• CAHA-MPIA?? range of CCDs
• ARC / Leach controlled CCDs (version 1.7 and 2.0 of the API)
• MI CCD Moravian Instruments CCDs
• some Webcams with V4L driver
  • Astronomy cameras
• STA/Reflex controlled CCDs
• CCD3 controller (closed source, available through ProjectSoft)
• GigE cameras (closed source, available through ProjectSoft)

• EPICS based focusers (CAHA, closed source, but EPICS connection class is open source)
• Optec focusers
• Robofocuser
• FLI focuser
• Pi4 focuser (Bootes IR)
• ATC-2 telescope control box (focusing, mirror temperature, …)
• MicroFocuser
• GCUSB nStep focusers
• Hedrick focuser (Planewave Instruments)

• EPICS controlled filter wheels
• Integrated SBIG filter wheels
• Optec filter wheels
• FLI filter wheels
• MI integrated filter wheels
• Apogee filter wheels
• FW 102C ThorLabs filter wheel

• Optec Pyxis
• Astelco open TPL rotators

• Optec SP5 with special ISA card (own kernel driver for 2.4 and 2.6 Linux kernels
• Optec SP4/SP5 serial port based photomultiplier

• Own mirror design (ask Petr Kubanek for details)
• Pi4 mirror (Bootes IR)

• Astrohaven Enterprise Domes
• Arduino boards (details soon)
• Ford Dome control (ask Ford for board details)
• Dome control based on some PCI card (Dublin dome)
• TI PCI I/O card dome controller with Comedi
• Zelio Modbus/TCP-IP control Description

• Prague Observatory Astrolab controller
• Observatory Vermes dome controller
• Max Dome II Driver controller, e.g. Sirius Dome

• All meteo stations supported with Meteo package (Davis Vantage,..)
• All meteo stations which can transmit to RTS2 UDP packets (as does one at the Pierre-Auger site)
• Comedi supported data acquisition boards

• Custom OpenSource MRAKOMĚR series cloud sensors MRAKOMĚR 3 and MRAKOMĚR 4.1 its sold by UST in theirs e-shop. MRAKOMĚR is suitable for hard weather conditions.
• AAG cloud, rain and brightness sensor, home page of António Alberto Peres Gomes the designer of the hardware and the MS Windows software.
• Boltwood Cloud Sensor II

• All UPS supported by NUT
• All UPS supported by APC UPSD (but if you can, avoid it and use NUT)

• Cryocoon cryogenic controller
• Keithley (pico)ampermeters (various models)
• Phytron stepper motors
• Aerotech arm (A3200)
• MS257 monochromator
• MS260 monochromator (and probably other Newport / Oriel models)
• DS21 stepper motor
• Newport light source
• Brooks 356 Micro-Ion® Plus Modules pressure sensor
• Lakeshore cryogenic controller (325, 330, 340)
• TRIAX Series (Jobin Yvon/Horiba) monochromator
• Newport MM2500 stepper controller
• Rotronic MOK-WIN/ HygroWin humidity and temperature sensor
• ThorLabs laser source
• NI Motion based PCI stepper motor controllers (NI 7332 with MID-7604 is tested)
• MKS Instruments 925 Vacuum Transducer
• HP Agilent E3631A tripower supply
• Zolix OmniLambda 150
• ThorLabs PM100D photodiode