ASCOM Remote 6.6

ASCOM Remote is a Windows-based gateway from the ASCOM Initiative that publishes your locally installed ASCOM device drivers over the network using the ASCOM Alpaca (HTTP/JSON) protocol. It allows clients on other computers and operating systems to discover and control equipment such as telescopes, cameras, focusers, filter wheels, rotators, domes, switches, and weather sensors, even though the drivers reside on a single Windows machine.

Key capabilities:

• Bridges classic COM-based ASCOM drivers to cross-platform Alpaca endpoints
• Supports multi-client access so multiple applications can share hardware when appropriate
• Simple setup: choose the devices to share, configure ports, and start the service
• Automatic device discovery via mDNS/Bonjour
• Built-in status views and logging to aid setup and troubleshooting

Typical use cases include running observatory hardware on a dedicated Windows PC while controlling it from laptops, tablets, or other systems on the same network.

Requirements: Windows with the ASCOM Platform installed. Intended for use on local networks; remote/WAN access may require additional network configuration.

ASCOM Remote is developed by Ascom Initiative. The most popular versions of this product among our users are: 1.6 and 6.6. The name of the program executable file is ASCOM.DynamicRemoteClients.exe.