AlpacaDiscoveryStartDiscovery Method

Start an Alpaca device discovery based on the supplied parameters

Definition

Namespace: ASCOM.Utilities
Assembly: ASCOM.Utilities (in ASCOM.Utilities.dll) Version: 7.1.3+4851.c5da65c2b
C#
public void StartDiscovery(
	int numberOfPolls,
	int pollInterval,
	int discoveryPort,
	double discoveryDuration,
	bool resolveDnsName,
	bool useIpV4,
	bool useIpV6
)

Parameters

numberOfPolls  Int32
Number of polls to send in the range 1 to 5
pollInterval  Int32
Interval between each poll in the range 10 to 5000 milliseconds
discoveryPort  Int32
Discovery port on which to send the broadcast (normally 32227) in the range 1025 to 65535
discoveryDuration  Double
Length of time (seconds) to wait for devices to respond
resolveDnsName  Boolean
Attempt to resolve host IP addresses to DNS names
useIpV4  Boolean
Search for Alpaca devices that use IPv4 addresses. (One or both of useIpV4 and useIpV6 must be True.)
useIpV6  Boolean
Search for Alpaca devices that use IPv6 addresses. (One or both of useIpV4 and useIpV6 must be True.)

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