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IObservingConditions Interface

Defines the IObservingConditions Interface. This interface provides a limited set of values that are useful for astronomical purposes for things such as determining if it is safe to open or operate the observing system, for recording astronomical data or determining refraction corrections.

Namespace: ASCOM.Common.DeviceInterfaces
Assembly: ASCOM.Common (in ASCOM.Common.dll) Version: 2.1.0+15bd426746e14ecc59ad81c289f923331d1aae8b
Syntax
public interface IObservingConditions : IAscomDevice

The IObservingConditions type exposes the following members.

Properties
 NameDescription
Public propertyAveragePeriod Gets And sets the time period over which observations will be averaged
Public propertyCloudCover Amount of sky obscured by cloud
Public propertyConnected Set True to enable the link. Set False to disable the link. You can also read the property to check whether it is connected.
(Inherited from IAscomDevice)
Public propertyDescription Returns a description of the driver, such as manufacturer and model number.
(Inherited from IAscomDevice)
Public propertyDewPoint Atmospheric dew point at the observatory
Public propertyDriverInfo Descriptive and version information about this ASCOM driver.
(Inherited from IAscomDevice)
Public propertyDriverVersion A string in the form "n.n" containing only the major and minor version of the driver.
(Inherited from IAscomDevice)
Public propertyHumidity Atmospheric humidity at the observatory
Public propertyInterfaceVersion The interface version number that this device implements.
(Inherited from IAscomDevice)
Public propertyName The short name of the driver, for display purposes
(Inherited from IAscomDevice)
Public propertyPressure Atmospheric pressure at the observatory
Public propertyRainRate Rain rate at the observatory
Public propertySkyBrightness Sky brightness at the observatory
Public propertySkyQuality Sky quality at the observatory
Public propertySkyTemperature Sky temperature at the observatory
Public propertyStarFWHM Seeing at the observatory measured as star full width half maximum (FWHM) in arc secs.
Public propertySupportedActions Returns the list of action names supported by this driver.
(Inherited from IAscomDevice)
Public propertyTemperature Temperature at the observatory
Public propertyWindDirection Wind direction at the observatory
Public propertyWindGust Peak 3 second wind gust at the observatory over the last 2 minutes
Public propertyWindSpeed Wind speed at the observatory
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Methods
 NameDescription
Public methodCode exampleAction Invokes the specified device-specific action.
(Inherited from IAscomDevice)
Public methodCommandBlind Transmits an arbitrary string to the device and does not wait for a response. Optionally, protocol framing characters may be added to the string before transmission.
(Inherited from IAscomDevice)
Public methodCommandBool Transmits an arbitrary string to the device and waits for a boolean response. Optionally, protocol framing characters may be added to the string before transmission.
(Inherited from IAscomDevice)
Public methodCommandString Transmits an arbitrary string to the device and waits for a string response. Optionally, protocol framing characters may be added to the string before transmission.
(Inherited from IAscomDevice)
Public methodDispose This method is a "clean-up" method that is primarily of use to drivers that are written in languages such as C# and VB.NET where resource clean-up is initially managed by the language's runtime garbage collection mechanic. Driver authors should take care to ensure that a client or runtime calling Dispose() does not adversely affect other connected clients. Applications should not call this method.
(Inherited from IAscomDevice)
Public methodRefresh Forces the driver to immediately query its attached hardware to refresh sensor values
Public methodSensorDescription Provides a description of the sensor providing the requested property
Public methodTimeSinceLastUpdate Provides the time since the sensor value was last updated
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Remarks
It is NOT intended as a general purpose environmental sensor system. The Action method and SupportedActions property can be used to extend your driver to present any further sensors that you need.
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