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SOFTWARE BISQUE SOFTWARE FOR MAC, LINUX, WINDOWS AND WINDOWS MOBILE OS

ISSUE

Is Software Bisque actively developing TheSky, CCDSoft, Orchestrate, TPoint , PrecisionPEC and AutomaDome for Mac, Windows and Linux operating systems?

ANSWER

Yes.  The next generation of TheSky, called TheSkyX is here.  TheSkyX is available in the following Editions: 

Software Bisque's current and future product development is based on the technology in TheSkyX. 

At this time (May 2011), our developers are working to replace the functionality in Software Bisque's remaining legacy Windows only applications (including CCDSoft Version 5 for Windows, TPoint for Windows, Orchestrate for Windows, PrecisionPEC for Windows and AutomaDome for Windows) with optional Add Ons to TheSkyX.  This development is on-going.  We appreciate your patience while we complete this significant rewrite to develop this exciting new technology for the amateur astronomy community.

This Edition

Offers These Optional Add Ons...
TheSkyX Serious Astronomer Edition

 

 In addition to telescope control,  TheSkyX Serious Astronomer Edition offers the TPoint Add On for telescope pointing analysis.  The TPoint Add On supersedes the legacy TPoint for Windows application.

 
TheSkyX Professional Edition
  • The TPoint Add On for telescope pointing analysis on Mac and Windows.  The TPoint Add On supersedes the legacy TPoint for Windows application.
  • The Dome Add On for astronomical dome control.  The Dome Add On supersedes the legacy AutomaDome for Windows application.
  • The Camera Add On is a work in progress that presently provides SBIG CCD camera control on Mac and Windows.   Note that the Camera Add On is required to allow TheSkyX Professional Edition to control CCD Cameras.  However, the Camera Add On does not yet have all the device control (multiple vendor camera control, filter wheel control, focuser control, AO device control) and other features (calibration, automated focus, image processing) of the legacy CCDSoft Version 5 for Windows.  For now, TheSkyX Professional Edition for Windows can be used with CCDSoft for Windows for observatory-wide hardware integration.
  • Advanced Paramount ME and Paramount MX periodic error correction is included with and integrated into TheSkyX Professional Edition.  This functionality supersedes the legacy PrecisionPEC for Windows application.
  • TheSkyX Professional Edition Database Add On - 200 GB of star catalogs and the 10X Palomar Sky Survey to replace the legacy star databases supported in TheSky6 Professional Edition.
  • Multi-OS and Six License Add On to allow TheSkyX Pro to be installed on multiple computers on the operating system of your choice.

WORK IN PROGRESS

Here's the tentative release schedule for the remaining TheSkyX Editions (subject to change without notice):

Other TheSkyX Editions

  • TheSkyX for Windows Mobile OS: no scheduled release date (work in progress).
  • TheSkyX for iOS (iPhone/iPod and iPad): work in progress.
  • TheSkyX Professional Edition for Linux?  We hope to ship TheSkyX Professional Edition for Linux some time after releasing the Mac and Windows versions. 

Other Projects

  • Software Bisque's primary development efforts are presently focused on integrating CCDSoft for Windows functionality into the Camera Add On.
  • Completing the Scripting Add On to TheSkyX Professional Edition that replaces the legacy Orchestrate for Windows application.
  • Software Bisque is working the astronomy hardware vendors and software developers to adopt and utilize the X2 Standard that allows third-parties to write cross platform telescope, camera, dome and other astronomical device drivers for TheSkyX Professional Edition from a single set of source code.

APPLIES TO

TheSky Astronomy Software, CCDSoft Astronomy Software, TPoint for Windows, Orchestrate, AutomaDome, PrecisionPEC, TheSky Pocket Edition.

KEYWORDS

SBKB, Macintosh, Windows, Linux, Windows CE, Windows Mobile, TheSkyX, legacy, road map

Last Reviewed: 05/23/2011

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