{"id":1067,"date":"2022-04-04T04:43:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T23:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenswamp.org\/?docs=gs-server-overview\/starting-gss"},"modified":"2022-09-16T18:06:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T13:06:42","slug":"starting-gss","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/greenswamp.org\/?docs=gs-server-overview\/starting-gss","title":{"rendered":"Starting GSS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are two ways to start GS Server; the preferred method is to allow other applications to start GS Server as they connect using the ASCOM interface. &nbsp;Each application that supports ASCOM will have their way to configure and connect.<br><br>Here is the ASCOM interface from SkyChart (CDC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"304\" height=\"497\" src=\"http:\/\/greenswamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CdC-Connect.jpg\" alt=\"CdC Connect Window\" class=\"wp-image-1069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenswamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CdC-Connect.jpg 304w, https:\/\/greenswamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CdC-Connect-184x300.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><figcaption>CdC Connect Window<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8043655658877006\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- Display ad 2 -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8043655658877006\" data-ad-slot=\"6640042611\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br>\n\n\n\n<p>Use the Select button to select the ASCOM.GS.Sky.Telescope driver.<br>If this is the first time connecting to GS Server you will need to configure it before the applications will allow connections.&nbsp; See the configuration section.&nbsp; Once configured, click the connect button.&nbsp;&nbsp; If the configuration is correct GS Server will start within a few seconds.&nbsp;&nbsp; It\u2019s possible the connection may fail.&nbsp; If so GS Server will start but will not be connected to the mount. Reconfigure the driver and try connecting again.<br><br>The second method is to start GSServer.exe file located in the program directory.&nbsp; If starting for the first time configure the driver before hitting the connect button.&nbsp; Refer to the configuration section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":1049,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1067","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenswamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenswamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenswamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenswamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1067"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/greenswamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2313,"href":"https:\/\/greenswamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1067\/revisions\/2313"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenswamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1049"}],"next":[{"title":"Main Tab","link":"https:\/\/greenswamp.org\/?docs=gs-server-overview\/main-tab","href":"https:\/\/greenswamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1079"}],"prev":[{"title":"Quick Start Guide","link":"https:\/\/greenswamp.org\/?docs=gs-server-overview\/quick-start","href":"https:\/\/greenswamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenswamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenswamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fdoc_tag&post=1067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}