Meade Telescope Serial Command Protocol

Meade Telescope Serial Command Protocol Revision 2010.10 7 October 2010 Introduction This paper documents the Meade Telescope Serial Control Protocol utilized to remotely command and control Meade Telescopes. This command language contains a core of common commands supported by all telescopes. Due to different implementation and technological advances the command has extension that are not supported by all model. The differences are noted in the descriptive text for the commands. Finally, there are a series of new commands proposed for the Autostar II. These commands are indicated in the Appendix A at the end of this document. Telescope Command Groupings: ------------------ Supported -----------Command Group Command Designator Symbol AutoStar LX200