Setting up an ASCOM driver project
What follows is simply a step-by-step guide to setting up an ASCOM driver project with Visual Studio 2019 – mainly so that I don’t forget how to do it myself… Creating from an ASCOM template Install ASCOM and developer components. Start Visual Studio as admin Click on ‘Create a new project’ Search for ‘ascom’ in the search field and choose ‘ASCOM Device Driver (C#)’ Give the project a sensical name and Create… The ASCOM Driver Project Wizard will then appear. Select a driver class and choose another sensical name. Click ‘Create’. The Visual Studio solution should appear with a document to be read. Follow the instructions by trying to build the solution and, if successful, adding a new project. Add a new project by right-clicking on the solution in Solution Explorer and then Add -> New Project… In the new dialog, choose an ‘ASCOM Test Console Application (C#)’ and click ‘Next’ Now, choose a name. Maybe just add ‘Console’ to…