LunaticoAstro

Caterpillar-R relay based dome controller

Expected dispatch in 21 days

 

LOCo (Lunaticoastro Observatory Controllers)

Caterpillar model R, the Lunatico device based on relay designed to control your dome.

The CaterpillarR is designed to upgrade existing observatories with manual operation, allowing control via four switches.

Make your observatory more efficient with CaterpillarR!

Contact us for further information.


Technical specifications:

  • USB and WiFi (both station and access point) enabled
  • With rotation module
  • OTA updates – system auto-updates
  • Connection to the CloudWatcher – Hydreon rain sensor version of Lunatico
  • Multiple safety measures: low battery level, rain, weather, missing of failed limit or home switch, comms problems…
  • Complete auto calibration
  • Advanced on-the-fly resync of rotation
  • Very low-power consumption (about 50mA, motors stationary)
  • 12V operation

Includes ASCOM drivers for domes.

 


Example screens

 

 

 

 

 


Caterpillar documentation

User manual

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