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EQMac v2.0.0 beta1 Released!

I am pleased to announce, after considerable delay, that a new version of EQMac has finally been released. This release provides support for connecting to the mount via WiFi as well as Serial. To do this required a redevelopment of the backend driver so that different protocol transports could be plugged in. For the future it will also allow different types of mounts to be supported also. So it may be that we branch out from Skywatcher to support Celestron and other brands.

I have had an alpha tester for this release as I have been unable to do much testing myself and after a few successful tests, I am releasing the first beta version. I do not think that every bug is fixed, but it works sufficiently well to be useful. If you do have problems, I'd encourage you to get in touch with me and let me know what the issue is. That's the only way things will get fixed. Also, you have the option to revert back to the previous version of EQMac.

Important Notice

This release changes the name of the application from the traditional "Mount" to a more proper "EQMac". Because of this you will find that your preferences for "Mount" will no longer appear when you run "EQMac". Therefore you will need to setup this new version of "EQMac" from scratch.