This Astrometric Telescope Control System (ATCS) upgrade is for the PrimeTCS-Ui ATCS controller.

The minimum Maestro4 version which works with this version of ATCS firmware is 0.09.000. Assure that Maestro4 is upgraded to at least this version before upgrading PrimeTCS-Ui firmware.

Installation instructions

1. Assure PrimeTCS-Ui that the controller is attached via USB to the Windows PC.
2. Using the Device Manager on the Windows PC, determine the COM port number for the PrimeTCS-Ui controller connection.
3. Run the ATCS_FirmwareM_NN_RRR.exe file where N is major version, NN is minor version and RRR is revision.
4. The "Astrometric Firmware Upgrader" will run. Follow the steps in the user interface. Step #1 will be pre-completed for you. Step #2 is to select the COM port number for the attached controller and click "Connect". Finally, step #3 is to click "Upgrade Firmware". The upgrade will commence and status on progress will be provided.
   
5. Power-cycle PrimeTCS-Ui and it should now boot into using the new firmware and connect to Maestro.

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Software Licensing

A software activation license is necessary for major new upgrades of Maestro and ATCS firmware.
There is a substantial amount of work that goes into each major upgrade and this effort needs to be
supported through nominal license fees.  This will assure that further future upgrades and continued support are
available for ATCS.

ATCS: New features this release

- Added the following new ATCL commands providing access to Axial Encoder status...
	HGxc	GetPTCS_HW_ConfigX
	HGyc	GetPTCS_HW_ConfigY
	HGxr	GetPTCS_EncAbsResolutionX
	HGyr	GetPTCS_EncAbsResolutionY
	HGpx	GetAxEncFW_Ver
	HGex	GetAxEncStatusX
	HGey	GetAxEncStatusY

ATCS: Bug fixes this release

- ATCS now dissallows Site Names that are all blank or contain characters that are not alphanumeric. Note: punctuation characters are allowed except that the '!'
	(explaintion point) and ';' (semicolon) characters are not allowed
- Prevsious versions of ATCS reported incorrect sign for the azimuth custom track rate.