As we add features to our products, we will continue to make these improvements available to our customers. Most upgrades involve the simple task of downloading an upgrade app that, when run, upgrades the product’s firmware and/or the PC-based user interface software (e.g., Maestro).
Software Upgrades
Upgrade Policy
- NOTE: Carefully read the Software License. By downloading any files from Astrometric Instruments, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, do not download any files.
- Upgrades are downloadable from this web page. There is no password necessary to download and install the upgrade however a Software License Code may be necessary to use the software.
Summary of Astrometric’s Software Offerings
Software and Firmware upgrades
We provide two types of software for our systems:
- User interface software for Microsoft Windows operating systems.
- “Firmware” that runs inside our hardware and provides the product functionality.
Both software and firmware are upgradable via downloadable installers.
Our products are designed so that functionality is provided in the hardware (i.e., via the firmware). When you upgrade the firmware, these settings are preserved. Also, when you change PCs, and install new software, you will find that the system settings are preserved since they reside in the hardware product, not on the PC.
Interfaces to other astronomy software products
Our software for Microsoft Windows provides a user interface to our hardware functionality and exposes the hardware functionality via the ASCOM and Bisque X2 standard interfaces. You can use any of the many available ASCOM compliant software packages or Software Bisque’s TheSkyX as a user interface to our system as well.