Chimera Plugins

Plugins are the way to add support to chimera. Plugins are divided in two categories: instruments and controllers. Instruments are to add supported hardware by chimera and controllers are the high-level interfaces.

If you are interested on developing a new plugin for chimera, please take look at our chimera for devs page.

Note

If you need support for any device which Chimera’s doesn’t support, call us and we can try to develop it or help you to do it.

Instruments

For details on installation, configuration and an updated list of tested devices, please follow the link to the plugin page.

• chimera-apogee: For Apogee Imaging Systems cameras and filter wheels.
• chimera-ascom: For ASCOM standard compatible devices.
• chimera-astelco: For ASTELCO TPL2 communication standard telescopes.
• chimera-avt: For Allied Vision video cameras.
• chimera-bisque: For Software Bisque’s TheSky versions 5 and 6 telescope control software.
• chimera-fli: For Finger Lakes Instrumets cameras and filter wheels.
• chimera-jmismart232: For JMI Smart 232 focusers.
• chimera-meade: For MEADE GOTO telescopes.
• chimera-optec: For OPTEC focusers.
• chimera-sbig: For Santa Barbara Instruments Group cameras and filter wheels.

Controllers

• chimera-autofocus: Focus your telescope automatically every time you need. On the main chimera package
• chimera-autoguider: Easy automatic guiding using chimera.
• chimera-gui: A simple Graphical User Interface to chimera. On the main chimera package
• chimera-headers: Template plugin to modify FITS header keywords. Advanced use
• chimera-pverify: Verify the telescope pointing accuracy easily. On the main chimera package
• chimera-skyflat: Wakes the telescope at the right time and make the exposure time calculations to make automatic sky-flatting.
• chimera-stellarium: Integrates Stellarium ephemeris software with chimera.
• chimera-webadmin: Start/Stop/Resume your robotic observatory from a web page.
• chimera-xephem: Integrates XEphem ephemeris software with chimera.