Radian 61 Rundown
How to use the Radian 61 Electronic Focuser
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Radian 61 Anatomy
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Downloads
Radian 61 Electronic Focuser
Windows
Version 3.2.7 – 2020/12/03
Currently the driver is supported on Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 (1607+).
To use with ASCOM
Download the latest version (6.5 or greater is required) of the ASCOM Platform. Then turn on Alpaca Discovery in the ASCOM Chooser.
Note for Windows 7 users
You will likely need the low level USB CDC driver in order to use your Radian focuser. Newer versions of Windows include this but Windows 7 does not. You can download the driver here.
Linux
Version 3.2.7 – 2020/12/03
Currently this is tested on Ubuntu (16.04+), Debian (9+), and Fedora based distributions.
The software is distributed as an AppImage, an extremely portable way to distribute Linux Applications as a single file. You can learn more about AppImages at their website.
Download for AMD 64 (most x86_64 desktop Linux)
Download for ARM (armhf, 32 bit arm including the Raspberry Pi 2+)
Download for ARM 64 (aarch64, 64 bit arm including the Raspberry Pi with a 64 bit OS)
Note on Linux COM Ports
Many Linux distributions limit access to COM Ports by default. If required you will need to give your user permission to access ports to connect to the focuser. How this is accomplished varies from distribution to distribution.
Raspberry Pi
Version 3.2.5 – 2020/7/15 32-bit Raspberry Pi tarball for the FocusLynx Alpaca Driver. Special Linux Alpaca driver for 32-bit arm hf allows any FocusLynx, FocusBoss II, or ThirdLynx device connected to the Pi to be accessible across the local network by any other Windows, Mac, Linux, phone or tablet.
Mac
Installer for Mac, Macbook Pro and iMac for the FocusLynx Alpaca Driver.
Mac security protocol window will prevent you from opening this software since it is from an unidentified developer. To open it and use the software, simply right click on the icon, click Open, and then click Open Anyway when prompted. You only have to do this once.
Version 3.2.7
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