INDI
INDI (Instrument-Neutral Distributed Interface) is a distributed control protocol designed to operate astronomical instrumentation. INDI is small, flexible, easy to parse, and scalable. It supports common DCS functions such as remote control, data acquisition, monitoring, and a lot more.
It can be regarded as an abstraction layer, like Ascom on Windows, but to many device types and it communicates over the network.
List of devices supported by INDI.
INDI drivers communicate with devices. The INDI server optionally offers an INET socket link to INDI drivers, and thus makes the relay between clients and drivers. Clients generally request a description of devices and their capabilities (called Properties), which will allow them to interact with the devices. They can get the current value of properties, modify them, or be notified when the value changes. Graphical clients should generate dynamic GUIs according to the description.
