Hi,

we have built and set up a small observatory on our school roof. The observatory is supposed to be automated using the Ekos scheduler. The power for the mount, CCD, guiding cam, filter wheel and dew heater bands is delivered by a PegasusAstro Ultimate Powerbox v2. In order to reduce power consumption, I would like to turn on the power for and connect the above named devices using a startup script to be executed in the scheduler when an observation is about to start.

So my questions are:

1. Is it possible to turn on the 12V power outlets on the UPB with a command that can be executed via a startup script?
2. Is it possible to connect devices (once they are powered up) with a command that can be executed via a startup script?

May be someone is already doing this and could provide their startup script so I can cheat a little bit

Thanks,
Simon

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