I’m also into another very expensive hobby, astrophotography. In that hobby there is a common communication protocol that was implemented by universities, observatories and manufacturers which ended up mandating a common communication protocol for telescope pointing, focusing, image acquisition, camera control, etc. this piece of software is called ASCOM and all manufacturers of said equipment either use the protocol or their products die on the market. This makes it easy for the entity (university, observatory or hobbyist) to reap the benefits of being able to use any software to control equipment, perform tasks and even create customizable scripts for complete control.
This needs to exist in our hobby as well.
This needs to exist in our hobby as well.