# Driving a telescope

## Guide content

- Installation
- The Chart
- The Solar System
- Deep Sky Objects
- Driving a telescope
- Cartes du Ciel-SkyChart as an application server

The basic steps are:

1. Select the telescope driver (ASCOM or other driver; if ASCOM or INDI, be sure to have installed the corresponding drivers)
2. Once you have selected the telescope driver, go to telescope control panel and set the basic telescope configuration: COM port, model variant, …
3. When ready (all cables set, hand-pad initialization done), connect the telescope using the Connect button.
4. Click the Slew button to command the telescope to go to your target.

The complete documentation is available with the Telescope Menu

See specific the help about each driver for ASCOM, INDI, LX200 and Encoder.