Open this window from the menu Edit → Device setup to configure the devices to use with the program.

The first tab “Interface” let you select the profile you want to use.

All the devices and all the program preferences will be stored in this profile, allowing to have completely different settings for your different equipment or locations.

The Copy button copy the current profile to a new one, allowing to change a piece of the equipment but keep the other settings.
The New button create a totally empty profile, with no equipment and no options. This can be use to create a profile for another observatory and be sure to not left behind an incompatible option.
Use the Delete button to remove a profile you no more need.

Next you can define the default server host name or IP and port for the INDI server and ASCOM Alpaca server and apply this settings for all the corresponding devices.

CCDciel itself never start the INDI or ASCOM Remote server, even if running locally. It is assumed they are already running and configured with the drivers you need.
For INDI you can start it using the command line, IndiStarter, or Indi Webmanager.
For ASCOM Remote click the “ASCOM REST Server” icon in the Start menu.

You can use at the same time devices connected to different server and using different protocol. For example the camera using a local ASCOM driver, the mount connected by INDI to a Raspberry PI and the focuser to a remote ASCOM Alpaca server.

Select the INDI tab for each INDI device you want to use and check the server host name or IP address is right. If need you can set a different server for every device.
Then click the Get button to fill the Device list with the corresponding drivers running on the server.
Select the device you want in the list, if required by the driver you can set the device serial port to use.
You can select to load the device configuration just after the device is connected. This is the same as the INDI client Options/Configuration/Load button. Before to activate this function you must be sure this is required for your device and you saved the right configuration from the INDI panel.

Select the ASCOM tab for each local ASCOM device you want to use. This tab is available only if CCDciel is running on Windows.
Click the Choose button open the ASCOM Chooser to select the driver to use.
The Setup button let you configure the options specific for this driver.
The About button show information about the driver.

Select the ASCOM Alpaca tab for each ASCOM Alpaca remote device you want to use. You can use a ASCOM Alpaca device also from Linux and macOS.
Check the protocol, normally http: if not using a proxy, and the server host name or IP address is right. If need you can define a different server for every device. The user name and password can be used for authentication when using a proxy service.
Then enter the remote device number to use for the device type. This is for example the “Device Number” you configured in the ASCOM Remote Server configuration.

Select the camera to use with CCDciel, a camera is mandatory so you cannot leave this page unconfigured.

ASCOM, ASCOM Alpaca:
You can select if you want the image to be flipped vertically when it is read from the ASCOM driver. Keep this checked from compatibility with calibration frames you do with previous version of this program.

INDI:
The Sensor field is to select the sensor to use for dual-chip camera, you probably always want “Main sensor” here.
Select how you want INDI to transfer the image data:
Network the normal transfer mode you can use with local and remote INDI server.
RAM disk may improve the performance if you use a local INDI server. Be sure the path you set point to an in memory disk, it's size need to be two time the size of one of your FITS image.

After selecting the driver, check “Use filter wheel”.

Select “In camera” if the filter wheel is commanded by the camera driver.

After selecting the driver, check “Use focuser”.

After selecting the driver, check “Use rotator”.

After selecting the driver, check “Use mount”.

You can set the following options at your convenience depending on your environment. For example if the mount include a GPS or if you synchronize the site location across different software.

Set mount time from computer: send the time from the computer to the mount.
Set mount site long/lat from configuration: send the site from the configuration to the mount.
Get site long/lat from the mount: update the configuration site coordinates by the one set in the mount.

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