If you activate the server in the preferences you can connect locally or remotely to get information about the program.
There is three way to get the information:

• The status web page.
• This Simple socket command.
• The JSON-RPC status method.

The program listen on port 3277 and use the following command:

For example:

$ telnet localhost 3277
Connected to localhost.
OK! id=1

status
Planetarium connected, Autoguider guiding, Devices connected

sequence
Targets: test1 Plan: L-3x2 Start step R

capture
Seq: 2 Exp: 19 sec. Saved /home/pch/Capture/M13_Red_20180217_161453.fits 1392x1040

log
17:14:07:Starting Light exposure 3 for 20 seconds
17:14:27:Saved file /home/pch/Capture/M13_Red_20180217_161427.fits
17:14:27:Stop capture
17:14:33:Start step R
17:14:33:Start capture
17:14:33:Starting Light exposure 1 for 20 seconds
17:14:53:Saved file /home/pch/Capture/M13_Red_20180217_161453.fits
17:14:53:Starting Light exposure 2 for 20 seconds

quit
Connection closed by foreign host.