The bisque directory contains software for communicating with Software Bisque's Paramount ME. mks === This protocol is a native linux application. It depends on a proprietary object module from the RTS2 project. See the README.mks in that directory for more information on how to obtain the requisite library. The protocol has been tested only with the Paramount ME's serial interface. It should also work with earlier versions of the Paramount, and with the USB to serial adapter with an appropriate choice of device ID. In actual use the mount may be powered on by hand and homed with a touch of the joystick button, as usual. The software will communicate with the mount, request a new "home" slew, and connect with XmTel and XEphem. XmTel will use the mount as configured by TheSkyX, and does not change this internal configuration. It should be possible to switch back and forth between these applications. tsx === This protocol communicates with TheSkyX Professional (TSX) through its Orchestrate scripting program. In order to use it you must have TSX Pro with Orchestrate installed and have Orchestrate running. At this time TSX and Orchestrate are available for Windows and Mac OSX, but not Linux. You can run them on another machine and map a "folder" under Windows to a directory in Linux. Alternatively, you can run TSX in a virtual machine on a Linux system. In this solution the application that is running the telescope is available on the same hardware that xmtel is using and there is little practical difference to running a native Linux application. The TSX Pro interface is provided for those who have a need for other (usually proprietary) Windows or Mac software, and the scripting features of Orchestrate. Indeed, the tsx interface is limited to commands available through scripts, and is simply a way to use scripting interactively with the features of INDI, XEphem and XmTel. Any telescope supported by TSX Pro should work with XmTel in this way. The mks interface is recommended if you do not have other needs for TSX since it does not require another software layer and is more responsive in an interactive Linux environment. We are using the mks interface to implement a robust web-controlled Paramount.