Started working on getting the basic communications with the scope working.

Working on routines to get and set the date and time in the handbox.

MeadeAutostar497/StringExtensions.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace ASCOM.MeadeAutostar497
+{
+    public static class StringExtensions
+    {
+        public static int ToInteger(this string str)
+        {
+            return int.Parse(str);
+        }
+    }
+}