Alpyca

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This production release includes the interface additions and documentation clarifications for asynchronous
behavior which are part of ASCOM Platform 7.

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- Added interface members as described in `Release Notes for Interfaces as of ASCOM Platform 7 <https://ascom-standards.org/newdocs/relnotes.html#release-notes-for-interfaces-as-of-ascom-platform-7>`_
and `published in November 2023 <https://ascomtalk.groups.io/g/Developer/message/7066>`_ on the ASCOM Developer Forum.
These have been included in the package unit tests and validated to the best of our abilities.
- Documentation of each interface member now contains a link to the corresponding member in the
`ASCOM Master Interfaces (Alpaca and COM) <https://ascom-standards.org/newdocs/#ascom-master-interfaces-alpaca-and-com>`_
which serves as the definitive source of documentation (though it is generic and not Python specific).

Changes since 2.0.2 (2.0.3 unpublished)
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- Switch interface now uses ``Id`` instead of ``ID`` for switch parameters. (`GitHub Issue 8 <https://github.com/ASCOMInitiative/alpyca/issues/8>`_)
- ``Focuser.StepSize`` value type corrected to float (from int) (`GitHub Issue 7 <https://github.com/ASCOMInitiative/alpyca/issues/7>`_)
- Documentation updated for changes in links to the Omni Simulator and other additions and corrections.

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- Fix discovery for multiple devices on localhost (`GitHub Issue 6 <https://github.com/ASCOMInitiative/alpyca/issues/6>`_)
- Fix ``driveRates`` enum (`GitHub Issue 3 <https://github.com/ASCOMInitiative/alpyca/issues/3>`_)
- Fix descriptive text for ``pierWest`` and ``pierUnknown`` (`GitHub Issue 5 <https://github.com/ASCOMInitiative/alpyca/issues/5>`_)
- Fix DriverVersion to return the string (`GitHub Issue 4 <https://github.com/ASCOMInitiative/alpyca/issues/4>`_)
- ``Camera.SensorTypes`` was corrected to ``Camera.SensorType`` in the interface
- Documentation corrections and clarifications

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- Improve speed via re-use of sockets (``Connection: keep-alive``) for device HTTP.
- ``ObservingConditions.SensorDescription()`` has been fixed to accept the sensor name (`GitHub Issue 2 <https://github.com/ASCOMInitiative/alpyca/issues/2>`_)
- Parameters for ``ObservingConditions.TimeSinceLastUpdate()`` and
``ObservingConditions.SensorDescription()`` have been corrected to ``SensorName``.
- Correct ``ObservingConditions.AveragePeriod`` to remove capital P from URI