Hello,
For the first time, I tried using my Canon R5 with my C8-N reflector on an AVX, with a Orion Deluxe Mini guidescope and asi120mm mini guide camera for guiding, all controlled by ASIair Mini.
Here's all the failures I had before I gave up:
(approximate order in which things happened)
1. The weird connection issue that has to do with turning off the cellular data before entering into the ASIair app.
2. I used a power station and I connected 2 12v adapters, one 3 amp one going to the mount, the other 5 amp one going to ASIair.
The ASIair app disconnected or something; I looked at the Nexstar HC and saw the display off; I found out the 3 amp adapter had a loose connection to the power station.
3. The ASIair wasn't detecting my R5 as a camera; I found out my R5 was not connected to the ASIair…
I connected it with a USB-C to USB-C (EDIT, I MEANT USB-C TO USB-A) cable from Amazon.
4. I tried PA, mount facing north, but it was saying I had no connection to the mount (the cables were connected); I found out my mount was switched off (by myself probably)
5. 2 snails starting coming out of the bush to see the spectacle
6. I tried PA again, but it said I needed to do Polar or 3 Star Align for it to work. I assumed it meant the HC. (I was thinking that with the ASIair, all I needed to do was turn on the HC, but that was not the case; I had to enter all the info it needed and entered a random star alignment for it to work) The mount was finally connected.
7. Dew was forming at a fast rate all around the entire reflector
8. I tried PA again, it was supposedly taking a picture, but I could not hear the shutter of the R5 activating; I disconnected the power to the ASIair and reconnected, I tried taking ONE picture with the app (1 second I think), but the camera made a sound with the shutter TWO times and still didn't show me any photo on the ASIair. It showed the "exposure failure" error. I tried cRAW instead of RAW on the R5; I heard the correct shutter noises when I tried taking a photo, but no photo was loading anywhere.
9. Only like 2 or 3 times did the photo load onto the app, when it seemed like it was working with RAW, I tried PA again, but I found out my guide camera was deactivated in the app.
10. I checked everything and reconnected, everything was connected correctly, I tried PA one more time, it detected something like 65,000 stars, then it froze saying that it was trying to platesolve; I waited for a long time, nothing happened; I cancelled the PA, tried just a preview photo, didn't work, "exposure failure" error again, I gave up and decided to turn off the ASIair and mount and used the mount manually and took a few photos and video of the moon and jupiter.
The things that stopped me were the "exposure failure" error, not loading image, and ASIair not activating R5 shutter. One guy from Facebook had the same problem and he's saying that it's a buffer issue or something, because it worked for him when he used his R6 (20MP) instead of R5 (45MP). Why does ASIair Mini webpage say that the R5 is compatible if it doesn't work okay?
IDK if there is a fix to this; maybe I need to change to NINA? Or maybe the ASIair somehow knows I'm not using a ZWO cable for the R5?
For the first time, I tried using my Canon R5 with my C8-N reflector on an AVX, with a Orion Deluxe Mini guidescope and asi120mm mini guide camera for guiding, all controlled by ASIair Mini.
Here's all the failures I had before I gave up:
(approximate order in which things happened)
1. The weird connection issue that has to do with turning off the cellular data before entering into the ASIair app.
2. I used a power station and I connected 2 12v adapters, one 3 amp one going to the mount, the other 5 amp one going to ASIair.
The ASIair app disconnected or something; I looked at the Nexstar HC and saw the display off; I found out the 3 amp adapter had a loose connection to the power station.
3. The ASIair wasn't detecting my R5 as a camera; I found out my R5 was not connected to the ASIair…
I connected it with a USB-C to USB-C (EDIT, I MEANT USB-C TO USB-A) cable from Amazon.4. I tried PA, mount facing north, but it was saying I had no connection to the mount (the cables were connected); I found out my mount was switched off (by myself probably)
5. 2 snails starting coming out of the bush to see the spectacle
6. I tried PA again, but it said I needed to do Polar or 3 Star Align for it to work. I assumed it meant the HC. (I was thinking that with the ASIair, all I needed to do was turn on the HC, but that was not the case; I had to enter all the info it needed and entered a random star alignment for it to work) The mount was finally connected.
7. Dew was forming at a fast rate all around the entire reflector
8. I tried PA again, it was supposedly taking a picture, but I could not hear the shutter of the R5 activating; I disconnected the power to the ASIair and reconnected, I tried taking ONE picture with the app (1 second I think), but the camera made a sound with the shutter TWO times and still didn't show me any photo on the ASIair. It showed the "exposure failure" error. I tried cRAW instead of RAW on the R5; I heard the correct shutter noises when I tried taking a photo, but no photo was loading anywhere.
9. Only like 2 or 3 times did the photo load onto the app, when it seemed like it was working with RAW, I tried PA again, but I found out my guide camera was deactivated in the app.
10. I checked everything and reconnected, everything was connected correctly, I tried PA one more time, it detected something like 65,000 stars, then it froze saying that it was trying to platesolve; I waited for a long time, nothing happened; I cancelled the PA, tried just a preview photo, didn't work, "exposure failure" error again, I gave up and decided to turn off the ASIair and mount and used the mount manually and took a few photos and video of the moon and jupiter.
The things that stopped me were the "exposure failure" error, not loading image, and ASIair not activating R5 shutter. One guy from Facebook had the same problem and he's saying that it's a buffer issue or something, because it worked for him when he used his R6 (20MP) instead of R5 (45MP). Why does ASIair Mini webpage say that the R5 is compatible if it doesn't work okay?
IDK if there is a fix to this; maybe I need to change to NINA? Or maybe the ASIair somehow knows I'm not using a ZWO cable for the R5?
