Hi everyone,
First, I would like to thank everyone for the help on setup, cables, and connectivity in the post ASIAIR Pro and Equipment Setup.I finally got to try out my ASIAIR Pro last night and it worked great, just as advertised. Although I did have a few problems. My setup i:
The first thing that I learned is that my third generation iPad, which is at least six years old, is not up to the task. It takes a long time for the images to load and sometimes it locks up and shuts down the ASIAP app. After about 20 minutes of that, I switched over to my two year-old Android phone and everything worked fine. Some questions that I have based on issues that I encountered during my imaging session:
All in all I had a great time with the ASIAIR Pro. Polar alignment was a snap--I was able to get the "smiley face" in about five minutes, plate solving worked, all of my equipment was synched up and communicating, and the target was centered.
Thanks for any assistance.
Best,
Jim
First, I would like to thank everyone for the help on setup, cables, and connectivity in the post ASIAIR Pro and Equipment Setup.I finally got to try out my ASIAIR Pro last night and it worked great, just as advertised. Although I did have a few problems. My setup i:
- WO SpaceCat 51
- Nikon D5600 DSLR
- Skywatcher HEQ 5 Pro mount
The first thing that I learned is that my third generation iPad, which is at least six years old, is not up to the task. It takes a long time for the images to load and sometimes it locks up and shuts down the ASIAP app. After about 20 minutes of that, I switched over to my two year-old Android phone and everything worked fine. Some questions that I have based on issues that I encountered during my imaging session:
- A few times my camera disconnected. I'm not sure if I was too far away from the rig (5G mode) or if it was just a coincidence. Has anyone had similar issues?
- I noticed that the time stamps for the filenames in the log file are local time, but the file time stamps on the USB stick are UTC. Is there an option to change the time to local time?
- I was expecting to see NEF files since working with DSLR, but my output files were FIT format. Is there an option to control the file type? I downloaded FITS Liberator to view the FIT files. Normally I just use Adobe Bridge for my Nikon NEF files.
- I was about half way through my autorun when I noticed that you can specify a delay between images. Originally I was at zero, but then changed it to five seconds. Not sure if I had a buffer issue, but some of my dark files were actually light files. Not sure what happened to the dark file data.
All in all I had a great time with the ASIAIR Pro. Polar alignment was a snap--I was able to get the "smiley face" in about five minutes, plate solving worked, all of my equipment was synched up and communicating, and the target was centered.
Thanks for any assistance.
Best,
Jim
