ASIAir Pro and WiFi range question

If you are using 2.4Ghz wifi and trying to use USB3, HDMI, or bluetooth from the ASIAIR (which is basically a Rpi), then you are likely running into RF interference due to close proximity of the Wifi antenna to those other ports in that small HW form factor.  I experienced this problem and documented it in the Kstars/Ekos forum (for Rpi4 users), but it was documented many years prior in a white paper:

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products...erference-paper.html

There are several options discussed in the kstars/ekos post which might apply to mitigate, namely using 5Ghz in place of 2Ghz (but there are other options).   Here's the post: 

https://indilib.org/forum/general/6576-pi4-usb3-and-wireless-2-4ghz-interference.html#50509
I hope one of these options helps....   CS,   Doug

I am using a mobile WLAN repeater. It catches the signal of the ASIair Pro and sends a stronger signal to my iPad inside the house. Works great … 

Until yesterday, when I added a USB 3 hub to my rig. Since then I have trouble connecting to the ASIair. I will try Doug's advice and switch to 5 GHz. 

… Just tested 5 GHz. Works fine. 

Mit dem TP-Link TL-WR902AC AC750 WLAN Nano Router an der gleichen Stromquelle und direkt neben dem ASInonair wird daraus ein ASIair, der den Namen verdient. Ist nur eine Behelfslösung, aber funktioniert. 

With the TP-Link TL-WR902AC AC750 WLAN Nano Router on the same power source and right next to the ASInonair, it becomes an ASIair worthy of the name. It's only a workaround, but it works.

I have just wired a tp-link extender to the AAP and now I can connect to it from everywhere.
It doesn’t bother me very much not being able to access to internet while I’m imaging, as mainly I’m concentrated on the session… or I’m sleeping
However is always possible to connect from multiple devices, so for example I use the MacBook (with Bluestacks) to exploit the big screen (focusing, preview, general control) but then I switch to the iPad portability to rotate the camera or to polar align.

is still unclear to me if the ongoing session is stopped if the connection is lost (I think yes)

Nö, sind ja nur 570m Entfernung ;-)
Ich habe den 1200 sehr gut verpackt im Apfelbaum versteckt. Das scheint auch besser zu funktionieren. Wettertechnisch wurde alles auch schon 3x heute durch Gewitterschauer geprüft, alles dicht! Wenigstens das ist positiv.

Hier ein Bild mit der ASI183MM Pro von heute vormittag. Single Shot mit 400µs Belichtungszeit

is still unclear to me if the ongoing session is stopped if the connection is lost (I think yes)

I am pretty sure that ASIair Pro keeps on working. You can even shut down your devices, the little computer in the ASI will do what you told him. The connection is only necessary for giving instructions and looking at the pictures, not for taking pictures.

Hello Jens et al.,

if you have a long distance between your ASIAIR and your (wired) home network, and you have large bandwidth requirements, maybe because you want to transfer your images directly to your desktop PC while observing without utilizing a USB stick, there is another solution.

Mikrotik (and others) offer wireless point-to-point solutions with the 60GHz standard. They call it Wireless Wire NRay. This is not WLAN ! It has the advantage that it offers true 1GBit/sec throughput over a distance of up to 1.5km. You need to use a short ethernet cable from your ASIAIR to the one Wireless Wire NRay. The other Wireless Wire NRay needs to be mounted close to the house and needs to be attached to another ethernet cable connected to your home network.  The routers are made for outdoor use, so you dont need to wory about that and can install them permanently outside.
This of course is suitable only for specific scenarios, but it is lightning fast and very stable when you want to control your ASIAIR/telescope from within the house.

For initial setup, polar alignment etc. I still use the ASIAIR build-in WLAN with my mobile, which is OK since for PA you need to be close to the telescope anyway.

Regards,

Götz

P.S.: I should mention that with the ASIAIR and a 60GHz wireless router the bandwidth is limited by the ethernet hardware of the Rasberry 4 used for the ASIAIR. I get about 650MBit/sec transfer rate. 

I should also mention: There are also outdoor long distance WLAN solutions mentioned already in this thread. However, these to my knowledge only have 100MBit/sec ethernet adapaters, which means that the bandwith is limited to that rate.

There is a bit of a cottage industry right now with people adding an external antenna to the ASIAir Pro.   I think this video on YouTube describes the process.  There are people on the ASIAir Pro Facebook community page that will do this for you if you don't have the materials or would be apprehensive about making the changes yourself.  

-Sean

I have to add my vote to the TP-Link AC750 Wi-Fi Travel router. I have it set to range extender mode. It sits on my power supply (which sits just under the mount) and just works.