It is a little involved because SkySafari does not currently support EQMOD.
(I tested this with a 11" iPad Pro, ASIAIR v1.3, SkySafari Plus, and an AZ-GTi, but I think it will work with any other iOS devices -- Apple's devices tend to work across the board.)
There are three things to set up. 1) the AZ-GTi, 2) ASIAIR, and 3) SkySafari.
---- Set up AZ-GTi ----
Connect the iPad WiFi network (in Settings > WiFi) to the AZ-GTi's SSID and launch the SynScan Pro app. After connecting the iPad to the mount, go to SynScan Settings (big gear icon), and select SYNSCAN WI-FI > Wi-Fi Setting.
In the Station Mode section of the WiFi configuration, the SSID should be the ASIAIR's SSID -- unless you change it in ASIAIR, the default is in the form of "ASIAIR_xxxxxxxx", where xxxxxxxx is a hex string that is your ASIAIR's serial number. Make sure Station Mode is enabled.
If you had not earlier set this up, click on the Modify Station checkbox and edit the three items in it -- enable/disable, ASIAIR's SSID and Password (12345678).
What this does is make the AZ-GTi join the ASIAIR's WiFi Network.
You can now quit from the SynScan app. You don't need it anymore. In the future, you should be able to just turn the mount on and not need SynScan app.
---- Set up ASIAIR ----
Now switch the iPad's WiFi network (in Settings>WiFi) to the ASIAIR's SSID. Unless you have changed the default SSID, this is the "ASIAIR_xxxxxxxx" that is mentioned above.
Launch ASIAIR app, do not select any mount yet (just select None that is the first item in the mount menu) on its entry page. In the ASIAIR window that is selected by the icon that looks like a WiFi icon, turn "5G WiFi" off. This is because the AZ-GTi only works with a 2.4 GHz network (at least with my AZ-GTi).
If ASIAIR was earlier set to 5 GHz, it will reboot, and you will have to go to the iPad's Settings utility to again select the ASIAIR's SSID.
Relaunch ASIAIR and again, defer setting the mount (choose None when first setting things up)
You should see the familiar ASIAIR main window again, and this time, select Telescope Settings.
For Telescope type, choose "EQMOD with SkySafari." Do not choose "EQMOD Mount."
From what I can tell, "EQMOD with SkySafari" takes LX-200 commands (we will see this later) from SkySafari and translates the commands into EQMOD commands to send to the AZ-GTi. All this is because SkySafari still does not support EQMOD protocol.
In the next line, choose Ethernet instead of Serial Port (toggle the button if it says "Serial Port"). The IP number should be 10.0.0.1 (in the Unix world, 10.0.0.1 is basically "ourself.") Port number should be 11880, and toggle from TCP to UDP as the ethernet protocol.
Once you turn on the switch to the right of the Telescope type, the Mount Info should populate itself. This could take a couple of seconds; be patient.
At this point, you should be able to completely control the mount from ASIAIR (Sync To Mount), slew, turn tracking on/off, etc)
---- Set up SkySafari ---
Stay on the same ASIAIR_xxxxxxxx network. Will be be directing SkySafari to use the same network as ASIAIR.
Launch SkySafari.
Go to SkySafari's Settings window (gear icon). On the left hand column, tap on TELESCOPE > Setup.
On the right side, under EQUIPMENT SELECTION, choose "Meade LX200 Classic" as the Scope type.
In IP address, choose the current networks's IP address (i.e., 10.0.0.1). For port number, use 9624.
What this does is to make SkySafari think that there is an LX200 mount at IP address 10.0.0.1 and Unix port 9624.
ASIAIR will be listening to Port 9624 for Meade LX200 commands and if it set to "EQMOD with SkySafari) will translate and pass the commands on to the AZ-GTi. When status is received back from AZ-GTi, ASIAIR will translate them to LX-200 status and send them on to SkySafari.
Yes, SkySafari is blissfully unaware that it is not talking to a Meade LX200 mount :-).
You can now click on Done in the SkySafari Settings window and you should be able to choose Scope in SkySafari to bring up mount controls and Connect to the mount (which, remember, SkySafari thinks is a Meade).
You can now switch between the ASIAIR app and SkySafari app.
---- Normal usage ----
First turn on AZ-GTi, wait for SynScan SSID to appear on the network, and wait another 15 seconds, just to let AZ-GTi finish booting. Then turn on ASIAIR, wait for its SSID to appear, and select the ASIAIR access point, and launch and run ASIAIR as usual. After ASIAIR is running, launch SkySafari.
Remember that ASIAIR needs to be running, or SkySafari will not see the virtual Meade LX-200 mount that ASIAIR is emulating.
With all that said, you really should not need SkySafari anymore, except perhaps as a planetarium program. You can use plate solving and GOTO in ASIAIR. On rare occasions, when an object is not in the ASIAIR database, you can just enter the RA and DEC manually and still execute a plate solve/GOTO.
Good luck,
Chen
