How to connect the new Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro to ASIAIR?: Page 3

How to connect the new Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro to ASIAIR?

johnnyderskeptiker

Pascal: I do the connection directly from the AIR to the EQ6-R USB-Port and use no hand controller. Important to set the speed to 115000! But I have the PRO. But with the 1 should also be possible!

corfu

I have the celestron AVX mount . With the suggestion for a change of operating system, I followed the instructions, I installed the new operating system on a 64GB card and my connection problem with the ASIAIR PRO was solved immediately. Thank you very much. Another problem is polar alignment. I try to do the procedure at her house and I fail. I should probably follow the procedures suggested by the ASIAIR PRO.

Skylab1

corfu What software do you use to burn the image? I have tried both Mac and PC with 32 and 64GB tf card, the end result still the same all 60 files are visible on the root of the SD card and the card is not bootable.

GoldTop57

I have a new EQ6-R Pro with the USB port. I downloaded the OS image from the link pinned to the top of the page and flashed it to a 64GB SanDisk card with ApplePi-Baker. Installed the card in the ASIAIR Pro, switched it on - no beep, no WiFi from the unit. I assume it could not boot up correctly. Any ideas anyone?

Skylab1

GoldTop57 I think you are in the same boat as me, check your SD card how many files do you see on the root of the SD card? You should see only 4 files (3 folders and 1 file), if you see 60 files then it did not burn correctly and it will not boot. Mount the ISO image file you will see 60 files there, if the SD card looks like that then it won't boot. I've been having the same problem for weeks now trying to flash the OS and so far has ended in failure.

GoldTop57

Thank you SSkylab1 - yes like you I see 60 files. I'm not going to waste any more time on this and will purchase an EQMOD cable.

tatonkadriver

I am not a programming guy, so this process is pretty frustrating. I've downloaded the file ZWO emailed me. i opened the file and it show up as a BOOT file on my desktop. Im using a MAC running High Sierra 10.13.6. I have a 64GB SanDisk. When i open Apple-Pi Baker and select the BOOT drive i have an option to "Backup Disk to File". Is this the correct option? If so it shows it will backup as a .ZIP file. Is that correct? Finally, when i open the BOOT file it shows 60 items, so it appears I would have the same issues as GoldTop57 andSkyLab1 encountered? Any thoughts?

Skylab1

tatonkadriver Your need to choose restore file to disk option, when is finish open the SD card if you see 60 files on the SD card then it didn't work, if you see only 4 files/folder then consider yourself lucky.

ZWO need to fix it problem ASAP, I also tried Raspberry Pie Imager same result 60 files, my mount is half working because of this. Somebody out there must know why this is happening and how to fix it, why the image works for some people and not others?

tatonkadriver

The restore option is not accessible. I assume its because of read only protection. I slid the unlock slider on the sd card and it shows as "custom" when i look at the card. I can't figure out out to get write protection off the card.

Skylab1

tatonkadriver do you have a small slot that will take the TF card without using the adapter? Or tried a different adapter.

tatonkadriver

Skylab1 I've tried two adapters to no avail. tried several cards and formatted one to try.

Skylab1

tatonkadriver try raspberry pie imager they have a Mac version.

Moodtastic

I got a new EQ6 R with the USB port.

I had first light yesterday with it. Spent around 3 hours trying to resolve the issue (given some here saying the issues is resolved I thought I had some other issue). This is what I did:-

Updated the mount firmware to the latest version on SW website.

Followed the ZWO instructions at the top of this post. I used Win32 and the original SD card that came with my AAP. I just selected the AAP BOOT drive to install the new image and it overwrote the current OS.

Inserted back into the AAP. Reauthenticated online (I was concerned about this step but it was easy).

When I turned on the AAP and connected my tablet it updated to the most recent firmware. I was worried this would undo the new image, but it seemed to work. Obviously this version has some additional drivers that remain even with firmware updates.

Mount connected via USB under EQmod with 115000 baud.

Skylab1

Moodtastic Its there anyway you can backup your updated OS and upload to a cloud drive so I can download?

I have tried 4 different software on both PC and Mac trying to restore the img so far has ended in failure, the restore SD card shows 60 files and it will not boot. I have no mount control until I can install the new image to a SD card.

GoldTop57

Skylab1 I went the EQMOD cable route set baud rate to 9600 and it worked fine.

TeleDan

I just got a new EQ6R Pro mount and initially could not connect with my Asiair Pro. Downloaded the image at the top of this thread. On first boot, it forced me to update the firmware after which I could immediately connect to the mount at 115200 baud. Better yet, I've been having problems with my Nikon Z6 camera and the Asiair Pro. The updated firmware fixed that problem as well. Thanks for support, ZWO!

Chamberlindj

So, this fix no longer works with version 1.8 of the APP for iOS, which I was forced to update. My EQ6-R is no longer able to connect. Thanks ZWO...

Kring

@Chamberlindj - I have 1.8 for the past 3 beta’s and have no issues connecting to and using my EQ6R-Pro so I don’t think it’s an image issue.

I have on occasion experienced strange issues with devices no longer working on certain USB ports, not sure why. The work around is to just switch to a different USB port and it should detect and work.

Chamberlindj

Kring Can you confirm how you are connecting? With the previous version, I was able to connect via USB directly to the mount, with a standard USB Type B cable, from any of the USB ports on the ASIAIR Pro. Are you using an EQMOD cable with FTDI chip to the HC port?

crackout

Using 1.8 final and have no issues connecting the AAP/AA+ to my EQ6-Rs via USB A/B.

Agepi7o

crackout What’s your mount firmware versión?

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