Asiair Pro - how to go back to earlier firmware

adamsdp

I have an AsiAir Pro and haven't used it since June. Last night, I downloaded the latest software and noticed that the preview mode was taking longer to display images and when live stacking, the image did not update until 10 or so sub frames where stacked compared to the image update after each sub in the earlier version of software. Not sure what version I was previously running but want to go back to it. Does anyone know how I can revert to an earlier software version? Thank you.

adamsdp

I received a tip from the Asirair facebook group to power cycle my Ipad and after doing so, the images are loading very quickly now. It was in the kB range and now in the mB range. I will try it out under the night sky and hopefully everything will go smoothly. Is there a summary of the new features in the upgraded software? Thank you.

stevesp

Asiair pro has a bad Wi-Fi antenna
If you are not very close you download nothing to your smartphone or tablet

adamsdp

I realized what you said is the issue. My celebration was premature. I was getting fast downloads inside with the Ipad right next to the Asiair. When outside, even a few feet away, the speeds dropped dramatically. I didn't have this issue until updating the firmware. Gets back to my original question - any way to go back to earlier version of software?

wvreeven

adamsdp The version of the ASIAir software and the app on your mobile device, in this case iPad, are tightly coupled. If you manage to install a previous version of the app on your iPad then you can restore the SD card of the ASIAir with a fresh installation and then upgrade the ASIAir to the software version corresponding to what's installed on the iPad. I have never succeeded in reverting an app version on my iPad but if you know how to do it, go ahead. And let us know here as well 🙂

adamsdp

Thanks for letting me know about the software being tightly coupled to the Ipad app. Someone on the Asiair facebook group posted a way to go back to an earlier version of software on the SD card - https://astronomy-imaging-camera.com/manuals/How_to_Restore_ASIAIR_OS.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0OMgcsZ63u5FPKFCOPYpBZRWYDFstbblW_7Bfk_Mou1z0PDXHVOpI-HiM

There wasn't any mention about the Ipad app though so glad you mentioned it before I spent a lot of time on the SD card if there isn't a way to go back on the Ipad app.

adamsdp

I was out with the Asiair Pro a couple of more evenings and one night I was able to get ok performance if I kept with a couple of feet of the Asiair but another night the wifi connection dropped out every 5 minutes or so. I ran across the following - https://astronomy-imaging-camera.com/asiair/asiair-guide-four-ways-to-connect-the-asiair-pro-to-network-updated.html which describes different ways to connect to the Asiair Pro. Inside, I switched the wifi to station mode as describe in the link and could walk 30 feet away and still get fast image uploads to the Ipad. Hopefully will work as well outside. Before finding the link, I was thinking of getting the Asiair plus but doesn't seem like that will need to be the case. If anyone has tried any of the methods in the link, I would be interested to hear about it. The pocket wifi router also seems like a good solution, especially for someone taking their scope away from their home wifi.

norm2121

The question of how to perform a factory reset of firmware has not been answered. The thread is how to get back to factory firmware. I downloaded v1.9.1 - 9.97 and immediately lost connection from my EQMOD cable to my HEQ5 mount. I want to go back to the previous firmware/software version if possible.

w7ay

norm2121 I want to go back to the previous firmware/software version if possible.

Perhaps this might help:

https://bbs.astronomy-imaging-camera.com/d/14485-how-to-re-install-firmware/4

ZWO keeps ASIAIR firmware as a payload in the ASIAIR app itself. So, unless you have some older version of the app, you will not be able to run the ASIAIR box on the older matching firmware. If you have an older app, you can first install firmware that is at least as old as the firmware in the ASIAIR app you want to run, like the one you had archived and saved, or the copy that the third generation ASIAIR has archived for you. You can then update the firmware to the one that matches the app.

It is very easy to do on Android -- do a web search for "Android APK files" to find out how to restore older install files. You may also be able to get on older APK file from a friend (after asking ZWO for permission to ignore the copyright EULA).

It is not as easy on iOS, unless you had been using iMazing to archive your apps all along, but you might be able to find a Beta version that works for you in the iOS TestFlight program (see the link above). I don't know if you can connect your iPad to a friend's iMazing archive on his/her Mac to download the older ASIAIR app -- I have never tried it.

Chen

Tech@ZWO

norm2121 Hi, Did you try another EQMOD cable?

c131frdave

I'm noticing a lot of bugs with this new firmware that came out last week (?). I'd like to go back to whatever was current in June. I had no problems at all then, and now, after the newest firmware install, all of a sudden I'm having all sorts of problems....