Astrophysics mach1 with asiair

pogo

Hi, I have a question for Astrophysics users (GTOCP4) in combination with Asiair. I would like to know what your workflow is connecting asiair to the mount and initializing it. I usually start up the mount and start it from park 3 (portable setup) for polaralignment. I then connect ASiair and polar align. I then perform a platesolve and have ASiair slew to my target. This often does not work as expected. It slews either to a totally wrong position or sometimes right but with the scope on the wrong side of the meridian. After polaralignment I platesolve with the scope pointing north and rotated 60 degrees to the west from the initial position for polaralignment.
So my question is, what is the right sequence to initialize the mount and perform the first goto.? Should I use the hand controller first, or start from a different park position? I can’t really find any useful information about that.

Thanks,

Peter

Jukka77

Just the same question for me, though I use an old AP400GTO with the CP2 controller (with the last chipset).
My mount goes to the right position but to the wrong side of the meridian.
It seems that the mount runs better without the hand controller, starting from the park 3 position as ASIAIR attempt that. but I still have something like 15 degrees error. I tried to run the mount with both ASIAIR and the handcontroller, and only got unexpected moves, though I entered location without DST and the correct local time as needed.
So, as I use ASIAIR with an IPAD (and no handcontroller), I am not sure of what kind of time is sent to the mount when doing a "sync to mount" from the IPAD. I guess, for my concern, that I'll have to try to enter manualy the right time, but wich one (UTC?? GMT+1 ??? in France).
Anyway, one thing that seems to be clear for me is that ASIAIR expect to begin in the Park 3 position.
I'll write the results as soon as possible (very bad weather here...)
Jerome

Johnny999R

I'll be following this thread with interest since I have the 900GTO mount and recently started converting over to ASI products. However, based on a ZWO's minimal support for third party accessories, I'm skeptical their products will be conducive with Astro Physics products. I hope they are.

PMTeam@ZWO

Hope these help you:
1 Please make sure that the handle controller is turned off daylight saving time
2 Please ensure that the mobile phone has the positioning function turned on, and the ASIAIR app has the permission of location information
3 Please check the Time and Coordinates in the Mount Settings - Mount Info and Phone Info are correct (the time here is the time after the daylight saving time is removed)
4 Please check whether the home position is correct
5 After completing the PA, take a photo, plate and sync to the mount
It would be very appreciated if a log could be sent when an exception occurs
good luck