Question about Correct Time on Android Tablet

jsg

Hello,

I know that the ZWO AM5 mount that I am using ignores DST and uses standard time.
I'll be imaging over the weekend in Mendocino, California, which has a time zone of -7 UTC (DST) and -8 UTC (PST).
Do I set my Android tablet's time manually to ignore DST or do I let it set itself automatically, which will be daylight savings time? Or does it matter?

I am trying to ensure that the meridian flip succeeds.

Thanks,
Jerry

Corsair

You can test whether or not you need to turn DST off manually for your Android Tablet running the ASIAIR App. It would be appear for some they don't but for others they do.

Make sure the Android Tablet has its location information set as you would normally - time (DST on), date, location.

When you first turn on the ASIAIR Plus and connect to it with the ASIAIR App - check the lat, long information. Make sure it is right. Then, when you get into it, go to the Mount/Telescope settings and check everything there is correct. See what happens when you press "Sync to Mount".

If the time isn't correct after pressing Sync to Mount - i.e. it is showing DST time and not the normal non-DST time - then you know the Android Tablet needs to be set up with the DST set manually and turned off (so you Android Tablet will be on non-DST).

Also - double check your settings for your Plan etc after an App update has happened (as well as a firmware update). It could be that setting got changed, or added, that will need to be changed.

jsg

Corsair

Great, thanks for sharing this with me.

What's interesting is when I have the Android tablet set on DST (automatically getting time and date from the network), ASIAIR Plus (2.1) corrects for the 1 hour difference and the mount reads, correctly, as UTC-8 (no DST, I am in San Francisco, California).

But if I change my wireless source on the tablet to AM5's own software, it also takes its time from the tablet and reads DST time, which, I would think, would confuse the mount. I don't use the handset or the AM5 software when imaging, I only use ASIAIR Plus. So, I think I am good to go and I shouldn't (ah, the magic word!) have any issues with meridian flip. I hope.

Jerry