ipad. How to disconnect from Plus and connect to Pro?

davec13o2

I have an ipadMini2 that I connect to an AirPro and an ipadMini4 that I connect to an AirPlus.
The ipadMini4 opens SkyAtlas on the Air Plus, no problem.
But the old ipadMini2 doesn't have enough memory to run Sky Atlas on the AirPro, so I would like
to pair the ipadMini4 with the AirPro. But the two will not connect to let me into the Air app.
How can I get the AirPro to forget the old ipadMini2 and accept the ipadMini4?
Thanks for any suggestions.
David

w7ay

In ASIAIR app, open the ASIAIR Settings window (the one with the WiFI icon).

Scroll down until you see "Switch Device." Tap on that.

Assuming the ASIAIRs are connected using station mode, or using Ethernet cables, you should now see all the ASIAIR devices on your network. Choose the one you want to connect the iPad to. If it does not show up, connect using the IP of the ASIAIR you want.

If you are connected using the ASIAIR WiFi hotspot. You need to go to the iPad WiFi settings and choose the correct hotspot.

The ASIAIR does not choose which iPad it wants to connect to. Your iPad chooses which ASIAIR it connects to.

Each ASIAIR allows up to two iPads to concurrently connect to it. ( I don't know if the crippled ASIAIR mini has limited that number too. As usual, technical documentation from ZWO is missing.)

Chen

davec13o2

Thank you, Chen
I forgot to mention that I use a wired ethernet connection.
With a single ethernet cable connected to the AirPro, I can only get to the attached page. I can't get any further
to the page that would show existing connections or other possible connections as with WiFi.

But your comment that the iPad chooses which Air to connect to caused me to wait for about 5 minutes, tapping the "Scan" button once in a while. After that time, it did connect to the Pro.
Thanks again,
David

w7ay

davec13o2 wait for about 5 minutes, tapping the "Scan" button once in a while

Since your ASIAIR is connected by Ethernet to your network, one thing that you can do is to tell your router to give that ASIAIR a fixed IP address (usually under "IP reservation" or some phrase like that. (The router associates the unique MAC address of the ASIAIR to that IP address.)

In the future, if the ASIAIR app does not find the ASIAIR device, tap on the "Connect via IP" on that screen that you just posted. Then enter the fixed IP address that you have given the ASIAIR. You won't have to waste 5 minutes waiting for ZWO's buggy zeroconfig (zero configuration; connecting by signature instead of by IP address) code to find the ASIAIR. I have easy to remember fixed addresses 192.168.7.101, 192.168.7.102, 192.168.7.103, etc reserved to a couple of ASIAIR and a couple of INDIGO Sky devices (Raspberry Pi 4).

Fixing the IP Address also makes it easy to find the Samba server on the ASIAIR to transfer files from it to your computer. This is the GO menu on my Mac:

FWIW, I see the INDIGO Sky server immediately when I use zeroconf (called Bonjour in macOS) to reach it. The problem is the ASIAIR.

Chen

davec13o2

Thank you, Chen

I have an ethernet cable between the AirPro (or Plus) and my ipad4. I don't use a computer or router as they
are too far away to be convenient.

After the first 5 minute wait with the Pro, now when I connect to it, the connection is immediate. The same is also true for connection to the Plus. I guess the ipad4 is now registered with both controllers.

Thanks for the timely and expert help. Solved my problem in one day.

David