ASIAIR v2.1.5 has been released!: Page 2

ASIAIR v2.1.5 has been released!

Tayfun

hyiger Hi,meade 80 mm Apochromatic telescope.And thank you.

Tayfun

Improve101 I am using an iPhone. With the last update, the space available is 1.68GB.I don't know Android

Improve101

App breakdown:
App 1.34GB
User Data: 3.4GB (not sure why this is so large)
Cache: 79MB.

avpinedo

Hello, we have been making few improvements with the asiair for some time now, just bug fixes but no new features, many of them promised a long time ago, I think you are very focused on the seestar and you have forgotten a little about asiair .
Below I make a list of some requirements that have already been requested a lot, and have not been carried out, despite being delighted with my asiair, I see that products are going to come out like the ToupTek astrostation that has the freedom to choose other brands If you don't continue improving at the software level, others can do it for you. I hope you take into account the thousands of Asiair users and take into account our needs and continue improving the product, thank you.

Push notifications: Zwo comment: Thank you very much for your support and feedback, i forwarded this to our ASIAIR team, they will consider this in the future (ago-23)
Parking function: Zwo comment: Thanks for your support, our devs noted this, and they are considering this. (nov-22)
Autofocus for planetary, moon and surfaces: Zwo comment: Our team will consider Planetary auto focus in ASIAIR in the future. (ene-24)
Remote Access to ASIAIR: Zwo comment: We received many feedbacks from users about remote, and our ASIAIR team is discussing this, if there is any news will tell you. (ene-23)
Dark nebula do not appear in skyatlas: Zwo comment:
Imaging Plan Enhancement - Modify plans in progress: Zwo comment: Our engineers will consider this in the future. (oct-22)
ZWO LED Flats Panel. Next New Product?: Zwo comment: It does not on the to do list for now.
I conveyed to our team, thank you for your support. " (jun-24)
Rotator: Zwo comment: CAA is expected to be released in the first half of this year. (ene-24)

charding

Ferenc75 the image on the iPad or Android device is not the small jpeg that is only a thumbnail. It is the full image. Just count the send and watch the transfer rate to check for yourself.

hyiger

charding

I believe it is both the RAW FITS and a stretched JPG version for display. Also, if playing around with the histogram on the linear FITS, it makes sense it is done with the app and not on the ASIAir. The iOS or Android device is going to have much more processing power and RAM than a RockPi based ASIAir.

L5rEAosd

Remember that the new 256Mb model is NOT Pi based. But ZWO's own mb as I understand it.?

hyiger

L5rEAosd
Correct, it is not Pi based but based on the RockPi architecture.

sompi68

Last night, after weeks of rain, I tried the new release. I found it much improved from the previous version, but the thing that amazed me was the guidance, stable and precise, with my CGX. Congratulations.
P.S. All that's missing is the autofocus with the planets and we're at perfection

Sonixx

Used the new beta two nights in a row. No issues at all in full auto mode. Using the 256GB version.

Stephan

SFj9LuNr

I'm using an AVX mount with a C8. I had two main issues in the last mainstream release and beta releases:

Manual slew, mainly DEC, would not stop for 5 seconds after finger removed from slew icon.
While guiding and using Live mode, a "mount disconnect" error would appear manually. Sometimes just getting guiding to run before imaging the error would occur.

On this latest 2.1.5 (11.08) release, when testing the manual slewing in DEC and RA I could not reproduce item 1.

I ran a Live mode stacking with saving frames, 60 sec exposures for 1 hour and was not able to reproduce the "mount disconnect" error. I will keep testing by running Live mode for 3 minute exposures for 2 hours. I was using EMMC and after the 2 hour test will test using a micro SD to store frames.

Thanks

KJR

SFj9LuNr

I've noticed over three nights using this release the PA routine doesn't work with my AVX mount.

PA starts by taking an initial photo.
Then it wants to slew 60 degrees and I click to continue
The mount starts the slew but the RA degree counter doesn't change, it remains at 0. About 1/2 the mount speed changes to a lower speed.
The mount seems to stop in the right place but ASIAir never takes the next photo. It hangs until you take action to Cancel.
I then switched to NINA and I encountered slewing issues in its polar alignment
I figured it was the mount.

The next night after setting up from scratch the ASIAir PA worked as normal.

This latest session, the third session with this release, ASIAir Polar Alignment problem ouccred. I switched over to NINA but didn't experience slewing issues when performing its polar alignment.

KJR

ZWO tech states the log shows the AVX never sends the RA/DEc coordinates back to ASIAir.

SFj9LuNr

Last night I set up and before invoking PA I took a test image at the NCP and plated solved successfully. Then I slewed to the West at least 5 degrees away from NCP and took a test shot, plate solved and clicked on Sync Mount
Slewed to the East and took an image plate solve and Sync Mount. Then go to Home position. Check tracking is on then PA. It went though the PA without reproducing the problem.

When the scope is pointing to the NCP or within 5 degrees, ASIAir can't sync the mount with coordinates but it should know the current RA and Dec coordinates when you start up. Maybe it's just an AVX thing.

The good news is whatever happened between bet 2.1.4 and 2.1.5 my two bugs, one for long slews, primarily in DEC don't stop and mount disconnect errors when in Live mode and also guiding seem to have been fixed either by intent or by accident. I never see any release nots that show this fix. Hopefully the problems will not come back. I'm using the handset firmware that ends in 3175. You have to install CFM and run it to see the update available since Celestron doesn't show it in its firmware history, at least I can't find it.

KJR

Gazers

SFj9LuNr I Had the same issue Saturday night first time using AA+ Took me three hours to PA. Had a few Mount Disconnected errors. Once PA was done went to go to a target, Mount didn't slew at all. it said it was slewing on my phone but it wasn't.
Nexstar 8SE
AVX Mount
I guess when they say, Easy As 1,2,3 they mean in hours!

stevesp

I have this issue since years with AVX and ASIAir. I manually slew for PA

Marcrnsm1@gmail.com

hyiger figures, my Redcat71 isn't even 2 weeks old, I kept have 30 second exposures with star trails after a good PA.

SFj9LuNr

I haven't noticed this before but when I start guiding, I see a dialog that prompts me to allow ASIAir to change my mount speed to 1x. My AVX is at .9x. The last couple of session I have allowed the change.

Is this just for Celestron mounts or is this global? Wonder if anyone else has seen this.

Thanks

KJR

LeBelAlbert

SFj9LuNr

First of all, thank you for your former comments in the forum, really useful for the Celestron mounts community.

Celestron mounts and ASIAIR aren't exactly the best match. To connect a CGX mount to an ASIAIR, you need to follow a precise process, or else the polar alignment (PA) can be a nightmare, if it works at all. Here is my process:

Turn on the CGX mount (without connecting the Nexstar+ to the ASIAIR).
Validate the time, the last alignment, and decrease the mount speed to 1.
Connect the Nexstar+ to the ASIAIR using a USB cable.
Turn on the ASIAIR.
Following this process has helped me avoid the issues you're experiencing.

hyiger

ZWO... If you are listening... FILTER OFFSETS PLEASE!!! Turning off Autorun "Group by Slot" is useless unless there are filter offsets. I want to be able to take groups of each channel and repeat but the auto-focus on filter switch eats a lot of time.

jyfkhgfgkhf

ZWO get rid of the mandatory precise location permission. You have no need for this if users input their own coordinates, and the app should continue to function rather than force quitting.

orion

Hi, I have problems with this version, since yesterday I tried to add several objects to the favorites list and then when I tried to log in to see them, the application resets and exits, having to log in again. Two questions: 1) why does this happen 2) How do I delete the favorites from that menu since the rest of the application seems to run without problems?

astrodup

Hi,

It seems that the meridian flip is not working on my AVX mount since the last version (Android). When the meridian flip should be made, the mount moves but remains at the same position instead of inverting position of the OTA and counterweights. My settings are 1 minute before flip and 1 minute after. These settings were used for my astronomy sessions on May and the meridian flip was performed correctly (with Plan mode).

Best regards

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