ASIAIR v2.4.1 has been released!: Page 9

ASIAIR v2.4.1 has been released!

Corsair

Luxo well, there are plenty of other guides out there on YouTube and so on.

One that is very good and updated is from high point scientific
https://www.highpointscientific.com/astronomy-hub/post/how-tos/zwo-asiair-guide#L-Mount

This link should hopefully take you to section on the mount control box. That's how you enter in custom coordinates to go to.

Luxo

OK Thanks - and apologies, all sorted.

GOTO a target using RA and Dec - I was looking for a little square icon with a cross, as used on the planetarium display. It's GO, the rounded green button. Right, now we have that one sorted.
CAA rotating after meridian flip. Setting the rotation RANGE to 180 is what stops this.
When mounting the CAA and camera on the scope it's inevitable the camera will be at some odd angle. The optional handset from the EAF is essential to rotate the camera to a suitable starting orientation. This really needs to be said.

As I have said many times, you do really need to provide a manual with actual screenshots pointing out what to press. If I am making these mistakes it's not obvious for the dummies.

Corsair

Luxo Glad at least one thing got sorted.

Can't help you with the CAA, unfrotunately, as I don't have one nor do I intend on purchasing one.

I wholeheartedly agree that the manual needs to be seriously updated (the current version of the ASIAIR Plus Manual here - https://www.yuque.com/zwopkb/air_plus - is needs to be updated and also, in some cases, refers to the ASIAIR Manual here - https://www.yuque.com/zwopkb/asiair - which also needs updating).

I do know that @PMTeam@ZWO @Tech@ZWO have said (either here or in the official Facebook Group here - https://www.facebook.com/groups/ASIAIR) that they are working on it. Guess it will take time.

Luxo

Corsair

Sorry I don’t use social media - Facebook, X or the rest - and they’re all blocked here. Including YouTube.

Luxo

Corsair , and
@ZWO:

Re your "manuals".

When you update your manual it is important to call out the key steps or buttons on the screenshots, as I did. Many of your pages on yuque are meaningless without this.
In my country we do have beautiful clear dark sky sites - but we do not have internet everywhere as you do in China. Often there is NO INTERNET for 50km, so your yuque pages are not accessible at such locations. Internet pages are not helpful. Please publish your manual as a downloadable PDF so we can keep the whole thing locally, or even print it.
It would be best if the correct version of your manual - as a PDF - was part of the application download, so that the documentation matches the software version. Then let the user launch the PDF from within ASIAir.

Luxo

Updated mine (I've filled a few gaps). https://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive/033Xb6NQyPiN2amUA31RYNOOw#ASIAir_Missing_Manual_0.4

azskyguy

Luxo

Thsi is really excellent work and I deeply appreciate the effort.

paulitoweb

Luxo Thanks very good guide!

flappah

Last night I did run into a CAA and meridian flip issue. It was set to 180 degree range but it tried to rotate from 179.374 degrees to 359.069 degrees. And since 359.069 degrees rotated the EFW to below it hit the peer. So meridian flip failed because CAA encountered an obstruction and the ASIAIR cancelled the plan and shut down. Nothing broken or damaged but it cost me half the night of imaging. Tonight I’m going to do another run but I’ll make sure to set the right orientation and then shut down CAA to prevent another meridian flip fail.
I’ve submitted an error report in the ASIAIR app. Hopefully it gets a fix. It would be really useful being able to avoid having the EFW turned upside down. Especially when the meridian flip occurs when the object is close to zenith.

autorun-log-2025-08-08-225529.txt

21kB

Luxo

Sigh.

I just tried a meridian flip with rotation range set to 180 - you’re right the CAA still rotates.

This is NOT FIXED.

@ZWO - please remove the range limit and replace that with a BUTTON to set autorotate after meridian flip ON or OFF. And please TEST it and make sure this works.

I’m now replacing the CAA again with a manual rotator as I cannot allow it to do this.

Corsair

Luxo ah k. The links to manuals (which ZWO need to update), though, aren't youtube links. Just confirming that .

9Ej7KtYy

I have waited a long long time. No canon r8 update. They said they would do it. NOTHING. ZWO make an update soon. I’m sick of checking to see if it is supported. This is just sad. You gotta do better.

deans

9Ej7KtYy

I would like to see a Nikon Z6iii on the list too.

Luxo

Looks like development has stalled, and the TestFlight version of 2.3.3 expires soon.

@ZWO - please make 2.3.3 available as a proper update with no time limit - eg by releasing it properly as 2.4.9.

Otherwise ASIAir will be no more use than a paperweight in a few days time.

Corsair

Luxo just an FYI - if you want to tag ZWO in your posts you're tagging the wrong account
You need tag @Tech@ZWO and @PMTeam@ZWO

jimw85044

What do you mean expires soon??? Do these updates have a ticking clock and they become bookends? I just sold my ASIAIR Pro 256G and it was running 2.3.3. I need to let the buyer know.

Luxo

jimw85044

The last “stable” version 2.3.3 was re-released in TestFlight and has a time limit which expires at the end of August.

After that… if the only option is the buggy 2.4.1 I’ll replace the ASIAir with a PC.

Luxo

jimw85044 sorry I just checked - 2.3.3 expires in 7 days - 21 August.

6UBF9B70

PMTeam@ZWO I also got an exposure failed on 2600MC air. Autorun using 300s exposures. It didnt even reatttempt to continue the autorun and just shut it down completely.

krakus56

PMTeam@ZWO W jakim terminie zostanie wydana wersja bez błędów. Minęło już ponad miesiąc a nic w tym temacie się nie dzieje. Dotychczasowa poprawka fatanego błędu aplikacji została załatana tymczasowo. Błędy sie powtarzaja.

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