Feature Request: Android ASICAP

dbunna2

On ASICAP for Android it would be nice if there were an option to record the sound from the Android's built in microphone in addition to the music or mute.

I see it being useful in recording WWV timing information and reactions while I use my ASI385MC to observe occultations, grazes, transits, etc.

Tia

chad

Great idea！

However, we are short of resources, so we can only prioritize other more important functions. :(

Thanks

Chad

rederikus

Other enhancements that I would like to see are:

1. Make screen autorotate an option is Settings. I find this incredibly annoying that ASICAP allows uncontrolled screen flipping from portrait mode which is how all my other software works. Right now I have installed the Android "Ultimate Rotation Control" + license app which forces my phone into portrait mode when running ASICAP but doing this within the app would be better. Just a Settings option that allows Autotrotate On/Off would work. A second setting forcing Landscape or Portrait would be a plus.

2. Allow ASICAP to access its functions without a camera being attached. Just include a Test or Dummy Camera to allow this. By doing this Settings and other functions can be set up without a camera attached. I can just pull my phone out of my pocket and set it up prior to observing.

3. Allow Settings export to an external file so that settings may be saved restored or even emailed. The advantages of this are obvious.

ASIStudio@ZWO

Hi rederikus, Thanks for your suggestions. We will optimize the function of ASICAP in the future.

rederikus

There is another item I would like you to consider as a future feature if I may, please.

In Setup, allow the user to select a Folder to save files. Right now,mine defaults to my SDCard/Android/data/com.zwoasi.smartcontroller/files/ This is less than easy to find. Please therefore put in a Setting to allow user file save location selection.

Thank you.

ASIStudio@ZWO

Hi rederikus, your suggestion is very useful. We could add the feature in the future.Thanks.

starchild

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Sam@ZWO

battery would be a problem for time lapse video

ASIStudio@ZWO

Herbertfap wrote:

Hi. I want to know: is it possible to use this file on Android devices? I prefer use only parametrs Encrypt=0 and Compress=1, and maybe some different later.

And if i can, where i can find directory of neorouter in Android device to drop feature.ini into that?

Thanks.

789

Hi, sorry to say that it doesn't support. Thank you.

starchild

Hi ZWO team

I have some feature requests for you:

1) include a Polar Scope screen (scaled overlay image) for polar alignment routines. I currently use a SW AZGTi which also can work in EQ mode, but there is no physical support for a polar scope, so I could easily use the main scope & camera (ASI224, or ASI1600) for a quick polar alignment with decent results for short exposures if this "polar Scope" overlay would be present in Asicap.

2) I've seen that Time Lapse photography feature request is not considered due to concern for battery drain over long exposures. Please let the end user decide if he has enough battery, just implement the Time Lapse and in the end the user decide by himself how long he can afford to make these timelapse (depending on the phone battery , maybe he has an OTG cable with external power capability,...)

3) as requested by a previous colleague, please allow use to define folder location where pictures/movies can be saved. As it is now is kind of awkward to find these items.

4) please include in the App a "dummy camera mode". If I want to check something in the application I need to have the camera connected. Maybe I want to verify some settings (like folder saving for example, Bin mode, other...) and I don't necessarily have a camera by me to connect it to the phone. I think a "ASI-Generic" camera can be loaded by default when starting the application. After that, just a black screen but all buttons and menus to be visible/available. If you really want to make it nicer, instead of the black screen use the video stream of the main camera of the phone/tablet :

Best regards,

Liviu

ASIStudio@ZWO

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