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SkySafari 6 Plus (iOS) | Celestron CPC1100 Connection Failure. SkySafari 6 Plus cannot make a wireless network connection

Phillip Van West

January 06, 2018 22:09

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I have a Celestron CPC1100 and use the Celestron SkyPortal WiFi Module. Skyportal 4.2.1 (on iPhone or iPad) has no problem connecting.

Yesterday, when launching Skyportal, I was notified of the upgrade offer to SkySafari 6, which I did (SkySafari 6 Plus to be exact). With identical settings as SkyPortal, SkySafari 6 will NOT connect and doesn't even detect the wi-fi, with the error: "Connection Failure. SkySafari 6 Plus cannot make a wireless network connection to the scope. Make sure you've joined its Wi-Fi network, and entered its IP address correctly."  I've double-checked every setting I can find, and tried resetting the WiFi Module, but no luck.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Phil

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  Bill Tschumy January 07, 2018 01:15

  Sorry, you are having problems.  SkySafari 6 does indeed talk to the Celestron Wi-Fi unit.  I've verified this myself as have numerous beta testers.  So it must be something about your setup.

  Did you specify the scope type as "Celestron Wi-Fi" in the Scope Setup settings?  SkyPortal does this automatically but in SkySafari you need to specify this explicitly as we support many scope types.

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  Phillip Van West January 07, 2018 02:32

  I had it set to "Celestron CPC Series" rather than "Celestron Wi-Fi".  Duh. Thanks for the clue, Bill!

  Phil

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  Bill Tschumy January 08, 2018 14:48

  Glad is was something simple.  Enjoy.

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  Cumenald February 14, 2018 17:18

  « Même problème » in France . Merci Bill !