I'm trying to use an "IOGEAR Bluetooth to Serial adaptor model GBC232A" . It briefly connects to
SS6P however then reports that the mount does not respond. SS6 is set for an Astro-Physics German Equatorial
mount. The mount RS232 connection works as designed when connected to a PC via a USB to Serial adaptor.
Hi Gary,
The IOGEAR Bluetooth to Serial adaptor (model GBC232A) is not officially supported.
You would do well to include a screenshot of the error message in your post here.
Also, make sure your scope is star-aligned via the hand controller, before trying to connect with SkySafari.
Thanks!
Thanks for responding Keiron.
I don't know how to do a screen grab from my Moto Droid Android phone. The SSP6 error message is verbatim
"Sky Safari Pro can make a
wireless connection to the scope, but the scope is not
responding. Make sure the scope is powered on and
connected correctly. Also make sure you selected the correct scope type."
The mount is an Astro-Physics 1200, a German Equatorial type. The serial connection works fine
when connected to my imaging PC via a USB-to-serial adaptor. When I'm not imaging it would be convenient to be able to
use SSP6 to control the mount and not need to bring the PC out the the observatory. I've set the IOGEAR Bluetooth-to-serial adaptor
to serial port 4. 19200 baud, 1 stop bit and no Parity bit, those being the specs defined in the Astro-Physics manual.
Gary
Sorry, I have to ask again. Are you star-aligned via the HC before trying to connect with SkySafari? And what ScopeType have you selected in SkySafari telescope settings?
Thanks, Gary!
Please also read this and let me know if it helps:
http://www.astro-physics.com/products/mounts/control/wi-fi-options.pdf
Hi Keiron,
I have star aligned with the had controller and the result seems fairly accurate, usually centering a target within
1 arcminute or less. I selected "Astro-Physics GTO" as the scope type and and "Equatorial GoTo (German)" as the mount type.
After reading the Astr-Physics document your recommended I've learned that it is suggested the mount be parked in the "4" position
before connecting and I've not yet tried that. (The #4 parking position is unusual and must be pre-set manually. I've usually parked in the #1
position ). I'll give that a try today.
Gary
Fingers crossed!
No Joy! Same error message when using Astro-Physic's Park 4 position, PC usb-2-serial still works OK.
I need to verify what the bluetooth-2-serial adaptor is actually outputting. Either SSP6 is sending the wrong connect
message or the adaptor is either sending or receiving in error.
OK, there is a telescope log file you can grab in the app. In Scope Setup -> Common Settings -> Savelog File
Please also send the log to ksmith at simcur.com
Thanks!
Keiron, I emailed a log file to you yesterday. If you did not receive it, I'll
try again. Meanwhile I'm engaged in a dialog with IOGEAR support and they have
made suggestion I need to try.
Gary
Gary, Keiron, did this ever get resolved?
It seems the same problem as being discussed in another thread:
It seems that the initialization string SkySafari sends to Astro-Physics mounts with CP3 controller's may not be correct and that may be the reason the mount will not connect and SkySafari reports the failure message Gary quoted above.
Thank you,
Michael
I think this is an IOGEAR problem. I was able to use the RN-270 and/or SkyBT serial to Bluetooth devices with SkySafari-5 Pro and my Mach1-GTO with CP3 successfully. I can't remember if I've tried with SkySafari-6 Pro yet or not -- but I think I have -- and it works. And the same with the SkyFi-III -- it works too with the CP3.