I have an issue aligning my AVX using Celestron Skyportal wifi dongle and SkySafari 6 plus. The first star aligns as expected but when i select the second star the mount slews to the wrong part of the sky. I am a newbie to astronomy however I have been able to make alignment with the hand controller only. The log file is too long to attach, any suggestions?
Date
Votes
4 comments
-
Pedro Braganca Hi Allan, I suggest you contact Celestron directly - I don't have an AVX mount to test but we do work with Celestron closely and they will get you all setup with the Celestron SkyPortal app and your specific mount.
-
Allan Saville Hi,
I very much like the extra features of SkySafari so may also look into the skyfi option. I have been able to make a USB (prolific usb to serial adapter and BT/USB/TCP Bridge Pro 2.5) connection from android SF6 to my synscan HC ( I have an EQ6 and AVX), it can work but the connection drops out often. AVX HC will connect and receive goto commands but does not update SF with co-ordinates. So USB cable connection on android is currently not reliable enough to be an option so will take a look at skyfi.
Many Thanks
Allan
-
Allan Saville Hi,
I tried again last night and had success using a USB C to serial adapter cable with FDTI chip to connect SkySafari 6 on my android 9 phone to my Celestron AVX HC serial port. The connection dropped out during my observation session but was simple to reconnect, I did alignment on the HC first then connected SkySafari 6 (without SF alignment). The bridge software BT/USB/TCP Bridge Pro 2.5 is required to bridge between TCP and the USB cable. This bridge software did stop a few times during ~2 hours of observation but was not a problem to restart then reconnect SkySafari. As someone very new to astronomy I was very impressed with SkySafari telescope control and the number of objects I was able to view was excellent.
-
Keiron Smith An excellent result, Allan! Clear skies!
Please sign in to leave a comment.