I just received a Celestron StarSense for SkyWatcher system and have connected it to a SkyWatcher AZ-EQ5. And so far I haven't been able to connect to SkySafari-6 Pro Android. The SS system works fine through the SS HC. But I want to control using SkySafari.
I've updated my SS HC to the latest Celestron CFM firmware.
First I tried using a Celestron SkyPortal WiFi Gen-2 Dongle. The dongle connects to my phone, but SkySafari won't connect to the mount. I get the dreaded SkySafari can connect using WiFi but the mount isn't responding error.
Then I read that others have successfully done a SS HC auto-alignment, then connected their SkyFi-III WiFi to the bottom of the SS HC and done a regular "Connect" and controlled that way. And again, I can connect my phone to the SkyFi-III, but SkySafari gives me the same error -- mount not responding.
When I try to connect using a SkyFi-III cabled to the bottom of the SS HC, what mount should I set in SkySafari? I tried Celestron CPC and that didn't work. Is there are different one I should try? Remember, I'm using a StarSense for SkyWatcher system -- so everything is plugging into the Celestron Interface Box which translates Celestron commands into SkyWatcher mount commands. So my understanding is that the mount is now a Celestron mount as far as settings and communications go.
If I skip StarSense, I can use the SkyFi-III to connect and control the mount by connecting the SkyFi-III to the bottom of the Synscan HC. That works. But I want StarSense.