i see there was no follow up to this post after i posted my comment. the focuser option is very confusing and cumbersome to use.
but i finally figured out how to get to it now. after connecting your scope there is a little orange settings icon next to the slew rate bar.
click on that, which takes you to an accessories menu, and the focus motor should be right at the top.
I'm still not 100% sure what all these options are for. i think the UI could definetly be more intuitive.
I will check this out again tonight. I think I checked this out previously but the Focuser icon was not available. Have been sidetracked since the original post, but to sum up it was available in older version, not so in the newer version. I have been meaning to send screenshots showing that the Focuser was/is not an option in the settings menu.
you are correct, i had version 6 on original Ipad Air 1st Gen. updated to 5th gen Ipad Air and Skysafari version 7 (pro).
with version 7 you first have to connect to the scope, then you will see a little icon to click on. See the attached screenshot.
This will take you to the focuser menu (focus option is at the top of the menu)
This is on Samsungs newer Tab S8, Model SM-X700 Android Version 13.
Note that if I go to the Hand Controller, the focuser is available and I can command it to go to various focus locations and it indeed moves to the locations, so the focuser is recognized and operating. But the Safari software makes no mention of it nor does it show up in the Utilities menu.
same here, hand controller works fine with the focuser.
What does your main screen look like after you connect to the telescope?
Note that I have a case going with Keiron Smith of Simulation and have just emailed him the updated information that he was looking for. So below is the main screen when connected and you can see the icon that you click on that brings up the Setup/Utilities page shown above with no mention etc of the focuser.
All said and done, I would like to see the focus controls on the main screen like the slew controls are.
There should not be a need for alot of clicking around to get to the focus control. Below image is a mockup
of what it could look like. two buttons for clockwise or counterclockwise, and a slider to control the rate. If there
is a need to keep the advanced options like knowing the position or moving to a specific position, those can stay in
the menu settings as they are now.
Yes, I am not sure why it was embedded in 7 PRO. In 6 PRO it had its own icon at the bottom and the focus panel would slide out from the right when the icon was selected. This has got to be some sort of issue related to the Android version it would seem.
Rob, Keiron had me try Celestron's SkyPortal (which is a close facsimile to SkySafari) and which I had forgotten about, but in any case it worked with the focuser icon located where it once was in SkySafari 5 or 6 Pro, I can't remember for sure. But in any case it works, so hopefully the folks at Simulation Curriculum can identify the issue and patch it. I have attached a screenshot of the icon tool tray at the bottom of SkyPortal.
Thanks for your assistance.
