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its still there. I'm running the most recent 2.1.4 Beta version and the edit icon is right there beside the EXP time. You need to be in Autorun mode to see it likely.

@@clearskiesastro1028 I couldn't find it aswell but be nice tho im using the V2.1.5 beta I looked around but nothing

You typically take the flats with a light panel at the end of the scope, keeping the same optical train alignment as the subs that were taken of your astro target (dont rotate anything, like the camera or focuser, etc), the scope can be pointed anywhere, I usually point it straight up after my session. The dark flats (or flat darks it doesn't matter what you call them), those are usually taken right after the flats where you just take the panel off the end of scope, and then you put your scope end cap back on to make sure no light is entering from anywhere. I also sometimes cover my scope and/or camera with a jacket, or blanket if there are strong enough street lights, or neighbour lights which are hitting my setup. You really don't want any light leaks affecting the dark flats.

If you still have just one image on the ASIAIR from that session, when viewing it there’s an option to GOTO that exact position in the sky

Hi and thank you. Still around, just been a crazy year with work, home renos, etc. Plan on making a video about the latest Beta update to ASIAIR. Stay tuned!

Can you tell me if you are having any issues with the ASIAir on the current release V2.1.1 10-74 controlling your mount directions from the mount controls in Preview, Video or Focus. I find on my AVX mount that when slewing with the ASIAir controls when lifting my finger off the icon on my iPad the mount keeps slewing for another 5 seconds or so. It doesn't happen all the time but probably >50%. Seems to occur more on the DEC also. It feels like ASIAir App is overflowing a buffer on the iPad and when you lift your finger off the iPad keeps executing commands in the buffer. I installed the latest beta and its still present. I did write a bug report but ASI has it at a low priority. Thanks

@@KJRitch no issues with current release controlling my AM5 mount. Haven’t had a clear night to test beta yet

Thanks you. I think others on the ZWO forums are having this issue but didn't mention their brand of mount. As long as I don't use the fastest speeds I can manage or just use the hand controller. I've discovered with my C8 SCT at native focal length and my planetary camera, ASI585MC, I had problems plate solving especially when trying to perform the PA procedure. When installing my 6.3 focal reducer plate solving started to work. The other night I set the camera's BIN value from 1 to 2 and in native mode the plate solving in PA worked! I was able to go to different objects and they centered. However, when it comes to planets, like Jupiter, ASIAir gets close but never can center. It times out. I'm wondering if it is due to my exposure set too high. I've seen another youTuber use Jupiter for focusing on his ASIAir but he's not using a C8. I will have to try this before Jupiter is gone. Thanks

Depends on your router, but normally you login to the router with Administrator and whatever password you have, and then you look up the connected devices and find your ASAIR and you'll see its IP.

Thanks! Figured it out@@clearskiesastro1028

that my neighbour's SSID :)

The ASIAIR generates it's own WiFi hotspot that you can directly connect to with your phone or tablet. It doesn't connect to the internet, it doesn't need to for it to work.

@@clearskiesastro1028 When I use my Asiair Plus at home it works through my home router. In the field there is no router, so how does one operate it there?

1. The ASIAIR always shows you your current actual rotation based on plate solving. There's nothing to "save" or remember. If you physically rotate your camera using the rotation assist and never touch it after, then it will always have that same rotation. 2. Any plan or autorun will use the actual physical rotation that your camera is set to. This isn't something that rotates your image in software after the fact, it just helps you achieve the true physical rotation fo your camera with the help of plate solving which lets the ASIAIR know your exact actual rotation. 3. same as above, your camera's physical rotation that is set is the only rotation that can be used. The ASIAIR can't alter or change the rotation, it can only help you confirm your rotation when you physically manipulate the camera with your hands to achieve the desired roration. 4. You need to figure out the roration needed for mosaic, and set it up before running your mosaic plan.

You could startup the asiair, go into preview mode, hit sky atlas - what rotation would you see? No plate solving has yet occurred. Presumably the asiair does indeed remember the rotation from last time.

The noise is normal for the CEM mounts, confirmed by about a dozen iOptron users on Facebook. Used the mount dozens of times and works perfectly

It’s their servo motors I believe, totally normal according to many others

I'm hoping for clear skies tomorrow night so will try and record something for you. I did a quick 4 panel mosaic a few weeks ago just to test it out and it worked fine for me. There's nothing really special you need to do. Make sure you're in PLAN mode and then enter Sky Atlas and find your target. Setup how many panels you want and then just hit the icon in bottom right to add it to the Plan. Exit out that window and go into your Plan settings and you'll see all the panels there. Setup each one with how many exposures and exp times etc....and then just start it.

Agree it’s likely a software issue or more likely a settings change post update. You can see which version you’re running in the app when connected to all your gear, or the easier way is just to check the app version on your phone through Apple Store or Google play. The app version always matches the device it logs into, so one can’t be different from the other. The following things will affect plate solving: - bad focus - not tracking (star trails) - noisy image (short exp and/or high gain) - dark image (short exp + narrowband filter) - wrong scope focal length - too small of a field of vue It’s been known to happen where an update will inadvertently change some of your existing settings so go over all of these with a fine tooth comb. I would recommend you also delete the ASIAIR app and re-install it.

There are none, which is why I make these videos

I agree but for 90% of people using the ASIAIR the value of the rotation angle will be meaningless and they will simply be wanting to match the FOV targets to get the framing they want. For those people wanting to know the amount of rotation then yes as you said your initial rotation value will simply be your reference value, and the final value you end up on will determine the total rotation amount (equal to the difference between the two values).

Thanks everyone. A dumb mistake on my part and several iterations later. I think I have a process that gets the data loaded. Some observations: 1) I bring up the Telescopious website on my IPAD (rather than my PC), login, and after loading the target etc. in the mosaic mode, copy the CSV to the IPAD clipboard. Looks like I should NOT choose "entering the center coordinates" or "rotate panes...", although that appears to make sense. May experiment with this later. 2) Over to ASIAIR, I need to have all the equipment (camera and mount) connected and ready to go. Otherwise, the data import locks up and never loads. That includes my convoluted AVX Celestron process of connecting to ASIAIR. 3) In the IPAD ASIAIR app, tapping twice to paste/import the data is the obvious answer to my problem of loading data. I thought hitting "import" would just paste the data automatically. That solves the "incorrect format" problem. 4) Adding a plan appears to require a start time. So planning ahead, saving the plan, and executing later does not appear to be an option. Might be wrong here. 5) After importing the data, the first "Pane" shows up. I have to add as many sequences as there are panes. Then hitting the back button, the other panes show up. Hopefully now its ready to go, although I haven't tried it yet realtime. Maybe tonight!

I personally don't shoot mono yet, but I asked my buddy who does and his mono workflow for flats/darkflats with ASIAIR goes as follows: He sets up his S H O flats in autorun, he takes his S flats, once done he does the edit trick for S darkflats and then disables S, and repeats for H and finally O. Once finished with all his flats, he's left with darkflats in autorun for all three filters and runs those.

It shouldn’t be but could always check and redo focus if it changed.

You just connect to your ASIAIR and it will trigger the update

@@clearskiesastro1028 TY for the reply. Mine does not seem to check for updates. Much thanks Mike

@@1clancym which exact firmware version is your ASIAIR running right now?

@@clearskiesastro1028 VER 1.9.1 (9.97) Just curious, how could the ASIAIR update connected to asi wifi. There is no internet access. Shouldn't the box have to be connected to a internet enabled wifi? Thx Mike

@@michaelclancy7874 not how it works with ASIAIR. The version of app on your phone or tablet contains the firmware update, so once you update the app on those, if you connect to an ASIAIR of lower release, it will automatically prompt you to update the firmware to match the app version you have on phone/tablet

If you did a direct goto using ASIAIR database then you can simply goto same object any other time and it will center on the same spot. If you used custom framing where you picked specific center coordinates, then just leave at least 1 image on the Asiair and you can goto that image in image management and select “goto” this image and it will center the scope back on your custom coordinates

Sorry not sure I understand the question. Enlarge the text and icons in the app you mean? If so then yes if using an iPad or tablet, under personal settings you can make things appear 125 or 150% of the default size

That’s what I heard a while ago but wasn’t an official source so didn’t want to say it was a done deal :)

Still waiting one year later 😢