ZWO ASI Air Tutorial: Controlling the Celestron AVX/CGEM-II/CGX/CGX-L From Start to Finish
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Ever wondered how to control a Celestron EQ mount from start to finish with the ZWO ASI Air? In this video, I show you how to do just that, using my procedure that took me over a year to perfect! I use this same process night in and night out for controlling my Celestron equatorial amounts to produce astrophotographs of the night sky.
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Wow! A Homerun! I've been looking for a checklist to follow, using the ASI Air. You've saved me months of work. THANK YOU! FIVE STARS!!!!
I'm so glad! Thanks!
remind me to buy you a pint if i ever see you in a pub:) this is so helpful, probably the most helpful astronomy video ive found...thanks so much
Haha, I’m glad you found it helpful!
Thank you so much! I have a Celestron CGX, just upgraded to the ASIAIR Plus, and used your process. I watched the video and transcribed it into a written check list. Tonight, tested it out inside, works like a champ. Can’t wait for the weather to clear so I can take the rig outside.
+1 for the ASIAIR Plus
Glad to hear! Happy imaging!
Thank you!! It works for me. I live in the San Francisco Bay area, and from May to November we have clear nites. I feel I need to go out each night and shoot something. 😂
I have an AVX and just got the Asiair plus yesterday. Awesome video showing the step by step process. Thank you!!!
Excellent guide with Celestron mounts for ASIAir. Appreciate for giving your time for this tutorial.
I’m glad you liked it!
Robert Sutherland Here.....Cody..Thank you so very much...I did as you said and wrote down all the steps not only the first steps you stated were important but all the steps through to the end...I am new to astrophotography and I have the CGX2 and the ASI Air neither of which have been used yet because I wanted your instruction before doing so...WoW...I love your detail but my writing hand is not as Appreciative...Ha!
Thanks again
Cody...another great video. I appreciate how you break down each step and explain the basics and needed steps to achieve success! I have a CGX-L in storage but have been reluctant to bring it out because of the communication problems while using the ASIAir Pro. I am going to bring it out and begin using it with my EdgeHD 11. Much needed for the extra weight of guide scope and image train. Thanks again. I hope you will be available for a Q & A when I begin with the CGX-L.
Thank you for taking the time to explain your step-by-step procedure, It helped immensely.
I’m glad to hear that!
I just received my ASIAIR Plus. Your video has been really helpful. I’m rewatching it over and over. Yes, I’m going to write this all down in a notebook. Thank you for your help.
Amazing tutorial !!!! Thank you , this was the only tutorial easy to follow and understand !! Really helpful and everything works !!! Thanks Cody !!!
Thanks for the video! I have learned that you actually dont even have to do any alignment from the hand controller. I just chose "quick align" and then move over to the AsiAir app and slew to a star and plate solve. I never have to go back to the hand controller. I am using a CGEM II
Cody, Excellent instructional video. I've got a CGEM-DX that I just got and this should really help me. I'm sure I need to connect through the hand controller. I appreciate the great details and commentary. Great job..
Just got my ASIAIR and EAF with a clear sky. Thank you for the instructions on set up. Very useful to a ASIAIR newbie.
Cody, thank you taking the time to figure this out and then sharing it with the rest of us! When I followed your explanation exactly it worked great with my AVX.
Quick question do you connect guide camera to ASI Air or to the AVX mount
Thanks so much for your contributions to the astrophotography community, you have helped me personally so much in getting up to speed quickly.
Glad to hear! Thanks for kind words.
Followed your detailed steps and wow everything worked, thanks again
Good to hear.
Great video! Thanks for putting this together. I wasted night one playing with the air on my AVX before I watched your video. After I watched your video I was up and running quickly.
Getting caught up on videos. Freaking awesome tutorial video! You make getting the ASI Air package very compelling…you sold me. Thanks again for another great video, clear skies amigo.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks again for your excellent step-by-step tutorial, Cody. It has really helped me.😀
Thank you so much for this! I've had an ASI Air for about 2.5 years and had given up on it being reliable to control my CGX-L. Testing it out tonight after watching your video, and it seems to be working correctly. I'd been searching the internet how to get this ASI Air working with CGX-L, and this is the first time I've actually gotten it running successfully.
Great Video, this was everything I was looking for.
Great job and a clear explanation. I teach astrophotography and have several students who own the AVX. This was info was invaluable to me to give them the proper setup procedure. I greatly appreciate the information!
Great information! I was unsure about the benefits of the CGX / ASIAir combo, but I am sold on it now. Thanks!
I have a 8” SCT with AVX mount and recently purchased an ASIAirPlus 256g. I used your tutorial to get started but I can’t get ASIAir to find selected objects reliably. I think the reason yours worked well is because you have an F 2.0 RASA with a short focal length. My 8” SCT has a 2032mm focal length. With a small sensor of an Astro camera it’s harder for the ASIAir to plate solve. I’ve used it three nights so far. ASIAir finds my first target, last night Dumbell Nebula, M27. But it couldn’t find the next three targets, M33 Triangulum Galaxy, M31 Andromeda, and Jupiter. I beginning to thing ASIAir is only suitable for short focal length < 1000mm telescopes.
Thanks for this video! It solidified my decision to buy an AVX and use it with my ASIAIR.
Check my post about connecting the AVX, there is a slight tweak from the video info to make it work
Damn it, RTFM 🤣 i just do always a minimun alignment with 2 stars... i just not read the AVX manual to go back to home for the ASI air.
Thanks for your hint, so now i will do so! Good job!
Very helpful and many thanks, you’re awesome, clear skies
Glad you found it helpful, clear skies as well!
Thank you! Just started using an old Celestron Advanced GT and was using both the ST-4 cable from the mount to the 120mm guide cam and the USB from the hand controller to the ASIR - tonight I'll skip the ST-4 cable. I'll also follow the startup procedure you shared, as that's not exactly how I did it last night. I have yet to be able to guide using the ZWO 30mm guide scope with the 120mm mini guide cam on the Celestron mount but FINALLY got guiding back working the first part of the night on my Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer mount.
Excellent video, I'm loving my avx mount for visual and I always do 2 star allaignment plus a minimum of 3 calibration star's wit 8mm eye piece.
The last time out from 7:30 to 4am and it was still placing target's in the centre of the eye piece with the 8 inch edge.
My asi air-pro will be in by November 5th and this video like all your other videos is fantastic knowledge to gain.
Thank you so much sir.
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yep, go-to technology is pretty amazing!
love your videos very helpful and easy to follow
Hi Cody, thanks so much for this. Finally I got the ASIAIR PRO to update my AVX with time & coordinates etc thanks to this video. I was so close to buying a Skysync GPS as I cant stand having to manually update my AVX every time I turn it on.
You’re welcome!
Thank you for your video it saved me lots of time and headaches
I’m glad to hear that!
I'm doing my first guiding session tonight with a Redcat51, asi 174mc, 120mm mini, asiair v1 and advanced gt mount, I m going to try your procedure, thanks.
Thank you! Just what I was looking for…. subscribed and liked!!
Awesome, I’m glad you were able to find what you needed.
Thank you for this video! The ASAIR Pro has been packed up for now, went back the the computer. I have a 9.25 and could seldom get a good platesolve, I was about to chunk the hold setup. So, I tool off my ZWO EAF and ASAIR Pro for now to take a break from the frustration. I am planning on getting a Williams Z71 early next year and will use it for that system, with my 9.25 just gonna stick with starcap and the Celestron EAF. This video will be invaluable for my newer setup down the road. Again, thank you for the video, you are much appreciated!
Did you increase exposure time to get enough stars and did you try adjusting the focal length mm setting under the main camera settings
@@svenop Yes to both....this has been a challenge. I cannot wait to get back home and try this procedure....
Excellent! Thank you.
Owning a cgx with prolific chipset and AAPro. Burned new OS, on a 64go card, provided by ZWO. (see support page). And it works. When starting the new burn for first time, the ap made an update to the latest version (1.9). Important to start AAP after Cgx is started has explained here. Thx for this tuto.
Just got my CGX yesterday. Thanks to you, I was able to get the CGX and ASI Air working together!
Michael does your CGX have the Prolific chipset, I’m just trying to figure out if these procedures work with Celestron mounts since they changed to Prolific…thanks
@@swoyerrd Hi Robert. I just received my CGEM II and am having issues with the ASIAIR Pro communicating with the mount . What can you tell me about the prolific chipset? Is this something in the newer mounts perhaps making it incompatible with the ASIAIR?
I have the hand controller with the USB mini B connector. I have tried both Serial and the Ethernet (TCP and UDP) options but get Ethernet error: "Connect Failed. The device on the USB serial port is not recognized, unable to connect" and Serial error: "Connect Failed. Please check the connection method , IP, port and protocol of your mount are correct"
@@peterschmitz4308 if you PM me in messenger with your email address I’ll forward you an email I got from ZWO this should help you.
@@swoyerrd Hi Robert. I was able to find a thread on the Cloudy Nights forum and get the updated OS. ASIAIR Pro now communicates and controls the CGEM II mount. Thanks.
@@peterschmitz4308 that’s exactly what I was going to email you, glad you got it working, clear skies…
Thanks for tips ! It will helps a lot.
Great breakdown! Thanks
Excellent, Thank you. It worked great.
Perfect instructions my friend, thank you, well done ! Cheers from a remote part of Utah... ;-)
I do not have a Celestron AVX/CGEM-II/CGX/CGX-L but much good information here that I can apply, great job!
Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Lots of valuable timesaving tips and a clear process to use them. Your videos have helped pave the way to us completing our first rig. We have the zwo 533 on an original cgem. I hoping the zwo asiair works on it cause im sold😂
I bought an oag , hopefully that works for guiding the c11 with the .63 reducer.
Thank for taking your time to help others❤
Great! Thanks fir they video, Congratulationes
Thank you, really nice and helpful video!
Thank you. Keep up the good work on your products.
@@AstroBlender As always. BTW, the v1.8 is coming
Great video. Thanks! I would never have learned how to use the ASIAir Plus with my AVX without it. After using the ASIAir polar alignment routine, the tracking was remarkably good. Even a 300-second unguided exposure with by Canon gave acceptable stars with a 200mm lens. The goto function is incredible with plate solving.
Hey George. I have an AVX But I can’t get it to “download” the date and time like he did. Did yours work?
I have the same issue as @ovrcome.....it doesn't download the date and time and when I try to do polar alignment with the ASI AIR it fails. Both my ASI AIR plus and my AVX mount are brand new.
This video gives me some hope that I won't have to bail on this hobby.
I'm a newbie, just 2 weeks in with my first telescope; a new Celestron Advanced VX mount and C6" OTA. Quite a learning curve. Finally got my setup working but the smile soon leaves my face when I remove the USB cable from my laptop and access the mount using the Celestron WiFi dongle; all but the Camera can be accessed.
I don't have the ASI Air Pro (yet). I've been using the Celestron CPWI software that is ASCOM compatible. Over the laptop USB to Hand Controller connection I launch CPWI to setup alignment and then open SharpCap. But when I remove the USB connection and use the Celestron WiFi dongle (in AP Mode) the ZWOASI662MC camera can't be seen. Of course it can't be seen since the AVX doesn't have a USB port for the camera. The guide port has a guide port on the mount to connect to but the mount doesn't have any USB port for the camera.
So according to your video, if I change gears and move to the ASI Air Pro there might be a way to be cable free. Thanks for the tip.
Great information Cody! It is a video to save
Thanks Ray! I always appreciate your kind, thoughtful demeanor.
Nice useful video Cody. I took your advice on auto guiding settings in the ASI Air Pro from one of your previous videos and it works great. For some of your subscribers that don't use a Celestron mount, here is my experience with the ASI Air Pro and an Orion Atlas Pro. I use a USB cable from the mount to the ASI Air Pro. I rarely use the hand controller that came with the mount anymore. The ASI Air Pro will not connect to the mount, even when I try and change the Baud rate. The work around is to change the telescope/mount in the drop down menu to "EQMod". It auto connects every time and works (almost) flawlessly. On rare occasions the ASI Air Pro will slew the telescope to a target and indicate that it is centred. However, sometimes the target is off in the corner. The polar alignment is spot on though. No matter how many times I return the mount to Home position and then slew to the target, the same thing happens. The fix is easy - turn everything off (including my laptop) and reboot. No need to polar align again, as the mount has not moved. This seems to work. No rhyme or reason. Sometimes I feel that if I jumped up and down and tapped my hand on my head and rubbed my stomach at the same time, that would probably fix the problem as well. Yep, no rhyme or reason! Thanks again for your great videos!
Thanks for the detailed notes!
Well done. Thanks!
Thanks!
Thank you great video
Thanks, great information.
Thanks David, I’m glad you found it helpful!
Thanks, Cody! Justed winged my first time with the mini and immediately regretted it once I figured out the USB connection won't work for the CGX. Thankfully I just happened to have the right cable AND the HC in my box. Stroke of luck there! I of course had removed my pointer...so dumb. So my outting was a little bit of a lost cause. On top of that, I forgot my luminance filter for focusing and only had my Ha filter 😂. Couldn't get anything to show up. Oh well. I at least learned something!
Excelente me fue de gran ayuda, saludos desde Copiapó Chile
I followed your process steps and ran into the known problem of the mount disconnecting. I resolved it by making sure that you use a separate power supply cord to the CGX so it is independent of the ASIAIR PLUS. Secondly it is important to boot up the ASIAIR and Mount then confirm you are connected to the ASIAIR wifi before starting the ASIAIR app on the tablet. These minor, but important steps resolved the random disconnect issue with the latest hand controller chipset.
Great video. I have an old CGEM and the differences when connecting asiair is I turn on asiair pro first. I have it connected by ethernet to my slate because the wifi on asiair pro sucks. I select the slate wifi on my ipad that connects the asiair to my ipad. I then turn on asiair and check that I am connected to all the equipment (all cameras, EFW,and EAF) except the mount. I then turn on the mount which will prompt me on my cegm to make sure that the marks are aligned and cegm mount is aligned. I punched in time and date and select quick align on my mount hand controller. I don't bother of slewing to the star. I then click connect the mount.
It is very important that you check the Latitude and Longitude on your telescope tab of asiair especially the longitude if you living in north america because the asiair software apparently does not like negative numbers so for west of Greenwich which is a negative number it will go all the way to the East and asiair automatically calculates and put the East number which is a positive number. Most of the softwares on internet will give you a negative number if you are living west of Greenwich. Just subtract that negative number from 360 (degrees which is for the entire earth) and it will give you the east positive number. For example, if your longitude is -120 North then it is 360-120=240 east in asiair. It may not match with your phone numbers because the phone numbers are latitude -120 north. It is important that asiair selects the right longitude and latitude otherwise when slewing the telescope might slew to different parts of the sky presuming that the longitude is +120. Hope it is clear. You can slew to any part of sky other than north pole and take a 30 secs photo and plat solve it and sync the mount so that asiair knows where the mount is. You can slew to the target. Rest of the things are the same as video.
Hey Cody, Just had the opportunity to view this video, after 10 months I will soon be getting my avx mount & edge 8” HD OTA. I had already purchased the asiAir plus months ago. So your video was extremely helpful. The AsiAir plus recently release a firmware update to include a feature call “All-sky polar alignment”. I know it is currently in beta release, the place I will be spending a lot time getting use to my setting up is my south facing balcony with my house blocking the view of Polaris. Please review the “All-sky polar alignment” feature on the ASIair plus for comments. Great thinks for all your videos--Tom
Cody, thank you for your focus on Celestron mounts-invaluable!!! Your videos are paced well and totally ‘user friendly.’ Very encouraging. Keep up the great work/videos. One question, you mention that a recalibration should take place after a meridian flip. If this is the case then you can’t simply do a true auto run and forget about the guiding. Could you please elaborate.
Yes, good point, I may have misspoke or messed up there! I keep my recalibrate after meridian flip turned off. That way it’s set and forget as you say. Excellent clarification.
Great video Cody! I'm running CGX and GCX-L and noticed that the additional weight and scale of the CGX-L makes it a lot more stable and less susceptible to vibration etc. The only negative is the motors are a lot noisier compared to the CGX. (maybe that's just mine though).
I’m sure! Not sure if you watched all the video or not, but I mentioned I want a CGX-L at the end! Sweet mount, and would carry my SN-10 nicely.
@@AstroBlender Yes I did hear, and curious as to your big project! Future video material?
A really great presentation but completely over the head of beginners like me. This video is more for intermediate / advanced astronomers. Can anyone out there recommend a dummies / beginners guide to Asi Air, what it is, what it does, etc? Thanks
IMHO, if you're not entirely sure what it does, you might consider spending time doing it the old fashioned way first, or watching a product review video instead of a setup video. The ASIair is really just to help streamline imaging workflows -- It's essentially just a little remote computer, but you can do most of that from your laptop directly. Once you've learned the steps, and what a pain it is, you'll come to understand what the asiair offers, and if you really even need it at all.
I'm just starting out too, and the asiair primarily interests me because of the integrated wifi, 12v ports, and less cabling. Beyond that, its tough to justify the cost as a beginner when my laptop works just fine, and I can put $300 towards a better camera instead.
Oh man! Exactly the info I needed, I have the same set up as well, so the asi air pro also have GPS? That's one of the features I really need, and the autofocus of course, I'm ordering it now.. Thanks man!
No, but your device should do it can grab it straight from that! Glad you found it useful.
Thank you. I found my problem. I got the ASIair Pro used and it had old data saved. Once I cleared the calibration data an did a new one it worked perfectly----with the USB.
I’m glad to hear you got it working and ditched ST4, for USB! Enjoy!
Solid guide. Do you ever use the "sync mount" button in the menu after doing a plate solve? I usually push it after slewing to a target and then doing another plate solve when it comes up in the plate solve menu, but it doesn't seem to have an effect either way if I push it or not before an imaging session 🤷♂️
I don’t, I usually only image one target per night so once I plate solve I’m done. If I do slew to another target I just plate solve again.
I have a avx with a side by side bar so I have to place my Dec axis 90° out from the mark at home position. Other than that I think some of your tips will come in useful, especially pulling time and location data from the asiair, I wasn't aware this could be done.
Same here, I accidentally did it one day, and it took me a week to figure out how it’s done. The key is making sure the mount is on before the asi air, then connecting to the asi air and mount. Then you proceed and bam time, date and location automatically entered! :)
Great video! I just purchased a complete astrophotography setup and was pretty lost until I found this video. The step by step guide has helped me get my AVX mount talking to the ASIAIR Plus and once the weather cooperates, I'll get it outside to see if I can get some pictures. Any chance you could post a printable checklist? Thanks again!
Hi, Cody; this is a question I sw retalet to this video in a FB group: "There a mistake on the video in my opinion. When you start the tracking, like for any other mounts, you need to calibrate. And by calibrate, I mean a real one (not just with the refresh). I did not do it at first and I had a lot of problems with my guiding. Now that I do it, no more problems! To do it, you need to press the « i » on top and reset. Then, you use the refresh button and then the guide. The calibration will start. It normally takes me about 2 or 3 minutes to perform it, and thrust me it totally worth it".
I calibrate guiding every time- as shown in the video.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. So many times its been baclk and forth. Cant believe this worked first time.
NOW, How the heck do we use Sky safari planitarium with the asi air on a celestron avx, cgx etc
??????/ YOU ROCK BROTHER!!!
Hi Cody , love your channel and all your instruccions are on point ,and i apply them as i go ,but i have a question, when doing this setup ,do we have to do this everytime we setup or is it just a one time deal ,thank you again for taking care of us,Clear Skies
Cody, love the channel and thanks for this video. I've just got the CGX and 9.25" Edge HD, together with an ASI Air and this has proved invaluable to get it all talking together! Thanks. I'm having a lot of trouble focusing at the moment. Every time I move the scope the focus shifts widely and the EFA seems to go from one extreme to the other whilst trying to get good focus. I have the mirror lock screws at the back undone. I thought I only tightened those once focus was achieved, but when I do, the focus changes. Any hints?
Thanks for the tutorial. I've got two setups but have not started to do imaging yet. Always feel I need more info to just execute. I think this was what I was looking for. (Plus your other video I was commenting on celestron focal reducers and cameras.) I should focus on one first but why do that when I can be totally confused with two systems, right? I do have my trusty notebook to put all my notes and procedures in. This is gear I have and what I will keep with each set up for now. Explore Scientific ED 80 CF with Zwo ASI294 MC Pro Cooled for the main with ZWO ASI290MM Mini for guide scope on a CGEM II Mount. I have the ZWO ASI AIR but have the Plus on back order. The other scope is the Celestron CPC 800 on the GPS Alt Az goto mount. I have the ZWO ASI385MC that I am going to use to image with the CPC 800. I thought of moving the ZWO ASI Air to that when the Plus comes in. Do you think that would be redundant?
Thanks Cody -- this got me up and running with a connected system. I'd been running my camera from my ASIAir Pro for over two years and being able to now control my CGX also from the same is great!
One question -- I've always been told that you want to go "east heavy" to get better tracking. How do you handle that with your meridian flip being automatic? Prior to this new fusion of ASIAir Pro + CGX, when I've done meridian flip I adjust counter weight so that I'm always east heavy.
Awesome video Cody. Will you do a similar video using the new ASIAIR’s All Star Polar Alignment routine? I have very limited access to Polaris
Thanks for another excellent video.
I commented on your earlier video on this topic that your use of a RASA must really help with the plate solve because you capture so many stars with the 8 inch aperture and low focal length. I have an SC 9.25 and an ASI 462 camera. I couldn't get plate solving to work due to the narrow field of view and the small sensor size on the ASI 462. Recently I added a 0.63 focal reducer and that helped substantially. Now plate solving works sometimes but only about one in five or ten attempts are successful. I'd welcome your thoughts on this. Can you do plate solving with a DLSR on the ASIAIR ?
Hi Cody, thanks for another great tutorial,Happy Holidays. Does the button for the mount in the app need to be switched on before the handcontroller receives the coordinates and time update and does it know if your in dlst or not? Cheers
Спасибо!
Cody- your tutorials are incredible. Easy to follow and logical.
Do you know if you can run a Starsense hand controller to the ASIAIR Plus with these Celestron mounts?
I used mine tonight, so yes!
Very nice. Thanks. BTW. What’s the Cody random palette? Before watching this video I followed the procedure you suggested before (the step with turning the mount 60 degrees manually). The procedure in this video is even nicer. Thanks!
Hi Marcel, thanks for the nice note. Re: the random palette: I have no clue! I was messing around so much I lost track of what I did!
Hi Cody, Thank you for your video. Very informative👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻. I just got today the ASIAIR Plus and I am using my CGEMII, but in my case when initiating the Polar Alignment in the APP, the mount slews 60 degress to the East and then another 60 degress, and it stops and stays there, and does nothing else. !!! Has this happen to you before? What is wrong with my ASI AIR, or CGEMII?
Thank you for your very clear and educational video. Once I get to the time screen, I can't get the Asiair to automatically transfer these time and date data. Is there a solution to this ??
Thanks for your feedback
Nice work Cody! Love the videos! I want to duplicate your process here, but I have a Starsense Auto Align (w/ Starsense hand controller). How does this affect the workflow? Should I get rid of the Starsense?
Thanks for the video... I have a Celestron AVX that I have had for years. 1 week ago I received an ZWO ASIAIR Plus and am trying to set it up. In your video you mention turning on the mount first without the ASIAIR Plus. Since The mount gets the 12 volts from the ASIAIR Plus how do I turn on the mount without activating the ASIAIR Plus? I have not been able to connect the ASIAIR Plus to the mount so that the ASIAIR Plus feeds the settings to the AVX. Thanks Richard
Thank you for your very clear video. I just received ASIAIR pro+. I have an old racket so I have to buy the new one with USB connection. Will it be recognized by the AVX Celestron mount or will it be necessary to update the racket software with the mount and the Asiair?
Thanks for your feedback.
Great summary, but what I don‘t see is the connectivity, e.g. does the guide scope plug into the ASI or the mount?, does the ASI plug into the mount Aux, or the guide scope port, etc. The whole connectivity would help in my opinion.
Thank you so much for sharing really appreciate… Cody any ideas how to polar aline if u can t see Polaris ? I do Balcony EAA but my view to Polaris is blocked.
Thanks for the great tutorial, Cody. Where can I get your procedure book?
Great instructions. Do you know if you can connect the ASI air to the AVX mount using the celestron wifi dongle instead of wired?
I use your process every time since I have an AVX mount. Works great. I have noticed that the mount direction arrows in the ASIAIR unit however will not move the mount. Any suggestions?
Cody, thanks for the detailed process for the AVX setup. With this technique do you turn off Daylight Savings in the AVX hand control, per suggestion from Mr Chen on the ASIAIR forum page? I assume that your steps result in a sync occurring between the AVX and the ASIAIR? I have never synced the two, and therefore have never fiddled with the DST button.
Cody, this video is definitely worth saving as were your StarSense videos! Question: at 12:00 you switch over to guiding but you never clicked on Plate Solve; did you actually plate solve?
Cody, Your videos are always my first source of trying to figure things out. I'm trying to follow your steps exactly, however, and am coming up to a dead end with the hand controller synchronization. I'm using and AVX mount and ASI Air Mini. Since I have the AVX Mount, I assume I don't need to turn on the Mount initially where you set the switch position. I'm starting at 3 minutes in to set marks to index position and then following everything else. The problem I have is that after turning on the ASI Air and then turning on the Mount, pressing Enter does not set the switch position and synch up the Mount with the ASI Air Mini. My ASI software does recognize the Mount, however, although I have been manually entering the time, date, and location manually into the hand controller since it's not receiving that data from the ASI . Any suggestions are greatly appreciated and keep up the great work!
I have recently bought a OOUK VX12L with a CGX mount.
Have EAF and 224mc and just bought ASIAIR Plus. This is an amazing video .. i thought the moubt was broken!
You, sir are a champion.
I’m glad the method worked for you!
Thanks Cody. I have read on Cloudy Nights that newer CGX mounts are unable to connect to ASIair Pro. I have a new one and after updating firmware on the hand controller and mount and then following you protocol still don't get a connection. Supposedly there will be a ZWO fix at some point. Any thoughts since I believe your CGX is older?
Be interested to know if you went usb from the celestron motor focus to the Asiair if any of the pre start checklist is necessary. And nix the hand controller altogether.
Hi Cody, thanks much for the video! A question I had was, what’s the starting position for the AVX mount? Does the polar axis of the mount need to point due north before we begin your process as described in the video? I tried this last night but the camera couldn’t pick up visible stars for the initial auto focus step due north, and hence I couldn’t proceed further. What’s the remedy here? Thanks!
Thank you very much !! just one question, I do not have view to polaris from my shooting location and shoud perform all sky align. It works ok, but I wondering how to handle home position if I have to star like 180 backwards when doing my PA plate solving. Both the mount and the ASI air seems to have a different set of GPS coordinates and the mount is not able to point to the right location. Thanks in advance.
My IPAD will go into sleep mode where the screen turns off. Does this affect the imaging session? Or are there settings to keep the IPAD on constantly? Thanks for this video. I'm sure it has saved me hours of time.
just received my Plus. use AVX and this helpful vid helped me out. thanks. how are you powering the set up? my dealer said the Celestron powertank lithium (not the Pro) would do. the ZWO instructions say the power outlets on the Plus are limited to 3A and not sufficient to power a mount?
Thanks! I get 60” exposures at best with my AVX and Stellarvue 130. This rig weighs in at 31#. Do you think I can longer exposures with a different celestron mount? If so which one do you suggest?
Warren