ToupTek's ASIAir plus alternative - AstroStation (Unboxing and First light!)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 มิ.ย. 2024
- The Touptek AstroStation is an advanced astrophotography system designed to meet the needs of both amateur and professional astrophotographers. It combines high-resolution imaging capabilities with precise control and automation features, making it an ideal tool for capturing detailed celestial images. The system includes user-friendly software, though still unreleased, for image acquisitioning data management, streamlining the workflow from capture to final image. Compatible with a wide range of telescopes and mounts and equipment, the AstroStation offers flexibility and adaptability for various setups. No more ecosystems!
Everything in this video is a beta version so please note that things may change when the product officially releases.
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Great video Ali! Looking forward to more of videos from you.
Thanks! I really appreciate the support!!
About time a company took on the ASi air, plus I love the fact it looks almost identical to one, the app looks good & seems to work well obviously the official app will function as it should & hopefully be a lot less buggy than the Stellarmate's. I can see these being big sellers when they are officially released as when they are I'll be on the shopping list for one.
There is a new beta that fixes the issues with this version, I’m just waiting for a free day to dive into it and make a complete walkthrough!
Thanks for the comment and the support!!
Glad you got your hands on one. I had thought it was just rumour. Hopefully it will drive ZWO to open up the Air to other equipment. Competition is always good!
Let hope the software gets as mature as the ASIAir’s ….. Right now it seems very rough around the edges. With a little bit of polish this could be just what the community needs!!
Thanks for this heads up!
No worries, thanks for watching!!
Great scoop. Very very interesting to see tis is about to be released. I'm sure it will please a lot of the "fear of becoming trapped in the ZWO Universe" people 😅. With the imminent release of this and the release of the Stellarmate pro, I wonder if it will force ZWO open their ASIAIR to be used with other camera manufacturers.
I really hope so, the ZWO AA+ is the most headache free control unit. It is better than many acquisition softwares on the PC and trust me when I say I’ve tried them all!
If they include the entire INDI library of drivers rather than only allow their own equipment, it would take over the market. We’ll see how they respond to this when it comes out 😂
Great report AstraPharma, thanks for bringing this to the attention of the community - definitely one to watch :)
Thanks for dropping this comment. There’s a new beta to try out for this and I’ll be showcasing it too very soon!!
Very very interesting, Ali. Thanks for the preview!
Thank you Nina, I'm glad the hobby is becoming more and more accessible!
Clear Skies!
My Astrostation arrive today without any pre-notice. I can control everything in a dry run. I now need to test it when it is dark. Let's see if version 1.0 20240621 can do better.
Btw: the dongle is used to connect to home WiFi?
Got yourself a new subscriber 😊 Great work and I can't wait to follow your journey with Touptek Astrostation.... I am awaiting my order 😉👍
Thank you Scott! I will try to make a long form video taking you through the process hopefully in a week or two. If there is an update to the app I will do so sooner.
Thank you for watching!
Wonderful content you are doing!! Keep it coming. Clear skies.
Someone is getting more and more subscribers every day ;) Keep up the great work !
I can't express enough how much comments like these mean to me. Between work, family and life's never ending obligations it takes a concerted effort of will to make these videos, simple as they may seem.
Thank you for making my day friend, and clear skies!!
I can't wait to try one of these. I think they will sell a lot of them.
Thank you for commenting on my video Ben! I hold you in very high regard when it comes to content creators in this field and I’ve been inspired by you a few others to start my little channel!!
You’ve made my day, clear skies!!
@@AstraPharmaq8 That is great. More good content is always welcomed.
Great video! I am definitely getting one of these. Do you happen to know the official release date yet for the USA? Keep up the great work!
Joined and liked. Bring it on !!!
Thanks for the great video, can’t wait to get my hands on one when they are released!
I appreciate your support, keep an out on the channel this week or the next. TT has released a new beta that we’ll test in a long form video 👌🏼
Impressive 👏
Please, compare this Touptek AstroStation with Stellarmate in addition to ASiAir. What is there inside? PC, Raspberry…? I am not sure using a SD card is a good idea from Touptek. My experience with the Stellarmate OS in Pi4 and Pi5 is that SD cards are very very slow in comparison with a PCIe NVMe or USB SSD. I saw your channel time ago but today I subscribed! Thanks!
Maybe I misled you with the SD card comment, the Astrostation has internal storage just like the ASIair. The SD card slot can be used for extra storage. Touptek are releasing a new version of the app every week and iterating very quickly. When a more stable version of the app is released, I will definitely make a full comparison video.
Thank you for watching!
I've had mine on order since February and I'm a reseller and haven't gotten hold of it yet. Surprised you managed ir
What's your take on the dedicated mini hardware vs PC/laptop option? There's so much community developed open source software out there.. what are you giving up to go down the packaged system route? Good video by the way, awesome that you were able to get your hands on a beta. Hopefully you can give them some feedback based on your experience with it. CS!
It depends on the unit in question, the telescope and your target. The ASIair is as reliable as anything and I would prefer it over a laptop anyday. I still use a laptop for my bigger rig as it has multiple non-ZWO equipment and I use metaguide to collimate the SCT. For a smaller refractor the ASIair really is the most headache free option but you are limited to ZWO cameras and focusers which nags at me quite a bit tbh. I still use it though.
For planetary, nothing beats a laptop with sharpcap and a fast USB3 connection. Perhaps one day a small unit can do everything a windows PC can do but it's not today. maybe something like the eagle could be the best of both worlds but I'm yet to try it!
What are the video options on this? My main problems with the Asiair Plus are the 1080p video resolution limit and the lack of video autorun. The former issue makes my Asi533mc useless for lunar, and the latter makes solar imaging incredibly annoying as I need to manually start each exposure for a timelapse. Sitting around refreshing a one minute phone timer for three hours is not efficient or enjoyable.
This device could be a game changer. What about WiFi signal? How reliable was connectivity and distance?
Connectivity is very similar to the ASIair, which is stable once connected. As far as distance, I haven’t done much testing. Great idea for the next video I do on the thing!
Thanks for watching!
Hi Ali! You got another new subscriber.👍🏻 Thank you very much for the brief review! I am also thinking about affording the Astrostation. I have a dealer by hand who could ship it to me right away. Even though the App is not released yet I was able to dl the APK from the Touptek website with some trial an error.
What is the software version that you have? I have Version 1.0. Looks like it is not any beta version anymore.
Hey 👋🏻
Thank you for subscribing!! I am currently on 1.0.20240607. Honestly, I would advise you to wait until more bugs gets fixed. Guiding still isn’t working and for some reason the auto-stretch is broken now 🤔.
Thanks again for the comment and the sub!!
@@AstraPharmaq8 Thanks for your input. The 20240607 is the version that I have too. It looks like Touptek is coming out with updates to the App almost every week. So there should be hope that they may fix the guiding very soon. Somewhere I found the information that the the guiding also utilizes PHD(2). As this program is state of the art for guiding and can communicate with any other software I guess it is just a small adjustment of parameters in the API until communication works properly. In a Chinese video that I unfortunately do not find anymore as it was not uploaded to TH-cam, the guiding was working from what was visible on the screen. Maybe the bug was introduced by fixing something else.
Shipping from China will take a few days that there should be at least one update to the app until I have the box in my hands. I think I will give it a try that once the software is working properly that I am ready to go. I am waiting desperately for the Astrostation since it got announced.
Btw does the Astrostation support the Gemini focuser and gear from Wanderer Astro?
That things are not working properly I am used to when using my AsiAir Plus. 😄 Screen refresh not working after tablet was locked, counter not working from time to time, AF routine hanging, connecting - disconnecting the TF card now an then during an imaging session, saving exposures not working in Autorun, etc. I also already had the case that PHD2 in the AsiAir switched the direction of guiding pulses after a few minutes on DEC axis. So the AsiAir is also not any close to perfect and issues may occur.
what is going to be the price ? And when is it going to be accesible ?
accept rotator, that make a big different
It accepts my Esatto Arco but that’s because they work in unison on the same FOCUSER driver. As of yet, it seems like there is no rotator option
will it have a star map so you can do mosaics/rotations etc? If so then this will be a ZWO killer
The beta so far seems very basic and not as sophisticated or mature like the AA+. I would be surprised if they didn’t add at least some of these features if they want to compete with a unit as sophisticated as the AA+.
ZWO should open its system
Will have to if the Astrostation is a success! Even this will support ZWO gear, they'll have no choice in my opinion
@@ottoertl1866 @scottDavies Agreed!
Will DSLRs work?
I’ll check and let you know!
@@AstraPharmaq8 thank you 🙏
I hate short videos.
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@@Talalpro_1 LOL. I am saying he should make longer videos - more content ...
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