Sending a slow goto command through rs232 to the hand control. I prefer the interface of stellarium, but it would simply not connect. Do i need to go deep into ascom, ditch the controller for a usbrj12 cable, buy a wifi dongle. How to control stellarium with a skywatcher wifi adapter on your pc.
It has been included as a static plugin in stellarium since version 0. The synscan app on android creates a small server on ip 127. Download the latest version of stellarium for windows. As far as i can tell ive got the right driver installed because when i unplug the usb cable the com 3 po. It is for updating the motor controllers firmware, or controlling the telescope mount with the application synscan pro for windows.
Close stellarium, connect the handset to the computer and restart stellarium. Stellarium can be used as an educational tool to learn about the night sky, as well as a tool for planning. Teleskopsteuerung per computer blog dietrich strato. I am currently running the synscan relay firmware on it with synscan pro for windows on.
This means that using some other window other that stellarium such as when you do a manual slew using a windows utility, the stellarium window loses focus. The synscan v4 goto hand controller provides easy, computerized location of thousands of night sky objects planets, nebulas, star clusters, galaxies, and more for viewing through your telescope. Select stellarium directly through serial port, select comm port number and synscan az goto as your mount. You first need to align your telescope properly and make sure your cables are attached properly. Goto accuracy, tracking speed and such are all under control of the eqmod driver.
Sky watcher azgti wifi mount, through android synscan app. Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. The full feature mode is the most commonly used mode of operation. Jun 28, 2018 orion synscan goto altaz same as skywatcher synscan. Skywatcher synscan alt az goto and no amount of changing things would solve it. Sending a slowgoto command through rs232 to the hand control.
Identify stars, constellations, planets, comets, satellites such as the iss. Ive seen both of these, and the handset appears identical, and the mount identical except for branding and color. Skywatcher synscan wifi adaptor optical vision ltd. Oct 19, 20 connecting a telescope to stellarium is a fast, simple process. I tried several times to get the catalog and always had the same situation. Use this app to control the az gti mount or other skywatcher or orion telescope mounts fitted with a synscan wifi adapter. This can be download for free from the ascom website click the download button on the right.
I have tried many configuration variations with the telescope plugin. How to control stellarium with a skywatcher wifi adapter computer. Product support orion atlas pro azeqg computerized. This a brief video guide, which you can achieve this simple, very cheap and very effective cool mod you can do to your exisiting skywatcher goto az or eq synscan mount using the stellarium which.
If you want to use automation software like sgp and planetarium software to control your mount, i believe its wiser to use ascom so that ascom will allow both sgp and stellarium to communicate to the mount using same serial or usb ports of the computer. Orion goto mount and stellarium mounts cloudy nights. If you want to compile development versions of stellarium, this is the place to get the source code. Eqmod was running in the background, and with cdc i could connect and goto. Once both are downloaded, install stellarium first and then stellariumscope. Using the stellarium is an easy way to control your telescope, but if you have synscan goto mount, you can get more control over the telescope using a free app from skywatcher called synscan pro. We asked steve richards to write an overview of eqmod with details on some of its many features and how to use them.
Skywatcher synscan instruction manual pdf download. It supports not only altaz mounts for visual observing, but also equatorial mounts for astrophotography. The telescope control plugin allows stellarium to control a telescope on a computerized mount a go to or push to telescope and offers a graphical user interface for setting up the connection. Fairly recently ive started using eqmod software with eqascom to control my synscan goto upgrade kit for my eq5 telescope mount with my c6sgt scope. Stellarium mobile free star map for android free download. Give your skywatcher goto mount wifi capability with the plugin wifi adapter. Stellarium ist ein kostenloses, quelloffenes planetarium fur ihren rechner. Product support orion synscan v5 computerized goto hand. Stellarium mobile free star map is a planetarium app that shows exactly what you see when you look up at the stars. When i ask the software to get the catalog 5 of 9 nothing happens and after a few seconds the button is again available. Orion is committed to supporting you with yourorion synscan v5 computerized goto hand controller for eq. Download and install synscan app it will run either alt az or eq mounts.
Stellarium is a complete virtual planetarium with more than 120. I want a larger screen, so installed the same on an ipad, but i cannot get it to connect using network or stellarium telescope server either works on the android. I am currently running the synscan relay firmware on it with synscan pro for windows on the pc. If you have windows, you can download a prebuild version. Connect synfiaz instead of hand controller syntrek or synscan and get wireless goto. Stellarium mobile plus star map is a planetarium application that shows exactly what you see when you look at the stars. It is required for the paramount mounts, and may be used with thesky controlling any other of its supported telescope types, or via its builtin outbound ascom support, and then using ascom telescope drivers. The synscan hand controller is now available as an app on your smart device. If they are not, you can always download stellarium 0. Jul 24, 2019 the synscan hand controller is now available as an app on your smart device.
The program recognizes the telescope i think and the hand control for the mount is in pc mode. This version of the synscan app is suited for novice users using altazimuth mounts. My orion starseeker iv has a synscan v5 controller connected to my pc via usb. A guide to the azgti wifi goto mount and telescope range duration. It works with both v3 and v4 synscan hand controllers. Enfim, terminamos o driver az goto do armazem do telescopio. Its free for a start, but dont let that fool you into thinking this is average quality software. Connecting a telescope to stellarium is a fast, simple process. Communication to the hand control is 9600 bitssec, no parity and one stop bit via the rs232 port on the base of the hand. It lets you choose your viewing point coordinates, so you can watch the sky on the screen as if you were using a telescope in real life. Select plugins and then telescope control tick the load at startup button 3.
Controlling scope with stellarium problem mounts east. Bluetooth stellarium videotutorial skywatcher synscan. Stellarium is a planetarium software that shows exactly what you see when you look up at the stars. Orion is committed to supporting you with yourorion atlas pro azeqg computerized goto telescope mount. Setting up an equatorial mount on ascom with eqmod, stellarium. The synscan point and go feature simplifies the goto process by pointing your phone to the part of the sky you want your telescope to point, press the button,and the telescope will automatically move to the location you pointed to. I tried several times to get the catalog and always had the same sit. This is the windows version of the synscan pro app and it is recommended for experienced users. Just a reminder that stellarium must have the focus in order for the keyboard keys to work. The 20161226 release still works with all recent stellarium releases as of 20191201.
Goto software for eqmod beginning and intermediate. The exciting new skywatcher synscan altazimuth goto mount is a precision engineered instrument that will allow you to easily find and enjoy viewing night sky treasures, such as planets, nebulae, star clusters, galaxies and much more. Identify stars, constellations, planets, comets, satellites such as the iss, and other deep sky objects in real time in the sky above you in just a few seconds, just by pointing the phone at the sky. Downloaded stellarium plus on my ipad but it will not connect. If it sees a legacy indi client it falls back to support that protocol. Thank you for replaying i already tried that already but it dont work if i would like to use eqmod then i got to have the synscan handcontrol as a protocol translator, i just thought if there is a reason why there is no driver in stellarium using the commandset directly to the sw az mount. Theres no need to use stellariumscope in order to use your ascom telescopes with stellarium anymore. Stellarium stellarium renders 3d photorealistic skies in real time with opengl.
On the pc, to control the telescope, you can use any planetarium software compatible with ascom, such as stellarium, cartes du ciel, maxim dl, and synscan app for windows. How to connect telescope to computer telescope guides. A remedy is to download a driver for the prolific 2303based adapters which is 64bit compatible. Identify stars, constellations, planets, comets, satellites such as the iss and other deep sky objects in real time in the sky above you in seconds, just by pointing the phone toward the sky. Teleskop fernsteuerung mit stellarium astronomie anleitungen. Anyone know the best simplest way to control a synscan mount with stellarium. Next, you need to download a free software stellarium. Learn how to connect a synscan skywatcher or orion telescope mount. Stellariumscope is a free addon that enables you to control your telescope with stellarium note that stellarium supports ascom telescopes natively since version 0. We will need eqmod connected and running, with the mount unparked in order to proceed with goto commands in stellarium cartes du ciel. Orion synscan goto altaz same as skywatcher synscan. With only 10 mb, you will have all the sky in your computer and a different way to look at the stars on your screen.
The latest development snapshot of stellarium is kept on github. So on android you need only one phone, as the synscan app can run in the background. Now scroll down to the release version you want and select the associated download link. Oct 21, 2014 how to use stellarium program to control a synscan mount via computer utube martin pyott. This plugin allows stellarium to send only slew go to commands to the. On ios currently you need 2 devices, one running synscan and the other running stellarium. Eqmod is a popular set of software tools used by many astronomers to control the skywatcher heq5, neq6 and other mounts directly from a pc. Help with stellarium controlled skywatcher synscan az goto. This driver provides telescope v3 support, 100% conformance, and compatibility with thesky x 10.
Visit stellarium site and download stellarium latest version. How to connect and control the telescope with synscan pro app. The synscan hand controller, combined with the optical encoders and electronic drive motors of your goto. Stellarium is a marvelous application which will be enjoyed by both those. The skywatcher synscan az goto mount is used in a number of telescopes. How to use stellarium program to control a synscan mount. It also supports ascom platform for goto, pulseguiding, etc. Prepare your observing sessions using the advanced observation tools, to predict a celestial object observability. Stellarium can be used as an educational tool to learn about the night sky, as well as a tool for planning observations through a telescope. To get around this i used my trusty win 7 laptop to run the synscan program and things worked perfectly so it. Definitely, stellarium is an excellent astronomy program, and its totally free.
This awardwinning astronomy application has an easy to use and minimalist. Stellarium mobile plus star map is a planetarium app that shows exactly what you see when you look up at the stars identify stars, constellations, planets, comets, satellites such as the iss, and other deep sky objects in real time in the sky above you in just a few seconds, just by pointing the phone at the sky. This information applies to the synscan v3, synscan v4 series goto mounts. I have stellarium mobile plus on an android phone samsung a6 running with synscan driving a skywatcher startravel 102 synscan az goto telescope with wifi adaptor.
Apr 07, 2020 stellarium mobile free star map is a planetarium app that shows exactly what you see when you look up at the stars. How to use stellarium program to control a synscan mount via. A guide to using stellarium stellarium is an interactive planetarium program that allows you to explore the night sky from any location on earth, at any time of the year. Connect the mount to the synscan app using the adapter. Mar 14, 2018 using this connection mode, a planetarium program such as cartes du ciel or stellarium will track the position of the mount as it moves around the sky and will allow goto control once the mount has been aligned and is ready for operation. View and download skywatcher synscan instruction manual online. Es zeigt einen realistischen 3dhimmel, so wie man ihn mit blo. Synscan is also the name of the hand controller used in other skywatcher goto mounts eg eq6, heq5pro etc, and it seems that any mount that uses a synscan controller version 3. This firmware allows the synscan v4v5 hand controller to work as a transceiver between a computers serial port and a skywatcher goto telescope mounts hand control port. A remedy is to download a driver for the prolific 2303based. You could then intercept the goto commands, and modify the behaviour.
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