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We use KStars/Ekos on both a Raspberry Pi and directly on our notebook to control our gear but when doing planets we only control the mount and/or the guide scope, but not the primary imaging camera. KStars on the Pi is very similar to the ASIair. We feel that the issue with plate solving with longer focal lengths isn't specific to the ASIair. In KStars we can load astrometry files to any magnification we like and you still have more and more plate solving issues with increased focal length. There just ends up not enough stars in the FOV to solve, particularly from our light polluted backyard. Plate solving from the guide scope is the way to go. In KStars you can choose whichever camera you like. You definitely want to directly connect your primary camera to your notebook and not the ASIair or in our case Pi as these do not have enough grunt to capture fast enough.
We also cannot get FC to capture as quickly as ASICAP regardless of whatever settings we have tried. So we use ASICAP on a reasonably spec'd notebook with a fast solid state drive and a powered active USB 3.0 cable.
Wayne, you can get ASICAP to use WinJupos file names in the settings. See pic attached.
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