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Old 16-06-2012, 09:54 PM
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iPhone with SkySafari? Control your scope via WiFi :)

No, not using SkyFi or SkyWire. Using free software WiFi Scope from Main Sequence Software (the guys writing that Sequence Generator).

Not sure if this is old news, and whether it should be here or in the other software sub-forum, but figured it's mostly applicable for mobile devices.

What you need is:

* SkySafari Plus or Pro on your iOS device/Android/OSX, because they have the telescope control support;
* WiFi Scope on your Windows machine;
* ASCOM scope control working;
* You need your iOS device to be on the same network as Windows machine

Just fire up WiFi Scope, select your mount, leave the port default 4030, click "Go". Should connect to your mount. I'm using EQMod and it worked fine.

Now start SkySafari on your device. Go to the telescope settings. Scope type, select "Meade LX-200 GPS", mount type select "Alt-Az Goto" (not sure why), turn autodetect off, put in the IP address and port (4030) of your Windows machine, all else I left default. Should connect to your scope with those settings.

I tested with EQMod Simulator and my iPhone and it connected fine. Running Cartes du Ciel on Win machine and SkySafari on my iPhone, with slews I could see both moving to same targets etc.

Pretty cool.
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