I have been doing:

Unity Gain : 139
Exposure: 180s
Offset: ???s
Temp: -5 C

But now that wouter has revealed his settings to us, I might try his

It all depends on your particular astronomical conditions.

Yes it does but I try to handle that by only varying the exposure time

Thanks

Doug

Thank you very much for this information it will be most helpful.

I see you use a temp of 10 degrees Celsius, is there any particular reason for this as a lot of people appear to use from what I've read - 10 to -20 degrees celcius or does it depend on your ambient temperature.

Once ive sorted my equipment out I'll make a dark library as you suggest.

Thanks again

Doug

Sorry, typo. I use -10 degrees!!!

This is correct. You can assign priority to each network connection so it is activated only is higher priority networks are not available. Default order for Astroberry is: wire, wireless, hotspot.
By the way IP 10.42.0.x addresses are used by hotspot only. If you are connected via wire or wireless to other networks you Astroberry gets IP address from these networks. That's why it is not available under 10.42.0.1 while connected to other networks. So if you use in your home network e.g. 192.168.1.x addresses, Astroberry will be assigned one of these. You can check the actual IP address either on home router OR by ping astroberry.local OR using a mobile app which can find raspberry in your home network.

Hi,

Thanks for the above.

Just a couple of things you may be able to help me with:-

When I go into the internet connections on Astroberry the priority settings are Wireless 100, Wired 999 and hotspot -999 does this mean that Wireless has priority followed by wired then the hotspot.

I am using a BT Smarthub 2 and have got my ethernet cable plugged into the back of one of the BT wi-fi discs. Is there a way to check what internet Wired or wireless my RPI is using as my BT app on my phone is showing it is a ethernet connection and the Network is showing Wireless.

When I open an internet page and point it to the IP address shown on my phone app for Astroberry - 192.169.x.xx it takes me to the log on page for Astroberry but I can also enter 10.42.0.1 and this also takes me to the log in page. I thought 10.42.0.x was only for the hotspot.

This is very confusing for a newbie but I'll get there in the end.

Thanks

Please forget the above except the priority as I've now worked out the connection problem, just me being an idiot, I was clicking on Astroberry in my networks which is for the hotspot instead of just entering the IP address for the RPI.

Doug

To be precise the order is:
999 - wired
100 - wireless
-999 - hotspot

So first wire is checked, if wire is available others are ignored,
if wire is not available, wireless is checked, if wireless is available others are ignored,
if wire and wireless are not available, hotspot is activated.

You can play with priorities if this behavior does not fit your needs. You can even have all the three active in the same time i.e. hotspot available for direct connection and INternet connection via wire or wireless.

Sky is the limit

Hi,

As per my previous post I'm new to all this but I am starting to progress.

When I switch on my RPI I can now see the hotspot in my network list and can connect to Astroberry using 10.42.0.1. I can also connect to it via ethernet cable putting in the IP address allocated to the RPI by my router, but I am unable to connect to it using my wireless network. No matter what I have tried I am unable to make a connection. I want to try and get the wireless internet side up and running in case I want to use this whilst operating my equipment rather than running the Ethernet cable.

I am currently using the micro SD card exactly as it was when I copied Astroberry onto it.

I have read whilst doing research that I may need to add a file called 'ssh' to the micro SD card in order to get wireless internet, is this correct when using Astroberry?.

At one point whilst trying to resolve the issues I even typed some information onto the terminal and this gave me a list of available networks and my wireless network was on the list so my RPI can obviously see it I just cant connect to it.

When I get into Astroberry I go to Preferences - Advanced Network Configuration and add my networks SSID and Password where it says 'changename' and then I save it.

I also change the Raspberry PI configuration settings - localisation for GB etc and set the wireless connection to GB.

Having done all this I shutdown Astroberry and subsequently start it up again with no Ethernet cable, the RPI does not pick up my wireless internet and I am unable to connect.

It would appear that my wireless internet in the room where I am is 5ghz as my laptop and phone are connected to my network via 5ghz.

Does anyone know what I may be doing wrong, what settings I may need to alter or what I can do to try and get the wirless internet working.

Once final question what is the best, most stable way to connect Astroberry to my laptop so it can control my equipment when imaging. Is it Ethernet cable from the RPI at my scope to the BT wireless Discs in my house which has an ethernet connection on them. From the RPI to my laptop via Ethernet cable and then controlled somehow or over the wireless connection if I get it up and running.

Thanks

Doug

If you cannot connect to your home wireless network even though it is visible by Astroberry, it must be something with how you configure Astroberry - note that network name and password are both case sensitive.
There's nothing else you need to do. The only other thing that would explain it is that you are out of range. So if you are absolutely sure that network name and password are correct, bring you raspberry close to wireless access point at home.
Answering you last question - it is always that wire connection is most stable and guarantees the highest throughput.

PS1. Your network name and password is stored in a configuration file. You can check what you have there by running in terminal window: sudo cat /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Wi-Fi.nmconnection
PS2. SSH is a remote access protocol used for terminal connection over network

Thanks for the reply.

I'm certain the SSID and password I'm entering have been entered correctly but I'll double check and I'll also check the configuration file as you suggest. The Rpi is about a foot from the internet access point.

Another thing I've noticed is that the country details for the internet does not remain as GB or UK, I cannot remember which. I enter the details along with location, keyboard etc and save them. I then reboot as required and the next time I look it is showing none set under internet.

When you reboot are you meant to connect again as I'm having to do this or should it reboot like windows.

The wired connection is this to the router or laptop.

Doug