Sorry to bother you again Jasem. Thought it would be easier to reply here than start a new thread. First of all just wanted to confirm that I can get everything connected with stellarmate OS flashed to the asi air both in ekos through VNC and in the stellarmate app. However I've now encountered a new problem. When I slew to a target the alignment is off by a lot and the scope actually starts going down below the horizon. I have a solid polar alignment (use sharpcap) and I'm using eqmod so ekos knows where the scope is parked. In kstars I can see it pointing at the SCP but as soon as I select a target (I use acrux normally for focus and plate solve) it just goes almost in the opposite direction.

As far as I know everything is set up correctly. I do not have a GPS dongle but I make sure that the time and location is accurate in kstars and that kstars is set to update time and location for everything. This problem also happens when I use the stellarmate app on android. I'm really not sure what is causing the problem. I know I should include logs for any support request and I can do that and open a ticket if that is easier for you. I'm just at work right now and I thought I would get in touch and see if its an easy fix. Looking to be a clear night tonight and I'd love to get some first light with the stellarmate.

appreciate any help with this.

PS I'd just like to say thank you to you and anyone else involved in stellarmate/ekos as you are the only platform that supports cameras outside of canon/nikon and dedicated astro cams. I had given up thinking that I could get a proper astro program to control my olympus camera but once I found out about stellarmate/ekos I've never been more excited to use my scope.

This indeed looks like a Time and/or location issue.

When you start up EQMod, is the driver crosshair pointed at the NCP?

Is the StellarMate time correct? Double check that.

The site management tab of EQMod driver, double check time and location.

You can also trying purging the Parking Configuration or the regular configuration in Options tab to start a new and see if that makes a difference, but I'll reserve this option to last.

Hi erverybody,

I have an ASIAIR PRO and purchased Stellarmate OS the goal was to use the APP on this device.

I confirm that it works like explain above, but the ASIAIR PRO device contains five 12V DC output very usefull for power supply camera, focuser, but with Stellarmate it seams that those power supply output are not active.

I'm little bit disappointed, somebody knows whether Is there a way to activate the power supply?

You may want to start a new thread with the DC power and ASIAIR PRO using the StellarMate OS as your subject to get a quicker reply. Have your tried to load another driver that will control DC power outputs like the "Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox" (BTW do this at your own risk, as I do not know if they are even in the same ballpark...) otherwise it may be a function of someone reverse engineering the DC outputs on the ASI to get them activated/access.


Cheers
Jim

Why would you think it should work...?
ASIair is a different OS and the software is built into that OS to get the 12v ports to work, there may even be extra electronics inside too, which will not work with SM, I think it will be a big mod to sort that out...but if you do, keep us informed on here...

Thank you both for your reply, I believe I will not try to use an other driver to prevent any damages of asiair.

I roughly thought without to much electronics knowledge that since the device is powered the 5 power output will be powered at the same time with simply connected socket

I didn’t try for the moment with the native software from Asiair, may be I have to...

Great sky

As already discussed the ASIAIR Pro (which is a Raspberry Pi4) can be operated with the SM OS. Just flash the SM OS to a fresh microSD card and boot
the ASIAIR pro up. However, as mentioned by Laurent.Wolff, in this "normal" Stellarmate configuration the 12 volts power output ports do not operate.

I have an ASIAIR pro in use, the 12v ports are configured "on" or "off" in the ASIAIR app. If you turn on all 12v ports in the App, then the power ports are
immediately available upon booting the ASIAIR with the ASIAIR OS, no need to start the app on the tablet, so the configuration is stored within hardware
configuration.

I had a closer look on the ASIAIR pro microSD card and looked into the file config.txt. The power outlets are configured there, when they have been turned on
previously by the ASIAIR app.

So, I took the Stellarmate OS microSD and edited it's config.txt.

Simply change the config.txt in the [pi4] section and add 2 additional lines in front of the [all] section like this:

[pi4]
# Enable DRM VC4 V3D driver on top of the dispmanx display stack
dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d
max_framebuffers=2

# I2C Bus
dtoverlay=i2c3,pins_4_5

# 2New lines here
#Enable 12v gpio output
gpio=18,12,13,26=op,dh,pu

[all]
#dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d

I have attached the config.txt file for those of you who are not familiar with file editing. Just copy the config.txt to the root directory of the SM microSD card.

When booting up the ASIAIR pro with the edited SM microSD card, the power outlets are available upon bootup.

I have successfully operated both the camera cooler and the electronic focuser using the 12V power ports with Stellarmate.

Hope this helps anybody who wants to operate the ASIAIR Pro with the much more powerful Stellarmate OS!!!!!!!

CS,

Helmut
Cologne/Germany

Helmut,

Wow I can believe you find out the trick.

Thanks a lot, I will try it right away.

Laurent

That's what I have in config.txt, I'm surprise to see that we don't have exactly the same file. I have in addition some #Hdmi things, could I delete it?

[pi4]
# Enable DRM VC4 V3D driver on top of the dispmanx display stack
dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d
max_framebuffers=2
#hdmi_enable_4kp60=1
hdmi_enable_4k=1
gpu_mem=256
max_framebuffer_width=3840
max_framebuffer_height=2160

[all]
#dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d
enable_uart=1

High Laurent,,
don't be afraid about differencies between your and my config.txt file.

Just add with an editor (use notepad or notepad2 as editor, because it is important that the end-of-line info is written in Linux standard.)

So just run windows notepad and add the lines

#Enable 12v gpio output
gpio=18,12,13,26=op,dh,pu

just ahead of the section [all].

Note that lines beginng with an "#" are commentary lines, so these lines have no effect.

Give it a try, and reboot your Pi4. It will work.

CS,
Helmut
Cologne/Germany

Nice Helmut.

Thanks

I installed Stellarmate 1.5.4 on an SD card and inserted it into my ASIair Pro box. I cannot connect an Android device (Samsung S8/S9/tablet) to it even though it shows up on a scan for devices. The app doesn't fully open. I tried to download the updated APK in the DropBox link but DropBox says it's been deleted. Where can I find the APK or is there another way to solve my problem?