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SynScan Pro 4+
Motorized telescope mount
Astropower Technology Co. Ltd.
Designed for iPad
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- Free
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Description
Use the SynScan app to control Sky-Watcher telescope mounts via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth LE. Mounts without built-in Wi-Fi can be supported via a SynScan Wi-Fi adapter.
This is the Pro version of the SynScan app and contains features suited for expert users using equatorial mounts.
Features
- Control telescope mount to slew, align, GOTO and track.
- Point And Track: track celestial objects (including the Sun and planets) without aligning.
- Support gamepad navigation.
- Browse a catalog of stars, comets, and deep sky objects. Or, save your own objects.
- Provide access to mount for use by third-party apps, including ASCOM clients, SkySafari, Luminos, Stellarium Mobile Plus, Stellarium Desktop or customer-developed apps. Also set up mount alignment for Luminos, Skysafari.
- Support access to the mount and the SynScan app from any platform that supports TCP/UDP connections.
- Provide emulator mount for testing and practicing.
- Track fast-moving earth satellites by working with the PreviSat app on Windows PC or the Lumios app on iOS devices.
- Perform polar alignment with or without a polar scope.
- Control shutter release (SNAP) port to trigger an attached camera. (Requires mount with SNAP port and adapter cable that matches camera.)
- Use ASCOM to perform autoguiding on mounts that do not have autoguider (ST-4) port.
- Other mount controls: auto home, PPEC, park.
What’s New
Version 2.5.15
• PM Sharing: changed broadcast interval from every 60 sec to every 3 sec. Make more robust.
• Connect popup: fix problem with multiple popup (connect, choose mode, restore from park) not showing in right order
• AZ tracking: not use trail points to track when aux encoder is enabled
• Fix ASCOM server not responding due to receiving zero length UDP packet.
• Tonight's best page: not reset tab or search text when leaving
• Fix crash when going to polar alignment page while disconnected but have EQ mount alignment
• Alignment routine: fix centering UI incorrectly closing when centering failed
• SynScan App protocol server: add support for getting mount axis: 'telescope.Action("AxisCoordinatesGet", "")' -> degree string eg "45.0,15.0". No need to update "SynScan App" ASCOM driver.
• Camera exposure group: ensure to keep screen awake
Ratings and Reviews
App is more useful but still need to figure out how to correct alignment
I really like the idea of being able to control my telescope with the phone, but still find the SynScan remote easier for manual control without sight. Maybe add ability use another remote like a PS4 remote or game pad? I’m finding the list of stars usable now that I see results sorted by magnitude with constellation visible with details to the Greek letter. Thanks! It’s similar to the remote in that regard. The App doesn’t allow me to correct where Jupiter or any POI using error correction (but still learning - will update if I figure out - maybe the sync option??). It would be ideal if the app averages all user corrections. The remote allows a correction per POI but doesn’t average others over time (kind of lame but better - maybe sync??). Thanks for the effort in making the app and will update my review as I use it more. It sure has potential and still learning.
Jupiter does not appear in the database
Hello, how are you? I wanted to make some recommendations on the one hand, they would have to make an update that does not affect the SkySafari pro, however when you want to put this in order to keep it in the field for Jupiter when you look for it in the database, appears and yet it is there if that they would have to fix another would have to improve the presidency with which it follows the objects and add more content to the app or more galaxies nebulae stars planets exoplanets asteroids comets satellites etc also the places where The Apollo missions and the Roberts from Mars, for example, descended, but above all, improve the effectiveness with which you look for things and that the controls are not branded because you have just Wi-Fi, however I understand that you have to work at Wi-Fi but at least those things I should be able to do but outside of that the truth is not so bad the question if I think they would have to improve this
Promising but buggy
I like this app, I just wish it was more stable. I’m using it on an AZ-GTI with my iPhone X. It loses connection often and sometimes it crashes when I hit the down arrow button in the telescope slew control. Also wish it would save my settings. I often have to go into the buried menu and turn on tracking, which honestly should be on by default. Also when I pull up the comet library it reloads and is blank for a long time and makes me think the app has frozen. And sometimes the app does freeze.
App Privacy
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Information
- Seller
- Astropower Technology Co. Ltd.
- Size
- 48.7 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 14.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Skywatcher Apps Team
- Price
- Free