iOptron iPolar 4+

I bought a new CEM26 mount with a built-in iPolar. I tried using the Windows version of the iPolar app but, although I have a clear view to Polaris, there is a tree in the cameras field of view and the app sees the tree as dozens of stars that appear and disapear. I tried to use the Mask feature but it is VERY erratic and won't let me mask anything in the lower half of the screen. I learned that there was a MAC version of the iPolar app and was hoping that it worked better. After shelling out the $9.99 to buy it I discovered that it doesn't even have the masking feature. What a waste of $9.99.

The latest update for monterey breaks plate solving and polar alignment completely.

There is no indicator for where to move the camera at all.

Sometimes I have problems getting my mac to recognize the connection to it (it's an iPolar embedded in a CEM40, there's some janky stuff going on with the USB connection routed through the mount). But when it works, it works pretty well! When I do the proper image centering workflow alignment and get it spot on, the alignment returned usually gets me ~0.7" RMS errors at most.