SynScan 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 version of the SynScan app is suited for novice users using alt-azimuth 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.
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
Frustrating
This app freezes and crashes on me regularly. It’s frustrating when you are trying to image or when you’re just observing. Press the arrow to slew and it lights up and freezes. Then after it freezes it just crashes and I see my home screen. It crashed on my multiple times tonight in a matter of minutes. I wanted to scream!
The other thing I don’t like, idk if this is normal behavior for a go to, when I center a target I see some of the arrows blinking in the opposite direction I just moved to center my target. The blinking arrow is then effectively moving the mount and taking me off target. Is this a function that the computer believes it is keeping the target centered? Why wouldn’t it just stay and sidereal track from where I positioned it?
I’m running this on an iPhone 11 Pro. This is a recent model and shouldn’t have trouble running such an app.
Nice layout but crashes!
When using the down arrow for slewing, the app often crashes and you have to start all over which often loses the target in the eyepiece. Come on devs…..two years? This hobby is growing quickly so don’t get left behind by poor functionality.
Great concept - needs more work
I recently bought the Skywatcher AZ-Gti mount which is exactly what I needed Foran easy travel mount.
This app works well with the mount but the position of the moon is always incorrect. The app shows the moon below the horizon when it is high in the sky.
If you fix this I will happily give the App 5 stars.
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