I have been mostly using my month old G11G with NINA, but started trying the ASIAIR this week. Overall, going well and getting good subs. But there are quirks that I would fix if there is a way.
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1. moving the mount. I find that I need to power cycle the mount with the app running before the app thinks it can move the mount. not a big deal, just have to remember the order. Starting the app with the mount already up and running hasn't worked for me so far.
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2. GOTOs generally happen, but the behavior in the ASIAIR app's sky atlas isn't reliable. Sometimes it seems to wait for moves that the mount seems to have completed. I stop the slew and tap the goto button again and it figures it out.
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3. guiding is pretty good, last night running well below 0.4" but occasionally when I first start up guiding DEC will run a bit wide back and forth. About 10 minutes or so. Recalibrating and starting over tends to clear that up. I am not manipulating any settings. I also fuss over the DEC worm. I am using machine tools to measure how much back off the worm gets and try to reliably tension the spring holding it down.
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Anyway, things like that. If anyone has any tips on using this mount with the AIR I would love to hear them. I do prefer to use NINA, PHD2 etc. most of the time but sometimes a simple setup is nice.
Ed Harp