I'm part of the galactic course and it has set me up great. All the gear is now in and I've gotten some decent results so far but there is one thing that has been plaguing me so far. I connect my ASIAir Pro directly to my EQ6-R Pro. Polar alignment goes by fine and I can easily find objects in the western sky. For instance, currently around 9pm, M81 and M82 and M104 no problem. But as soon as I try to find something in the Eastern sky like M101 or arcturus it seems the mount TRIES to find it, but it slews in a way that forces me to stop so my camera does not hit my tripod when if it where to tilt in the RA axis the opposite way would be a MUCH better position for the telescope. Is there a way to tell the ASIAir and EQ6-R to favor that side instead? Also today when I would try to go to M101 (around 9pm again) it would sometimes even just point at the ground. I've used it 5-6 times so far and for the most part is pretty accurate. This is the first time I've had this much trouble with it.
Radian Raptor 61
ASI1600MM w/filter wheel
EQ6-R pro
ASIAir
ZWO Guidescope w/ ASI224MC
I ended up parking the mount in between only the first and second target, it seemed to reset everything and it worked fine from there!
Hi Bradley!
This is a very rare issue, which I experienced about 2 years ago with the original ASIAir. It didn't make sense at all because it was all going fine for weeks until this happened all of a sudden. I remember asking for help on the ZWO Facebook page, and someone told me that the issue came from my cable (the one going to my mount).
Originally, I was connecting the ASIAir to the hand controller of the mount, and then to the mount. What the person suggested is that I bypass the hand controller entirely and use an EQ-Dir cable instead (I have the Atlas mount which does not have an USB port so the cable you may need is different). This immediately fixed the issue. The hand controller tends to confuse the ASIAir.
If you are already ignoring the hand controller, and are certain that the cable is not the problem, I would try asking on the ASIAir Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1105942639568958
Also, try the following:
- Make sure the date/time/GPS is correct
- Turn off the "Get GPS from phone" feature, this also gave me issues in the past.
- Try to park the mount in between targets, then slew to a new one
I'd love to know what the issue was, keep me updated if you can!