mardi 17 octobre 2017

Remote observation from a smart phone

The observatory is now 100% operational with the replacement of the mount power supply. The previous one didn't power on when the 220V was applied, I had to manually switched a button. The new one is a Voltcraft NPS-125 which is set at 18V and automatically switches ON when power is applied.

I can now power ON all equipments remotely and last night, for the first time, I did it from my smartphone and was able to run the SetUp.pgm script to connect all through PRISM v10 software. Then I pointed to V404 Lac Be star and started the autoguiding and the acquisition sequence. All while sitting in Grenoble, 20km away...



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