This is the official companion app for Star Adventurer mini (SAM) and Star Adventurer 2i camera mount manufactured by Sky-Watcher.
Use this app to program the camera mount for astrophotography and time-lapse photography. It can also help a Sky-watcher equatorial mount user to do polar alignment with the polar scope.
For more, visit www.skywatcher.com
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App works again
UPDATE 12 February: connectivity issue is fixed, I can now control the mount using iPhone 12. Leaving earlier comment below but updating rating given it is now usable.
Today was my first attempt to use the SkyWatcher mount I received as a gift, pretty frustrating that I wasted so much time battling with this app on my iPhone. As others report, connecting via WiFi seems to work ok (mount LED turns solid green) but this app can’t see the device. I thought I would try my iPad Pro (WiFi only, no cellular) and it works fine. I also was able to connect a Windows laptop. I see no reason why this shouldn’t work on iPhone. I’m not filled with confidence in the app / support / mount given there is no route to actually report this issue to the developer / manufacturer of the mount so my only option seems to be to leave a 1 star review and hope it gets attention.
Broken app
The app worked fine with previous devices but now the latest update has stopped discovering devices. It connects to the unit as a wifi device but when you try to add the star adventurer it shows no device found. So without a working app I have a useless piece of astronomy equipment.
Will not connect to Star Adventurer 2i
Will not connect to Star Adventurer 2i, despite it being in APP mode and connected to its local WiFi. SA Console simply reports no device found. Useless in its current form.
Version 2.1.1 & version 2.2 do not connect to SA 2i
The app worked perfectly fine until the recent updates. The app now does not connect to the star adventurer 2i pro. The help section appears to be related to the SAM, with no option to contact the developer. The developers revision notes state minor changes with no break down of what had actually changed. All this leaves a useless app with no obvious solutions?
Good
The app now does a good job of controlling the Star Adventurer 2i tracking mount. The previous update didn’t work at all but the developers listened to feedback and quickly rectified the issue.
Doesn’t seem to be working any more
No matter what I try, I can’t seem to get the app to connect to the star adventurer 2i. The phone connects to its wifi network, but the app for whatever reason insists it can’t see anything to connect to. You really need to fix this app, I don’t understand what exactly you changed, but it no longer works at all
1.6.0 was great 2.1.1 not so much
Can we have 1.6.0 back? I liked it’s feature set such as the classics of “connecting to the hardware” and “functioning”. Thanks!
