Wirelessly control your GoTo telescope - with Mac, PC, iPhone or iPad
The SkyFi W-LAN telescope adapter heralds a new generation of telescope control. A small box that can: Navigate your telescope wirelessly using your IPhone or your computer. Simply connect, select telescope and you're off.
Select the object you wish to observe- your telescope provides it for you.
A small box for serial ports and USB telescopes
This involves a W-Lan to serial and USB adapters, specially designed for controlling telescopes via W-LAN. If you have a computer-controlled GoTo telescope, the SkyFi helps you to use the capacity of your Mac, PC, iPhone, iPad or iPod touch and to control the telescope using these. In contrast to Bluetooth, SkyFi requires no adaption or special drivers. It employs the standard TCP/IP network protocol. TCP/IP is the language which is used for Internet connections.
Small, lightweight and long life
The SkyFi is very compact (slightly larger than an iPhone), and very straightforward to attach to the telescope mount or tripod. A strip of double-sided Velcro is included in delivery for this. Four AA batteries are inserted into the SkyFi, which will then provide an operating time, depending on usage and environment, of about 8 to 12 hours. The SkyFi can also be powered by an external source (such as power tanks, car batteries, or a mains adapter).
Autonomous: Your own network
Once in operation, SkyFi creates its own Wi-Fi network. This is an open network named 'SkyFi'. You can rename this at any time and also encrypt it. Connect your iPhone, laptop or PC to the network and obtain the IP address via DHCP. Apart from this, no further settings are required.
Travel with Voyager to the stars
We recommend using 'Voyager' software for PCs, MACs and 'SkyVoyager' software for iPhones, iPod Touch and iPad, which can be simply downloaded from the iTunes store.
Telescope compatibility
SkyFi can be connected to any telescope with a standard RS-232 or USB interface.
Following models with RS232 interface have been successfully tested and can be used unconditionally with SkyFi:
- Meade LX 200 classic and GPS version
- Meade LX 90, ETX, LXD, LX 400 ACF with Autostar hand box
- Meade Magellan I and II
- Celestron Ultima 2000
- Celestron NexStar 5/8, 5i/8i, GPS, SLT, SE
- Celestron CGE, CGEM, CPC, EdgeHD
- Orion Sirius, Atlas, SkyView Pro
- SkyWatcher mounts with SynScan hand control box
- Takahashi Temma 2
- Argo Navis ServoCAT, Sky Commander, Losmandy DSC
- Astro-Physics GTO, Losmandy Gemini, Vixen SkySensor 2000
- The latest telescopes now also work with SkyFi via the new USB connection:
- iOptron Smartstar and MiniTower mount with GoToNova hand box.
Meade ETX-LS
