Using SkyFI 3 for wireless control of the telescope

I ordered the SkyFi 3 together with the ServoCAT on March 30, 2020.  Because of the CoVID-19 pandemy, the SkyFi 3 only arrived on July 2, 2020.  This was the second day of our holidays...  I could only install the SkyFi on August 3, 2020.  The installation is very straightforward. The only thing I needed to do was to plug in a USB cable both in the ServoCAT and in the SkyFi.  
Thanks to the SkyFI, I can now use SkySafari to do a GoTo with the ServoCAT.  This is very useful, because I can now slew directly to the comets, use DeepskyLog to create observing lists and put them in  SkySafari, and always see a map of the sky where the telescope is pointed. 

The first time I could test the SkyFi was on September 13, 2020.  There was however still a problem with the powered ground board of the ServoCAT.  After fixing the problem a few day later, the weather became very bad and the first night I could really test the SkyFi was on November 6, 2020.  The SkyFi really works as expected.  It really is an improvement to be able to search for objects using SkySafari and let the telescope slew automatically from our tablet.  

To make everything work, put the Argo Navis in Mode Catalog - From Planetarium.


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