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AstroLink 4 Pi manual - astrojolo.com

 

Rev. 1.0 

 

 

 

 

AstroLink 4 Pi

 

 

astrojolo.com @2021 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for 4 Pi

Page 1: ...AstroLink 4 Pi manual astrojolo com 1 Rev 1 0 AstroLink 4 Pi astrojolo com 2021...

Page 2: ...The maximum load is 5A per output 1 additional permanent power output 1 additional adjustable 3 10V output XT60 high current input voltage socket Technical data dimensions 137x83x32mm weight 160g the...

Page 3: ...e INDI interface Default output value at the connection moment can be defined Focusing motors control The focusing motor can be controlled with AstroLink 4 Pi device The focusing stepper motor can be...

Page 4: ...view Figure 1 external views 1 LAN port 2 USB3 0 ports 3 USB2 0 ports 4 XT60 power input 12V DC 5 Regulated DC output 3 10V 6 Regulated RCA outputs 7 12V DC output non switchable 8 Switchable 12V outp...

Page 5: ...ng fan Figure 3 Raspberry Pi module fixing screws Then remove four screws that fix the Raspberry Pi module and place the module in the device Watch the proper position of the GPIO socket Put the Raspb...

Page 6: ...tepper motor controller see Figure 4 To check the current you need to measure the voltage between the adjustment potentiometer wiper and the GND point Required steps 1 Unscrew and take off the enclosu...

Page 7: ...A COIL A 4 COIL A COIL A 5 COIL B COIL B 6 COIL B COIL B Setting the regulated output voltage The voltage at the regulated output can be adjusted using a small potentiometer at the DC converter modul...

Page 8: ...elect GPIO pin to 13 Then adjust the temperature when the internal fan starts to work The recommended setting is 60 70C to be on the safe side When the CPU reaches that temperature the cooling fan wil...

Page 9: ...from the AstroLink 4 Pi device using standard buttons Focuser info section contains information about step size and critical focus zone These values are calculated from focuser configuration data and...

Page 10: ...e name that will be used to retrieve aperture and focal length data Max travel that is the maximum output position of the focuser This value is used to calculate the step size Resolution here required...

Page 11: ...cuser tab Direction controls the direction of the Relative position move Relative position allows moving the focuser by the specific amount of steps Absolute position allows moving the focuser to the...

Page 12: ...his tab contains several read only fields with some information about the system System Ctrl section allows to reboot or turn off the operating system but to use these buttons some additional configur...

Page 13: ...rmanent and two are switchable and can be controlled in this panel There are also two RCA sockets in the AstroLink 4 Pi that can be used for powering dew cap heaters These sockets provide PWM regulati...

Page 14: ...note these points of temperature and corresponding focuser position then it is pretty straightforward to calculate the compensation coefficient i e the number of focuser steps required to compensate f...

Page 15: ...er supply cable but also via the fan power socket then metal telescope tube focuser and camera case Scenario two an active USB hub is powered from the regulated voltage output from AstroLink imaging c...

Page 16: ...h its WiFi hotspot SSID astroberry password astroberry IP 10 42 0 1 If all above fails then switch off the home router so there is no WiFi around and restart AstroLink 4 Pi After about two minutes it...

Page 17: ...External view 4 Hardware setup 5 Raspberry Pi installation 5 Setting focusing motor current 6 Setting regulated output voltage 7 Software installation 8 System setup 8 INDI driver installation 8 INDI...

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