SynScan Wifi Adapter

Bought this to control some of our telescopes via phone for when it's too cold to use the hand controller - The setup works so well we are likely ONLY going to use the app via this wifi dongle (if a deep space object doesn't come up in a list of common objects, you can still find it via its Messier # - In my opinion, this shortcoming does not warrant anything less than 5 stars as the up-side is that using the SynScan app by way of this dongle greatly improves the pointing accuracy of any Skywatcher or other mount that use SynScan controllers)

Got this dongle to control my HEQ-5. It works well. It is even possible use SkySafari 6 Pro select ang go to celestial objects.

Works as advertised. Easy to connect to phone. Have not had a chance to do some serious work yet, but hopefully soon. Synscan Android app not so nice, crashes, hence the 4 stars.

This device lets you star-align and operate a Sky-Watcher SynScan telescope using an app on your mobile device. It is a better user interface than the hand controller for most things, but the HC is still better for manual slewing in my opinion because you can feel the buttons rather than having to look on a screen. I wish the two could be used together, then I’d give it 5 stars. The plug-in also works with SkySafari Plus and Pro, which greatly expands the objects that can be found. I’ve used one for several years, then one day it suddenly stopped working, so I had to buy another.

I’ll probably never use a handset again. This makes the AZ-EQ5 much easier to use and thus much more fun enjoying the night sky.