Star Adventurer Mini Console release notes

This is the official companion app for Star Adventurer mini/Star Adventurer 2i camera mount manufactured by Sky-Watcher.

Use this app to program the Star Adventurer mini/Star Adventurer 2i for astrophotography and time-lapse photography. It can also help a Sky-watcher equatorial mount user to do polar alignment with the polar scope.

 

Release Notes

## 2024-09-01  v2.6.3
- Target Android 14

## 2024-05-23  v2.6.2
- Fix parameter calculation bug in reg/long exposure
  - Calculating "Frame Period" from total time and photos
  - Zero speed and non-zero angle

## 2024-05-18  v2.6.1
- iOS multicast entitlement
- First Mac version
- Restore serial port (missing since 2.0.0)

## 2023-02-28  v2.5.0
- Qt 6
- iOS: Ensure Local Network permission prompt shows

## 2022-04-25  v2.4.0
- iOS: fix failing to read location
- Android: fix help page zoom problem

## 2022-02-08  v2.3.0
- Potentially improve connection reliability

## 2022-01-17  v2.2.0
- Fix task not starting if photo number reminder dialog shows

## 2022-01-03  v2.1.0
- Add axis position display in manual control page
- Night mode: Avoid white flash during page transition

## 2021-07-28  v2.0.1
- Adjust text size

## 2021-07-19  v2.0.0
- Updated app. Some features removed

## 2020-01-15  v1.6.0
- Update app and product name

## 2020-10-15  v1.5.5
- Fix: crash on Android 11
- Fix: Avoid briefly showing a white screen while changing page
- Fix: some UI problem in night mode
- Shorter conversation delay with Prolific Android USB OTG

## 1.5.0
- Added support for astrophotography dithering. Require mount firmware updated to version 3.10 and above
- Fix swing range not accurate in certain situation. Require mount firmware updated to version 3.10 and above
- Added custom tracking rate for astrophotography
- Show mount model and version in Settings
- Support Android USB OTG

## 1.4.0
- (Android) Fixed problem on Samsung S8 phone where after the app uses location sensor, third party compass app on the phone stops working until phone is rebooted.
  Thf fix in 1.3.0 is not completely working

## 1.3.0
- (Android) Fixed problem on Samsung S8 phone where after the app uses location sensor, third party compass app on the phone stops working until phone is rebooted.
- Resolve problem preventing night style from updating sometimes

## 1.2.1
- Fixed rtl240.bpl missing error on Windows

## 1.2.0
- Auto night mode depends on visibility of sun
- Fixed uninitialized timeout value in broadcast
- Location sensor: on by default. Will update at app start.
- Fixed system status bar covering part of app on CUBE tablet (atom x86)
- Windows only: more reliable broadcast find when there are multiple network adapters
- Windows only: save window position and size
- Improved invalid data checking for parameter read
- Added response time testing page as a hidden menu (click on app version text a few times to show)

# 1.1