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Collaborate with 3^rd Party Software

After the SynScan App has connected to a Skywatcher telescope mount, it can collaborate with a 3^rd party telescope control software, such as a planetarium App. When the 3^rd party software runs on:

• The same Android device which currently running the SynScan App
  1. Choose "Skywatcher SynScan" as the telescope mount in the 3^rd party software.
  2. In "Telescope Setup" section of the software, enter 11882 as the "TCP Port Number"; enter 127.0.0.1 as the "IP Address".
• An iOS Device, A Windows Device or another Android Device
  1. Make sure that the device is connected to the same Wi-Fi network as the device that is running the SynScan App.
  2. Choose "Skywatcher SynScan" as the telescope mount in the 3^rd party software.
  3. In "Telescope Setup" section of the software, enter 11882 as the "TCP Port Number". For the "IP Address", enter the IP address of the device that runs the SynScan App; some software might support the auto- detection of this IP address.

Limitations on iOS platform: SynScan App has to be in front-end to collaborate with other software.

List of supported Apps:

• Sky Safari 5 Plus, Android and iOS, Provided by Simulation Curriculum Corp.
• Sky Safari 5 Pro, Android and iOS, Provided by Simulation Curriculum Corp.