Monthly Archives: June 2022


Power*Star Pro Tips: Information Display

I recently returned from the first star party of the season, and the first time I’ve done any astrophotography for more than 6 months.  Hopefully, I’ll have a couple of images ready for you soon. This edition of Pro Tips will explore some details of how Power*Star displays useful information.  The embedded processor in P*S spends most of its time monitoring and reporting system status and faults. The P*S app queries this status frequently and provides a wealth of information for the user. Perhaps the most important thing to understand is that the per-port current report is a direct measurement, […]


Power*Star Pro Tips: Auto Dew Control

Before diving into today’s Pro Tip I want to comment that with the recent availability of Power*Star units I now have 3 customers who have purchased a second P*S unit.  To be sure, they are all “power users” who run multiple telescopes and therefore need multiple P*S units, but I see it as a strong vote of confidence that after using P*S for some time these users liked it enough that they wanted another one.  Thank you! My tip for today covers the Auto Dew Control feature, a very useful, but sometimes overlooked feature.  The Power tab in the P*S […]