ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY MINI-PC - Setup from A to Z with NINA! Including the elusive Hotspot (hopefully)
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- Опубликовано: 3 июл 2024
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00:00 Introduction
01:55 Remote Desktop setup
06:11 connect via remote desktop
08:45 PC as a Hotspot
17:45 Downloading the Astro Stuff
22:30 Fixing clock
23:15 Installing everything
29:12 PC is on the scope!
29:56 Connecting the Mount
30:56 Initial NINA startup
32:15 NINA Setup
35:10 NINA Equipment Connect
37:50 PHD2 Setup
39:45 NINA Plugins
43:05 Testing under the stars 
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Hotspot app: apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/hotspot/9NBLGGH52R9H
Ascom Platform: ascom-standards.org/
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ASTAP: www.hnsky.org/astap.htm
Again, please not that the "Hotspot" software is experimental (to me), it seems to be working, but results not guaranteed!!
UPDATE! There is another piece of software that can also work, and it's FREE! mypublicwifi.com/myhotspot/fr/wificreator.html
For some reason I can’t get any laptops to connect to the mini pc with this MyPublicWifi app but android tablet and iPhone connect to it fine. Anyone else try it?
To answer my own question, you have to put your password into the alternate key prompt which is not so intuitive but overall the MyPublicWifi app is so simple!,,
@@glennsmooth Hi, Having the same problem with connecting my iPad to the MiniPC. Can't find MyPublicWiFi on the app store. Am I missing something?
Cuiv, once again you knocked this out of the park. This video will help many people setup up a pc on their astro rig. Thanks for your hard work and dedication to this wonderful hobby. ....and dont burn your self out buddy 😀
My pleasure Bill!! And yes I'll be careful about burnout :-)
Great work brother. Great work
Great video, especially the hotspot setup advice. My mini pc arrived today so I’ll be setting up tomorrow. With the help of this tutorial. Thank you very much. Clear skies.
Thanks Cuiv! Really appreciate your contributions to the community. Very helpful and great insights for a rookie like me.
I'm happy to see this is helpful :)
Yet another awesome vid Cuiv. Thank you.
Thank you!
This is Solid Gold!!!!! Keep up the great work, we are all learning from you!
Thanks Johnny!
Excellent, well done:it is the ONLY video with clear instructions, designed for a quick setup of a miniPC, focused to improving capabilities in capturing photos rather than in naive "nerd like" applications. Thank you very much!
Very well done,good job!
This video goes straight to the saved ones for when I get my propper goto mount and minipc this christmass. Thank you so much.
Good luck once you get the gear!
Love these setup videos cuiv!
Thanks! It's a lot of work 😁
This is an excellent guide. I have setup several pc's in the past, but my NUC recently died so I had to do a full install on a new Windows 11 NUC, this guide allowed me to get it done without having to think too hard👍
Hi Cuiv, I have followed this video exactly and presto!! It’s magic! This is my first venture into astrophotography! Thank you for your channel.. brilliant. 👏👏👏
As always Cuiv, an amazing video to watch..
best regards
Thanks Ziyad!
amigo! muchas gracias por tremendo video! de verdad me ha servidor bastante, migré de Asiair a usar un mini pc y estoy super contento con los resultados. sigue asi! saludos desde Chile!
Wow, so involved, this is going to be fun to set up
Hi Cuiv, following your informative and easy to follow Astrophotography tutorials and accessories write ups all the way from Australia! Keep up the fantastic work you do and clear skies!
Awesome! Cheers and clear skies!
Dear Cuiv, you knocked it out of the park!!! Just what I needed. I have been struggling a lot with the mini PC when I’m in the wild… I’ve tried everything, even bought a mobile wifi to use with team viewer but in some places with no connection it was a nightmare. I come from AsiAir but I “evolved” to NINA thanks to you and Chad from Patriot Astro…Thanks a lot ;)
Just a quick note, I had to add my user to the Remote Desktop connection group otherwise It wouldn’t work for me, but after that it was all OK. Really appreciate it!
Thanks to the inspiring tutorials from you Cuiv I now have a setup on my newly acquired Beelink Ser with all sw ready to go. Just waiting for clear skies. 😊
Excellent video Cuiv, this may be my next project. You will definitely help a lot of people with this one. Thank you your last one ref the Asi camera fans. I just replaced my 294 Pro fan a couple of days ago and it has made a big difference.
That's awesome to hear on the fan!!
Thank you again for the good info, the PC hotspot will be a grate help in the future. Keep up the grate vides, Cheers.
Unbelievably useful. Thanks. (And ignore the question I asked in the comments of another video; this video answers my question very thoroughly)
Another great video. A complete setup done in less than an hour!
Thanks Mike! It was a lot of work so I'm glad it's useful!
Very helpful. Thanks!
FINALLY a hotspot that starts on boot/startup. Many thanks indeed!
And it really was that easy, Thanks Buddy! Now set to stay warm this winter. Much appreciated Domo arigato.
Thank you so much! This was the video ZI hoped you would put since your Raspberry PI video and StellarMate ! Thanks for another awesome video!!
My pleasure, I'm glad this is helpful!
Hey Cuiv! I bought the Mele Quieter 3q (the 8GB RAM/256GB SSD version) and I have been very happy with it. I bought it when I saw your first video about your version. I pretty much have a similar setup but there are some good takeaways here that are very useful. Thanks for the thorough video about how you have things set up! CS!
Thanks Dave! They're good little PCs that do work quite well :-)
As someone in the asi ecosystem wanting to branch out to have more options, this tutorial is like a dream come true!
Helping people diversify day by day :)
Yeah. I bought a mini PC last year, despite having two Asiair. Now I want a better focuser than the EAF for my Edge HD. This tutorial has got me 99% of the way to N.I.N.A.
Cuiv, your timing is impeccable. I JUST bought a mini-PC for my astro set-up! I took lots of notes; time for me to crack into it myself. Thanks for the great content!
Excellent, I'm so glad this is helpful! I did spend a lot of time making this video haha
Cuiv! you have the best info on this journey
I appreciate that!
Cuiv, Nicely presented as usual my good man! Keep educating young minds Sir. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you!
This was an absolutely wonderful video. I currently use the ASI Air for my setup but prior to that I did use Nina. I can see where if I had a second setup, I would try this with that telescope. The information you give here. Was very thorough and I watched the whole thing even though I'm not going to go with the setup at this time. Thank you so much for doing this, I think for people that are just starting out, this is going to be an amazing video for them to watch.
Thank you Kyle! That's why I do this! I'm so glad this is helpful!
Cuiv,
I have been watching your channel for several years. You left and came back. Just want to say that you have been instrumental in helping me become a better astrophotographer. Thank You so much. I just become a member. Your videos are perks enough. Happy New Year.
Thanks so much for this comment and for your support! I am always so happy to see I've been helping you and others with the hobby :)
excellent guide and so clear ! thank you
Your timing is tres tres good :) Thanks for this video. S!
My pleasure Jack!
This is a great video. Thanks for all that info!
My pleasure!
Wow. Thank you very much for this video.
Very helpful video!
Excellent review, thanks. Another MeLe Q3 convert here. I set both Remote Desktop and Real VNC for remote access. For the latter, I found I needed a HDMI emulator dongle to fool it into thinking it has an active display. Both work really well.
I just ordered AstroPC Pro, so I'll be following this tutorial for the setup. Thanks so much! Would be great to see a short explanation and setup of your plug ins. Either way, you're a Godsend!
Thankyou Cuiv! A dose of PC setup burnout and the absence of this overview is exactly why I bought my ASIair Mini. Now I know that I can choose to have this headache, when I'm ready, and on my own terms! One day I'm sure to want something that's outside ZWO's ecosphere. Thanks for de-mystifying the way to pick that vendor lock.
Been waiting for this since your last persistent hotspot video. I couldn't get it to work. I've been connecting through remote desktop and my phone's hotspot. Works great out in the wild but i need to make sure my phone is charged and i turn off my data. Thanks Cuiv you are the man!!
Hopefully it works!!
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent, thanks Cuiv. I've found NINA a bit daunting but I think I have enough to give it a go now :)
Exactly, I’m starting to merge into astrophotography it seems very overwhelming to start and a big learning curve. Thinking of going with asiair just learn it then buy a mini computer in the future and convert over.
Thanks Cuiv -- I fumbled my way to build a somewhat similar setup, but nice to see all the steps laid out so clearly. The hoops you went through to automate a persistent, remote hotspot were very cool. In a pinch you can also run an ethernet cable directly from your laptop/desktop to the remote PC (if you can stand an extra cable hanging from the scope ;).
That's a good possibility as well :)
Bad weather here and, one of my hobbies is to watch astro videos. A great video and I'm discovering other gear. Thank you for such dedication to the hobby Quiv!!🙂🙂🙂🙂
Thanks for the feedback and your support!
Big thanks from me too Cuiv for this. I was using a Raspberry Pi 4 running Astroberry which worked very well and was pretty easy to setup with a hotspot and VNC connecting both with a Win 7 laptop & an iPad. Then I bought a SBC mini PC running Windows 10 Pro because I wanted to try NINA. I was completely befuddled attempting to setup the wireless connection for use at my dark site in the UK and I gave up trying, I even bought a little 12V wireless travel router to see if that would help solve my problems Thanks to this video I’ll give it another go with your recommendations. Windows! Aaaaggghhh….!!!! All the best, Pete.
Great video Cuiv. I've also found Patriotastro did an excellent series on configuring and optimising the mini pc for AP.
Thanks Amit! I need to check Chad's videos as well :)
Thanks Cuiv. This video comes just in time. As I just ordered a mini PC which should arrive today, this video will allow me to be even more lazy than you!
Cuiv, thank you very much, from the other side of the world.
Ho merci beaucoup ! C'est plus simple quand c'est toi qui explique..
Hehehe j'explique super bien quand meme haha - serieux, merci ca fait plaisir!
This is a perfect ‘next step’ after doing a setup with Raspberry Pi and Astroberry … :-) Thanks so much for doing this full setup video! We are rebels jumping out of ‘the walled garden’.
My pleasure! And yes we do like to roam free :D
Nice review real useful
My pleasure!
@@CuivTheLazyGeek just finished doing the hotspot, i had a router on top of my minipc thats gone now 😂👌no need , when you got all in one
Thank you so much I just set this up. Thanks to you . One thing you are probably doing yourself because you are smart. Is running a task scheduler. My son created a task scheduler routine that turns on the hotspot on boot up and the every 10 minute after should it shut off. I’m new to Nina and my reason for it leaving the Asiair is having synchronized dithering on my side by side set up. Talk about jumping in both feet.
Bonjour Cuiv, et merci d'avoir proposer cette solution miracle sous Windows ! Testée sur 2 PC différents et c'est OK. C'est (beaucoup) plus simple sous linux mais il faut accepter de basculer sous Kstars (qui est d'ailleurs très bien aussi). Bonne année sous les cieux du soleil levant ;-)
Thanks for the video! The hotspot was one major annoyance that I had, your solution seems better than the shell scripts that I was using. I eventually ended up buying a little GL.iNet travel router, which had the added advantage that I can connect multiple rigs to it and remote in to all of them with just one PC connected to the router, instead of having to connect to each mount PC's hotspot separately and also allows me to hardwire the mounts and PC via Ethernet in case I'm at a star party, outreach session, or somewhere else with WiFi congestion. And then after thinking about how much gear I have in my setup anyway, I just used an old full sized router, which has much better range.
For a multiple mount setup in the field, I suppose you could also run the hotspot on the controlling PC and have the mount PCs auto connect to it, might be convenient especially if you named it the same as your home WiFi network.
Hi, just like to say in case you do burn out again soon, its been a very interesting journey, your efforts are priceless, you have become my goto source for any info in this subject..a big thanks to you, regards from Tom 👍👍.
I bought a Mele Quieter3Q three month ago, I wanted to use the dynamic flatpanel brightness offered by NINA - the best decision I’ve ever made in my 5 year astro journey. It simply works like a charm.
I added a 128GB NVMe SSD, made it the boot/WIN11 drive on the system, the onboard 128GB eMMC is acting as extra drive space.
The Mele is quite good indeed! :-)
Thanks another masterpiece
Thank you Ian for the support!!
Great video Quiv, will be interesting for a lot of people, it helped me with the hotspot. I've always been imaging with the laptop but since beginning this year I bought a Quiter3.
I've set it completely up with the help off Chad (Patriot Astro) his videos, they also are very helpful and mostly going deeper in certain things, he helped me a lot, great guy.
But I was missing that one thing, to make a hotspot, so now it's completely done and I can make my second mini pc. But must say that I've had some serious problems with my QHY Polemaster running under Win11, I had to set some things in the bios to make it work, and now it seems to work fine. Now I only need clear skies, it(s been very very bad this year, only had 5 clear nights since the start of 2023, really not motivating ...
Thanks again for making these great and very interesting videos Quiv, keep up the good work
Hi Cuiv,
Another great video that I find very helpfull on your channel.
To be honest, I followed the one you already did before in the past. And I find one thing very usefull missing: add all the picture in Nina for offline framing... it's not useful on your balcony, sure, but it's great to help framing when you're in the middle of the fields... :)
Patriot Astro (you mentioned him in the video) has a great demonstration how to do it!
Thanks again for your work!
Ho, also... I find the range of the wifi of these mele quieter 2 PC very poor... a few meters away and it's working intermittently... I find it much easy (lazy?) to buy a 20$ xiaomi router that also works on 12V close to the rig. This way, no need to worry about the hotspot... and the extra range allows you to watch a movie in your car when you're in the fields, while having the remote desktop connection active! :)
Cuiv, thanks for the video. I tried unsuccessfully to get the new ASIair+ 256GB to talk to my AVX mount. The ASIair+ is supposed to be "Easy as 1-2-3" but it wasn't for me.
I bought a MeLE Quieter3Q and installed NINA using another process from Patriot Astro but I will add your hotspot and plug-in recommendations to my install.
Thus far, I've had no issues with NINA. The only issue I've had is over two weeks of cloud cover with no clear skies at night. Hopefully, that will change this week and I can get my setup outside.
I have the same ASIAir and have an AVX mount too. Are you getting mount discount errors? I’ve opened a couple of ZWO bug reports involving mount disconnects on the AVX so hopefully ZWO will provide a fix. I too have purchased a Mele Queiter3Q and installed all the apps but haven’t had an opportunity to test it out.
Thank you for explaining how to use hotspot always without internet. You should make this a separate video easily searchable because ive been looking for this everywhere and no body was able to explain it beside you.
Thank you
Thank you! I'll think about a separate video :-)
ASI Air fanboy here but am being FORCED to a mini-PC since I want to do solar imaging with Fire Capture. The Air is limited with the ROI for me to capture the solar disc [for upcoming eclipse[s]] so FC is needed and this set up will do nicely. TY for taking the steps/ time to teach us how to do it.
Thanks for the video. It was good timing because Amazon had a $40 coupon and a lightning deal at the same time. I got the 256GB one as the same price of the 128GB and it was $170 plus tax.
Mele sales just went through the roof on account of your video Cuiv! I hope they appreciate it :P
Hahaha I wish I was getting paid or something lol... not the case!
AWESOME. Just trying to get this all working without much success. Perfect timing Cuiv. 😅
Glad this is helpful Stephen!
The faff of Windows being Windows is the sole reason I can understand why people own an ASI Air haha. That said, I loooove mini PC + NINA. It’s just such a powerful bang for buck solution that outperforms pretty much everything else. Really good video Cuiv, you are excellent at staying objective while giving clear and concise information on the deeper parts of astro.
You show what can be done with just a bit more effort and time and THAT imho is the key to astrophotography... putting in the effort to learn the difficult stuff. That way you come away with more skills that are important to problem solving and getting a better understand of how things work. This will allow the future you to start changing settings and developing your own ways instead of copying others.
Hi Cuiv. Awesome video and information. Personally being new to the hobby, I'll be going with the asi air. Though the mini PC is great for mix and matching of equipment, for now an all in one seems best for me. There's alot of 3rd party software involved which could make trouble shooting issues difficult. Thanks again.
Completely understand! The ASIAIR is quite an impressive turnkey solution!
Great video as usual Cuiz! Without going through the rigmarole of turning the 'hot spot' on in Windows (which I didn't know btw thank you) there's an app that I bought called Connectify that allows you to create a 'hot spot' from the word go. I actually bought the app but never got around to using it as I bought an Eagle 4S more or less straight after buying Connectefy - the Eagle creates its own network
Great video. Very informative. I find Windows a pain also. I wish they would make it a lot easier. All the best from Florida.
Thank you so much Rick, and thanks for your support!!
Nice info on the hotspot as I was just wondering how this could be done with my NUC. Great timing Cuiv!
One comment specific to the SCT/Celestron Focus Motor - I finally took the time to look at the Celestron Focuser on my C9.25 Edge in terms of the direction of rotation when the Backlash in NINA is set to IN vs. OUT It is my understanding that you want the last turn on an Celestron SCT to be CCW which pushes the mirror "uphill" and against gravity. I found that at least for my setup - when the Backlash was set to OUT - the last turn was CW. Changed to IN and then it was CCW. Just a recent observation as I had mine originally set to OUT in NINA.
Oooh thanks for the tip! I remember checking a while back, but I'll check again!
I looked at it in one breath, I didn’t even turn on the translation - I have progress in my seventies)) A very useful guide. I'm just about to go up to my new observatory for the feast of the first light.
Thanks Volkov!!
Hi Cuiv!
Always interesting as usual!
To get an hotspot on the mini - PC, even if I am on the wild, I use an application called connectify (the hotspot max lifetime version). Not free but not really expensive : around 35 euros for 3 lifetime licences... I may check your alternative.
Regards from France
Fantastic video! This makes astro imaging so much easier. Only issue I had was the hotspot on the minipc does not appear to allow connection to android devices so I must either use another pc(laptop) for remote access or have an accesable wifi signal(not an android hotspot) to use android for remote. Hopefully I(or somebody) can find a workaround as mobile devices are so convenient. Still....a mini pc on mount and a remote laptop is still miles easier than my prior full time wire connected laptop and a brainless mount!!!
I have a different mini-PC and had some issues with the wifi-hotspot.. instead of going the software route, I just bought a
I do the same with a TP-LINK TL-WR902AC and a Mele Quieter 3C when i'm away from home and it's working great.
@@ZeKeeper I think our mini-routers are the same type of device. The WR902AC is part of the AC750 series.
Great tutorial, thank you! Just a heads up, the ProgramData folder is hidden, so you need to have set Windows Explorer to show hidden files in order to see it. This stumped me for a couple of minutes... you may want to add a subtitle to the screen (circa 14:25)
Oh thank you!! You're right, I forgot to feature this step!
Another nice video, thanks Cuiv!
And FYI, the QHY All In One driver installer has "NINA" as a 3rd party app because the installer will go ahead and put the QHY native NINA drivers in the NINA installation directory automatically. That's not so important for QHY guide cameras since you're unlikely to want to access your guide camera from NINA, but for imaging cameras it's nice to have the latest native NINA drivers that QHY puts in their installer installed to the NINA program directory.
Don’t do that it will screw up NINA, it alters the SDK, I made that mistake…..😮
@@Astro_Shed I did it and didn't have any issues. 🤷♂
Hmmm, I was told by the NINA developers not to do that about 12 months ago…maybe something has changed…🤷🏼♂
Thanks for the info!
Looks like the MeLe Q3 actually has lots of fans!
Hahaha indeed!
I came from the Raspberry Pi / Kstars/Ekos world (as my available main computers were MacOS or Linux). It mostly worked well for a few years. A used Windows laptop came my way (free, who can say no?) so I thought I would try NINA having heard so much about it. I bought a BeeLink Mini-S on sale with W11 and installed the software to give NINA a try (GSS, PHD2, Astap, Ascom). Some of your existing NINA videos along with Patriot Astro's videos provided the information I needed to get up and running. Having used it for a month or so now (half dozen clear nights) as well as making calibration files during the day, I have to wonder why I didn't tgo this route sooner. TI find the Flats Wizard especially is a real improvement over that in EKOS in controlling my DIY flat panel. I'm just starting to get comfortable with the (Advanced) Sequencer. I do believe I will stay with this setup now.
Woohoo, I'm so glad to hear that!! Enjoy NINA!
Hey Cuiv, super vidéo comme à l'habitude. A titre perso je suis passé par un répéteur VONETS VBG1200 Pont Wi-FI Double Bande répéteur/routeur Ethernet WiFi RJ45 ce qui reproduit finalement à peu près la même procédure mais rajoute du matériel. A voir pour l'avenir
I bought the mini when ASIAIR was out of stock awhile back and love NINA. Works great, thanks for all the information
Awesome!
I have been able to do everything. Just a tip in case "persistent hotspot" yields an error when trying to install, I downloaded previous version 1.02 instead of 1.03 and it worked... Thanks again
Hey Cuiv great video I've recently bought the Quieter 3C & were having issues with the wifi so I'm hoping after watching your video it will help address that part, setting up NINA etc I've found to be a doddle in the past it's just remoting to it from a different device that I struggle with. I plan to make a start setting it up this week so fingers crossed I will manage it.
Just don't go burning yourself out & head for another slump though take some time out & relax for a bit as we'll all be here when you get back.
As much as I like the ASi Air I don't want to be locked into one system especially as at the time of typing this an Altair 26C camera is £1400 whereas the 2600MC pro is now £2000 & both do exactly the same so a no brainer for me, as budget to me is a thing & lets face it this is an expensive hobby so if savings can be made then I'm all for that.
Clear skies & take it easy.
Thanks!! Good luck with the setup!
I love your videos Cuiv, but cable is stable! ;)
Thanks!
Thank you for your support!
I’m so glad you are doing this. How to setup a astoro pc with NINA straight from the horses mouth! I hope that you expand on this and teach what plugins you use and how to configure them. Show us setting up scenarios and offsets hocus focus and anything else you know about that could help newbies like me be more lazy like you. Thank Again, I love your channel🎉
Thanks Johnny! So many videos to take, so much stuff to do!! :D
@@CuivTheLazyGeek it’s almost like you are not lazy at all
@@heavyjohnny sssshhhhh! 🤣
@@CuivTheLazyGeek You should pack that hyperstar up and bring it over to Okinawa, Lets see if can organize a star party in bortle 1 skies !
Something worth mentioning for those coming from a laptop to a mini PC. You can save a whole heap of time by just duplicating your SSD / HDD windows & program installs onto another drive and then putting that in the mini PC.
I have done that doo. I use Macrium reflect free. It really does let me clone my hard drive for no charge as long as I register my email and agree that I don't use it commercially. Never had an issue with them.
do you have any issues doing this as the duplicate won't set the windows registries on the mini pc?
I just did this myself, bought a new mini pc, check out N95 and N100 cpus, they are very power efficient and faster then the Mele q3, pretty much the new low power chip and they are quite fast!
I'm waiting for a fanless version in smaller form factor of those CPUs!! (like MeLe Quieter 4!)
Hi Cuiv, great video and it comes at the right time. I've setup a similar set last week, but can improve it with some of your hints. My idea to connect the mini PC with my laptop was through a smartphone hotspot, but I also haven't checked the performance yet. So I think your approach with the hotspot turned on on the device is the better and straight forward one. However, did you try tools like MyPublicWiFi or mHotspot? They're free of charge and may have the same features. I'll give them a chance when I'll fine a couple of minutes next days...
Hi Cuiv, i am not sure why you had such a poor experience with remote desktop as it is usually fairly painless. you don't need to worry about the password once you have set it all up and checked remember connection on your host PC.
I love the video as i am just moving over from an ASAIR plus that i have been using on my EQ8-R Pro and want more funstionality so your timing is perfect. You have been smashing it recently with these genuinely useful tutorials. Keep it up and don't burn out :D
Thanks Andrew! Oh Remote Desktop will just work IF the Windows-created hotspot is up. The problem is that Windows categorically refuses to create a hotspot on a PC that doesn't have Internet connectivity (unless a specific option is available in the network driver and enabled via command line). So third party software is needed for this (usually)
Great video. I'm using 2 Mele Quieter 3s, soon to be 3. :)
Hahaha too many rigs!!
@@CuivTheLazyGeek lol. Maybe.
Thanks for the detailed walkthrough, especially with respect to the hotspot. I can't help thinking, though, that a cheap travel router would be a much more straightforward way to deal with this.
Yeah, but one more piece of equipment haha! Still you are quite right :-)
@@CuivTheLazyGeek True--one more thing to carry around and plug in, not to mention buy. But hey, it's only money, right?
Man, I only clicked on this because I wanted to know what you do differently, but I actually didn't know Windows could do this hotspot thing. I've been so frustrated with bad wifi in the garden outside and doing the remote desktop. I technically do have wifi there, and it's enough to check things every now and then, but it'll completely break down if 2 devices are there (laptop and the minipc ofc). You're actually a lifesaver (by accident)!
Also you forgot to blur your Latitude and Longitude at 37:44
Thank you for this comprehensive video! I bought a Quieter4 and followed your advice! I’ll be going to Osaka and Tokyo soon. Are there Astro things that I should buy in Japan?
Thanks Cuiv! You shared this at just the right time for me. I'm planning a trip out West next year when I retire. I've been worried about backup to my Lenovo computer in case it failed. I now know the right path is to go the mini-PC step and use my existing laptop for backup. I was wondering if the images at the end were on your home PC that was connected to the hotspot? I'm assuming I could use my IPad to connect to the hotspot and monitor the images that way as needed? Thanks again!
Brilliant video Cuiv! I wonder how this PC would hold up in really cold temperatures? Winters in my part of the world would routinely dip as low as -15 to -20 degrees.
That I don't know! I'll try putting it in the freezer at some point see what happens :) in theory if the PC is on before it's completely cold it should generate its own heat and probably be fine?
Hi Cuiv. You don't need persistent hotspot, just turn off power saving on the hotspot settings. Was in your screen in 09:32 , you may want to try it out.
Great idea to use the hotspot, used it to connect an ioptron mount to the mini-pc and I can still RDP into the mini-pc using my home wi-fi. I prefer the mini-pc to mount communication to be the closest possible, also now I have one less USB cable to worry about. Thanks!
Thanks for the tip! This wasn't the case back when I last did it (in Win 10) but it looks like you're absolutely right!
@@CuivTheLazyGeek Yep, it's in Win10 & Win11, need to be running version 22H2 with latest updates. Glad to be able to help after learning so much from your content, especially about NINA!
@AlexisABermudez It seems like the hotspot has been removed as an app in newer win11. Hence not possible to put it in startup folder. Any ideas?
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Thank you for your support!!