having acquired a Stellavita over a year ago and "suffering" thru many issues I have to report that the new v2.0 app (ioS) and the 2.0.5 f/w update has perfected the s/w
experience with the Stellavita.
the unit still requires an external wifi dongle for "station" mode (which is my preferred mode of operation) but the range of the RPi CM4 onboard wifi seems
improved (with an aftermarket antenna) sadly the Stellavita does not appear to
function correctly in the presence of any USB hubs to make up for the use of one of
the 4x USB ports consumed by the external dongle which is needed when using the dongle with a full compliment of accessories attached!
the experience is easily comparable/competitive with other such astrocontrollers
and I can now recommend it, especially with the expanded device support it offers
vs its closed ecosystem competitors.
my only ask is that Touptek consider officially supporting INDI n/w access to the
Stellavita enabling other INDI based s/w such as ekos to be able to control the
devices ...
I have no doubt that with the addition of Alpaca to their competitors smart scope s/w this will soon appear in their astrocontroller as well ...
anyway I fully now recommend the Stellavita with the new s/w and f/w