Move Shoot Move SiFo Manual de usuario
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SiFo Star Tracker Bluetooth version V1.0
User Manual
Android
MoveShootMove.com
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Index
I. Specification .............................................................................. .3
II. Installation Gesture
A Horizontal Rotation ................................................................4
B Tilt Rotation................................................ ............................4
C Vertical Rotation........................................................................4
D Star Tracking Mode............... ..........................................................4
E Slider Multi-axis Mode........................................................... ......5
III. Working Instruction
1 Time-lapse..................................................................5
1.1 Camera control Rotator........................ .......................................5
1.2 Rotator control camera............................................................8
2 Video..............................................................................9
3 Panorama stitching........................................................................10
3.1 Custom stitching................................................................10
3.2 360 degrees stitching.................................................................. ...11
3.3 720 degrees stitching..................................................................11
4 Star Tracking .......................................................................12
IV. Troubleshooting...........................................................................14
V. FAQ ……………….........................................................................15
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Specification
Size: 55*100*80(mm)
Weight: 445g
Material:
Main body - Aluminum alloy
Worm gear - Copper
Surface treatment - Anodizing
Max load: 3 Kg
Total Photos/Charge: 9600
Min Angle: 0.05° /step
Max angle: No Limit
Max rotation speed: 4°/sec
Min rotation speed: 1.2°/sec
Bluetooth maximum connection distance: 2m
Star tracking speed: 24 Hour/360°
Package size: 100*130*130(mm)
Gross weight: 515g
Input voltage: DC5.0V 1.0A
Max Cell capacity: 11.1Wh
Charging time: Approx. 1 hour
Charging indicator: Yellow LED
Fully Charged: Green LED
Power button (during working):
Press once - return to the starting point,
Press twice - gear start working
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2. Installation mode
A horizontal rotation
B pitch rotation
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C Vertical rotation
D Star tracking mode
E slide rail multi-axis
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3. Instructions
Apart from some specified mode, we take the horizontal rotation as an example in the below
section
Section 1: Star Tracker Mode
1. Install the pan/tilt head on to the tripod, install the Rotator on to the Pan/Tilt head.
2. Attach the laser pointer mount onto the Rotator. Aim the laser pointer to the Polaris to do a draft
polar alignment.
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3. Install the Ball head on to the Rotator,
4. Install the Camera onto the Ball head.
5, Fine Polar Alignment, Power on the laser pointer and aim the laser pointer to the Polaris to do
polar alignment again. (Due to we have put the camera onto the Rotator, more weight has changed
the gesture of the setup )
Attention, Please do not keep the laser pointer continuous running more than 1 min, this may
shorten the life of the laser pointer.
If you shoot in the southern hemisphere, please check this link to do a polar alignment.
https://www.moveshootmove.com/pages/polar-alignment-tutorial-for-southern-hemisphere-with-
msm-sifo-star-tracker
6. Turn on your phone’s Bluetooth, connect the app with your Rotator.
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7. Selection mode: Starry Sky
8. Path setting, fine-tuning your camera’s position.
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9. Enter“PARAM” to choose the hemisphere of your shooting location.
Then choose the speed you needed.
● Full-speed is the standard star speed.
If you want to take Milky way photos with foreground, you need to take 2 photos, one
power on the rotator for the star, one power off the rotator for the foreground. This way all
two photos are perfect with no trails.
● Half-speed is 1/2 of the star speed. This is suitable to take Milky way photos with the
foreground in one shot, this way the star trail and the foreground object just have little trails.
10. Click “Start” to make the Rotator working.
Section 2: Time-lapse Mode
2.1 Camera triggers the Rotator
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1. Once installed the rotator, reposition the rotator to set it horizontally according to the level
bubble on the rotator.
2. Connect the camera's hot shoe port to the camera port on the rotator (port with the camera
icon).
3. Power on the Rotator.
4. Camera settings: turn off the autofocus, turn off the reflector pre-up, turn off the “silent shutter”,
if the camera comes with a built-in time-lapse app, also turn off the “silent shutter” in the built-in
app; turn on the “flash”; the DSLR camera needs to turn off “ Real-time display", micro-single
camera is not required to turn off the “Real-time display”.
5. Connect the external timer shutter release, set the shutter time, interval time and the number of
shots. If you use the built-in time-lapse app of your camera, then there is no need for external
shutter release.
6. Turn on your phone’s “Bluetooth”.
7. Open the app “SiFo assistant”.
Click “Rotater” to enter the “BLE Settings” interface, select the device from the device list., and
confirm.
If the Android cannot find it, goto the rights management settings of your android phone, set the
"Location" and "Bluetooth" options to allow.
‘Blue LED on’ means: Device not connected,
‘Blue LED off’ means the Bluetooth is connected.
The percentage indicates the current power of the device.
You can rename your device name to make it more easy to identify.
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