Astro PM Phone Guide
Installing the Phone App
Last Updated: July 11, 2026The Astro PM companion app puts your rigs in your pocket: systems, targets, nightly progress, and remote control, anywhere you have signal. Getting the App The app is available for Android on Google Play – search for Astro PM or use the link on the website. It is free; it connects to the same account...
Pairing Your Phone
Last Updated: July 11, 2026Pairing takes ten seconds and involves no typing: the desktop app shows a QR code, the phone scans it, done. Pairing Steps In the desktop app, open the phone pairing screen – it displays a QR code containing your sync credentials. In the phone app, choose pair/scan and point the camera at the code. The...
Browsing Systems & Targets
Last Updated: July 11, 2026The app mirrors your planning world: each imaging system, its active targets, and how far along every project is. Systems Menu The systems list shows each rig by name. Pick one to see the targets scheduled for it – the same filtered view NINA uses for that rig. Target Cards Each target appears as a...
Live Session Monitoring
Last Updated: July 11, 2026The best part of automation is watching it work from the couch. As NINA captures and reports subs, the phone reflects the night in near real time. Following the Night Open a system during a session to see progress ticking up: which target is being imaged, which filters have gained subs tonight, and how each...
Remote Pause & Resume
Last Updated: July 11, 2026Sometimes you need the rig to hold – a neighbor’s bonfire, a suspicious cloud the safety monitor has not flagged. The phone can pause the NINA sequencer remotely and resume it when you are ready. How It Works Tap pause on the phone; the request travels through the cloud, and the plugin at the observatory...
Phone App Troubleshooting
Last Updated: July 11, 2026The phone app is a thin window onto your cloud data, so most issues are connectivity or pairing – and both have quick fixes. Nothing Loads / Empty Lists Check the phone’s internet connection. Verify the desktop app has synced recently – the phone shows what the cloud has. Re-pair by scanning the QR code...