Two pieces of information connect a NINA installation to your planning: your sync token (who you are) and an imaging system (which rig this machine is). Both live in the plugin’s Options page.
Enter the Sync Token #
Copy the token from the desktop app’s NINA Sync settings and paste it into the plugin Options. Once connected, the Options page can list your cloud targets with their status, location, scope, and camera – a quick sanity check that the pipe is working.
Select the Imaging System #
Choose which imaging system this NINA installation represents. This selection does two important things:
- Filters targets – only projects for this rig’s site, telescope, and camera are scheduled here.
- Applies desktop settings – before every schedule build, the plugin pulls the rig’s scheduler settings (strategy, sort chain, dither, filter switching, flats) from the cloud, so the desktop app remains the single source of truth for how the night is planned.
The Location Check #
The plugin builds its schedule using the NINA profile’s observatory coordinates. If those disagree with the imaging system’s site by more than a few kilometers, the plugin warns you – because visibility, twilight, and moon geometry would no longer match what the desktop simulator showed. Fix it by setting the NINA profile’s location to the site coordinates.