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Old 20-02-2018, 02:56 PM
jman17
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Faulty RA drive or other issue?

Hi,

I have recently bought a new HEQ5 Pro and managed to connect to it with EQMOD and StellariumScope/Stellarium for the first time but may have a problem with it. The RA only slewed to one side, to the right when behind the mount, and when I pressed the control on my laptop immediately after that slew to slew to the opposite side the RA coordinates on the laptop changed at a faster rate but the HEQ5 Pro itself did not move at all. The Declination moved both ways with no problem and it slewed to the right also with no problems at all. Could this be a problem with my setup of the software or is this likely a problem with the mount RA motors themselves? It did this even when there was no meridian limit warnings. I don't believe I changed anything between pressing the command to slew to the right and pressing the command to slew to the left and it did this over quite a few attempts. If anyone can give me some advice on what this could be caused by it would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
jman17
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