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Originally Posted by AndrewJ
Gday Tim
Just for info, as noted, there is a cable that came with the mount and is uses with a USB2rs232 converter to plug into the handbox.
This cable is what is used to update the Hbx firmware.
If you want to plug directly into the mount without the handbox ( ie using EQMod to run the mount ), you need a different cable as the comms are USB2TTL and the plug into the mount is wired differently.
Andrew
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Yeh, I did know that. But I only realised today that it means I'm still left in my original predicament.... I can't use software to polar align. So either I need to get the cable to update the handset and use it to align, or wait till I get a guidecam. I've never even tried to use a polar scope before either, so that's not an option. I don't even know how you could see anything with the bright red light in there anyway...
Edit: oh yeh, and I don't have the cable that comes with the mount, picked it up second hand and it didn't have one.