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Originally Posted by marki
I am not sure why you would want to guide via EQmode. Maxim can indeed handle 2 cables running to the mount with ease and this is actually the best and most reliable way to do it. I use vixen mounts with a starbook so I can either guide via the LAN through the starbook (similar to what you are doing) or via the guider relay. When I have used the LAN alone through the starbook I have had very hit and miss sessions similar to what you have described. What I do now is set the guide tab to use "guider relay" and use the guide ports on the camera and mount. I then connect to the starbook via the telescope tab using an ascom driver. This method has proved 100% sucessful and only causes grief when I stuff up the settings (cal time or backlash etc). The advantage is the controller feeds mount position info back to the program automatically and you only have to calibrate the mount once for the evening even if you intend to shoot several targets. When you get Maxim sorted its pretty hard to beat.
Cheers
Mark
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Mark,
I fear I have misread your notes in another very helpful post at
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...=maxim+guiding
In that post you suggest that
"It also pays to have the mount connected through the telescope window as this will supply all the info to
maxim and you wont have to use the manual calibration settings and scope dec is automatically read as is pier flip etc so you do not need to recalibrate if you move to a different target."
I assumed from this that I should use pulse guiding through ASCOM rather than the guider relays. Rereading it, I guess you simply meant that the mount should be linked in via Maxim but that autoguiding is done through the relays - D'Oh!
Your earlier post has been extremely helpful - thanks for that.
I'll try again via guide relays.
Pete