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Old 01-12-2020, 08:34 PM
evltoy (Wayne)
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Thanks Paul. I should have put more effort into my search on here as I found a few posts that talks about connecting the skywatcher mount to a PC. It seems there is no out-of-the-box software that come with the skywatcher mounts

https://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/...d.php?t=185830

https://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/...d.php?t=187035

https://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/...d.php?t=187073

I have to say it looks to be very cumbersomer. One big plus for me with Celestron is you plug in a simple USB cable and install cpwi and you are off, no drivers, no special cable etc.

From a Mechanical/performance point of view are the Skywatcher mounts that much better that users see the cumbersome PC connectivity not an issue?

So there are dodgy copies of the AVX floating around! WOW, how can some copy that and badge it and pull it off as the authentic thing!

Last edited by evltoy; 01-12-2020 at 08:38 PM. Reason: Just saw Harpage post
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