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Originally Posted by OneCosmos
But the Shoestring one would work with the EQ8? I don't quite understand then why my specially made up one for the HEQ5 Pro doesn't work with the EQ8 - I would have thought it must be the same as the Shoestring one - as they both work with that mount.
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The eq5 and eq6 communicate with a 5v ttl serial line. The alt/az eq6 and the eq8 communicate with a 3.3v ttl serial line. All the adapters out there communicate with a 5v ttl serial line but some of them can hear the 3.3v ttl serial coming from the eq8 and some can't.