AfMighttight also beeghtr hhst alsoome idea's. I'm trying to set up
Bluetooth on a Skywatcher Dob and not having any success so far.
I've only got the Syntrek hand controller but a Syntrak will drive the mount (with the correct firmware). I've not yet been able to successfully connect to the mount via
Bluetooth.
I've not been able to locate any official doco on the pinout for the RJ12 connectors used but my own measurements came out fairly similar to the info at
http://sites.google.com/site/rwgastr...akmounthacking (diagram at
http://sites.google.com/site/rwgastr...attredirects=0) although I'd not decided regarding the role of white as flow control.
If he's correct then one line is used for bi-directional data flow which apparently works when you go via a max232 chip but I'm struggling to work out how to deal with that going to a
bluetooth module. I tried a couple of 200ohm resistors, one on each of the
bluetooth tx and rx lines back to the common data line without success.
I suspect that I could stick an Arduino in the middle to split the signals out but am wondering if there is some basic trick that I'm missing. Any ideas?
Has anybody seen an official pinout for the RJ12 connector on the Skywatcher Dob's?
BTW if anybody else want's to play with these mounts be very careful with the wiring, early on I managed to fry a control board when I cross connected the wires (phone wire is flimsy and I got careless).
Bob