Hi All,
This seems to be the right chat to reignite for my questions
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I've just pulled my telescope out of storage to give some astrophotography a go with my Canon 6D, since the last time I did it was with my 400D, so I'm hoping for some nicer shots.
My mount is a Sky-Watcher HEQ5 purchased around 2006-2007, I proceeded to mod the mount with Rajiva's mod (see earlier in this chat) and changed the gears to Conrad gears. It all worked well using MCU Control Plus and V4 Control to control the mount directly from the PC. I'm think (been that long I'm not 100%) I was also using really early versions of ASCOM and EQMOD.
I thought it would be pretty simple to get back into it, but after installing the latest ASCOM and EQMOD software, unsuccessfully trying pc's with usb-to-serial and another with a real rs232 port, many different mount types as settings in ASCOM, etc, etc, 2 days of trial and error, I'm now unsure if my mount can use the new ASCOM/EQMOD or not. Mainly the issue looks like the software can’t connect to the mount. I know the mount and the connection are fine as I have successfully reconnected and controlled the mount using MCU Control Plus and V4 Control.
Rajiva and his webpages (those just below the title pages) no longer exist and I can't find any information that discusses whether I can connect my mount to ASCOM/EQMOD.
So, if there is anyone out there who has installed Rajiva's mod and are successfully using ASCOM and EQMOD to control their mounts, can they please let me know how they managed it?
Thanks heaps,
Markus