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Originally Posted by toc
- How does the GOTO work exactly? I presume its a normal 2 or 3 star alignment procedure? (Im familar with autostar, and synscan)
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no, there is no 2 or 3 star alignment, you just sync to a known object and you are ready to go. As the MCU Update uses LX200 for communication you can use almost any star programm for that task.
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- What is your opinion on the original drives in the HEQ5?
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I always recommend to see what you have before thinking about spending money.
The motors, except that they can't reach fast slewing rates, are fine. The attached gearboxes are maybe not as good as you need them for your requirements. You can exchange the gearboxes with the Conrad Gearboxes IF, and just IF, you find out the original gearboxes are bad. I know many starfriends working with the original gearboxes and creating great pictures with them.
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I only ask this because I get the feeling from reading the EQMOD docs that the newer motors are more accurate
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The motors are surely not more accurate then the original ones, but it is difficult to compare motor/gearbox sets that differ that much. The SynScan Sanyo Denki Motors are made for fast slewing rates and you need a controller that support low reduction ratios of ~4,7:1. On the other side you have the original Motors that uses the high gearbox ratio of ~132:1 to get the required smoothness. If the original gearboxes are not bad, i.e. producing additional clocking errors, both systems are fine as long slewing speed is not the point.
If you like high slewing rates, i.e. fast Goto, the CHEAP Story ends here because you need a new controller AND new motors.
I have a EQ-6 my self and I worked with the MCU Update a long time. But fast Goto come in my mind
and so i switched over to the
Sanyo Denki Motors and a new controller. As I do not like to be forced to have a PC with me and without EQMOD I see no special feature in the SynScan controller I build my own system to replace the original electronic.
CS
Rajiva