Hi Damien,
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The first thing to do here is to get your mount polar aligned. Don't worry about goto at this stage because there is no point until your mount is aligned.
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Excellent, thanks for that! In my head I've always linked Go-To and alignment together. After reading your comments and Andrew's I've realised that they are in fact 2 separate elements.
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The method I use is by using the software 'Alignmaster'. It is very easy to use and it helps to polar align by selecting a set of stars selected from its database that are visible to your sky at the time.
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Thanks for mentioning this, I've had a look at the website and I'll download the trial version. I usually have my laptop with me in the field as I use it with PHD guiding. I will need to buy a USB/serial adapter for my laptop. I take it I still use the handset (via HBX port), and plug the computer cable into the RS232 port on the LX200 mount?
Cheers
Evan