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Originally Posted by carlstronomy
Martin,
Thanks for the reply, I have found no issues with my setup. It appears to be a cheap Chinese piece of rubbish cable, non of the legit suppliers are producing long cables obviously because they just do not work correctly. Extending the USB before these cables is the only way to increase the cable length.
What I purchased was listed as a Shoestring cable in the description and they mentioned each cable was checked. I paid $70 for this cable plus postage. I later found the same picture as they used on AliExpress for less than $30 including postage.
Beware, even using some AU astronomy shops.
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Thanks Carl,
I since moved on from my older EQ6-R mount back in 2020 to the newer EQ6-R pro mount in Sydney and the newer EQ8-R pro in my NexDome Obs on the South Coast NSW which have the additional USB2B port. Only require a standard USB2 cable ( Startech brand ) from laptop to mount. No need for the FTDI driver , just the Skywatcher PL 2303 driver. A
Cheers
Martin