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Originally Posted by AlexN
offtopic slightly : The orion auto-guider has an ST4 plug in the back, am i correct in thinking that it uses a straight cable from the ST4 to the mount, and a usb for power and data? or does the pc control guiding via a program like PHD and then send the data via USB to the camera, then the camera diverts the data through its onboard ST4?
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I believe the latter, as its too small and cheap to have an onboard computer. So
Camera connects to laptop via USB. Camera has direct connect to guide port on mount. So no GPUSB required. Then guide program sends guide commands to mount via the camera.
Cheers
Paul