Thread: GPUSB or EQDIR
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Old 15-03-2010, 04:53 PM
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Hi Pratik,

Firstly, what guide camera are you going to use. If you use something like the Orion Star Shoot Auto Guider or the QHY5 guide camera, you will not need a gpusb or the EQDIR.

EQDIR will allow you to run the mount entirely from your notebook.. There are many advantages to this, however to begin with, keeping the setup as simple as possible is the key..

I would advise a guide camera like the Orion SSAG or the QHY5 with a separate guide scope. These cameras have a guide port built in, so you just run a USB lead to the guide camera, and then a guide lead from the guide camera to the mount.

You would then use the standard hand controller to operate the mount...
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