[col]

Hi Bill,

I hope you don't mind me butting into your conversation but I have until recently been successfully autoguiding my SiTech converted Losmandy GM200 with a TV guider wired directly to the buttons on my home built wired hand pad. The STV (and ST4) would work the same but I haven't bothered to try yet. I still use a lap top when using a DSLR because it's the easiest way to blow up images to check focus but it can work without a PC if necessary. The critical thing I have to remember when guiding this way is to switch SiTech to guide mode, otherwise the mount takes off when the guider takes over.

In the field I've been using a SiTech converted Tak EM200 and guide the same way with a QHY5. Of course the QHY5 needs the laptop for power and control so I use it to run the controller with SiTechExe and the Sky6.

Regards,
Col