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Fried EQ6?
I have been wrestling with guiding on my EQ6 for some weeks now. At first I put it down to the new QSI and not being able to bring it to focus. So I switched back to the guidescope. Still, the errors kept on coming - a slow drift in the Y axis.
Having exhausted all different settings I could think of, I decided to try and move the mount using the move button in Maxim - and the problem became apparent.
For ome reason, I can't move the mount in the Y axis - but only in 1 direction. It willingly responds to positive moves, but not negative. I thought it was backlash that needed to run out so I set the move instruction to the maximum - 50 seconds - thinking that eventually it would move. After about 8 attempts, I gave up.
Now here's the odd thing - I can move the mount in any direction with the hand controller - I am using EQMOD with a wireless Logitech controller. Guiding is via the ST-4 port.
So I suspect the issue is with the ST-4 cable, an internal conflict in EQMOD or Maxim or I have fried some of the electronics in the mount itself. I have checked that I haven't turned off any mount movement tabs in Maxim.
I'll have a test (indoors) today to see if I have the same problem with pulse guiding.
Has anyone else had this issue?
At least (at this stage) it doesn't look like pilot error - a small consolation.
Pete
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