Hi All, Just posting here for reference in case anyone also tries this. I recently bought a second hand EQ6 mount err.. just because! To get it running off the Mac laptop with Stellarium in this case I needed the Mac equivalent of
EQmod. Luckily another Dave but much more clever than this one has been creating this
here.
Like the PC version you need an EQdir based adapter to connect the EQ6 (serial) mount to the USB on the Mac. Two options here apart from making your own-
Shoestring Astronomy or
HitecASTRO. I bought the Shoestring one as it was almost half the price and available locally from
Bintel.
You will also need drivers for the Shoestring Adapter from
here.
EQMac is starting to look like a pretty sexy bit of software as it continues in development! The PC equivalent is an ugly duckling by comparison.
So far I have only had it running indoors and have not tested it at any length (which actually might take me a while to do) but if anybody else has success with it maybe a post here would be good.
Cheers
Dave