[SouthPoll (Dallas)]

Hi, just wondering if anyone recognises the problem I'm having with a newly aquired HEQ5. (basic non-goto)

Power was not getting through the control panel and I tracked it down to a broken track on the PCB - scratched away the green film and bridged the cracked track between the positive (tip) of the power socket and then rest of the circuitry. Voila! Power. Yay. RA is clocking away nicely, handset lit up and centre LED changes colour when directional buttons are pushed, BUT - am completely unable to get any slewing/rate change/from motors or anything at all from the Dec motor ;-(

...to clarify, RA CLOCK GOOD, DEC MOTOR DEAD, NEITHER RESPONDS TO RATE/SLEW COMMANDS.

Not an electrical engineer but do have a multimeter.

??

Cheers

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