Telescope Drive

[garymck (Gary)]

Hi,

cam across this easy to build telescope drive system. Well worth a look. I've already ordered the bits...

http://www.stellarjourney.com/index....uipment_onstep

Might be of interest....
cheers
Gary

[mswhin63 (Malcolm)]

I think this would be good for visual observing. When it comes to imaging you would need 2 systems. In that case a full PC based system would work more efficiently running both imaging and telescope control is better.

[bojan]

Interesting, especially because it's Arduino based.
However, I will stick to Soundstepper

[garymck (Gary)]

I gave up on Soundstepper - couldn't get it to work - everything seemed OK but had uneven motion from each stepper coil....

Gary

[bojan]

Recently I decided to try OnStep..
It works but.... there are many issues with this system.
- Android controller is unreliable, and it seems there is no command to start tracking
- It works with CdC via ASCOM driver, tracking can be started from there, but it can't be sync-ed (I can't tell the scope "you are here!")
So, it seems both Android controller on a mobile device (connected via BT) and PC application (connected via USB) must be present to start the system.. but it seems the firmware is sometimes confused with commands from two ports.

I don't know.. if I have to have the lap, then I do not have to change from SoundStepper because it works perfectly.