EQ8 and OTA Orientation

[Mastels (Steve)]

I just picked up an EQ8 and will be mounting an imaging scope along side a guidescope in a side by side configuration using an ADM dual saddle. I cannot find a setting in the hand controller where you can change the OTA orientation. I assume I will need to do this since it will be 90 degrees off from the arrow on the EQ8 saddle?

Any thoughts? Thanks,
Steve

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by Mastels

I just picked up an EQ8 and will be mounting an imaging scope along side a guidescope in a side by side configuration using an ADM dual saddle. I cannot find a setting in the hand controller where you can change the OTA orientation. I assume I will need to do this since it will be 90 degrees off from the arrow on the EQ8 saddle?

Any thoughts? Thanks,
Steve

I bought a second Losmandy SBS bar and removed one of the adapters and put that onto the mount, then attached my SBS robin cassidy SBS. they do need to look at this issue - but i now prefer my fix

[Mastels (Steve)]

I asked SkyWatcher to add this to one of their next updates to the hand controller software and received the following response...

For the EQ8 side by side set up, you can refer to the latest SynScan hand control manual, chapter 11.6 “Calibrating Auto-Home Offset” after installing the saddle for side by side OTA mounting. Hope this info helps. Please see the linked PDF page 39.

http://ca.skywatcher.com/upfiles/en_...1367276646.pdf

So although not clear in the manual it looks like this has already been implemented.

Steve