DEC turning wrong way (EQMOD/Stellarium)?

glend (Glen) · #1 30-07-2015, 11:44 AM

Something has gone wrong with my NEQ6 control using ASCOM/EQMOD/Stellarium (and Stellarium Scope)..

What happens is that when I unpark the mount in EQMOD and then try to slew to a star to the east of the Meridian using Stellarium, the DEC axis goes the wrong way - it turns the scope to the west. RA is fine. What have I done wrong?

The Home position is set correctly, and this was working the last time I fired it up a couple of weeks ago.

ANy ideas?

Atmos (Colin) · #2 30-07-2015, 11:51 AM

I am pretty sure that with EQMOD there is a box that can be ticked that allows you to reverse both RA/DEC.

chuckywiz (Ben) · #3 30-07-2015, 12:39 PM

See attached.. below the slew controls on EQMOD --- reverse RA and reverse DEC

Ben

glend (Glen) · #4 30-07-2015, 01:05 PM

Ok thanks, but why do I need to do that and is this something all Stellarium users have to deal with?

chuckywiz (Ben) · #5 30-07-2015, 01:56 PM

you may have just ticked the box by accident... I cant think of any reason to want to reverse them personally but then for me EQMOD gets opened and then minimized and i never look at it again.

Ben

astronobob (Bob) · #6 30-07-2015, 05:41 PM

Not sure if applicable, but if the guide cam is not set in squarely, this can sometimes confuse things ?

Atmos (Colin) · #7 30-07-2015, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glend

Ok thanks, but why do I need to do that and is this something all Stellarium users have to deal with?

Nope, Stellarium (or any other planetarium software) uses EQMOD as the mount controller so it all comes down to whether you have accidentally ticked a box on EQMOD.

mikecatts (Mike) · #8 17-08-2015, 08:11 PM

Hi all..
Im new here.. Ive been looking and doing everything I can find on the net, etc..
I have a new Sywatcher HEQ5 mount with SynScan latest version..
No matter what I do I cant get it to slew..
In stellarium it says scope connected.
The instructions say that you dont need a third party programe to use IE: ascom platform etc. as it will link direct through hand controller.... Im using a rs32 to usb converter.. its talking to computer on COM9.. Vista 32bit

Im using Stellarium MESA as the other version is very blocky...

I did try to use ascom/stellerium scop and it didnt work? Not to sure how to use ascom any ways..
Can somebody/anybody please help.. I have read all the forums on this site, downloaded and tried everything and nothing works..
ALL the posts seem to be earlier versions that need to use ascom platform.
Mike
South australia