Meade DSI Imager

[Bender (Martin)]

I was wondering if anybody can help me please. I bought a Meade DSI imager and i'm trying to connect it my Celestron CG-5 goto mount.There was very little information with it.I'm using a USB to serial adapter cable, and I get a link light and receive light but no communication. Celestron were no help at all, saying that its not compatible. So information will be apreciated.

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Are you trying to autoguide with the DSI?

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

How are you trying to connect it to the mount? I think you need some software to trick the camera to make it think it's connected to a meade telescope. I've got this working with a skywatcher EQ6. YFor this I use HW Virtual Serial Port and Guidstar. Both are free downloads.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

I plugged my DSI into Guidemaster and through the GPUSB shoestring thingy to test it and it guides my EQ6 ok.

Then I tried it with MaximDL and the GPUSB thingy. Worked fine through that too.

[Bender (Martin)]

Yes I am trying to use the DSI to autoguide the mount. I connected it to the hand controller first and then the autoguider port on the mount with no luck. What is the name of the software that you used?




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8" SCT Celestron,CG-5 Mount

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by Bender

I connected it to the hand controller first and then the autoguider port on the mount with no luck.

The hand controller doesn't come into it when guiding.

The guiding software is Guidemaster. The interface is the 'Shoestring' GPUSB.
You will probably find that some other programs work better than Guidemaster with the DSI though. I don't use them coz I'm used to using Guidemaster.

[g__day (Matthew)]

On the Celestron CG5 is an autoguider port. A 6 pin cable needs to go from your PC (e.g. parallel port auto-guider connector from shoestring astronomy) to the mount itself - works a charm.

Try Meade DSI via USB2 -> PC -> freeware PHD program from www.stark-labs.com, with outputs -> parallel port -> shoestring astronomy adapter -> 6 pin cable -> CG5 mount at the auto-guider port!

[Bender (Martin)]

thanks for that, i'll give that a go.