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I'm actually just about to disassemble my CG5 (old dual axis 6V version) handpadddle now I've fixed the RA (S hem wire .... dropped something on it and buggered it so I had to open up the 4 core "telephone cable" , expose the wires , remove the broken bit of wire (that made S hem tracking possible) and replace that with small bit of similar sized wire from an old rj11 cable and do the fiddleley soldering to rejoin the wire .... big maglamp was very handy.
Will be very similar to the EQ3 d/a drive electronics (only RA rate will be different) and I understand identical to the EQ5 version (which has the same 144:1 gearing).
My Orion Starshoot Autoguider cable will just plug straight into the rj12 port I'll be adding to my CG5 dual axis handpaddle, and that'll help with small errors in PA and tracking rates and turn the old CG5 into a nice camera platform that I can aim and leave to self guide.
PS when I want move to another object quicky with the CG5, I just unlock the RA and DEC and move the camera / scope by hand to near where I want to be , the lock them again and loosen the clutches and use the slow mos to zero in manually. Can't be easier.
Ultra high slew rates are not necessary IMO.
Last edited by Ian Robinson; 24-07-2009 at 07:07 PM.
Reason: Jaycar didn't have the 6p6c breadboard adapter , just 6p6c sockets (different and harder to work with) , the guy I spoke to before making the trip misled me.)
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Once i get rid of the clouds and the wind i should be in luck 
