Eqmod setup

[kon1966 (Kon)]

Thanks to all...
I will look at all options...

regards
Kon

[wysiwyg (Mark)]

Originally Posted by peter_4059

Kon,

You will find it is lower cost and neater to get the FTDI USB-Serial TTL cable. (I posted a link to Dontronics in Melbourne who srell them). Then you connect the computer direct to the mount (no USB serial adaptor and no EQDIR from shoestring).

Peter

Peter,

This cable sounds like a good piece of kit, I use a USB/Serial converter from them which has these annoying blue lights.
I covered them up so i could barely see them, but it provides a visual feedback that the mount is tracking etc.
Assume you have to buy a RS232 Connecter and solder the wires your self, do you know what the pin configurations are?

I could always solder in a Red LED for confirmation.

Cheers
Mark

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Mark,

Here's a link to the EQMOD site that explains the pin connections for the HEQ5 and EQ6

http://eq-mod.sourceforge.net/eqdirect2.htm


It's at the bottom of the page under EQDIRECT-USB

Peter

[kon1966 (Kon)]

Had a thought but it could be ambitious.

You can buy a usb to rj45 female converter which is available from any electronic store. It is a solid plastic unit. Since the synscan cable is rj45, can you use a standard ethernet cable from the converter to the rj45 port on the mount. Or is it pin specific for it to work.

regards
Kon

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Its a different serial protocol - the common USB-serial adaptor is not the same as a USB-Serial TTL.

[wysiwyg (Mark)]

Originally Posted by peter_4059

Mark,

Here's a link to the EQMOD site that explains the pin connections for the HEQ5 and EQ6

http://eq-mod.sourceforge.net/eqdirect2.htm


It's at the bottom of the page under EQDIRECT-USB

Peter

Thanks Peter