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I got this mini UPS box, it has 2x 2A USB. 4X 12V output, 1x 9V output.

Tested on Virtuoso mount, ASI120MM and raspberrypi4. After 3 hours it was still showing full charge. But it seems not available on amazon now.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/TalentCell-Uninterrupted-27000mAh-Wireless-Smartphone/dp/B08FBB4Q8V

Hi Leo,

I also have an Virtuoso mount which I able to connect to stellarium via indi server (stellarmate) running on an Raspberry Pi4

the output showing disconnected state, when connected, the device list can show all available devices on indi server, such as mount, CCD, DSLR etc.

I also tried ASCOM driver, it requires Synscan Windows app running at background, it is a bit of weird setup. As I am using indi server for my other stuff such as CCD and DSLR control, my choice is via indi server connection.

Serial cable is another choice, I did not tried it 

On 15/11/2021 at 12:54, Bowserambo said:

Sorry to revive this old thread, but i was trying to troubleshoot allignment of my mount and ended up here.
I only just found out that during allignment via synscan app, the last slewing direction need to be Up and Right before tapping...
Will try that tonight hopefully, but...
I also have 2.11.A1 Motorboard firmware and was wondering, should i Upgrade to the attached firmware? 2.16 i believe
And if i do, can i go back if required? Is it known what the differences are exactly?

Hi Bowserambo,

Last night I tried to upgrade the firmware on Virtuoso mount and it failed during upgrade.

Motor Controller Firmware Loader -Wifi app prompted a message that update failed, directed me to power off the mount and power on again.

But the mount not booting, no lights, no beeps, no key commands excepted anymore.

As Skywatcher firmware copy protected in flash memory of the PIC controller, it can't be read before upgrade. So, you can't roll it back.

It was risky trying to upgrade on unreliable WIFI and UDP based transport. (Apparently there is no checksum or safety check before writing to flash memory)

I will try to write a firmware on Wednesday, will update the latest situation.

hope this help