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i was get same problem, and i fixed it this way. i opened config clicking the button "View/Edit", and there were setting similar on "PARKDEFAULT" or something (i have already forgotten, sorry), i had removed this setting line. this helped me. i have not found this decision world wide web. but i have found this topic. so i write this here. may be this help somebody.

Hello everyone! I have result of my the problem! In begin of September, i sent the "Motor Control Box" and the "Hand Control" and the "stepper motors" to repairman (he nickname @Ivan7enych - here his youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/Ivan7enych - this is not an advertisement, just maybe it will be interesting for someone, okay). He had defined problem. problem: two controllers TMC5130A is broken. We ordered these two controllers. Then Ivan7enych soldered them. Yesterday i had received package (the "Motor Control Box" and etc...) from Ivan7enych. And i happy! Now, it working! The Lamp is not flashing. No noise. Scratches on the reverse side insulated. I hope next all will be fine. The reason for this is still not clear to me. there is a suspicion of such a reason: https://youtu.be/e4_SHT0iiXA?t=81 (there are subtitles) - that is, in my case (unlike the video) I could plug in the DC Jack 5.5x2.1mm power cable ( 12V / 3A) into one of the holes: HAND CONTROL / ST-4, and of course I DO NOT REMEMBER whether I did it or not, it was dark ... well ... now I have plugs in HAND CONTROL / ST-4 . and now I am extremely careful when I connect the power. perhaps the reason is the "scratches" on the back of the board... in general THANK YOU ALL! problem solved! (it's a pity that the problem was not a cable break)

@DaveL59 do you also have EQ5 SynScan PRO? Do you have the POWER light flashing all the time? I didn’t fully understand (didn’t remember) whether it blinked before my problem, it seems not, but I can’t say for sure, I remember that I immediately paid attention to it, and considered it some sign of my problem ... By the way, two months ago, when this problem started, I took a photo of the board of the reverse side, here https://disk.yandex.ru/d/jtscrE9tZ4t5JQ (you can download and watch the original photo) and these damages are also visible there!

and yes, of course, I tried to "isolate" these scratches by placing a piece of paper - https://i.ibb.co/yqjmHzc/image.png - there was no change from this. the lamp on the board was still blinking, and the motors were still noisy.

I will definitely post! and i can say something now I dared and removed the second motor (last time I wrote above https://i.ibb.co/mXMd0VJ/image.png), connected them directly via JST to DEC, current to R.A. (https://i.ibb.co/WfVT1jy/image.png) both make noise... I tried to "check the winding" by closing (without powering the board) these two contacts: https://i.ibb.co/Drp5y51/image.png. the motors stopped spinning freely (spinning harder) with the winding everything seems to be ok, which means that with short wires from the motor to the JST - there are no problems (maybe). then I noticed such a problem on the board - https://i.ibb.co/zR7xk8w/image.png. there are scratches - https://i.ibb.co/Z1T3TFW/image.png - it seems to be damaged every time I insert this board into the box and tighten it with screws. and maybe even when using, when connecting the power, some micro damage can be caused. I don’t know for sure if something could be damaged there, I didn’t understand visually (I looked under a magnifying glass), and I don’t understand from the picture either, I don’t understand at all how the contacts are arranged on the board ... here are more pictures: https://i.ibb.co/St9fygZ/image.png, https://i.ibb.co/3yZKB3m/image.png, https://i.ibb.co/fXxYjv4/image.png you can not answer anything. anyway, most likely it is not clear whether there is damage that can affect this (noise of motors, knocking of motors, their jamming, breakage of contact) it's just like a message as a report. I will definitely write more. (I'll give it to a repairman in September or buy a new "Sky-Watcher Motor Control Box EQ5 PRO")

Yes, it means it can, then in one direction then in the other - by pressing one button. strange, if presumably there was a "break", then why did this problem start, then on one motor, then the next day on the second, while before that the first one still worked normally by connecting it to R.A. (https://youtu.be/AlgjTF4Clbc). and both make noise by connecting them directly to the JST. and for some reason the lamp on the motor control box is flashing. ok, I'll try to figure it out, thanks again.

@jif001 that's exactly how it is with me! I didn't try it at 8 speeds, it can no longer rotate at 7 - it taps a little, tries to rotate, and at lower speeds it doesn't rotate at all! you had the same as on the first video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPsHygR8iuM ? when you press one button "to the right" it rotates in one direction then in the other ... maybe there is still a problem in controller.. anyway thanks a lot! you motivated me once again and once again check all the connections!!! even if I break something in the process. I will try to be careful!

in order to exclude the option of a problem with the DIN plug, I disassembled it again and connected the motor directly, it still makes noise, and spins in different directions every time you press the same button (for example, the "right" button) https://youtu.be/k0_aN-CXhNE at 7th speed, the motor generally sticks, makes noise and cannot spin ... at the same time, in the first two seconds of the video, at the top right, you can see how I damaged the cable at the white plug ... I tried to solder it myself, but it didn’t work out very well, so I definitely need to give it to the master, this: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/505910916437639179/1007312567032623205/IMG_20220811_231022.jpg sorry if someone was distracted by my message here, in fact it is not about anything, it just showed that the problem in my case is not with the DIN plug. I will definitely unsubscribe with the result, either I will be repaired, or I will buy a new "Sky-Watcher Motor Control Box EQ5 PRO" (in the middle of 2023, if everything goes well, although with a high degree of probability, nothing good will happen with putin), or something else, thank you all and bye!

@DaveL59, yes, thank you, me had already wrote other people about this. but, when problem started i try this: https://youtu.be/QHPC5XwQm20 (June 17, 2022), note: i connected the mount to power supply DC 16V 3A. @malc-c, thank you!

@malc-c, while trying to find this topic on the forum. there is a lot of interesting, I will look! Tell me please, was there such a behavior too, that when you press the "right" button (or any other), the motors started to spin either to the left or to the right? like from my first video here. @Robindonne, if the motor are not energized, and just twist with your fingers, then there is no rattle, the move is smooth. i haven't taken apart the R.A. motor yet. it all started in the Dec. motor, i took out this motor, turned it on on the table (on video). Yes, I swapped cables. i even "called" them (checked) - there seems to be no break, this: https://i.ibb.co/GFk2jVP/IMG-20220619-190846.jpg then already (June 13) the R.A. motor began to make noise. I also tried to change the cable to it, it was unsuccessful, as it started to make noise then, it still makes noise. but, now I have again a desire to check it out. perhaps I missed something. hm. if indeed such behavior of the motor is possible due to a cable break (when it moves to the left then to the right, although one button "to the right" is pressed). but again (questions), a break in two cables at once? and these cables are so thick and hard. but maybe something with a DIN plug. ok. i will try to check again. thank you all very much!

everyone, thank very much for answer! if it the question, yes, if i remove the motor, then the motor also noise, i have video this: https://youtu.be/UuKG3ctThmc @malc-c, i doubt that the problem is in the mechanics, since the first video shows a very strange behavior of this movement. my mistake was that I did not immediately explain it in the first post here. I'm sorry. @Cosmic Geoff, no, it has not burnt components. at least i can't see it. i don't wrote here, but i have connected the mount to power supply DC 16V 3A, and the red lamp has not been flashing, but both the motor has been noise. sorry for my English lang. @Robindonne, unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) this is not the case, because this video (https://youtu.be/UuKG3ctThmc) demonstration then the motors noise without metal. in addition, there is a very strange behavior of movement with one pressed button "to the right" (first video)

Hello everyone! My mount Sky-Watcher EQ5 SynScan is broke down =( look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPsHygR8iuM (Jun 20, 2022), note: i press button "RIGHT" and the R.A. motor starts spinning to the left then to the right... very strange behavior. i had bought this the mount on January this year, from Germany. When this delivered to me (also on January), i had connected it to the power supply DC 12V 0.5A and 1A, and the mount turned on, but when i had pressed button "UP or DOWN or LEFT or RIGHT" the motor then the mount rebooted. Then i realized that needed power supply DC 12V 3A, ok, i had bought it. After this, my the mount had worked, this had been cool! i saw our universe! ok. but, now the mount is broke down =( i don't know why =( maybe because i experimented by power supply =( when this problem beginning, first started noise the Dec. motor, look: https://youtu.be/4IcHLvmym-o (June 12, 2022). note: the R.A. motor no noise! when i connected the Dec. motor for R.A. connector the Dec. motor did not noise! look: https://youtu.be/AlgjTF4Clbc (June 12, 2022), note: this means that the motor is not broken (probably) on 13 June morning i try turned on the mount (use power supply DC 12V 3A) and both the motors did not noise! for record video this, i restart the mount, and turned on again but... then the R.A. motor also started noise =((( now, both the motors noise =(((( please note, the motor control box the red lamp flashing! ... I don't remember if it was like this in the beginning or not ... next, i bought power supply DC 12V 6A, look: https://youtu.be/GFmT0cH2acU (June 19, 2022), note: use the power supply DC 12V 6A and both the motors noise =( here is another video: https://youtu.be/UuKG3ctThmc, https://youtu.be/8QLg6QQP6bI, note: additional video demo maybe these photos will be useful: https://disk.yandex.ru/d/TQuTjQ8OJPb19Q i have already created topic in the another forum about this my problem. i have two solutions: 1) we have a master in russia (yes, i from russia, and my country attacked Ukraine, i hate putin), he will be free in September and now he doesn't take orders to repair. i had been waiting alredy month, and i will wait for more =( 2) or i buy the "Sky-Watcher Motor Control Box EQ5 PRO", i had contacted official dealer Sky-Watcher in russia, which will have been ordering in September from the plant a differens details... and, they offer me pay in September this "Sky-Watcher Motor Control Box EQ5 PRO", which wil heve delivered me mid 2023... but, maybe someone will have something to write about this, maybe someone already had such a similar problem ...