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OK, can any of you take screenshots from the toolbox of EQMOD, to see how the settings looks like?

It is possible that the pinout is the same - but you never know.

Check which comm port the adaptor is working on in device manager - comm/lpt ports and use that in EQMOD, Mine is on COM6 uses timeout 1000, retry 1, baud 9600

As for the 3.3v - 5v issue - It depends on the length of cable you are using. The longer the cable thr greater the voltage drop obviously. Some people have reported that the adaptor works OK with their mount at 3.3v and others report that theirs do not work. Also component tollerences within the mount play a part in what tollerance the mount can cope with on the signal.

Hope that helps

I tried the mod at 3.3v but when I connected it up EQMOD couldnt find it doing a search. In fact the COM search locks up the program. I thought it was my lead at first. So I did the 5V mod and still could not find mount and locked up the program. In the end I just selected the COM port, 9600 baud 1000 timeout and 1 retry. It worked ;-)

So thanks for the mod hehe.

If you have decimal lat long values, its simple to convert to deg min sec values.

Say you have a lat long of 53.815886, -3.055208

Take the values before the decimal point away, leaving only the digits after the decimal point and multiply the decimal bit by 60 to give the minutes:

Lat minutes = 0.815886 x 60 = 48.95316 minutes

Lon Minutes = 0.055208 x 60 = 3.31248 minutes

Then do the same for the seconds

Lat seconds = 0.95316 x 60 = 57.1896 seconds

Lon seconds = 0.31248 x 60 = 18.7488 seconds

Putting it back together in the correct format you get

Lat = 53 deg 48 mins 57 secs (+ve so its North)

Lon = -3 deg 3 mins 18 secs (-ve so its West)