kriss13

Panstars and Orion

No stacks yet.

Still testing and learning...

Just got mine for neq-5, works perfect:)

Thanks for pictures, didn't tried it yet (winter, clouds, etc) but I hope I put the cogs the wright way .

Hi

After I read all the posts here (and some hundreds others I'm a bit confused about one thing.

1.

I believe this is the usb-serial conversion circuit.

Where is the EQDIR (the box with circuits) in this direct USB-Mount connection? ( I red a warning not to connect the mount directly to PC)

2.

As a side note...

I have this cable, but I'm confused about what cables/adapters I need to further connect to get to the RJ45 plug of the EQ5. (I don't want to use the hand controller)

PC => usb-serial convereter => ??? => RJ45 of the mount.

thank you

Is it still possible to manualy guide the scope after the motors are installed? Say when the battery is dead... and no power near..

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there is a hole on the RA motor where the allen bolt screws into line this up and start to tighten the allen bolt, the RA motor should slot in place nicely. take the small cog with the 2 small screws on it and slide it onto the axel. the axel has a flat bit on it line up one of the small screws on the cog with the flat bit and the other on the curved part. push it on until the cogs slot together, you may need to undo that allen bolt a little to get it all in place. then tighten those 2 small screws on the cogs so that they grip on the axel becareful not to over tighten them though. it should then look like this

take the new mount hosing with all the coloured leads and plug the leads into the RA motor

then fix the other piece of housing around the mount and screw the to bits together with the 3 black screws. takes a bit of moving them around to get them flush with the mount but it should end up looking like this

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Hi

Is it mandatory to use the protective case from the GOTO kit?

I mean did you try to put back the original protective box over the instaled motor?

The GOTO case has a "funny" shape and looks out of place designwise (call me a design nut )