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Hello. +1 for the Pentax 12x 50’s as bought from Dave @F15Rules I still have them. Nice binos !! John

What will be the biggest frac in this range or has this not been confirmed I quite fancy a Evostar ED doublet after seeing one at IAS in November but thinking one of these maybe worth the wait. thanks. John

Hello John. Mount looks bang on !! Hope you can give it a test run ASAP regards. John

Hello John. Mount looks bang on !! Hope you can give it a test run ASAP 👍👍 regards. John

I’m visual only. Sounding like it’s pretty straightforward. thank you

Hello all. Maybe looking at switching a Moonlite Focuser between refractor OTAs and wondered if any potential pitfalls could compromise the scope following the swap. So long as the correct adaptor / flange is fitted and tightened up sequenally and then the Focuser fitted, would be there be any particular issues I would need to be mindful of. I,m thinking of misalignments of sorts and other goof ups that I could encounter along the way. Sorry if I've not explained this as well as I could but hope people get the ""jist" of my ramblings. Thanks in advance. John

Well it’s sounds like I was on the right track. @Grant ( does he work at FLO ?? ) has noted on the thread that the dongle was probably correct but needed a firmware update ?? I may give this another go in the New Year by getting a dongle from FLO and giving it another shot. My AZ GTI works well and I’ve even got skysafari to talk to it too. Hope I can get my NEQ6 to do the same. Appreciate everyone’s input as always John

Hello @Cornelius Varley My mount is an old version which won’t allow me to plug into the mount body directly. It has DB9 connector ??? Not the RJ option, as on the handset. Had to use the the handset cable where I did get a light coming on but no connection worked when trying my devices. Rather frustrating. Thinking of maybe another, more expensive, doh, WiFi control option now. John

Hello @Grant thanks for the reply. The dongle did not get any power from either handset. Once plugged directly into the handset cable an amber light showed. This is where the ESP_xxxxx network showed on my phone and I pad but both the devices would never connect. This was tried with both handsets and 2 separate dongles as RVO happily sent me a replacement unit once I confirmed my issue with the connectivity. Really baffled. I have a AZ GTI mount which works fine. This is why I hoped to control my NEQ6 in a similar manner. So far have been thwarted. 😥😥😥😥

Update. Sourced a new handset and bought a new handset cable. Still no joy. have returned dongle to RVO who I must say were very helpful. So. At the moment I’m back to using the handset. wondering if there is another option, dongle, unit that uses WiFi to control a NEQ6 pro mount. Looked at SkyFi but not sure if compatible with my mount. Any suggestions welcome as would still like to go down this control route. Thanks John

Hello @Dazzyt66 Just attempted this in the garage and you have just made my day. Worked like a charm. Looking to try out in anger now once a bit of sky appears. Lol Thank you. John

Jeepers. That is one hell of a photo from all sorts of perspectives. John

Hello @stash_oldand @Geoff Barnes Really thinking the handset is dodgy. May look for a new cable as you suggest. The instructions do note to wait at least a minute for the signal to show. Did this - still no joy. Thank you. John

No. The small black box is for 2 AA batteries. I’ve never had the inclination unto look inside. Thinking my handset is the issue. Dodgy gotos And now this power issue to the dongle. All points to one culprit I think Thank you John

Hello Derek. Been in place since I bought it. It’s a polar scope led. Mount underwent visit to Darkframe last year for a tune up, so presume mount is ok. Im looking to try the dongle as a few gotos are poor of late with this mount, that’s all. John

Been in touch with RVO. My NEQ6 is rather old and does not have the port on the mount so back to using the handset as part of the set up here. Looks like my handset may be compromised as still no power to the dongle. If I do not use the handset and power is from the mounts power cable, I get a light on the dongle. New handset needed maybe. This turning out to be expensive - doh John

SynScan app is on my phone. Use it with my AZ GTI mount. Fraid I have a I phone. Not locating a Synscan signal. Only this ESP_51CA52 which I’ve not seen before but guessing is s a neighbour ? This is hard work when it should be simples, Sergi. appreciate your time @stash_old

Sorry guys. I did not realise the handset was no longer required. Dongle bought from RVO so happy this is correct. plugged the dongle directly into the power cable now and I have a light on the dongle. No sign of WiFi signal on my phone. I know my phone is ok as it runs my AZgti mount nicely. a couple of photos added to show where I’m up to

Hope these photo's may clarify my numbness. john

Hello. No option to plug directly into the mounts handset port as the mount does not have this option. I’ll post a couple of pictures that may clarify. I’m plugging it into the hand set port as advised by the supplier when I called them. Im using the smaller port on the bottom of the handset. If I do this no lights appear on the dongle as expected. I just tried it directly via the power lead to see if any light came on. It does, so thinking the handset has an issue or it’s me being numb ?? yet again. Lol thank you

Hello. Recently bought SW WiFi dongle for my NEQ6 pro. Cant seem to get power to the dongle from the handset. Suppiler happily took back the first dongle ( tested it - it was working ) and kindly sent me another. If I plug the dongle into the handset power cable with the handset no longer in the chain, so to speak, I do get a light on the dongle, so guessing the issue is the handset. The cable feels as if it clicks into the handset nicely ??!! puzzled. Com Any advice would be welcome from the knowledgable folk on here John

I was out on Friday nite for a session. Gear was working nicely but fogging up became an issue. Crept up on me from behind. Never had it so bad in my kit. RDF and finderscope useless. Eyepieces we’re following suit. Happy I made the effort but ended up baling out once SWMBO offered a brew / mince pie, via a text and my feet were asking to be warm John

Hello all. I own a Moonlite focuser in red. Is it TheCF or CFL version. please see attached images Thanks in advance. John

Could turn into SGL’s top10 most wanted list ?? LOL

Here’s me for what it’s worth. Cheers John