Bramble

Thank you Steve. I had got about half way to running your suggested steps when I saw your thoughtful reply.  Many thanks as I am sure others will also benefit.  Good news, my firmware is installed and my wifi signal can now be seen by my phone.  Havn’t checked the laptop yet, but I won’t tend to be using that (I hope) other than for updates!  Worth mentioning that, as a total ignoramus with these things, I had no idea that I needed to install ASCOM drivers (and something else) on my laptop to get the flippin’ EQMOD cable to work.  It’s a lynx cable in case anyone else is looking for one.  Anyway, I found the 1.78 firmware loader, allowed it to auto select the port, checked the hand controller button, and it just worked!  I used  the Update button not the MC version (I have no idea what the difference is).   I really thought I had bricked the thing.

One of these nights, I might actually get out and try and get some images!

Thanks again - it might be an early G&T for me today.

Having major problems.  Firstly, I could not get the firmware update to work although I had a good wifi connection to the mount.  I noticed my laptop needed some updates, so I did those and then re-booted everything.  Now the mount does not appear to be broadcasting a wifi signal at all.  I have tried from mobile devices as well - aaagh!  Is there any kind of re-set procedure for the mount, I can’t find any trouble shooting info in the very short manual?  I have yet to get this thing operational in any way, so wanted to get the right firmware on board to link to my ASIAir as had read about problems.  Any suggestions would be much appreciated.  FYI, I have an EQMod cable for connecting to the ASIair, could I use this for another go at updating?