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You have probable sorted this now but if you get the adapter you can fit a single 2 inch filter into it?

Regards Ken

Very good image for UK sky's, It's such a hard target to get a good image. I have tried about 5 time but nothing as good as yours.

Ken 

I have had the same issue as Jonny H and after a day working on it have just managed to get it working. If you are having problems try this !.

1 find your IP address (see internet)

2 make a note of it

3 In ATP enter the IP address under Tools, Planetarium, Stellarium.

For NINA under host

This worked for me on a Windows 11 Laptop

Hope this will help some.

Ken

Just to add my input as I had the same problem with ASTAP it just would not solve. In the end I clicked on the "sum" icon then on the "Alignment" tab and in the FOV (height) box if you scroll down to the end you find "auto" I ran the solver on this and 20 seconds later success. It then populates the correct values for you.

Ken

Just to add some information I have bought an old Rumble pad on flebay and all now works OK but would like to know has any one got a bluetooth gamepad to work with EQMod to control their mount that is not old technology such as a Logitech Rumble pad or an xBox controller?

If so what make and model is it?  Thanks Ken

Hi Malcom

I have done that but only get the un-populated page shown in my first post. The Auto Select pull down tab should show my gamepad but only shows Auto Select.

Ken

I have found the and run the gpmonitor.exe file but it show nothing in the pull down tab just the same as the Auto Select tab on button configuration.

Regards Ken

16 minutes ago, malc-c said:

wow, resurrecting a 6 year old post !!

Under your EQMOD folder you should have a gamepad monitor application - you could see if that's detecting the gampad

Can you run the EQASCOM toolbox from the EQMOD/EQASCOM folder and configure the gampad

Hi Malcom thanks for the reply. Yes 6 years is a long time no one else has had a problem since then.

Could you clarify where I can find the "EQmod folder"?

If I open the EQmod toolbox I get this:-

Should I change some of the numbers?

Regards Ken

Hi Carsten

Thanks for the reply. Do you have any more information on the "cheap BT modules" and how you connected it?

Many thanks Ken

Hi guys have just got a Skywatcher WIFI module for my EQ5 mount. It all works OK using a smart phone but I want to control the mount using Stellirum. I have been able to control the mount using Stellirum on a laptop but would like to monitor the laptop inside on a Tablet using the same WIFI link.

I have done this in the past using the home WIFI router and Microsoft remote desktop control.

The trouble is when the Skywatcher module is connected vie the WIFI to the Mount it is not connected to the Tablet WIFI for monitoring.

Does anyone know if the Skywatcher WIFI module can be used as a Hub and how to set it up or is it not possible?

Many thanks for any help.

On 2/1/2016 at 14:53, calli said:

After pressing Connect you should See A list of devices including your BT module. You choose then the module. 

I am not 100% sure my APP will work with the original sketch but i guess so. You have to have the same baud rate at the arduino and the BT module. 

Right now an including this week i cant check because i have no acces to my PC.

Carsten

 

Hi Carsten

Thanks for the recommendation I now have a working system. I used a Nano micro-controller,  an EasyDriver stepper motor board and an HC-05 BlueTooth module for the communication with my phone. I used MIT App Inventor to produce the App and Arduino to wright the sketch for the controller. I modified the sketch to communicate with HC-05 using a second serial port so as to use the default TX/RT (pin 0 and 1) to download the code.

Thanks ken

Hi Carsten

Have received the BT HC-05 module have managed to pair with it on my Android phone and can see the control App you sent but as yet only get a blank screen when I try to "Connect". Do you know the Baud used for communication? Do I need to set this on my phone?

Do you have a link to the Arduino sketch you loaded into you system as I may have the wrong one.

Thanks Ken

Thanks again  Carsten I have a BT module on order. Do you use a phone or laptop to communicate with your focusser and what software did you use to control it?

Ken

Thank you  Carsten for your advice on a Bluetooth version. I have looked at the schematic and the input to the system seems to be a temperature sensor. What would this be replaced with for a Bluetooth version?

Ken

Has anyone built a Focuser that can be controlled by an Arduino micro-controller using  infrared remote control? I am in the process of building one but have little experience with coding. If someone has made one I would be grateful for a look at you code/sketch. Many thanks

Ken