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I do remote mallincaming from inside my house i have it sorted now sharpcap has arrow keys and connects to my mount and stellarium does the gotos serial to usb connector FTDI connected to bottom of handset gets it connected to comport 9 tgsbjs for trying to help!!

Thanks for this im strictly in altaz so EQMOD won't work for me

Thanks for all the help but none of it works i have the older azeq6 with no usb on the mount this is what the usb dongle is supposed to do one end is a rj45 which with a cable provided plugs into tge bottom of the habd controller the other end is a printer connection which u can then use a cable to go into a usb computer

I've ordered this eqdir cable but I doubt this will work i do not use eqdir and i am in altaz lm presuming i will need to ibstall eqdir and drivers to get this cable to work anyways let's see when it arrives from firstlight optics

Guys i have the synscan usb dongle which is sold by skywatcher not the wifi dongle its a specific dongle with rj45 on one side and printer cable on the other

Check chip on prolific site didn't work it says theres no com port i'm giving up on it the usb dongle from skywatcher doesn't work

I get a com port number but when attempting connect message box says that com port is in use Ive tried many different ports

Thanks for replying i should have said that prolific driver is installed for the usb dongle and ascom installed for hand controller

Hi All i have an azeq6 mount with a just bought usb dongle that plugs into the hand controller and then with a printer cable connects to my laptop cannot get this to work ....is there a baud number in the com ports that magically makes the connection?

Thanku......have not yet tried Mike Will attempt in a few weeks and let the forum know how it goes

I have to drill the [removed word] out

Screw extractor didn't work unfortunately

Seems like the cw shaft can only be removed out from the primary scope side of the mount (i'm in alt az mode only with this mount)..and to do this i need to remove the second scope saddle holder from the shaft which i cannot as the one bolt that secures it to the cw shaft has jammed and the top of the bolt has sheared off Help

Not yet Mike I am working my way up to it. Before i do this please tell me how i remove the counterweight shaft from the mount body...i need to get this out for a problem i have with the mount for the secondary saddle whose bolt that you tighten down onto the cw shaft has sheared and i need to somehow drill it out...the cw shaft seems to be trapped somehow in the body of the mount