MARS1960

I can vouch for my CEM26 to be the worst mount I ever owned. It would track for 60 secs at the most ( I used to get 120 secs from an old, used Celestron GT5) and that was with Ioptrons perfect polar alignment After one nights use it broke and I found Ioptrons customer service was practically non existent. In the end I sent it back to the shop I purchased it from and they repaired it for me, It would still only track for 60 secs though. Now sold and I would not buy one again.

I dread to think what I have spent over the years. I'm still torn between the L enhance and L extreme, though being under Bortle 4 I think the L enhance will do just fine.

Drat, I'm getting a shiny new L-enhance but need to sell something else first lol.

Haha, Looks nearly as nice as mine 😂.

Finally, after 6 years with a DSLR I decided it was time to go and get dedicated. It's bigger and more beautiful than I thought. I'm as excited for first light as I was my very first time out 6 years ago. Shame they sent the wrong PSU but heyho, it is obviously cloudy for the next week anyway 🤣.

You could try this If you want to keep it cheap Steve. http://www.deepskywatch.com/Articles/make-bahtinov-mask.html

Thanks, It does fit in the HC port, as you said, it's smaller so it would fit, it doesn't mean its connected correctly though. I think the thread has been over thought somewhat, the simple answer from goldtop57 was all I needed, but thanks for trying.

EQDIR goes direct from ASIAIR to the hand controller port on the mount, HC is now redundant. The AZ GTi cable fits but it doesn't work so from Goldtop57 advice I ordered this. https://www.firstlightoptics.com/sky-watcher-mount-accessories/lynx-astro-ftdi-eqdir-usb-adapter-for-sky-watcher-eq5-pro-heq5-syntrek-pro-az-eq5-gt-az-eq6-gt-and-eq8-mounts.html

Now I'm confused, the LYNX cable I had for my AZ GTi fits perfectly!

Thank you very much, I didn't realise this, I'll order one, fingers crossed.

I hope someone can solve this for me as searching here and google hasn't helped. I used the ASIAIR and EQDIR without issue on my AZGTi previously I just took delivery of a HEQ5, It is set up and plugged in. I attached my ASIAIR V1 to the mount using my LYNX EQDIR cable. I turned everything on. Grabbed my phone and connected to the ASIAIR. I touch the scope symbol to bring up mount connection and enter EQMOD for the mount. I leave on serial baud 9600 (I have actually tried them all now) and hit the little slider thingy. Message keeps popping up saying connect failed. I have deleted and reinstalled the app. Help please.

I'm considering buying this little refractor. Has anyone anyone got one, had one or used one? Any info is much appreciated.

Personally, having always struggled with a manual PA, I found the iPolar an absolute joy to use, It's so good in fact it's over far too quickly. PA (perfect according to the simple software) took less than 2 minutes and after a couple of goes I had "perfect" PA in under a minute. However, I do find the ASIAIR I'm now using (with my AZ GTi and WO wedge on 3/8" SS tripod) pretty darn simple too and It does everything from controlling my mount to image capture and guiding. You might say it's a near perfect widefield travel setup, just what you need and it might just be for sale very soon 😉.

If those are your thoughts then have you considered the EQ-M 35 PRO? There are two for sale on ABS.

A very popular mount and a good choice, It will see you in good stead for years to come.