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Thanks for getting back if you were you referring to my post. I seem to have solved the camera message problem, but last night (first clear night) when I set up again I couldn't get PHD2 to start tracking because it couldn't connect to the mount this time. My setup is : HP Laptop running latest (Aug 2016) Anniversary version of Windows 10. Also got current ASCOM drivers Version 6.2 Guide camera is Toupcam GCMOS01200KMB connected by (2 Mtr) USB cable direct from Toupcam into USB port on laptop plus an ST4 cable (1 Mtr) from Toupcam ST4 port direct to Auto Guide port on AZ-EQ6 GT mount. Guide software PHD2.6.2 (latest version) PHD2 settings were :- Camera :- Ascom Toupcam Driver (Could see stars although they were very feint because of the bright moon) Mount :- Toupcam ST4(ASCOM) PHD2 said camera connected but kept getting new message saying can't connect to mount because of ASCOM problem, gave up last night and went to bed !! When I tried it again today in the daylight everything connected OK as long as I start Ascom tools first to get Ascom running in the background. I plan on trying again next clear night. This tracking is driving me crazy. Am I doing something wrong in my settings or is it just bad luck ?

Just found this thread and it is exactly what I needed after spending 3 frustrating nights trying to get PHD2 guiding to work properly. Thanks to IanL for providing all the info, read once and will read again to try and get it to stick. I am using the FLO guiding package (ST80 + Toupcam) on my new mount and have only managed once to get guiding to work in 4 attempts. I seem to get a lot of "the camera has not responded over 15 seconds" messages and the whole thing just hangs up. Tried extending the wait time for response but still get this issue. I think it most probably was high clouds causing the problem last night, but it seems a strange message when the camera is still actually connected . I'm running the latest version of PHD2.6.2 running on Windows. I get a sinking feeling the drivers are buggy under Windows 10. Anyone using the FLO kit successfully?