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If you can't see the camera in 'device manager' you will not be able to connect to it with any astro software on that PC - the USB connection is the problem you are going to have to fix first... Have you tried a different cable? FWIW I had a 1200D that I gave up on as it couldn't be recognised (that was w10 too, but I'm not sure the o/s was significant) . A 200d and 1300d were fine on the same PC with the same cable Ady

Sorry @Wiu-Wiu, I don't use teamviewer any more because they kept locking me out, saying they had detected commercial use. (see Teamviewer rant! ) I now use anydesk now, but haven't tried its private network functionality yet. Sorry Ady

Not sure what you mean - do you have any pics please? Thanks

Thanks for the tips ☺ Ady

This is what I find the hardest part of doing the stepper motor focus control - how am I going to mount it? (on an Altair Astro ED-66R) Ady

Yes. do what @DaveL59says if it isn't. Ady

+1 And just to be clear, you don't need to be using a synscan handset to use it for finding the Pole star position - with two choices of scope reticle. Ady

I've used a az-goto v3 synscan handset with an AZ-Goto, and an AZ-GTi in both AZ-only and AZ/EQ modes. By observation I can tell you the handset gets a signal from the firmware on your Goto mount to indicate whether the mount is capable of AZ, EQ or both. This means unfortunately you can't select EQ mode for an AZ-only mount with a wedge. The cable is only significant in that they can be different connectors for different mounts. Hope this helps Ady Edit: this is confirmed in the Synscan v3 manual on the skywatcher website.

Drop Juan at cheapastro an email and check. My 200d wasn't listed (and still isn't) but he did it for me, so that list isn't necessarily up to date. He also sells models that he has modded that aren't on the list... Juan has many happy customers here, although it does normally take him a few days so don't expect a lightning-quick turn-around. Ady

It lives! I agree about SOTM, but do also try to catch 'Mission Control' - an ideal companion documentary, and in my eyes, just as good... Ady

I would agree that operating a mixer isn't nearly as easy as it looks. Luckily the neighbour who helped me with my base was a builder, so I got to watch not do...

I'm afraid not - one or the other. Do you have a wedge to use the mount in eq mode? (like this: Equatorial wedge) Ady

I think us IT hobbyists need to bear in mind this is a commercial product, which involves much more than just being a cheap RPi and some free software. Support, updates, integration, etc - some people want the pain taken out of their Astro IT and this sort of product gives them that. At a price, admittedly, but the price isn't just based on a sum of the parts...

Lol, I read that as 3 lights and 10,000 darks and flats... Gloriously good MW shot ☺

Lens flare. Lots of fake lens flare. Every time they show a simulated view of the planets and the sun, they add 'relistic' lens flare... Its getting right on my wick! Enjoying it otherwise. ☺