DobbieDave

I emailed the store I purchased the scope from & they said it sounded like a fault with the encoder. They also mentioned they had seen it before with this particular skywatcher mount. Hopefully get it replaced with a decent one soon. Thanks for all the input and advice especially DaveL59 & Ledge62 who seemed to be correct in thinking it was an issue with the encoder.

Ok. I'll do some investigation on the motor/encoder. It might have to go back as its only a few weeks old. Thanks once again for all the help.

I have another power cable that was supplier with the powertank. I'll give that a try thanks. Yes setting the date American style.

I tried clearing the PAE & then running through alignment again but its still up to its old spinning tricks unfortunately. I wonder if the firmware is corrupt on this particular mount. I might try updating it to the latest firmware or try to force a reinstall if its on the latest. Its on version 04 39 04 according to handset. Need to get a cable first though. Thanks to everyone for their tips & ideas so far.

I tried this out. The Alt & Azm are updating when I track the scope using the controller. When I manually move the mount, only the Alt seems to track properly the Azm is very unresponsive.

Thanks Ledge & Neil for some good advice. I'll give those points a try & hopefully it solves it. Getting a bit frustrating now. Spending all my time trying to get the GOTO to work rather than looking at anything much in the sky 😂

Hi John, Thanks for the welcome. I've tried going to several objects after alignment including the moon all with the same result. I bet you get some clear skies down there? I think my brother has one of those jump start packs I might be able to borrow & try.

Hi Geoff, I stuck a voltmeter across the psu & it reads 12.5v. So I am fairly sure the psu is good . I like your optimism.

Hi JOC, thanks for the reply. It's only got the small 20mm plossl in there at the moment. Its able to slew perfectly during the alignment process but then decides to go all Kylie Minogue on me after that.

Hi, thanks for the reply. I'm using a 'Celestron PowerTank 7Ah' for the power supply. its a new powertank & fully charged etc.

Hi, Brought a skywatcher 200p GOTO recently & I am having issues getting the GOTO functionality to work at all. I am able to successfully setup the 2 star alignment by centering the first star with controller & the scope will then slew round to the chosen second star with no issue. The problems start after alignment. When I choose an object to view after alignment the scope will slew round & round until I eventually give up and press esc on controller. I am not sure if this is a faulty mount or more likely something I'm doing wrong in the alignment process. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Dave