Rob20236

hi as per my other post i bought my replacement mainboard for my neq6 pro and everything is good. guiding is back to being as good as it ever was before. now the board that came is an eq6-r pro v2 mainboard with usb 😄. couldnt be happier. so. as the eq6-r pro is probably 90% the same as the neq6 pro (well the internals anyway) im thinking i can with a fair bit of cutting here and there, add ppec to my mount as the mainboard has the connections for it ( i think it even has a connection for ppec on the dec axis from what i can see on the board). my stumbling block is finding the pec module. ive been googling for 2 days now with no luck finding anywhere that does spares for the eq6-r pro. any bright souls out there any ideas where i might be able to find 1? (or 2). surely someone has had one fail and needed a replacement? the pictures are the actual pec module im looking for (image from a teardown and rebuild ,not mine) and the other is the image of my replacement mainboard thank you in advance

ahh yes. i didnt notice the rj12 and rj45. that will teach me to read descriptions properly .☺️ thank you

hi all. im about to replace the mainboard on my neq6 due to various problems including the tracking randomly stopping with this board. i know all the connections are different so ill have to purchase new power cable but i was wondering as i have the lynx astro ftdi eqdir usb adapter for the az gti , will that work with this new controller board for the neq6? on the website it states that all the skywatcher mounts use the same adapter with the ftdi 232r chipset, yet flo has 2 versions on their site for sale. will i have to buy another or will the az gti version work? thank you in advance 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 https://www.firstlightoptics.com/sky-watcher-mount-accessories/lynx-astro-ftdi-eqdir-usb-adapter-for-sky-watcher-az-gti-mounts.html

i only managed 1/2 hour session other night before the clouds rolled in. its forcast clear tonight so fingers crossed. but from the few images i got plus new calibration frames i took after the clouds rolled in, ive not had anymore issues with images, plus the images i did manage to get had a hell of a lot more datail. i didnt change anything else in my setup (cables ect) as i didnt want to change to much while figuring out what was wrong. so it looks like the camera setting change done the trick. all i can say is a massive thank you for your and everyones help in using and loving this camera.

700 with 1 sec exposure. i need to install siril as i cant see the info your getting in my histogram 2022-06-29_22-32-23__22.00_1.00s_0000.fits

hows this one looking? i adjusted in increments of 50 until the left edge wasnt cut off at offset 300 (in nina). as this was only a 5 second sub. will i need to adjust down as the xxposure length increases? this is all becoming very interesting. love the learning as much as i love the imaging and processing. but the technical side and the knowlege of people here is amazing. think i should change the title header to "overwhelmed" thank you 2022-06-29_22-19-58__23.50_5.00s_0000.fits

thank you. so should i keep adjusting offset and checking histogram until the left edge is no longer cut off? start with 100 and go from there? thank you again

Thank you again mackiedlm and everyone else. i will give all cables a check. i did update the altair drivers after first seeing this issue, with no change. nina is latest version (non nightlies), all i can think of is it did show up more after Richard_ recommended using 200 gain looking at my sharpcap analysis. (thank you), but i did get a quick 2.5 hour session on andromeda last night and a look throught the subs they all look good . so fingers crossed. also with no filter this time (thank you Budgie1) also i did fire off a ticket to altair and they ran a comparison against another 26c and said mine looked ok ,so that put my mind at rest a bit (thank you altair) ,they havent got back to me yet about the other intermittent issue ,but again fingers crossed it could just be a communication issue somewhere and thats to me to figure out. and learn how to use and love this camera more. i will say im getting some good data on andromeda now. learning more each time with help from people here, so heres a peak at my latest attempt. it may not be to everones taste but as im also learning processing and experimenting at the same time. heres my latest experiment. well i like it thank you again all

i use nina with altair selected ,not ascom driver. i used sharpcap to do sensor analysis which is in original post. heres a "good" dark at 100 gain 60 offset thank you for any help 2022-06-21_21-45-26__-11.00_180.00s_0000.fits

camera still on scope with cap on. all ive changed is the gain, from 100 to 200. it was happening before on gain 100 but only usually on the first frame. wether it be lights or darks. now it just seems to be happening at random and more often. thank you

thank you all again. sorry to ask again for help, but right now im redoing my darks library and ive noticed these like checkerboard patterns with light parts to the image. before changing gain to 200 it would probably only do it on the first image but now im doing 180second and 300 second frames and its showing up in probably every other image. or mabey 3 or 4 in a row. seems random. ive just lost half my darks to it. anyone have any ideas please.? thank you again in advance 2022-06-24_21-03-53__-9.50_180.00s_0012.fits

thank you so much ill give that a try next clear night. allways learning and allways somone here willing to teach. and while im her if i may ask for more help. as my final image come out so red looking and i have been struggling a bit in post processing, is that down to my filter im using? do i need to adjust white balance or black levels? even though i cant seem to find the option to do that in nina? thank you in advance

thank you . literally just finished stacking my data and while the red and green dots have indeed been removed does anyone think there should be any concern to them in the showing in the single subs? oh an heres a preview of my stacked image

mackiedlm, comparing the single frame to yours the overall look and "noise" looks the same but im noticing a lot more green and red random spots in my image. im using the same gain as you at 100 but my offset is at 60 rather than 50. same at -10 c. have no idea what they may be but hopefuly wil be removed in processing with calibration frames. would be good to compare with any other imx 571 users if any kind people out there would mind sharing single frames. i apologise if i sound like im whinging. and maybe in a way i am. but this kit costs us all a lot and when you finally get your dream camera id just like to make sure all is good or maybe i just need more help learning. which places like this help a hell of a lot. so thank you all

thank you for your reply. the more i look into it i do think i am jumping the gun. as you say the pixel size is different an the resolution is higher so im looking at smaller compressed image on my monitor. and yes i think one session was taken on the longest day. which is why im using the 7nm dual band filter even in my bortle 4 area. also my viewing is pretty east limited and lately the clear nights have been during full or nearly full moon. also im right now stacking about 7 hours of data so ill see how that turns out. more patience required. thank you again