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  1. Should have clarified more. I tried using a different cable same style as the hc cable (RJ45) and still that same error. tried to reseat the original cable and even switching the end around. I dont have a EQDIR cable to use and try. im gonna do some tests with a multimeter and see if everything is getting enough current. Maybe i can rule something out before i have to send the whole mount back
  2. Alright. New problem. Got the new board in the mount and now the HC is saying "No connection to mount, Standalone mode" at this point im just gonna have to send the mount back to skywatcher and have them fix it. I tried different cables. not a different hc. not gonna pay to get another one. im out of time and just need it fixed. hopefully they can fix it and i can finally start imagining
  3. Yeah, i first contacted Skywatcher USA, From where i got the board asking if we can replace it. if they make me pay for a new one im just gonna attempt to fix it seeing either way I gotta buy a new one. if not ill get the new board and hopefully it works. I will update when that happens
  4. Thats actually a good idea i did not think of that. Probably safer and easier to do that then to solder the connector back on
  5. Alright so i went to double look and i think you were right. i believe when installing the board i nocked loose the RA connector and so it wasnt fully seated. thats probably why it wasnt tracking. Now when i went to switch the ports around the connector came right off of the board. Is this something i can fix right? or would i need to get a new board again?
  6. Alright. I dug up the orginal cable that came with the mount and hooked it up to a celestron power tank. Ima let it run and come back and see if it has moved
  7. Well ac to DC wall mount is what I meant. I don't think the mount would even turn on with AC. I'm pretty sure I connected everything correctly seeing as I'm able to use the hc and slew the mount through that in both RA and Dec. But I will double check
  8. So i removed the side panel revealing the gears did the startup routine and a 1 star alignment and started to track a random object. While looking closely it appears that the Dec is moving and the RA is not. I marked the gears on the RA axis and will watch it over the next few hours and see if it moves. But in the initial test by watching it doesn't appear to be moving. As mentioned above i marked the gears and will be watching to see if they move. I am using a 12v 3amp AC wall plug i had laying around which happened to work. Maybe 3amps isnt enough to drive both gears at the same time? When i go to do a star alignment it slews to the spot it thinks it is. I hit enter and it says Alignment successful and brings me back to the main menu. Doesnt park itself into the home position or anything (should it?). I am able to set the speed to 9 and manually slew the mount in all directions with no failure
  9. It does move to the first target. It's not on target but usually it's in the area. And I move and center the target manually. Slewing works. Just doesn't seem to track anything. And when its on and just sitting it seems quiet. when i manually slew or do a goto command it does move
  10. I do have the old board but i do not have access or a programmer or able to solder soic devices (let alone trust myself to do it). As for it working with the old board i do not actually know because i was never able to actually get it fully setup before the board died. And no i am not auto guiding at all. For when i go and do my star alignment i do center the stars but because its not tracking at all by the time i enter and go to the next star its off and i have to slew it over to fix it, which is normal, but i'd assume with the position of the star not where it should be it messes up the database? if that makes sense i guess. Where my setup is its kinda tricky because i dont have any sky viewage from the west to the south so i can really only see North to South. When i hit Yes on begin alignment the mount does not seem to track or move at all. just sits still.
  11. Hello. I have a heq5 pro mount and I'm having some issues with tracking. I would have it polar aligned using a polemaster then fine tune it with sharpcap. I would do a 2 star alignment on Vega and Arcturus. (those are the only two bright stars I can make out and easily spot). Once that's done I would go and slew to an object. It's usually off by a quite a bit. Maybe star star alignment isn't good enough? Starting from Home position and all the info is correct when initializing the hc Problem number two. The mount does not seem to be tracking at all. I have it set to sidereal in the hc and the auto guide speed at 1. (although I think those 2 don't correlate with each other?). The mount just doesn't seem to want to track at all One thing I can think of is that I had a blown board and skywatcher sent me a new board. The board they sent me a newer revision board then the one originally in the mount. I don't know if this would effect it not tracking. Maybe the HC is not working right? I'm Running out of ideas, time and patience. Any ideas?
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