Astroblagger

Thanks I will order one of these adapters then👍 I had a cigarette style 240-12v 5 amp output. Turned everything on . The powerbox actually turned off whilst I was sleeping at max speed.  Must have dropped below 10v or something. Will prob buy the Pegasus mains supply swell defo need more juice. 

Some state 20 Volts but is that the max rating or what goes in comes out but no greater than 20 Volts? 

39 minutes ago, skybadger said:

You can find 12v 2.1mm jack to usb c adapters on Amazon. I have a few for this reason. 

Can you show me the one you used? 5volts there's tons of them. Or 2.5mm?! 

I messaged pagasus astro and they have one in the pipeline will be on sale soon apparently. Alot of the ones I'm seeing are 5v plenty of them... Not the 12V ones though. 

Will the 2.5mm jack be ok? Not many around with the 2.1mm jack and USB C around? 

Need to find an adapter to go from the Pegasus power box 12 volt outlet 2.1mm jack make jack to my mini pc usb C to power it. Does anyone else have this set up if so what cable are you using? 

Hello

I ordered a Pegasus power box micro, there is no power supply in the box? I'd thought it was supplied with a cigarette style one? 

I noticed online their dedicated mains power supply is £60??? Why so expensive? 

Must be something cheaper available to do the job? 

How do you power yours? 

Thanks

Hello is there anything available on the market like a clamp that will clamp on a HEQ5 tripod leg so i can mount a powerbox and mini pc for example i have access  to a workshop so can make base just need something to clamp round the leg solidly.

Iv got velcro etc but would like something a bit more positive with no change of falling off.

Hello 

Iv mounted my mini pc to the side of my mount, do you think this will cause any issues. It's right on the axis of rotation so hopefully not weighting the mount to one side. ? Anyone else done anything similar? 

Olly I totally understand. And I hope your health is ok. Kind of miss looking up into the black abiss on my own from a remote site. Totally get your point. I used to make sure my 5 min subs weren't hampered by clouds etc. And make sure my wee netbook was ticking along well enough I never had any issues ever using that dl set up so I suppose your right. All the best Duncan. 

Olly as much as I respect you and keep you in the highest regard as one of the best imagers on here, for the last 10 years iv been  an 'outside cold and dark sky' imager (prob not the best one self admittedly due to the cold') you can see the irony in this. I used to live 3 up in a flat/ apartment. Have all my gear packed in Alu cases. Bring  some hot soup and sandwiches and set out on a 1 hour journey to my favoured dark sky. When I had free time I used to make a day/night of it. The cold beating me only. I think the remote imager it's turned me more into a computer student! My background is heavy engineering. I know more hours on a target give better results... and if you can do that when your asleep is a bonus. For sure.  I'm going to pursue the remote computer set up.  Do miss looking at the sky from a dark site and making a day of it. Even if my images are hours shy. So.... Got a house with a garden so trying to image with remote laptop to my mini pc. Do have a desktop but upstairs it's windows 7 and old. Appreciate what your saying about reliability though. 

Will work 50% of the time if I first run simulator then switch to zwo asi cam? My qhy has worked flawlessly for years and years on old computers. But old computers never last forever.  

Hello 

Does anyone have to hand the driver for this asi 120mm camera. I think it's an older zwo version,  Iv tried downloading from the zwo website. Iv now tried this camera on PhD2 on a Windows 11 pc and windows 10 laptop both with sharpcap, camera just won't work properly.... I'm assuming it's to do with driver? 

For some reason PHD 2 doesn't like my asi 120mm camera? Iv got my old qhy 5 camera working on PhD2 no bother. Can I get rid of my st-4 cable on this setting as it won't work on the normal QHY camera setting as I think it's too old. Suppose the proof is in the pudding when ever the next clear night comes. Thought someone on here may know? 

Hello

I'm currently trying to.modernise my imaging rig. Iv recently bought a mele quiter mini pc. Which has x4 usb ports. Iv currently got X1 connected for my guide scope, X1 for my Atik main imaging camera, X1 for my mount through ascom. Now I'm thinking off adding an electronic autofocuser and electronic filter wheel. Which I'm assuming will require another x2 usb connections? Any way round this? Most pcs don't have more than x4 usb Ports or am I missing something? 

Hello Where does it give you the option to change the epoque? is it in another menu?

Hello

I'm not  seeing an option to change the epoque is it in another menu? 

Hello

I'm struggling to find a driver for this camera Its an old camera. QHY5 CMOS was using it for guiding. Iv downloaded the mass driver download from the qhy site. I'm wondering maybe it's discontinued? And they don't supply a driver so you have to upgrade? 

Thanks

Thanks you all for your help mount connected now. Turns out it's a FTDI cable updated drivers for the cable and set  correct com.port. iv updated the lat long in eq mod. Can live with it does this alarm come up every time you connect the mount it's no bigi I suppose. 

Thanks for the advice Iv. Downloaded both ascom and eqmod. The cable was 2nd hand so can't find that info out. It's a 3m cable would that make a difference? Can any skywatcher owner show me what options you have when you open the telescope drop down menu in NINA. This is the error I'm getting. 

Usb via a eqdir cable, iv downloaded the  ascom driver 6.6 from astronomy standards. Does this not cover the sky watcher mounts? I'd thought eqmod was a separate stand alone program? My intention is to use NINA. It's a mele quiter 3 mini pc. 

Hello 

Im currently trying to set up a mini PC for remote mount/camera/guide control. for some reason nina isn't showing my mount as connected? And therefore wont move remotely when asked. 

I thought i was doing well, NINA recognized the atik camera but not the mount or my QHY 5 guide camera? 

Iv down loaded the ascom driver and have the mount powered on and connected with cable, anyone had similar issues or advice?

Thanks. 

thanks for the advice, im just looking at solutions to get out the cold as much as possible, i would only be 5-6 meters away from the mount in my kitchen would a plastic one be ok for this distance.  will the micro SD card be no good? do they sell them with large SD cards? 

Hello can anyone reccomend a rasberry pi suitable for a remote set up. the prices seem to vary quite wildly. i don't know a great deal about them, why don't they come in a surround box? 

take it you buy one separately.

Thanks dinglem, will have to look into this further. The ASIair looks to good/easy to be true. I do have a asi planetary can I can use for guiding. Maybe I should make the jump to CMOS and get an ASI mono camera. Then the ASIair would work with both. Can you explain what stellarmate is it the same as the ASIair? Ie no laptop?