HitecAstro EQDIR adapter only £25!

[garethmob]

ahhhh i see, so obviously i cant "adapt" the heq5 one to work with a eq6 if i ever upgraded to it?.

thanks james

[Parus major]

You might be but if you're able then you're able to make one from scratch I dare say.

[garethmob]

ahhhh i see i gues if i ever upgrade i'll come to that bridge thanks for the help james order on the way!

[Stephen]

Mine arrived on Saturday, great bit of kit. No hassle set up and the "box" is pretty damn small to be honest! It's going to be velcroed to the side / chin of my HEQ5 I suspect

[A McEwan]

Steve - please set one aside for me too - I'll PM you too.

Ant

[A McEwan]

Can anyone tell me what type of USB cable I'll need to go from this to my netbook? It runs USB2.0 I think.

Ant

[Parus major]

It need the USB type 'B', basically the square printer one.

[A McEwan]

Thanks... but I think I need more info.

Questions: For the HEQ5 Syntrek, do I want the HitecAstro EQDir USB adapter or serial? Then, to connect the adapter to the netbook/laptop, a Type B usb cable, regardless of which type of adapter I have?

Thanks!

[Parus major]

When you buy the HEQ5 one it's a box with a printer port on one side and a cable on the other. The cable fits into the hand controller socket on the mount so in a line you have a computer, then a printer USB, then the EQDir with it's cable in the mount controller port. have the relavent software and drivers and it goes.

You want the HEQ5 one, specifically.

[A McEwan]

Got it - thanks for the noobie-friendly explanation and virtual diagram!

Ant

[Parus major]

No bother. Just to be clear, it's this type of cable... AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to B-Male Cable with Lighted Ends Braided 6 Feet / 1.8 m: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

[Pete Presland]

can this adapter be used for guiding purposes, if so how, or is it just for direct pulsing of the stepper motors?

[Bizibilder]

Assuming you are using EQMOD then PHD will be the way to go - it "adds and subtracts" from the normal stepper pulses (a very primative explanation!). No extra cables needed.

[Pete Presland]

Assuming you are using EQMOD then PHD will be the way to go - it "adds and subtracts" from the normal stepper pulses (a very primative explanation!). No extra cables needed.

to be honest i have a QHY5 and the relevent cables (ST4,USB) but i am having a lot of trouble get the mount to respond to the commands.when i manual guide it will move north/south but not east/west. i was wondering whether there is a problem with the ST4 connections.

so if i buy the EQDIR adapter what else cable wise would i require?

[FLO]

Hi Bunnygod1, thank-you for bumping this thread (we still have EQDIR adaptors available at £25)

Parus Major has answered your question (three posts up) but if, as it sounds, you have a problem with your QHY5 guiding setup you probably ought to start another thread and/or contact your supplier. You don't own an EQDIR adaptor and I don't think buying one will solve the problem.

HTH,

Steve

[dmahon]

A number of problems have turned put to be due to ST4 cables or the camera's ST4 connector. If this were the case, then buying an EQDIR (and switching to pulse guiding) would help - although better to fix the problem if it's under warranty.

[Pete Presland]

yes it certainly seems the ST4 connections are one of the prime suspects when these sort of problems arise.i have ordered the EQDIR anyway, its worth a go and seems to be a popular method anyway whicn always a good indicator

[Pete Presland]

progress!!!!!!!!! installed all appropriate drivers/programmes for the EQDIR cable and i know have a mount that slews in all directions. so it looks as if the fault is on the ST4 line, not sure its the cable probably the ST4 port on the camera is my guess.

[dmahon]

If manual movements of the mount in PHD fail using ST4 then that confirms the problem - however if you are going to use EQMOD anyway, and I'd suggest you do, using ST4 gives no benefit and means an extra cable to add to the rats nest you'll probably have already. The only reason for sorting out ST4 is if you might move to a different mount in future that needs it to guide.

[StarRaver]

what a great price !!! just ordered one for myself