EO MOD installation

[Demon Barber]

Hi All i`m having problems  (as usual)  trying to run eqmod-run on my laptop keep getting message comm port in use,how do i find my list of com ports on my lappy and more importantly how do i asign a com port?

Thanks in advance

Mike

[daz]

Which operating system?

Which eqmod module?

[Demon Barber]

HI Daz,win7  eqasccom_run,how are you keeping?

Regards

Mike

[daz]

Not bad Mike

OK, in Win7, right-click My Computer, select Properties, then Device Manager.

You want the 'Ports' section. You should see a device corresponding to the EQDIR module you are using.

Right click that, Properties, then select the Port Settings tab, then click the Advanced button.

That will tell you what COM port your module is using. Then set the EQRUN to use that 

[Demon Barber]

Daz ,only thing listed under ports when expanded are 2 windows bluetooth devices,com 3 and 4 ,nothing else listed!

Mike

[daz]

Er.... so what are you trying to connect EQRUN to?

[Demon Barber]

Daz just trying to open it ,it is flashing in the background about once every 2 secs ,have just plugged  a bluetooth module in to my neq6 and it is shown staightaway,

Mike

[daz]

EQMOD needs a hardware module between the PC and the mount - this module translates the PC signals into Mount signals...

There are various devices about - HiTec Astro, Shoestring, or a modified USB-Serial.

EQASCOM talks to this module via the COM port assigned to it - either an RS232 serial port, or a virtualised USB port. Either way, it would show in the 'Ports' section once plugged in.

I'vo no experience if it's a Bluetooth module, but I would assume it's pretty much the same.

You need to tell EQASCOM which port to use. There is a EQASCOM Toolkit which you can run to set the COM port and test the connection.

When you see EQASCOM flash, disappear, flash, disappear - this means it can't 'see' the device on the assigned COM port...

[daz]

I can go fire up the obsy PC and take some snapshots if you like...

[Demon Barber]

Hi Daz going to start mount up ,will report back in a mo

Mike

[Demon Barber]

Daz have finallly  got setup to run,yes it`s a shoestring bt adapter, i will try setting up the parameters and let you know,thankyou for you time and advice,and the sky has cleared hopefully get a test run later,

Regards

Mike

[daz]

Sorry Mike - got dragged away!

Did you get it working OK?