Cant get on with CDC at all

[brrttpaul]

Nope can only stack one frame , strange as theres plenty of stars in the one (M45) and the other was Andromeda. Anyway heres a single stack, didnt turn out as planned but i like it somehow

[Zakalwe]

The stars look badly out of focus. Deep Sky Stacker (I assume that you are using this?) does not like out-of-focus data.

Have you got a copy of this:

http://www.nightskyimages.co.uk/making_every_photon_count.htm

If not, it's the best £20 that you'll ever spend in this hobby.

[brrttpaul]

Hmmm strange as I had used the focuser motor on BYN and  zoomed in and out untill it settled on 4.9 which from what I understand is pretty good. I will have another look  at it see whats gone on

[malc-c]

Only way to get true focus is to use a bahtinov mask http://www.morris-engraving.co.uk/bahtinov.htm

[brrttpaul]

This is so frustrating, looked forward to a session tonight rigged everything up and for some reason even though I connect EQMOD after a couple of minutes it says "TIME OUT ERROR" and freezes. I havnt changed anything only saved the plotting in CDC so no idea whats going on with it.

[malc-c]

How are you connecting the PC to the mount ?

Time out errors are caused when EQMOD cannot communicate with the mount.  Possible causes are:

• Using a passive USB cable of 5m or more between mount and PC
• Driver issues with the USB to serial convertor (often related to Prolific chipset rather then FTDI)
• Com port selected is the wrong com port for the mount - Check device manager for available com ports
• Faulty connections - has the EQdirect cable been damaged
• Correct port selected, but port setings for baud rate etc are wrong
• Connecting the EQdirect cable into a different USB port can result in a new installation of a Com port - see 3rd item on list
• Com services on the PC have failed to load (rare but does happen) - check device manager for listed ports - if not showing then reboot PC

Hope that helps

[brrttpaul]

I found an old post on here with a very similar problem and it was the COM port. Because I have been adding more usb leads I had put the one for EQMOD in a different USB socket ( I had no idea they had to go in the same one everytime ). I will mark the leads so I know next time. Once again major major major problem sorted by these forums, really is a great site and a wealth of knowledge.

Thx

Paul

[malc-c]

Glad to hear you're sorted