st80 better than 10x50 finderscope for guiding

[carastro]

I just found this on another thread:

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phd2 settings for ed80 heq5pro ,with qhy5lii mono camera on sw 10x50 finder scope

So this is what the OP is using.  

It would be helpful if you could stick to only one thread as it gets a bit confusing for all trying to help.

So you should have an ST4 port and cable on this Guide camera the cable  should plug into your Guide port and a USB cable that plugs into your laptop. 

So set up using only the handset and not using stellarium for the time being, and then start up PHD "on camera" - does it connect OK?  i.e. does it say camera mount no calib at the bottom.  If yes, then stage one is OK.

Then start the looping, - can you see stars - are they in focus?

Check the settings in the brain.  

These are the settings I use in PHD1, and I have no problems. 

 

PHD Brain March 2015 vista.tif