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PHD2 guiding connected to EQ6


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My first dip into guiding. I've got a DMK2104AU camera on my guidescope, and am trying to connect my EQ6 to my laptop via an RS232-USB adaptor to use PHD2 for guiding.

PHD successfully connects to the camera but when I try to connect the mount (I've downloaded the ASCOM drivers for Skywatcher ASCOM), I get an issue in that it says the Port field cannot be left blank. When I go into Device Manager on Windows I can see the Serial-USB adaptor successfully assigned to COM Port 3. However in PHD this just isn't appearing in the dropdown and I can't just type it in.

Any thoughts on how I can get PHD2 to recognise the COM Port required for Serial-USB adaptor?

Thanks in anticipation.

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I'd blame the usb to serial, even if it's ok in device manager.

You can test it with a hyperterminal prog.

You short the in and out pins, then any number or alpha key you press will echo back to the screen- if the converter is working.

Search on SGL, you'll see they can be a pain in the proverbial

Michael

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