Skywatcher alt az mount

[charliehorse]

Hy guys dug out my old non working mount and found the wires on rj45 board have corroded and come adrift 12v dc was easy to reconnect but there is also a brown and a white wire not sure which way round they go if any body can tell me or a picture would be much appreciated (not syscan) type cheers in advance 

[John]

Hi,

Which model of Skywatcher alt-azimuth mount do you have ?

It sounds like it might be a Supatrak mount which looks like this:

 

[charliehorse]

Yep thats the one there is a small board that the rj45 sits on to take signals to main board ,i googled it but can only find syscan and they are slightly diff 

Cheers 

Al

[John]

This webpage covers modifying the Supatrak mount to make it a GOTO. You might get some info from the photos posted on it:

http://www.sharpcap.co.uk/supatrakmounthacking

[charliehorse]

Cheers john ill take a peep coulld do it trial and error im guessing if i get it wrong it will just go in opposite direction but so fiddley id like to get it right first time

[charliehorse]

Nope no pics and wiring diag dont dhow it 

[Geoff Lister]

I think that, at the mount end, the connector is an RJ12. Does this link help?

or this?

https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/520984-build-your-own-bluetooth-interface/

or this?

 

[happy-kat]

There's a virtuoso controlled by Bluetooth thread on here too. Makes you ponder would that mount work with the new Skywatcher WiFi dongle?

[Geoff Lister]

I made up one of these Bluetooth dongles with a couple of level-changing resistors, and the "Virtuoso" app on my tablet will control my Virtuoso 90 mount, with essentially the same electrical interface as my Synscan V3 handset, from my Skymax 127 setup.

Bluetooth and WiFi have different protocols and drivers, but, are really just different methods of transferring serial data streams over a wireless link running in the 2.4GHz ISM band. Provided that the "intelligent" software in the PC/tablet/handset is able to communicate with the microcontrollers in the mount, the conduit for that communication should not be important.

Geoff

[charliehorse]

Thanks Geoff unfortunately no ill post a pic its the small board the rj12 sits on there are 4 wires that go to main board on mount black ,red, brown and white its the  rown and white i am lost with other 2 (12v dc ) are sorted 

[Geoff Lister]

I opened up my Skywatcher Skymax 127 mount to have a look, and check on the state of the wiring.

Does this help?

I was not impressed by the poor strain relief on the cable bundles. I think I will warm-up my hot-melt glue gun and add some support near the joints.

Update: hot melt glue in place, mount re-assembled and working.

Geoff

[charliehorse]

Ah you are a star Geoff thanks  i will write a letter to santa and tell him how good you have been  now i can get soldering iron plugged in thanks again have a super christmas

[Geoff Lister]

You are very welcome; that's what SGL is for. Happy soldering Christmas.

Geoff