Mount identity crisis: EQ6-R or AZ-GT6

[ste7e]

Hello all

Whenever I switch on my EQ6R-Pro the SynScan handset asks me if I want to use Eq mode or AltAz mode - which shouldn't be an option according to my thinking.  The EQ6-R is an Eq-only mount isn't it?

Also, my PHD2 logs report the mount as an AZ-GT6. 

Is it just my mount that is a bit confused about its identity or do other EQ6-R users see the same thing?

Steve

[LightBucket]

Same handset for the other mount in there range that has an Alt At mode...?? Just a thought

I would have thought once you chosen your mount it would remember and you shouldn’t have to choose again..

[ste7e]

I think they use the same handset for all their SynScan mounts. But the handset should query the mount to identify it and only ask the question for dual-mode mounts. That's my assumption from reading the manual, anyhow. 

That's what made me ask if mine is the only EQ6-R that does this or is it the same for all?

[alexbb]

I've an AZ-EQ5 and and EQ6-R. When I plug the handset that came with the AZ-EQ5 in the EQ6-R, it asks for the AZ/EQ mode. The original one wasn't asking and I don't know how the EQ6-R's original handset behaves on the AZ-EQ5.

[ste7e]

Curiouser and curiouser...  maybe it's to do with the handset firmware version. I think I updated to the latest but maybe I should check. 

[mountainmadman]

My EQ6-R Pro does the same. It has the latest firmware on it as I flashed it the day it arrived a couple of months ago. Must admit though, I'd never really thought about the question it asks. On the other hand, it seems to work absolutely fine as a mount, and with PHD2 as well.

[ste7e]

Mine works fine, too. I was just intrigued, really. 

Maybe the SynScan firmware hasn't been updated yet to recognise this mount.