EQMod & AzGTi

[JBracegirdle]

Hi everyone,

EQMod says it now supports the Skywatcher AZ GTi, but with custom gear settings. I tried it with a virtual COM port driver and I can connect really well. The IP address an be found from the SynScan Pro app, and the settings are UDP port 11880. I'm happy that I can get it to connect, and use Stellarium to get it to move via Stellarium scope. I can move to a star near the pole and back to go back to the home position to park. All simulated indoors due to clouds.

But when I try to simulate moving a bit further I realised it's way off and ends up rotating all the way around. I'm guessing it's a gear ratio problem, the EQMod auto detect thinks it is a HEQ5/6 and I changed it to custom and setup the steps and worm steps.

Can anyone help?

[Dr_Ju_ju]

1st off, the latest version of Stellarium doesn't require the use of StellariumScope, its all now 'built-in'. 

If it thinks its an HEQ5/6 than that presupposes an EQ mount, so you will need to tell the system that you are using an AZ mount, which shouldn't require gear ratio changes...

[JBracegirdle]

Thanks for your reply. I'm using a Skywatcher AZ GTe instead of an AZ GTi but would have thought it would work the same. It's been working with Synscan Pro in EQ mode for a year. I just thought now that EQMod supports the AZ GTi I may be able to setup without having to do a 3 star alignment and could use just EQMod and plate solving.

I've downloaded the beta version of Stellarium and used the built-in ASCOM connection. It's a great new feature.

I have my AZ GTe setup in EQ mode on a wedge, with the AZ/EQ firmware version 3.20.

I think this setup is still a bit experimental and not tried and tested yet.

[happy-kat]

There are quite a few people pushing the az-gti on the eq supporting firmware imaging over the pond so it's been user used. But I've not noticed any AZ-GTe mount users on it.