EQ3 Mount Stops at Certain Point

[ThomasF1234]

Hi whenever I slew south it always seems to stop and can’t rotate 360’ is this normal or is there something wrong?

[Cornelius Varley]

9 hours ago, ThomasF1234 said:

Hi whenever I slew south it always seems to stop and can’t rotate 360’ is this normal or is there something wrong?

Is the mount a standard version (with/without motors) or Synscan Pro ?

[ThomasF1234]

19 minutes ago, Cornelius Varley said:

Is the mount a standard version (with/without motors) or Synscan Pro ?

It has the synscan pro GOTO handset

[ThomasF1234]

Could it have anything to do with having the azimuth altitude knobs too tight?

[Cornelius Varley]

2 hours ago, ThomasF1234 said:

It has the synscan pro GOTO handset

The handset will probably not allow the mount to go past a point at which the DEC axis cable will become wrapped around the mount.

 

26 minutes ago, ThomasF1234 said:

Could it have anything to do with having the azimuth altitude knobs too tight?

I doubt it.

 

[ThomasF1234]

39 minutes ago, Cornelius Varley said:

The handset will probably not allow the mount to go past a point at which the DEC axis cable will become wrapped around the mount.

 

 

Is this a normal thing for EQ mounts with the handset and is there anyway to get around this?

Edited May 6, 2020 by ThomasF1234

[Cornelius Varley]

1 minute ago, ThomasF1234 said:

Is this a normal thing for EQ mounts with the handset and is there anyway to get around this?

This is normal on goto mounts. It stops the cables becoming wrapped around the mount.

[ThomasF1234]

4 minutes ago, Cornelius Varley said:

This is normal on goto mounts. It stops the cables becoming wrapped around the mount.

Ok thank you

[ThomasF1234]

7 hours ago, Cornelius Varley said:

The handset will probably not allow the mount to go past a point at which the DEC axis cable will become wrapped around the mount.

 

 

One more question about this sorry. If you had a mount like an NEQ6 where the cables aren’t on the outside like the EQ3 would there still be a point at which it stops at?

[Merlin66]

I use both an HEQ5 and a NEQ6...

No, the mount unfortunately (!!!) will keep slewing in the chosen direction until the telescope hits the mount and stops.....

(Using EQMod you can set limits to avoid this emergency)