Synscan woes

[Strontiumdog]

Hello all first post….

So I have a 2nd hand Skywatcher eq5 mount that will not align. I’ve polar aligned well and made sure all the info is entered correctly and tried a 1 and 2 star alignment which after says ‘alignment successful’. Then no matter which button I press it asks to do the alignment again?!! Could the handset be broken or need an update? I tried a factory reset with no luck. 
 

 

[wookie1965]

Do the directional buttons make the motors move, you have pressed esc a couple of times at the end so then you can go through the list, set up, utility, object list and so on.

 

[Knighty2112]

Try pressing the Escape key after it says successful alignment, then press Planet, Star or M key for Messier object and select an object and see if it works then.

Edited August 21, 2022 by Knighty2112

[Cornelius Varley]

8 hours ago, Strontiumdog said:

Then no matter which button I press it asks to do the alignment again?!!

Does the handset return to the alignment screen immediately or reboots ? How are you powering the mount ?

[Cosmic Geoff]

You just need to press ESC to get out of the setup menus. It's bad design, not a fault.

[M40]

Welcome to the site.

Echo what Knighty and Cosmic said, get out of that menu and move on. This will not be the only challenge you have with synscan, one of my doh moments is always the "rate", if it doesn't seem to be moving check the rate and speed it up/down as needed. All the best.

[Strontiumdog]

Thanks for the quick replies.

I am powering with 13 volts from mains supply. After it says ‘alignment successful’ I was pressing the Enter button and also tried  several others and it returned just to whichever star alignment I had just done. 
 

I am not sure if I have tried pressing the  Esc button after the ‘Alignment successful’ message so will try this next attempt and let you know how it goes. 

[DaveL59]

no harm to try that out during the day and just accept stars it offers, then at the end hit Esc and see if it lets you select targets and swings to them. At least then you've good light to see by to check stuff, much less frustrating than trying at night 🙂 

Edited August 21, 2022 by DaveL59

[Strontiumdog]

Ah yes I just tried an alignment in daylight and can report it is working ok!!! Just me being a bit dim with technology lol! Thanks for saving me much frustration!!
 

Im new to astrophotography using tracking mounts and all the stuff that goes with it. I’ve spent the last couple weeks putting together an EQ5 pro, Sky Watcher 72 ED, Canon 450 D, 50mm guide scope with ZWO 120 mini, 2 dew heaters and the pile of cables and gadgets needed. Now I’m just learning to use Stellarium, PHD2 and APT. 
 

To say it’s a steep learning curve is an understatement but I’m gradually getting there lol. 

[John MacDonald]

I found the handset annoying beyond belief so i bought a Sky-Watcher SynScan WiFi Adapter as soon as they came out, cost me £55 from widescreen centre then sold the hand set for £85. Downloaded Synscan Pro app for iphone/ipad and pc version so i now control my mount primarily with my Ipad. Dead easy to use also as my mount is permanent i usually dont need to star align unless i change telescope.

[Steve Ward]

Always pays dividends to read , then reread the instructions as far as Synscan mounts are concerned , the answer is always in there ... 😉