Strontiumdog Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wookie1965 Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knighty2112 Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 (edited) 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornelius Varley Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 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 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Geoff Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 You just need to press ESC to get out of the setup menus. It's bad design, not a fault. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M40 Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strontiumdog Posted August 21, 2022 Author Share Posted August 21, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveL59 Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strontiumdog Posted August 21, 2022 Author Share Posted August 21, 2022 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John MacDonald Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Ward Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Always pays dividends to read , then reread the instructions as far as Synscan mounts are concerned , the answer is always in there ... 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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