Going to try and set up guiding tonight.....

[chubster1302]

First thing first. I have the ASI 120mm Mini and EQ5 Pro mount. 

Do I need to attach the guide cam to the autoguide port on the mount via the ST4 port.

Will be using PHD2 and I currently have the camera attached to a USB hub via its USB lead. Nina and PHD2 can see the camera so wondering if the st4 port is needed too ?  

[malc-c]

Personally, if you have the mount controlled via the PC using EQMOD or GSS and either an EQDIR cable or USB A-B cable (if the synscan unit has a USB port) I would connect the guide camera via USB to the computer and use pulse guiding rather than the "on camera" mode and ST4 cables.  If you have EQMOD then set the RA and  DEC rates in the ASCOM pulse Guide setting panel to x0.90  and in the equipment connection option in PHD2 select the  EQMOD HEQ5/6 from the options available.   If using GSS then select  ASCOM GS Sky telescope as the mount connection.  You may need to run the guiding assistant a few times to tweak the PHD2 settings before doing some guiding.  By default PHD2 saves the guide logs to C:\Users\[username]\Documents\PHD2, so if you run into any issues these can be uploaded and viewed by others using a log viewer.

Good luck and let us know how you get on

[chubster1302]

Thanks Malc-c. Mount is connecting to PC via USB a hub. So I can just use the USB cable to guide camera to hub, back to pc. Using eqmod/Nina to control everything 

Edited June 12, 2023 by chubster1302