How to upgrade 130P Supatrak to Goto?

[Sirius_Starseed]

So I have a 130P Supatrak and sometime in the future I'm looking to upgrade it to Goto. How would I do this? Would I need to buy a whole new Goto mount, or do I just buy one of the Goto hand controllers and plug it in and away I go (wishful thinking, maybe?)

If I need to just get the Goto hand controller which one is it and how much are they (think they're pretty pricey, right?)

Thanks!

[bigal1]

Hi yup all you should have to do is purchase a goto handset with the alt az firmware ( i think you can also flash an eq handset with the alt az firmware but i have not done this ) . I have the 127mak on supertrack which is the same mount as yours and i was able to get hold of a hanset which worked perfect , i also bought a spare at the time which was ment to be for a friend but he never used it so send me a pm if your interested it is already running on the correct firmware for your mount thanks .

[Psychobilly]

I downgraded a Synscan Az mount to a Supatrak by just changing the handset so i guess yes...

Well actually I bought a Skywatcher Skyhawk 1145P SynScan AZ GOTO for £5 minus the handset and with a faulty DC socket... £10 for the handset on astrobbot and about £1.70 for the socket in Maplins... and awy to go...

Peter...

[Psychobilly]

Aren't The Connectors are different on the Az and EQ handsets... it to wet for me to open the obs and find out for sure... ?

Peter...

[Sirius_Starseed]

I downgraded a Synscan Az mount to a Supatrak by just changing the handset so i guess yes...

Well actually I bought a Skywatcher Skyhawk 1145P SynScan AZ GOTO for £5 minus the handset and with a faulty DC socket... £10 for the handset on astrobbot and about £1.70 for the socket in Maplins... and awy to go...

Peter...

That has to be the bargain of the year Love it!

[Psychobilly]

No the HEQ5 Syntrek I bought for the same amount at the same time was...

[Sirius_Starseed]

Hi yup all you should have to do is purchase a goto handset with the alt az firmware ( i think you can also flash an eq handset with the alt az firmware but i have not done this ) . I have the 127mak on supertrack which is the same mount as yours and i was able to get hold of a hanset which worked perfect , i also bought a spare at the time which was ment to be for a friend but he never used it so send me a pm if your interested it is already running on the correct firmware for your mount thanks .

You have a PM!