EQMac to Orion Atlas Pro AZ/EQ-g connection
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 10:37 am
Hello!
I am quite new to guiding for astrophotography and would like to setup to guide my Atlas Pro mount with a Macbook Pro using a Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 connected through PHD2 then guiding the mount through EQMac. I have used PHD2/ST4 guiding back through the camera (on camera setting in PHD2) with limited success. I understand, hopefully correctly, that guiding through the mount's RJ45 connector with EQMac that it affords two way communication with pointing information to PHD for more accurate guiding.
Needed hardware would include USB2EQ6 > EQDIR > EQCBL1-01 for a hardwire connection. It seems I could just use the BT2EQ5 and directly communicate with the mount via Bluetooth without adding additional cables. Correct?
Out of curiosity is anyone currently using this setup with a Mac to guide their equipment?
Thanks in advance for any information! JB
I am quite new to guiding for astrophotography and would like to setup to guide my Atlas Pro mount with a Macbook Pro using a Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 connected through PHD2 then guiding the mount through EQMac. I have used PHD2/ST4 guiding back through the camera (on camera setting in PHD2) with limited success. I understand, hopefully correctly, that guiding through the mount's RJ45 connector with EQMac that it affords two way communication with pointing information to PHD for more accurate guiding.
Needed hardware would include USB2EQ6 > EQDIR > EQCBL1-01 for a hardwire connection. It seems I could just use the BT2EQ5 and directly communicate with the mount via Bluetooth without adding additional cables. Correct?
Out of curiosity is anyone currently using this setup with a Mac to guide their equipment?
Thanks in advance for any information! JB