Hello,
I bought one USB2EQ6 interface adapter last year.
I bought this adapter by mistake for my AZEQ6 mount.
I plan to use the original mounting serial cable (DB9 <-> RJ11) to connect the USB2EQ6 with the Syscan controller. Is it possible?
I have both USB and Serial connection ports on my PC.
What do you recommend to connect my PC to Syscan and my PC to AZEQ6 mount?
Thank you very much.
Marcelo.
AZEQ6 connection
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Re: AZEQ6 connection
The original serial cable should plug into a port in the Synscan handcontroller I think. You would not need the USB2EQ6 in this case.
You could also plug the USB2EQ6 directly into the port on the mount where the Synscan controller plugs in. In this case you would need the ASCOM software platform installed and the EQMOD ASCOM driver.
You could also plug the USB2EQ6 directly into the port on the mount where the Synscan controller plugs in. In this case you would need the ASCOM software platform installed and the EQMOD ASCOM driver.
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Re: AZEQ6 connection
The AZ-EQ6 GT has a RJ45 port. My Syscan connects to Az-EQ6 by this RJ45 port.
I bought the USB2EQ6 interface adapter by mistake. The USB2EQ6 has a USB plug to PC and a DB9 (serial) plug, that's the problem, because my mount has a RJ45 port.
So, I would want to know if I could use the following suggestion:
PC(USB) -----> (USB) USB2EQ6 (DB9) ------> (DB9) Original cable which comes with the mount (RJ12) -----> (RJ12) multi-purpose port Syscan
Thank you very much.
Marcelo.
I bought the USB2EQ6 interface adapter by mistake. The USB2EQ6 has a USB plug to PC and a DB9 (serial) plug, that's the problem, because my mount has a RJ45 port.
So, I would want to know if I could use the following suggestion:
PC(USB) -----> (USB) USB2EQ6 (DB9) ------> (DB9) Original cable which comes with the mount (RJ12) -----> (RJ12) multi-purpose port Syscan
Thank you very much.
Marcelo.
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Re: AZEQ6 connection
That will not work. The signal levels and data protocols at the serial port on the Synscan (RJ12) are not the same as the handcontroller port on the mount (RJ45).
You could try this combination:
PC(USB) -----> (DB9) Original cable which comes with the mount (RJ12) -----> (RJ12) multi-purpose port Syscan
and use the so-called PC-direct mode on the Synscan to get the mount to work with EQMOD. There is discussion and instructions on the EQMOD Yahoo group on how to do this. Many people do find out that this is not a reliable way to use EQMOD though.
You could try this combination:
PC(USB) -----> (DB9) Original cable which comes with the mount (RJ12) -----> (RJ12) multi-purpose port Syscan
and use the so-called PC-direct mode on the Synscan to get the mount to work with EQMOD. There is discussion and instructions on the EQMOD Yahoo group on how to do this. Many people do find out that this is not a reliable way to use EQMOD though.