Orion StarSeeker III 90mm GoTo Mak-Cass Telescope control issue
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 6:10 pm
Dan,
Recently acquired a Orion StarSeeker III 90mm GoTo Mak-Cass Telescope. Scope works great but now I'm trying to control it using the included starry night software. I can't get the scope and my laptop to connect up using a FTDI USB 2.0 to RS232 cable.
The scope comes with the attached hardware for connecting the scope to a computer, but I cannot get the EQMOD controller software to see the scope via either a direct serial cable interface to the StarSeeker III mount or via the SynScan controller with direct pc mode enabled. Do I need one of your cables to make this work? If so, why? I'm surprised orion would ship all this hardware and still need a specialized cable to make it work from a third party.
Also, looking at your store, I don't see a cable that could work directly with this mount since the only RJ-45 plug is in the hand controller. The other two plugs are RJ-11/12 sized.
Appreciate any insight you could provide...
Recently acquired a Orion StarSeeker III 90mm GoTo Mak-Cass Telescope. Scope works great but now I'm trying to control it using the included starry night software. I can't get the scope and my laptop to connect up using a FTDI USB 2.0 to RS232 cable.
The scope comes with the attached hardware for connecting the scope to a computer, but I cannot get the EQMOD controller software to see the scope via either a direct serial cable interface to the StarSeeker III mount or via the SynScan controller with direct pc mode enabled. Do I need one of your cables to make this work? If so, why? I'm surprised orion would ship all this hardware and still need a specialized cable to make it work from a third party.
Also, looking at your store, I don't see a cable that could work directly with this mount since the only RJ-45 plug is in the hand controller. The other two plugs are RJ-11/12 sized.
Appreciate any insight you could provide...