11-01-2010, 11:27 PM
![Heq5 Pro Ascom Driver Heq5 Pro Ascom Driver](/uploads/1/2/5/8/125846742/324562462.jpg)
Switch to ASCOM guiding from ST4 port guiding? Sequence Generator. MicroAstro February 3. However using an ASCOM driver isn’t a guarantee that an on mount timer will be used. With the Celestron driver the older motor controller versions don’t have an on mount guide control so PC timing is used. Later mounts do have on mount timing.
Last Friday I purchased a HEQ5 mount - its paid for and probably on it way.
Looking at the pictures of the mount though, its clear that this model cannot work with EQMOD - it has the old style hobby box handcontroller, rather than the syntrek one.
Looking around on the net, it seems that the upgrade price ($1000) to synscan makes the the mount a very very bad deal :mad2:
All I want is EQMOD functionality - is there any cheaper way to get this, other than forking out $1000 for a controller I wont use?
Not blaming anyone but myself here - should have done my research! :sadeyes:
Looking at the pictures of the mount though, its clear that this model cannot work with EQMOD - it has the old style hobby box handcontroller, rather than the syntrek one.
Looking around on the net, it seems that the upgrade price ($1000) to synscan makes the the mount a very very bad deal :mad2:
All I want is EQMOD functionality - is there any cheaper way to get this, other than forking out $1000 for a controller I wont use?
Not blaming anyone but myself here - should have done my research! :sadeyes: