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Robin Thanks for the rapid response. Yes, the first PHD2 calibration was a disaster - it is very obvious when it goes wrong as the distance does not increase linearly or nearly linearly with the step count. So I abandoned it as it would go on for (I think) 100 steps before saying something is wrong....

Hi Robin Had a shortish window of clear skies last night but some cloud interruption so did some experimentation. I used version 4.1.11824.0 again – will update for next time – but having downloaded and perused the 4.1 manual there was a lot of stuff I wanted to try out. I switched on the mount hard...

Hi Robin I have obviously failed to communicate. So let me try again, trying not to leave out any steps and forgive me for the detail, my intent is to faithfully record what I did and hence why it leads me to think that the issue might have stemmed from the Move buttons. In summary, when I used the ...

Hi I have something similar I use EQMOD version 2.00w to connect my laptop direct to the mount EQ6R-pro. I slew to target using Stellarium 23.4 and center using plate solve and resync using Astap via SharpCap (version 4.1.118240.0). Normally that is the end of it. However I wanted a very specific fr...

Robin Mount: Skywatcher EQ6-4 with Synscan controller firmware version 04.39.19 Ascom Platform 6.0.6262.14792 Yes the values in SharpCap change as the telescope moves Lat, Long and time all properly synced One odd thing is that I had two SkyWatcher Telescope control boxes showing on the control pane...

Hi, when I connect the telescope to SharpCap, the coordinates in the SharpCap telescope control box are completely different to those showing on the telescope handset. How do I get them to sync up again... as plate solve etc shifts telescope to the wrong place. eg when parked to home the handset con...