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rmollise
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Re: HEQ5 - Possibly a dumb question....
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#3115319 - 05/19/09 06:44 PM
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Its funny, although the standard HEQ5 mount doesnt mention anything about setting the mount to track I did wonder if that was the case and tried pressing several different button combinations to see if that would start it but nothing happened.
Are you talking about the SynScan (go-to) controller? If so, random button pushes ain't gonna do it.
The non-go-to controller? It should track as soon as power is applied.
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Skylook123
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Re: HEQ5 - Possibly a dumb question....
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#3116017 - 05/20/09 02:49 AM
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Thanks Jim,
It was just the standard HEQ5 that I had purchased, not the syntrek. It is however going back and I am going to get the syntrek version. I sat and read the Syntrek user guide last night and I am glad I did as the process described above is explained - the fact you have to actually set it to track. The manual for the standard HEQ5 doesnt mention anything about setting the hand controller to track!
Lee,
I might be wrong, but I believe the basic non-GOTO is the Syntrek version, with the fully capable controller board and motors in the mount head, while SynScan adds the GOTO controller handset. So, if the SynTrek manual says that the siderial tracking needs to either have an alignment performed or be manually activated, that matches the SynScan performance since it's the controller card in the mount head that does the heavy lifting. The two flavors of hand controller (without and with GOTO) only relaying a rate command to the controller card for none, sideral, lunar, or solar rates. With no hand controller at all, EQMOD and a laptop will open a new world of capabilities and adventures, including satellite tracking!
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Lee Diggle
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Re: HEQ5 - Possibly a dumb question....
[Re: rmollise]
#3116036 - 05/20/09 03:12 AM
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It was just the basic HEQ5, non synscan, non goto. I was under the exact same impression that when power is applied it will start tracking, but it did not. Anyhooo it was collected yesterday by courier and I should hopefully have my refund soon.
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Lee Diggle
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Re: HEQ5 - Possibly a dumb question....
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#3116167 - 05/20/09 06:57 AM
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I am going to order the HEQ5 Syntrek when I have my refund back then I have the opportunity to upgrade to a GoTo version at a later date. Ive also been looking at the EQMod and it looks interesting however I do not completely understand what it entails.
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neptun2
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Re: HEQ5 - Possibly a dumb question....
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#3117244 - 05/20/09 05:45 PM
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I have the pure HEQ5. I will explain some things about the different models of heq5 because this is common problem. Once there was pure HEQ5 and Heq5 Pro. The pro is equivallent to the synscan (sometimes called also skyscan). The pure HEQ5 has different motors, different electronics and different hand controller. It can be upgraded to synscan through special skywatcher kit but this includes replacing motors, gears, electronics board and hand controller. The pure heq5 has very simple hand controller and starts to track automaticaly as long as you put the main switch to N for north hemisphere or S for south hemisphere. It can also slew at 2x, 8x and 16x and that is everything. The syntrek version which was released relatively soon has everything that the synscan have except for the hand controller. It has it's own crippled hand controller and can be upgraded to synscan by replacing the hand controller only. Other option with syntrek is to use the shoestring eqdir interface and eqmod.
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