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2.2.

 

Motor Installation tips: 

2.2.1.

 

The motor mount needs to be adjusted to get a reasonable belt tension (tight enough to 
avoid belt slippage, loose enough to avoid excess mechanical wear).  The belt should not 
sag, but there should be some play pushing against the belt with your finger. 

2.2.2.

 

Connect the mount control unit to each motor using the cables supplied with EQStarPRO. 

2.2.3.

 

Motor control cable connector pinouts: 

                                                   

 

3.

 

PC Software Installation 

3.1.

 

Install the driver virtual com-port software from the supplied CD 

The driver can be found in the ‘DriverVertComPort’ directory of the CD.  Choose either the x64 or 
x86 driver based on whether your PC supports x64 or not.  The x64 installer executable is named 
‘CP210xVCPinstaller_x64.exe’.  This installs a Silicon Labs CP210x USB UART driver. 

After you install the driver, when you connect the EQStarPro via the supplied USB cable, the driver 
will show up as managing the virtual COM port in the Windows Device Manager (start that by typing 
‘Device Manager’ in the Windows tool bar search line).  The details for this connection are under the 
LPT/COM heading.  For example, you will see an entry for 

Silicon Labs CP210x USB to UART Bridge (COMx) 

Note the virtual COMx port name for use in later software installation steps, for example COM3. 

3.2.

 

Install the ASCOM Platform 6.x. (

Http://www.ascom-standards.org

). 

Note the supplied CD has a copy of this software, but the above web site should have the latest 
version. 

3.3.

 

Install the EQMOD Ascom driver located on the CD software. 

The supplied CD has a copy of this software.  The latest version is available from 

https://sourceforge.net/projects/eq-mod/

 

3.4.

 

Connect the control unit to the computer with the supplied USB cable. 

Содержание EQStarPro

Страница 1: ...EQStarPro User Guide www astro gadget com 1 EQStarPro User Guide...

Страница 2: ...re Installation 5 3 PC Software Installation 6 4 PC control 8 5 Control with Mobile Cell Phone or Tablet 10 6 EQStarPro control via ZWO ASIAir Pro 14 7 EQStarPro control via a Linux Controller 15 8 St...

Страница 3: ...stron SynScan as well as a mount German equatorial mount Compatible programs on mobile devices include SkySafari Orion StarSeek DSOPlanner et al EQStarPRO Communication with the PC is via the USB cabl...

Страница 4: ...iding input PC COM port over USB interface for PCs Wifi Wifi enable switch Wifi On LED Power on off switch Power input 5 5mm outer 2 1mm inner power connector accepts center 2 1mm male plus pin and 5...

Страница 5: ...EQStarPro User Guide www astro gadget com 5 2 Hardware Installation 2 1 Install the drive motors on the mount axes as shown in the following pictures...

Страница 6: ...x64 exe This installs a Silicon Labs CP210x USB UART driver After you install the driver when you connect the EQStarPro via the supplied USB cable the driver will show up as managing the virtual COM p...

Страница 7: ...the joystick remote control to the ST4 port of the EQStarPro While pressing the Mode button on the side of the manual remote control turn the power on for the EQStarPro It should respond with two sho...

Страница 8: ...Stellarium once the EQStarPro configuration information is set up using the wrench settings icon telescope control can be enabled via the telescope icon This brings up the ASCOM control panel that sho...

Страница 9: ...ick box for 5 seconds EQStarPro will respond with a long beep The default guiding speed for each axis is x0 5 Pressing the RA button up to three times will result in x0 5 x0 75 and x1 0 speeds Similar...

Страница 10: ...ns of Android 5 2 Set Telescope in Polar Home Position Set the telescope and mount in the polar home position with the mount leveled weights pointing straight down and telescope tube pointed toward Po...

Страница 11: ...Settings Wifi Settings form in SynScan Pro can be used to set a password for better security 5 8 Using SkySafari Planetarium for EQStarPro Control SkySafari 6 0 can be used from an Android cellphone...

Страница 12: ...o the EQStarPro via the SynScan Pro application SkySafari can be used to select an object and request telescope Goto to point at that object Once slewing stops the requested object should be in view t...

Страница 13: ...devices you will need to install an application called SynScanLink After downloading SynScanLink to the iPhone the SkyWatcher SynScanLink telescope appears in the Skysafari telescope list Use this ch...

Страница 14: ...n the telescope settings form of the ASIAir Pro choose EQMOD with SkySafari with a 9600 baud serial connection 6 2 ASIAir Pro control via WiFi For WiFi connections the EQStarPro must be started with W...

Страница 15: ...control For Linux based control of EQStarPro the combination of KStars a planetarium program and EKOS a mount control program for scripted guided astrophotography will work with the addition of an Ind...

Страница 16: ...title Astroberry_Server 8 Stand alone mount control with push button joystick 8 1 Connect a push button joystick to port ST4 8 2 After turning on the power to the EQStarPro the device will emit 1 sho...

Страница 17: ...d cable is available from several vendors on Amazon 9 2 The LED on the front of the EQStarPro is not a power indicator It is a WiFi indicator that should be lit when WiFi is enabled via the WiFi switc...

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