#Connecting eqmod to skychart how to#
#Connecting eqmod to skychart driver#

In this case, instead of SkyWatcher ASCOM driver, you have to use the EQASCOM driver that you can download from

set your mount in Home position (with the counterweight bar pointing down as you can see in the below picture).Īs an alternative way to connect your SkyWatcher computerized mount to computer, you can also use the EQMOD cable that allows you to directly connect your “handpad” port of your mount head to the computer, this way bypassing the SynScan handpad.

make a polar alignment (if you are in the North Hemisphere, you should point the Celestial North Pole by using the mount’s polar scope).

check that the counterweights are correctly positioned on the counterweight bar in order to provide a perfect weight balance (please refer to your mount user manual).

make sure your mount’s tripod is horizontally levelled.

turn on your SkyWatcher mount and follow the instructions you see in the mount handpad by entering your date, time, location, up to the handpad request to start mount alignment.

#Connecting eqmod to skychart driver#

In order to remotely control your SkyWatcher equatorial mount with PLAY, first of all please make sure you installed, in your EAGLE or standard Windows computers, latest ASCOM platform (you can download from ) and mount’s ASCOM driver “ASCOM Driver for SynScan Hand Controller” (you can download from ).

#Connecting eqmod to skychart how to#

In this video, Filippo shows you how to connect SkyWatcher equatorial mounts to EAGLE or standard Windows computers and remotely control with PLAY: Please note: in order to use PLAY to control SkyWatcher mounts, you have to use ASCOM Platform at least 6.5 version (mount’s ASCOM driver has to be tested with ASCOM 6.5) and you have to have at least ESATTO focuser, SESTO SENSO 2 focusing motor or GIOTTO flat field generator. In this article we descrive how to connect SkyWatcher computerized equatorial mounts to EAGLE or standard Windows computer and how to use PLAY astrophotography software in order to remotely control them. PLAY astrophotography software allows you to control also equatorial mounts provided with ASCOM drivers, like computerized SkyWatcher ones.