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for the Northern Hemisphere) with counter-weights down.
2.
Alt-Az Mount
: Telescope should parallel to the ground looking exactly North (for
Northern Hemisphere) or South (for Southern hemisphere).
4.
Decide on how you will connect to the mount. Is it using a cable to the handset? or cable
directly to the mount? WiFi? Bluetooth?
5.
If connecting over WiFi, then ensure the device where you are running the INDI driver
(e.g. Raspberry PI4) is on the same network as your mount so they can communicate
with each other. Such mounts can be configured to run in two modes:
1.
Mount Wireless Hotspot Mode
: The mount hotspot acts as the
router
and you
can connect your devices to the mount's own network (e.g. your Raspberry PI
and iPad).
2.
Mount Wireless Station Mode
: The mount joins an existing WiFi network (e.g.
your home WiFi network or StellarMate hotspot). The IP address assigned to the
mount is determined by your router. It is best to know the IP address assigned to
the mount so that you can enter it in the IP address field in the driver Connection
tab. However, this is not strictly necessary since the driver can automatically
scan the local network for mounts, albeit this operation may take a few minutes
to complete whereas if the IP address is known beforehand then the connection
is immediate.
Selecting the correct driver
Selecting the appropiate driver for your mount usually depends on two factors:
·
Mount model.
·
Connection method (Cable, WiFI, Bluetooth..etc).
Mount
Driver
Connection Method
Comments
·
HEQ5
·
EQ6 \ EQ6R Pro
·
AZ-EQ5 \ AZ-EQ6 Pro
·
EQ8 \ EQ8 Pro
·
EQ3 Pro EQM-35 Pro
·
Orion Sirrius \ Orion, Atlas
EQMod Mount
EQDirect Cable
This cable is a DIRECT cable from mount to your device. No handset is connected nor
required in this setup.
·
Astroshop.eu EQDirect Cables
.
·
OPT Corp EQDirect Cables
.
·
HEQ5
·
EQ6 \ EQ6R Pro
·
AZ-EQ5 \ AZ-EQ6 Pro
·
EQ8 \ EQ8 Pro
·
EQ3 Pro EQM-35 Pro
EQMod Mount
Bluetooth
Use a Bluetooth adapter from Mount to your device. You must pair and trust the
Blueooth dongle first from your PC/Device. The dongle should create a serial port
(e.g. /dev/rfcomm0) that you need to select when connecting to the mount.
Quite a few EQMod blueooth dongles have been obsoleted. Therefore, it is generally
NOT recommended to connect to your Mount using bluetooth.
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