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I can not connect the EQmod mount .

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Hi , I am new with astroberry on Raspberry pi 4 . What am I doing wrong? I'm trying to connect my EQdrive controller to Astroberry , but I can't make things happen.Maybe I am missing some settings ? Any ideas?      
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Now another problem     
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I have not been able to connect my EQMOD mount for three months, with similar issues to you, something is not right with the software but no one can figure out the issue, I have had to give up and use different software….. :(
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Thank you for the replay, AstroNerd. What kind of software you use ? Is it on Raspberry pi also?
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No, I ditched the RPI and gone to a mini PC, and non INdI software, as I had loads of people try and help, but never solved the issue, and then the help stopped, so I have to ditch it all.. :(
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My most recent experiences with KStars 3.5.4 have given me encouragement after several hiccups over the last year. I noticed in most recent updates (Astroberry) some significant further updates to the RPi kernel software packages. My first ‘hiccups’ arrived when the major kernel update from 4.19 to 5.4 arrived a year ago, but I’m hoping the software has settled now.
After recent sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade of two installations, I have EQDirect cable operation of my AZ-EQ5 and AZ-GTi mounts once again. And (fingers crossed for clear skies tonight) the serial interface clashes between the mounts and my Pegasus Pocket Power Box also seem to have settled themselves.
By the way I always use sudo apt full-upgrade these days just in case…….
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I get this : 
But I use Usb to mini usb cable . Maybe I have to use EQDirect cable ? 
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You should run command "ps 563" (or the number given by the fuser command) to see the process, ps by itself only gives processes in the current shell.

If your mount has USB port directly (not in the hand controller), that can be used instead of EQDirect cable, but you need to change the baud rate to 115200 from the default 9600 used by regular EQDirect cable. If your hand controller has USB (older Synscan had RJ11 serial port), you can use that with the Synscan driver (not EQMod) as such or you if you select PC Direct mode from the hand controller, you can use EQMod too. So four possibilities:

USB cable to hand controller --> Synscan driver
USB cable to hand controller, controller set to PC Direct mode --> EQMod driver (9600 baud I think)
USB cable directly to mount --> EQMod driver (115200 baud)
EQDirect cable to mount --> EQMod driver (9600 baud)
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lsof /dev/ttyUSB0
is a quicker and easier way to see what process has a file open.

It's possible there's a GPS daemon running trying to find a GPS dongle on the serial port, tying up the port so INDI can't use it.
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My mistake.  
I will make en old manuel EXOS 1 to diy GO TO with EQdrive controller and 2 steppers . So, is it  not possible to use USB from raspberry pi 4 to usb of the controller ? Here is a picture of controller and the ports:
 
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Ok , It is gpsg. How to stop it or what to do ?
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Try
sudo systemctl disable gpsd
and reboot, see if that helps.
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