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Eqmount random disconnection

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Hi everybody,

I'm struggling an issue since a couple of month.
I'am using kstars and ekos since almost two years now.
But this summer I started to find that my astronights sessions failed beacuse of eqmod disconnection while I was away

Sometimes it works, for hours, for night, sometimes it disconnect several time in the night.
When a disconnection occurs I cannot reconnect eqmodmount from Ekos, I must go to my observatory and physicaly switch the USB port on the computer, then in ekos I have to scan port and affect the new com adress (com0->com1->Com2...)

I first thought it was a cable issue but with a new one nothing change.

Any Idea?

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please find attach a verbose and a regular log with deconnection issue (i didn't find the way to find the trouble in it)
4 years 6 months ago #42928
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So neither of the logs show any issues. The first log doesn't contain any EQMod logs and the second one shows normal EQMod operation. What's your mount?
4 years 6 months ago #42959

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My HEQ5 had random serial disconnection issues due to loose power connector. I added a separate lockable power connector in parallel and didn't have any issues after that. So that's one thing to look at that the power connector is secure.
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To me sounds like a bad cable/connector.
I had/have similar issues with the power of the mount computer and the USB-C connector of the 290MMmini guide cam. Both would sometimes just disappear, either by touching, or even from wind gusts :(
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Thank you jasem
I own an azeq6 mount green version
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I check the mount alimentation I didn't see any loosing part. It use aviation connector.
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