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Celestron SKYQ Support

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Hi Jasem,

thank you for yesterday's support , It seems to work well but i have just 2 questions

- When i use the mount control the telescope movement is not continuous i have to clic one again to move it ?? is there a parameter somewhere i forget ?
- For the park position on Kstar is located at 180° of the mount position ?? what is the starting position polaris ? how can you define another park position ?

thank you for your help
Last edit: 5 years 11 months ago by Richard.
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1. Using the mount control (Ekos --> Mount Tab --> Mount Control), you'll see a pad to control the mount. You need to keep pressing the button to keep motion. Once you let go, the motion stops.
2. Currently, the NexstarEvo driver does not save custom parking positions. I asked the driver developer (Pawel) to look into it.
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1- yes i know , i do that but i have to press again the button for moving ,, it's not continuous ??
2- Ok thanks keep me in the loop please.
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Do not press "again", press and HOLD and when done, release
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Of course i hold it always ! but after 5 s of movement it stops by it self even when i hold the button ?? on right ascension and déclinaison ??
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The nexstar evolution driver should support SkyQ as well, since the NSE have just SkyQ build in.
But note that I (developer) have only AltAz mount and did not test it on EQ variant.
The driver should work though. Note also that it is fairly new code and the scope needs to be supervised during operation.
Especially for EQ mounts. I would welcome any test reports and comments.
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Hi Jochym,
my mount is equatorial mount CG5 Celestron with a SKYQLINK adaptator. I will send you tests reports . thanks

Richard
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the mount is doing things that i d'ont understant. the mount location on Kstars is moving without command ??
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What is the trajectory?
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the trajectory is from Park (180° opposite of the real telescope position ) to 90° only on RA .

I buy this cable

[url=https://www.pierro-astro.com/materiel-astronomique/accessoires-informatiques/interface-usb-rs232-pour-montures_detail[]www.pierro-astro.com/materiel-astronomiq...pour-montures_detail[/url]
USB2 to mount connection witch driver do i use ? thanks
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Without alignment the driver thinks it is in AltAz config - thus it will be moving in strange ways on the map.
I understand the mount itself is not moving?
You need to start by making a three point alignment (it should work even on small triangle on the sky) by syncing on three stars. Then it should work at least approximately. I think we should implement EQ-AltAz switch for the driver. But it is difficult to implement the driver without the hardware.
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If you connect to the hand controler you use celestron nexstar driver. If you connect by wifi to skyq you need to use nexstarevo (AUX) driver. These are different protocols working on different levels and you cannot mix them at all.
For skyq first try with celestron skyportal android application. If it works - your setup is ok and the nexstarevo driver should in principle work as well.
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