Hi Bob. Excellent video. Thank you so much. I'm 70 and just trying to come back to this hobby after a break of 10 years. I have an iEQ45 (pre Pro) so the RS232 part alone will save me a load of agro. I want to go wireless eventually but at my age baby steps are best so I'm restarting as cabled. Cheers. BobUK.
It is difficult to adapt wireless control to these older model mounts. I have been looking for a simple wireless setup for my iEQ30 (pre Pro) but have not found a good system. It may be time to upgrade to a more modern mount. Glad my video was some help.
Bob, You might not be a pro, but I sure followed everything you did. Nice job!!! I have a new GEM45 and I am looking for a simple way to control the mount. I'm not ready to deal with NINA. Yet! I think I just found it. Thanks.
Bob, I thank you very much indeed! Following your instructions, I have just successfully connected and controlled my iOpron ZEQ25GT mount with my computer running on Windows 7. Now, so much more has become possible with my truly amazing iOptron mount. Thank you!
Thank you Bob for a great video and information .I set my Celestron AVX up differently to how you did it and my 8"sct was always 2 arc seconds away from the target.I noticed you were spot on with yours.I'm going to do it your way.Thanks again.
Thank you very much. It was exactly what I was looking for. This would be done after leveling and polar Alignment? Do you need to do any star Alignment before you do this. Thanks again. Subscribed.
Glad I was able to help. No need to polar or star align before doing this. This will just tell Stellarium to connect to your mount when it is connected to the computer. You can polar and star align afterward.
Bob, I just want to thank you again. I just got the mount working with the software and there is no way I would have figured it out without this. Im using ZEQ25 mount, running through the hand controller, directly into a usb port using RJ9 to USB cable. Set up is a little different. Thought id drop this note in case anyone needs a hand with the same mount. Thanks again Bob.
I have three OTAs and three cameras - one of which is the Sigma sd14 dedicated to infrared (astro)photography - and I feel liberated now. I do not need to be physically sat down with the scope after I have set things up.
I think my goto hand controller has died for my CEM60. If I polar align prior to connecting through the laptop, do I understand that I won't need a hand controller for anything? Can the star alignment be done through Stellarium? Thanks for your effort to show this Mr. Salazar.
You will need the hand controller to adjust the scope position when fine tuning the star alignment. You may be able to use the ASCOM controller from your PC instead of the hand controller.
Yes, it is a normal adapter. iOptron sells one on their website that is verified to work on their mounts. see link - www.ioptron.com/product-p/8435.htm
Thanks Bob, I've followed your tutorial for my iOptron ZEQ25GT mount on Windows 7 with success. However, my preferred OS is Ubuntu and unfortunately Ascom drivers are not available for linux. If you or any of your subscribers come across a fix for using Stellarium with iOptron mounts on linux I would be very happy. Thanks for your tutorial. cheers. Iv
Hello, I'm French and I'm sorry for my broken English. First of all, I wanted to tell you that I also did everything with a Skywatcher EQ6 and everything works... My problem : I have an Ioptron IEQ45 GTN and I've been trying to drive it through my computer for several days. I installed ASCOM drivers, IOptron drivers, and RS232 cable drivers. Note that the version of my racket is: 8406. I can to orient "without being able to steer with the directional arrows" the mount from the "Carte du Ciel" or Stellarium software but the tracking does not work. Thus, I can't use it well because I can't make precise movements with the "direction arrows" and the tracking is not done. I would have to connect to IOptron Commander, but it doesn't recognize my mount. Is this normal because it's a too old version, or is there a software problem? I hope you can help me. Sincerely Adrian
Most equatorial mounts are set up very similar and IOptron mounts are also very similar to each other. The hand controller should be almost identical, so yes this procedure should work for the CEM60
@@264Salazar Hi Bob, at 7:32 your video said "the Ioptron mount must be star aligned before connecting to the computer.." I have the IPolar with my CEM60 and it uses plate solving to do the polar alignment, so the mount will be connected to the computer. How will it affect the use of Stellarium then?
@@alexyu6928 You should not have any problems if the mount is connected to the computer before star aligning. Stellarium will update the mount's position automatically.
Hi bob, I'm french and I just bought a mount ZEQ25GT and all I can find is in English, à technical English for the manual but I don't control so I don't understand all I can read. Your tutorial is in English too but visually I can uderstand How control the mount with ascom, stellarium and stellarium scope
+Mike Bennett Yeah. These automatic subtitles are hilarious! I have no Idea how I can fix this. This happens to all my videos. Guess I talk a bit funny & Google Translate has trouble understanding what I say.
Nice video, can I connect the computer through the hand controllers second port? I am getting a error in stellerium scope saying could not open comm port 1
Oh . I see~thank you. I'm a rookie, sorry for my stupid question. :( Your tutorial sets my mind on cem25p.I have an 150/750 newtonian telescope already :)
All went well until I connected to Stellarium through Stellarium Scope. Stellarium Scope gave me a floating point error and wanted me to close. I'm lost now.
