Eqmod alignment According to Sky So, PointCraft worked and I can say that using the Sync button in APT **does** talk to EQMOD (and the counter in EQMOD's Alignment/Sync section increments with each Control of the mount using an ASCOM mount driver (ie EQMOD) Precise alignment (a reticule eyepiece or camera) Rough polar alignment (within a degree or so) Planetarium software that The QHY PoleMaster electronic polar scope was designed to make your polar alignment routine easier, and more precise. 3. I follow the procedure to do polar alignment and don’t have trouble doing polar Eqmod Alignment Models - Free download as PDF File (. Connected EQMOD Equatorial mounts do not need to be accurately polar-aligned (although an accurate polar alignment will likely lead to a more satisfying observing experience). Home News Store Tutorials Processing TIps Astronomy Programs Reviews Pixinsight 3D Print Designs Image Gallery Publications & One difference is that EQMOD allows unlimited alignment points and allows you to store and recall those alignment points from your laptop. 2) Within EQMOD - make sure alignment is set to "Append on Sync" 3) Setup Telescope and mount - and do polar EQMOD Star Alignment • Calibration point model based on altitude and azimuth. Regarding the PolarScope Alignment Tool instructions, they mention a 'subsequent set-up procedure'. If you made a bunch of slewing and plate solved at various spots, EQMOD I was doing a new starmap (alignment points) in EQMOD tonight and did a bunch of solve operations in SGP that worked fine - the coordinates were correct in the EQMOD alignment EQMOD then will monitor when the mount sensor detects the "starting point" of the worm cycle. When the goto completes you use EQMOD to centre the star in your eyepiece/camera Can someone share their EQMOD sync and align settings used for a permanent observatory equatorial setup using plate solving extensively for goto? The mount is an EQ6 It actually does perform a star alignment - by virtue of EQMOD creating its own personal map of the current sky. Set the pointing model mode to "Append on Sync" Point to a star with Cartes du Cile (CdC) and have the telescope slew to that vicinity. Help please. EQMOD Polar Alignment Routine. EQMOD can also show you the expected position of Polaris in your polar If I set up with the scope in the park position (weights down, scope pointing North) with a good polar alignment using EQMOD, I will find the first star somewhere on the chip of EQ5 Pro + EQMOD Issues - posted in Mounts: Hi So Ive been playing with my EQ5 Pro Goto Mount. I do this since I'm imaging with a laptop anyways and I choose solar slew rate, select Panic!I'm in Cartes du Ciel, I slew the telescope to a star, adjust with the gamepad to center precisely, and issue a "Sync". Moving onto the HEQ5 (ignoring EQmod for now), the Skywatcher EQ6, EQMOD and N. In most recent versions of eqmod (all 1. Issue a "CdC > Sync" (say Voilà ça y est, j'ai rentré ma monture dans le salon et j'ai testé. It is not exact, but it might I was doing a new starmap (alignment points) in EQMOD tonight and did a bunch of solve operations in SGP that worked fine - the coordinates were correct in the EQMOD PHD drift alignment and EQMod - posted in Beginning Deep Sky Imaging: Hello Everyone! I just got my first AP setup all ready to go. It did slew to the star but it was well off center, so I had to center manually, which is tricky (was using an eyepiece since this was a The EQMOD Project is a community dedicated to the development of a free, open source, PC based ASCOM driver that provides a rich set of mount control functions. To do an alignment in EQMOD, you need to: Clear any The EQ6 can use EQMod with ASCOM drivers and be controlled with planetarium software. The purpose of this guide is to provide a set of instructions to get the very basics of EQMOD mount control The star alignment aligns the software in the handset. This will also in the process tell the mount where it is. Have you also got the polar alignment correct ?. Posted May 18, 2010. I think the crazy slews are likely due to either 1) having an old set of alignment points in EQMOD, or 2) not having any alignment model in EQMOD. Being a mere novice with EQMod I was expecting the points to stay aligned ie; I set alignment points on 5 stars on Leo which was in the East Change the "EQMOD > Spanner>>> button > Alignment Sync panel > Point Filter" from "All" to "Pierside only" or "Local Quadrant". The more objects you centre and sync accurately return the mount to its original position any saved alignment data will become void. For this you will need Ascom and EQMOD:https://eq-mod. zip This Once EQMod is online, it loads mount, alignment, parking, and horizontal limits settings if they exist. I am using NINA to image Eqmod polar alignment procedure. 2) When you run you ASCOM complient planetarium software you should now see "EQMOD ASCOM Simulator" and "EQMOD ASCOM EQ5/6" appear in the list of avilable telescopes. Manual slew buttons. - posted in Mounts: Hi all. To make it N-Star, you simply define multiple Double check that EQMOD shows a DEC position very near 90°. ini One thing to check to make sure to use nearest point alignment in EQMod align tab options, the n-star does have issues when there are many sync points close together which is OK, I've been preaching about how to polar align EQ mounts using the clock position that the handset gives, but now I'm confused. We asked Steve Richards to write an overview of EQMOD with Open the extended control panel of EQMOD. Now using the only "N" slew control, slew away from the star about 3deg of DEC. There’s no kneeling down on the cold hard ground to peer through that EQMOD Polar Alignment Routine. They work by taking the place of the polar alignment scope. Take an image and then invoke PlateSolve2. It was working fine for months. Yaay I´ve managed to get Stellarium to work with EQMOD thanks to I uploaded a new version of the 3-star / N-Star Alignment demo program at the Files > EQAlign > AlignmentMethods EQMOD Yahoogroups folder. 17 and part of 1. GoTo accuracy will revert to whatever the After Park, initialize EQMOD. In Astrophotography, EQMod, Stellarium - posted in Beginning Deep Sky Imaging: I am making the switch from hand controller to Stellarium, EQMod and PHD and have a quick Hi All, I have heard that you can do a polar alignment with EQMOD without being able to see Polaris, and that you can choose whichever stars you want in order to achieve EQMod for Linux! - posted in Astronomy Software & Computers: So finally we have an EQMod INDI driver for Linux! Its still in beta, but I tested it on my HEQ5 mount and its First, any GoTo alignment improvements you gained by Aligning with the hand control will be gone once EQMOD takes over. g. These have the effect of using only the The mount has been slewing around happily using the handset to get final alignment, as well as general checking etc. Very early on in EQMOD's development the decision was Page 1 of 4 - EQMOD slewing to the wrong area - posted in Beginning Deep Sky Imaging: Hi guys, Finally took out my new mount last night to take some test shots but it didn’t go well. Here is a link to the EQMOD Project. The placings of the recommended alignment points of the "6 The EQMOD PROJECT EQMOD ASCOM DRIVER The EQMOD ASCOM Driver is a software module that allows direct control of Synta mounts such as EQG, EQ-6, EQ-5, Sirius, and If you use NINA and download the three point polar alignment plugin, you can do your polar alignment electronically. PEC. As I always use my Synscan handset, I now need to carry out an alignment routine within EQMOD. Im wondering if anyone has run into the Have you set the scope to the default home position before starting the alignment process. EQMOD's alignment strategy/methods are rather different from the sysncan so make sure you have a Hi Chris, Thanks for the advice. Members; 7,133 26,947 Posted May 18, I got the polar alignment pretty close by using my Atik camera on the PC monitor. EQMOD connects the EQ directly to a serial comms. Unfortunately its pretty cloudy here so Im EQMOD for my EQ6R Pro mount is completely misaligned! - posted in Mounts: I am having trouble with EQMOD for my EQ6R Pro mount. When fewer EQMOD rejects sync - posted in Astronomy Software & Computers: How do I override EQMODs objection to a sync that is too big of a change: Sync Data too Open up EQMOD, expand the window and delete all "star alignment" positions marked in there. Clear all alignment points if any are set. If not then press park in ” I have found that by slewing it to parallel, that works much better. The button leads to アライメントの様子を確認するには、赤い「>>>」ボタンを押してウインドウを開いてから Alignment/Sync欄の赤丸を付けたボタンを押します。 このように確認が出来ます。左下の I propose that all EQMOD users should ask kindly the EQMOD developer to create an ASPA routine based on his N-Star alignment. Perform all of the alignment functions required for EQMOD, but remember to reset the planetarium to ASCOM EQASCOM Alignment using the "dialog based" approach. Page 1 of 2 - new mount alignment questions: skywatcher az-eq5 - posted in Mounts: Hi there just had this mount delivered and ive been having some trouble with Can anyone help me please. From there, you have to wait for the mount to go through as many cycles as you Yeah I’ve had same issues with EQMod too. PEC training works the same way as with the The bit that confuses me still seems to be when initial alignment using EQMOD polar alignment get polaris in the crosshairs of the polar scope then using latitude bolts get Traditionally, owners of EQ6 mounts use EQMOD rather than hand control to control the mount. In EQMOD click Unpark then in setup click 1 star This is a quick guide to setting up Stellarium to control your telescopes mount, using EQMod / EQASCOM. We shall present the different alignment I hit upon this series of steps that made a big difference to the quality of my EQMOD alignment: go-to targets now land right in the middle of a small (20x17 arcminute) CCD view You do need to do a physical polar alignment of the mount and have it in the Home Position before connecting EQMOD via your Client program (like Steallarium or Cartes du 1) Within EQMOD - make sure tracking is set to STAR. Once centred and aligned press the Current Object button again and then press Sync. Since I moved bubble to the 12 o'clock position I will also choose 12 o'clock from the dropdown menu. Basic positioning display like EQMOD main window. I could then goto a few stars and sync to get the alignment OK. The EQMOD Project VS-PEC Introduction & Workflow Document EQMOD. You Star Alignment using ASCOM, EQMOD and Stellarium Planetarium In order for the SynScan hand controller or the Stellarium to correctly point to object in the celestial sphere, it must firs be After polar alignment with your scope pointed to Polaris make sure that the altitude shown in eqmod matches your latitude and azimuth is close to 0. 0. You can also use other methods with software to polar align. Eqmod with Stellarium Alignment Issue - posted in Equipment (No astrophotography): Good Day I have an Atlas EQG eqmod together with stellarium and seem Hi all,Just wondering if anyone has any good setup guides for configuring Eqmod N-point. I setup it up according to a guide using a level and manually slewing both Each time the solver finds a solution and syncs, an alignment point is added to EQMod Alignment Model, which is N-Star by default. Tutorials Jason Matter July 10, 2018 EQMOD, polar alignment, ASCOM, Orion Atlas EQ, Sequence generator pro, Maxim Dl Comment. 0 Guide de démarrage rapide. Is there an idiots guide to alignment routine on eqmod, I have read the instructions and am totally confused and still cannot find how to go about However, if the Sync box is checked on the EQMOD setup screen, then EQMOD takes however many stars have been chosen for alignment and just uses the closest star in The EQMOD software has many features and it can be an awful lot to take in initially. I kept getting a horizon limit on eqmod and this avoided it. Its location defaults to the celestial pole unless a custom parking position is set EQ6-R Pro Rejected Sync - posted in Mounts: Hello, I recently had my first night out trying my new EQ6-R Pro with D5100 and Rokinon 135mm f/2 lens. 5/2. The mount continued to track well with the handset, I parked, turned off. Basic star map to select targets for slewing. When connecting to either of these "scope" types the Open the extended control panel of EQMOD. If This will open the Polar Scope Alignment Tool. And goes out of alignment for every night. Last night I received a To polar align using eqmod you first need to set your polar home position. b. Point to a star with Cartes du Cile (CdC) and have the telescope slew to that vicinity. Clear the Alignment Points When I go to the EQMOD alignment points log, it's blank. 4. 2. pdf), Text File (. Save alignment on park. Getting perfect polar alignment is essential for long exposure astr #ZWO #ASIAIR #Celestron #Astrophotography #TelescopeThis video Polar Alignment of the Celestron AVX Mount With ZWO ASIAIR Plus. In Cartes du Ciel, connect to the mount via FT232RL USB to RJ45 Serial Converter Control Cable For Skywatcher Telescope EQ6-R AZEQ6 AZEQ5 Connect your PC (USB) to skywatcher Telescope Mount Cable I have just set my mount up to use EQMOD. I'm intending to control my scope using EQMOD Telescope mount alignment using the "Append on Sync" method. But the "Point count" in the "Alignment / Sync" panel in My Eqmod wants to point below the horizon when i slew from Starry Night. Using EQmod's Multi point Star Alignment tool is a excellent and easy way of ensuring accurate alignment on your chosen object, especially if imaging. Start EQMOD running and make sure that the communications port is correctly set. Use CDC to slew to your alignment star. Evolution), AstroTrac: No need to perform initial alignment, Ekos alignment module can work with the mount right away after power up given the mount is in its EQMOD 3Star Alignment use AFFINE/TAKI coordinate transformation matrix operations to compute for the apparent location of an object based on three reference stars and the However, when I look at the EQMOD interface, in the Alignment/sync display it keeps saying 'sync data too big-ignoring'. A Configure Com Ports in Windows Install POC : EQMOD Yahoo! Group EQASCOM GUIDE DE DEMARRAGE RAPIDE Version 1. When the goto completes you use EQMOD to centre the star in your eyepiece/camera I followed the EQMOD polar alignment PDF to the letter I believe however I did have a small issue. Unlock the RA and DEC and then In Using Ekos Alignment Module, aligning your mount using the controller's 1, 2, or 3 star alignment is not strictly necessary, though for some mounts it is recommended to perform a rough 1 or 2 Hey guys,in this video I show you how you can connect your mount to Stellarium on your laptop. Communications to 1. This wont be/doesn't need to be super accurate. All are accurate . After setting polar home the guide says to park back to the home position. The more alignment points you have, the EQMOD star alignment and Stellarium - posted in Astronomy Software & Computers: Hi. Please Table of contents EQ Mounts and NINA Gear in Guide Install ASCOM Suite Install . Nearest Point Transformation EQMOD, également nommé EQASCOM, est un ensemble de logiciels de pilotage des monture équatoriales équipées des cartes microcontroleur SYNSCAN de Skywatcher, pour PC However, the Alignment Subsystem is currently not stable so it is recommended to use EQMod alignment system which is on by default. The connection to the mount can be done either via Wi-Fi or, better, with an 3-Point Alignment: EQASCOM Language Translation (pdf) Presentations: The following documents contain the presentation materials used for a 5 hour hands-on EQMOD workshop 4. txt) or read online for free. Set the HC to PC Direct Mode. They are used to translate the mount coordinate system to the actual sky coordinate system of RA and DEC. Ability to do EQMOD provides all of these alignment methods at the disposal of the user so that the system can easily adapt for any mount+OTA alignment conditions, 1 Point Alignment. This routine should give better accuracy than Good luck. I have had Stellarium for around 12 months now and I'm comfortable using it, Telescope will slew and Goto the object. Does this mean I need to do All mount control functions, including alignment, is done via EQMOD. • 1-1000 calibration points • Any point in the sky can be a calibration point! • 2 different position The alignment points in EQMOD are your model of the sky. 16 versions) there is polar alignment procedure which Polar Alignment using EQMOD's Polar Alignment Tool The polar alignment procedure works on one simple principle: The polar axis of the telescope must be made parallel to the Earth's axis of rotation, called the North Celestial Pole. - posted in Beginning Deep Sky Imaging: I am having a very frustrating time and would What's an alignment list? (:-)) EQMOD is the way to go Like I said I must get a life! Psychobilly. This project has the source files for the Public releases of the EQMOD ASCOM driver, associated programs and an EQMOD is a suite of open source applications to allow your PC to communicate directly with your mount as an alternative to your hand controller. 1) Within EQMOD - make sure tracking is set to STAR. But the manual said the recommended best way to When EQMOD is started it ALWAYS assumes the mount is pointing at the celestial pole (NCP for you in the northern hemisphere and SCP in the southern hemisphere). Click! Show More** Connect mount and power it up b EQMOD, PHD2, SYNSCAN using EQ5 mount will not Autoguide. 4 sp1 Install EQMOD Mount Drivers & Software Install N. A sync will be registered in EQMOD ( Dithering Skipped and EQMOD Alignment issues - posted in Experienced Deep Sky Imaging: Hi Guys. Setting the Parked Position on a Mount - posted in Beginning Deep Sky Imaging: The following assumes you are polar aligned. EQMOD has its own sky map, so you (also) have to do a star alignment in EQMOD. One of the issues I encountered is On the first use of EQMOD, manually put the mount into the home position. Any ideas? My mount is a Skywatcher AZ Using the EQMOD Telescope Simulator , use CdC to slew to a star. Psychobilly. Put EQMOD in "Append on sync" mode 2. It is an edited verwion of my EQMOD connects the EQ directly to a serial comms. I. 1. Secondly, if using eqmod I also made sure “sidereal” was enabled If not using a plate solver, follow the star alignment procedure given in the EQMOD documentation. Filename : 3point_TAKI_AFFINE. Once those Synscan alignment stars - posted in Mounts: I was setting up my Orion Sirius mount for the first time and what a mess! I got through the basic setup by inputting my This alignment method is quite accurate, at least as accurate as a polar scope alignment, and often somewhat better. sourcefo EQMOD simply adds more alignment points to the existing model to give much better accuracy all over the sky. Note that you can try Self homing or the presence of hardware encoders (albeit low resolution) make no difference to the operation of EQMOD itself - but do mean you should never loose PEC Kempa how good is your polar alignment I would seriously look into purchasing a polemaster or similar camera I use a qhy ccd miniguide scope and use the polar alignment in sharpcap 3,2 This avoided the need to use the limited alignment stars available as any can be used once 1 star aligment is complete. The Tool uses an algorithm involving the This document will attempt to explain how EQASCOM implements its alignment routines to achieve the highest possible GOTO Accuracy. Double check that EQMOD and CdC show exactly the same Latitude and Longitude. • 1-1000 calibration points • Any point in the sky can be a calibration point! • 2 different position EQMOD is a popular set of software tools used by many astronomers to control the Skywatcher HEQ5, NEQ6 and other mounts directly from a PC. Then click on the button with + and A demonstration of how to use the EQASCOM Polar Scope Alignment tool Using an Electronically Assisted Polar Alignment routine is a big advantage over the use of an optical polar scope, particularly in the Southern Hemisphere or if you cannot see at all the celestial pole. The program creates a grid of RA and DEC coordinate points so that the mount can be moved in a systematic manner as Firstly don’t use a planet to align with use a bright star , more accurate Important!!! You must be polar aligned before you use EQMOD and Stellarium to navigate otherwise your mount won’t For most user setups this represents safest method of mount movement with regard to potential pier/mount collisions. One looks more similar to the reticle you have. I grabbed the HC and it worked fine, does the Atlas mount hold its In this video I go through polar aligning an equitorial mount using the QHYCCD polemaster. Everything has been slewing well for about 2 hours There are several different polar alignment cameras. Page 5 of 22. 5. This project has the source files for the Public releases of the EQMOD ASCOM driver, associated programs and an EQMOD compatible hardware design. The same matrixis re-used each time a coordinate conversion is made on a star object. After this, I tried a one star alignment and chose Regulus. It parks to the right position, but it’s at 88 something rather than 90. Use CdC to point to at least 5 scattered stars on each EQMod, Celestron Aux (e. EQASCOM implements two main alignment methods: 1. N. Basically first use the eqmod controls to rotate the dec of the mount so you can see through EQMOD and mount alignment between sessions - posted in Mounts: I am using Maxim DLs Maxpoint and have gotten really accurate gotos with my pier mounted Atlas. I looked on the Eqmod forum as there just seems to be technical jargon about I dont know if you have read the EQmod Wiki or watched the tutorial videos, but it is definitely worth it, they are very useful, the wiki covers all features of the EQmod software EQMOD Mosaic is used to facilitate creating mosaics of large objects. NET 3. What does this mean? I still seem to be able to point 1. I always have to reset EQMod Polar Alignment Issues - posted in Mounts: Im reposting this here as I havent had much response in the B&I imaging thread. Load alignment on unpark. Strictly speaking, this applies to mounts In the ‘Alignment/Sync’ section in EQMOD, you should now find that you have a ‘Point Count’ of ‘1’, meaning that SkySafari has told EQMOD to ‘Sync’ the expected current position of the scope with the actual current position. - Help - posted in Mounts: I recently received a EQ6 and really struggling to get it to slew where I need it to. odt - Page 1/9 - 29/01/2010. Set up your location information in EQMOD. I think this was mentioned by Chris of Normally when using EQMod I do the dialog based alignment - it's what I first started using and is has always worked. Ca fonctionne bien Je l'avais déjà fait il y a ll y a 2 ans, Jean (Conquérant) avait commencé à m'aider pour piloter ma monture avec Carte du Ciel, on avait SynScan Beta has lots more features (it looks suspiciously like the EQMOD Driver), such as the ability to enable and disable tracking, and setting the guiding multiplier, however it will not Tutorials for EQMOD Project software EQMOD/EQASCOM: Connect/Disconnect - posted in Astronomy Software & Computers: I am using EQMOD/ASCOM to control my HEQ5 Mount together with Cartes du The EQMOD DriftMeter application is designed to verify that the values reported by the mount for the RA motor position change at a rate equivalent to sidereal. A. The DriftMeter cannot measure That would mean when I start EQMOD has the correct start position. Go into EQMOD's settings and activate the following: a. Two questions, with your permission: 1. Note 1: If your using a DSLR for imaging I strongly recommend you buy and download Backyard EOS ( Classic Edition ) from O’Telescope Canada as it will allow easy use of EQMOD and EQMOD ( extended section ) under Alignment / Sync and a sync point will appear in Point Count. No matter which camera tracker or equatorial A walkthrough and guide on how to utilise Stellarium and EQMOD for controlling your Mount. If EQMOD Toolbox not included in EQMOD download - posted in Astronomy Software & Computers: Hello everyone, I ran into an issue where EQMOD would get locked up during a Anyway, EQMOD actually has two different displays for the reticle in it's polar alignment routine. I have HEQ5 Pro A note has been added to the "4 Alignment Point Model" section about an issue that can arise when it is used. This will ensure that the telescope is informed where it is pointing in the sky. This lets me build a good pointing This accuracy seems typical of my experience with the HEQ5 after 3-star alignment; I always needed to do test framing shots anyway and make small adjustments. This is the start of your alignment model in EQMOD. POC : EQMOD Yahoo! Group HISTORIQUE Alignment question - posted in Beginning Deep Sky Imaging: Hello All, Hope someone can help me with the basic question that is lingering on my mind. EQMOD Star Alignment • Calibration point model based on altitude and azimuth. Tracking (sidereal, lunar, solar). If I use the object browser to grab coordinates, that sync button works just fine. 0 Install Ascom 6. It has been at least six years since each time you change the alignment stars. ntmwpsssdjhepdutrybpdvxlqutkuylauxeghqabrtnp