![]() ![]() Thanks for the update that's a great update. And my goal is to control it from inside.Īs for the pictures of my setup, I don't have any, will have to wait for clear skies before I set it up agin. I'd rather ruin a 60€ Raspberry pi, then a 2000€ macbook, that I need for work. I have to say, I will stop using my MacBook outside, already during the summer it suffered a lot from the dew, so I'm in the process of switching to a Raspberry pi + Astroberry (with the bad weather that doesn't want to stop, I have plenty of time to experiment). Not all is free software, but the softwares I paid for are not very expensive. ![]() To connect it all I use a powered USB-hub (I only have 2 usb ports on my mac)įor controlling the scope, I use indigo server, carte du ciel (free)įor polar alignment I use the Polemaster software provided with the Polemaster camera (not free, but for me, best invention since sliced bread)įor capturing with my Canon 500D, I use Nebulosity (not free)įor postprocessing I use startools (not free) I did switch to "Carte du Ciel", as I did not have good experiences with stellarium (but that could have been my mistake as well). As for the indigo server, you can download it for OS X here from the cloudmakers website for free: cloudmakers indigoserverĪs for the settings, see my experiences at the beginning of this thread. You can connect the mount directly to your mac, no need to go via the handcontroller. You'll need a USB-A to USB-B cable ( amazon). I'd like to see some photos of your setup, just for curiosity. I haven use a windows machine since Windows XP, so I prefer to stick to a Mac. ![]() Last but not least, I'm still waiting for the mount to arrive in December (bloody pandemic), do you need any extra cable to connect everything? I'm about to buy a mac mini now that I see that it's possible. Is it easy to do? did you follow any guide that you can share with us? I'm also curious on the steps to connect to an indigo server. (And now I'm going to recover 90GB by removing windows □ was wondering if that was possible (Connect a goto to a mac). Still todo: incorporate PHD2 and my ZWO guide camera in this setup Now go to Stellarium, configure the telescope, connect it, search an object and slew to it That's where my 2 hours experience with ASCOM, EQMOD and Stellarium on windows helped me: the mount needed to be unparked: in the Indigo server gui, collapse the entry "Mount", select "Park" and on the left click "Mount Unparked" ) but no way I could make Stellarium slew to any object I gave it. Set the correct baud rate: 115200 (I sticked to the default 9600 and that does not work - I had found this via the youtube AstroForum channel where the guy explains how to do this setup on windows using ascom and eqmod)Īt that point, Indigo server connected to the mount, Stellarium connected to the mount (though Stellarium says it connects to a telescope. Start Indigo server and in "Preferences" > "Indigo Drivers", check "Synscan Mount (2.0.0.15)" Look for the correct port that indigo has to use: in a terminal window execute: ls -l /dev/cu.usbserial* - copy the name that looks like: /dev/cu.usbserial-141120 (the number may differ as I'm using a usb hub - do not take /dev/cu.usbserial) ![]() I installed ASCOM platform, EQMOD and stellarium and I could configure it so that I could find an object in stellarium and make the mount slew to it with a direct connection.īut I had such remorse over the idea that I was running windows on my MacBook that I decided to go over the initial plan once more and I finally made it work here is how I made it work:Ĭonnect the Mac(Book) directly to EQ6R (not via the handcontroler) The whole idea was such a pain, and I could not make this setup work, to such a point that I gave in and actually installed Windows 10 on my laptop (with BootCamp). I was going to use Stellarium to control the mount, as it's support INDI Then I decided to control the mount directly (not via the handcontroller) with the MacBook as ascom and eqmod are not available on OS X, I installed Indigo Server I recently became the happy owner of a Sky-Watcher EQ6R-Pro and wanted to start astrophotography with my Canon 500D.įor the capturing I evaluated AstroDSLR and Nebulosity4 and decided to stick with Nebulosity4 as one can handle the capturing and processing all in one package. I don't want to use MS Windows at home (I do have to use it at work and that's more then enough) so we only run OS X and Linux at home. ![]()
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