DOCUMENTATION & FAQs

Documents The documents below provide supplemental information to that presented in the EQMOD User Guide Cliquez ici pour la documentation française (Click here for French language documents)
General	PC control options for Synta Mounts (pdf)
	EQASCOM Ascom compliancy statement (pdf)
	User Images and Guiding tests
Setup	Quick Start Guide (pdf)
	Setting the Mount Home Position (pdf)
	Alternate method for setting Home Position (pdf)
	Polar Scope Alignment Tool (pdf)
	EQASCOM Alignment (pdf)
	EQASCOM Mount Limits (pdf)
	EQASCOM Movement Strategies (pdf)
	Drift Meter Instructions (pdf)
Guiding	Guiding (pdf)
PEC	VS-PEC Overview and Workflow (pdf)
	PECPrep User guide (pdf)
	Periodic Error Correction through Variable Track Speed Adjustment
Developer	EQASCOM architecture
	EQASCOM Stepper Encoders to RA/DEC/ALT/AZ Conversion
	EQContrl.DLL Developer's Guide Version 1.0
	3-Point Alignment
	EQASCOM Language Translation (pdf)
Presentations
	The following documents contain the presentation materials used for a  5 hour hands-on EQMOD workshop prepared and presented by Todd Benko.
	Part 1: Introduction
	Part 2: GPS
	Part 3: Controlling the Mount
	Part 4: Alignment
	Part 5: Guiding
Video Tutorials
	EQMOD YouTube Playlist
FAQs
	How can I contribute to the EQMOD Project?
	What options are there for PC control of my Synta Mount?
	What ASCOM interfaces does EQASCOM support?
	Is EQASCOM a fully ASCOM Compliant Driver?
	What are the benefits of using EQASCOM?
	Is PC-Direct an alternative to using an EQDirect?
	How do I make my own EQDirect?
	Where can I buy an EQdirect?
	Can EQASCOM be used on other mount types?
	What files are installed and where are the placed?
	How do I re-assign my COM Port?
	How do I set the mount home position?
	What is LST?
	How does EQASCOM interface with a GPS?
	How do I set the SynScan GPS to NMEA mode?
	How do I use EQASCOM's Polar Scope Alignment tool?
	How do I set Mount Limits?
	Does EQASCOM handle Meridian Flips?
	Why is my mount moving one axis at a time?
	What are the Numeric Keypad assignments?
	How do I change the RA/DEC slew rate?
	Satellite Tracking
	Starry Night Pro
	Hallo Northern Sky
	TheSky6
	Stellarium  (IceInSpace How-To guide)
	EQASCOM & Alignmaster
	How do I set Maxim for pulse-guide control?
	How do I record PEC?
	How can I run ASCOM/EQASCOM under Linux
	Runtime Errors
	What is the EPOCH setup parameter used for?
	I don't get on with game controllers, are there any other options for mount controllers?
	How do I migrate my EQASCOM settings to another computer?
Sample Projects and Scripts for Developers and Integrators Below are examples of how ASCOM and proprietary interfaces of EQASCOM might be scripted by client programs to enable customised automation to the mount.
VB.Net	ASCOM Client Demo (VB6)
	ASCOM Client Demo (VB.Net 2005)
	AzPollerDotNet (VB.Net 2008) .Net version of AzPoller (see below)
VB6	ASCOM Pulse Guide Demo (VB6)
	AzPoller  (VB6)  - Polls ASCOM Telescope Driver for AZ, RA and DEC and outputs a string to a serial port. Used for dome control
	ASCOM Park Timer (VB6) - Parks the mount after elapsed time.
VB Script	CCD Drift Align (VBS) - Use in conjuction with long exposure camera to capture alignment error
	Read Mount Version (VBS)
	Read Stepper Encoders (VBS)
	Read Site Location (VBS)