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GigiG

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No connection in AstroEQ testing
« on: January 10, 2015, 21:02:21 »
Hi Tom, I just received an Arduino Mega2560 from China. Tested with some Arduino example scripts (EEPROM read and write also) and seem to work fine. I connected the board to an USB port of my laptop and I uploaded the firmware, then loaded an existing configuration (EQ3-2 type1), just to try. All goes well but when AstroEQ launch EQMOD to test the mount EQMOD give me an error about Connection error (mount not found, see attached figure). Currently I have the Mega2560 board alone, connected to laptop. No other hardware.

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Gigi
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Re: No connection in AstroEQ testing
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2015, 21:46:07 »
Hi Gigi,

That's ok. Try unplugging the Mega, plugging it back in, and then connecting EQMOD using something like CdC. There is a glitch in the config utility which affects the Arduino Mega which stops it being able to load EQMOD as part of the configuration process - doesn't matter though, it is programmed and won't affect your ability to use the controller - you just have to unplug it and plug it back in after you exit the config utility.

I have actually fixed the glitch in the utility, I've been meaning to release it. Will do that tomorrow once I've finished soldering the next batch of controllers.

Regards,
Tom.
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Re: No connection in AstroEQ testing
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2015, 18:05:27 »
Yes! The connection works just fine, thanks.
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