USB to RJ11 Cable for Skywatcher EQ6 EQ5 HEQ5 EQMOD ASCOM PC to Connect The Synscan Hand ControllerSkywatcher Telescopes Hand Controller Synscan ASCOM ASCOM Cable for HEQ5pro AZEQ5 AZEQ6 EQ6-RFTDI USB to RJ11 RJ12 6P4C Serial Cable16ft extral long cableFor those owners whose mount has a SynScan handcontroller this functionality is available "out of the box". Prior to SynScan V 3.01 the handcontroller had to be placed in a special "serial mode" for this to work. From SynScan V 3.01 onwards the handcontroller is always in serial mode, and is always ready to talk with a serial connection.
In this mode the SynScan unit provides the alignment and goto algorithms and must be configured with time, date and location. Some Planetarium may provide native support for EQMOD ASCOM drivers others may require the use of the ASCOM platform and associated ASCOM Drivers