This cable is used in your PC connects your hand control box for Celestron Nexstar eq6 TelescopesFT231XS USB to RJ11 6p4c or rj12 6P6C Hand-controller Box RS232 PC connect the Synscan Hand Control Box Serial Converter CableFor Celestron Nexstar eq6 Hand Control PC Connect Cable FT231XS USB to RJ11 6p4c PC to Hand-controller RS232 Serial Converter CableOption 1: For Celestron NextStar This option provides basic mount control from PC using Celestron NexStar drivers. For 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 Celestron drivers others may require the use of the ASCOM platform and associated ASCOM Nextstar drivers.
Connections: The Synscan is connected to the mount in the usual wayThe PC is connected to the Synscan via the serial to
RJ-11 cablePackage: 1 X FT231XS USB to 6P6C/6P4C serial cable