Hi all,

After weeks of cloudy weather, yesterday it was finally clear. So I could test my setup for the first time. I have a mobile set-up :

• HEQ5
• Skywatcher refractor 120/600
• Canon 700D
• Guiding : ZWO 120mini on a guiderscope 50/160
• Raspberry Pi 3B+

I have my HEQ5 connected by a cable between the handcontroller and the raspberry PI. When using the EQMOD - driver I set the handcontroller to PC direct. During photographing a serie I notice the HEQ5 stops tracking which results in a failure of guiding. As a consequence I need to recenter the object and restart the guiding. Sometimes it happens after 4 photo's, sometimes after one.

Any insights in what I'm doing wrong?

kind regards,
Gunther

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