Dear guys,

A few minutes before, I tried to post to this topic, however, I cannot see my post. Now I try it again.

I am Tamas Butuza, the developer of the MC5 controller (and all of the Ursa Minor products)
If you have any question about the MC5, please ask me. Please note, in most of the time I am busy, so I need a few time to answer questions.

The MC5 controller can understand two different kind of protocols:
- Ursa Minor native protocol
- LX200 protocol.
The Ursa Minor protocol is used with the Ascom driver, and the Ursa Minor planetarium program.
The LX200 protocol can be used with Indi drivers.
You do not need to switch between protocols. The MC5 recognizes, which language do you sue to talk him.

The most important thing is upgrade the MC5 to the most up to date firmware. The hand controller also need to be upgraded.
You can find the firmwares on my homepga (downloads menu)

I really recommend you to try and get familiar with the MC5 by using it with the Ursa Minor program at first.
If everything goes well with Ursa Minor, you can switch to other software.

One of my customers in hungary uses the MC3 (the smaller brother of MC5) with Asi Air Pro.
If I know correctly, it as a Raspberry Pi inside, and runs Indi within it.

The time, geographic position, mount type, park pos... should be configured correctly, and then the MC5 can be operated with LX200 Indi drivers.
There are more LX200 Indi drivers. Please use some "generic" or "standard" one.

Another interesting info:
If your Fornax mount is equipped with Heidenhain encoders, you can switch on the closed loop control in the MC5. It means, the MC5 will keep the tracking accuracy within +/- 0.5 arcsecond without autoguider.

Best regards,
Tamas

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