Hi,
I've been reading about this piece of equipment and there are some things that I didn't fully understand.
Imagine the follow:
- I connect a skywatcher mount to the UPBv2 using one direct USB cable (and, for powering the mount, the specific Pegasus Astro power cable too)
- I want to control the mount (slew, park, move both axis, etc) using EQMOD installed on my laptop (having the mount connected to the UPBv2 as described before)
Knowing that I must have all the ASCOM drivers, EQMOD installed and configured, etc etc, my doubts are:
- will I be able to "find" (the ASCOM port) the mount and use it with EQMOD, without the need to use / without having the Unity Platform software opened?
- and, for example, other products that are not made by Pegasus Astro (like ZWO cameras, filter wheels, etc), will I be able to do the same (find their ASCOM ports and use them without passing through the Unity Platform software)?
The reason why I'm asking these questions, is to understand what's the difference between:
- having non-Pegasus Astro gear connected directly to my laptop by USB
and
- having non-Pegasus gear connected to the UPBv2 first, and then the UPBv2 connected to my laptop by USB
I know that, for Pegasus Astro gear (for example, I have the FlatMaster and the FocusCube v2) I can control them and have full access to their features and configurations in the Unity Platform software. But, for other equipment, the UPBv2 only serves as a "normal USB hub", am I right?
Please let me know if I have explained my doubts well.
Thanks,
Clear Skies
I've been reading about this piece of equipment and there are some things that I didn't fully understand.
Imagine the follow:
- I connect a skywatcher mount to the UPBv2 using one direct USB cable (and, for powering the mount, the specific Pegasus Astro power cable too)
- I want to control the mount (slew, park, move both axis, etc) using EQMOD installed on my laptop (having the mount connected to the UPBv2 as described before)
Knowing that I must have all the ASCOM drivers, EQMOD installed and configured, etc etc, my doubts are:
- will I be able to "find" (the ASCOM port) the mount and use it with EQMOD, without the need to use / without having the Unity Platform software opened?
- and, for example, other products that are not made by Pegasus Astro (like ZWO cameras, filter wheels, etc), will I be able to do the same (find their ASCOM ports and use them without passing through the Unity Platform software)?
The reason why I'm asking these questions, is to understand what's the difference between:
- having non-Pegasus Astro gear connected directly to my laptop by USB
and
- having non-Pegasus gear connected to the UPBv2 first, and then the UPBv2 connected to my laptop by USB
I know that, for Pegasus Astro gear (for example, I have the FlatMaster and the FocusCube v2) I can control them and have full access to their features and configurations in the Unity Platform software. But, for other equipment, the UPBv2 only serves as a "normal USB hub", am I right?
Please let me know if I have explained my doubts well.
Thanks,
Clear Skies