Swiss manager pro serial serial#
If you happen to have seen the EQMOD settings screen, there is a section on setting up the serial port, with a little search icon telling you it will discover the port for you. USB stands for Universal Serial Bus, so hopefully this makes sense why we’ll be discussing this. Modern computers don’t have serial connections any more but have a USB port instead. Your mount will be connected to your laptop through a serial cable – either directly (using an EQDir cable) or via the Handset.
Swiss manager pro serial install#
SkyWatcher SynScan Mount Controller (, June 2017) Here you’ll see that you’re able to download the following: Scroll down to the SkyWatcher section.In our case, we’re installing the drivers for a SkyWatcher but you’ll get an idea of what ASCOM is capable of controlling by scanning down the list. We then need to get the drivers for our particular mount. Once done you can click Finish and close the installation.It will check whether you need some pre-requisites, such as Visual C++ Runtime libraries and offer to install them for you. Follow the instructions to run and install the software.Head over to and over on the right is a box that says “ASCOM Platform 6.4 ”.ASCOM 6.4 is the version available at the time of writing.
If using the hand controller, you’ll need a RJ11 serial cable and a serial to USB converter so you can plug it into your laptop.įirst, you need to download the software.Either a SynScan hand controller or EQDir cable (a cable that has the electronics of the hand controller for those that don’t need the hand controller, instead just a laptop).