Setting up a SkyWatcher Mount using EQMOD, Stellarium, and N.I.N.A.

This is how I set up the new SkyWatcher EQ6-R equatorial mount using EQMOD software to replace the need for the GoTo Hand controller. Included is the use of the software of Stellarium and N.I.N.A. to completely automate the telescope.
Once set up is complete and the target(s) is/are selected, the entire system is automatic, even while you sleep. The target in this video is the Western Veil Nebula (NGC 6960) and the globular cluster in Hercules (seen at the end of the video)

Here are the links to the software vendors:
EQMOD:

Stellarium:

N.I.N.A.:

ASCOM Platform:

[kukdncm]

I found out why I was struggling with EQMOD and my mount thanks to your video. I was trying to point it to the ASCOM device hub instead of EQMOD. I have to do it this way for my PMC8 mount but not for my Orion Sirius EQ G mount. Thanks for pointing that out. Now I should be all smooth sailing from here.
There are so many little pitfalls in this hobby. You have to be a serous researcher to succeed.

Cheers!

[RainerKleinfeld-tk]

Sehr gerne, immer wieder spannend, ihre YouTube -Videos

[BoorgPL]

Nie mogłem ogarnąć połączenia SyncScan GOTO Wifi przez USB z N.I.N.A, ale dzięki temu, że pokazałeś krok po kroku konfigurację EQMOD, udało się zestawić połączenie. Wielkie dzięki za materiał. Google Translate: I couldn't figure out how to connect SyncScan GOTO Wifi via USB to N.I.N.A, but thanks to the fact that you showed the EQMOD configuration step by step, I managed to establish a connection. Many thanks for the material.

[harrysteven]

thank you very much, I have just bought an eq5 pro and am clueless about the hardware side of this hobby this has helped a lot

[RuffNRuffer]

I really, really wish I found this video 4 hours ago. Thank you for the upload, it was a huge help.

[peterkudzinowski]

Nice video Pat, I placed my hand controller in the box 5 years ago and never touched it since, Wish we had better weather here in the UK its very wet at the moment , keep up the good work. Your garden is looking stunning ! Pete

[OlliesSpace]

Nice video Pat I use this method also for finding the Moon with Stellarium. Lovely Veil.

[tronchaseru]

Great informational video, thanks for making it! FYI, micrometers and millimeters units are 3 orders of magnitude apart...

[willissutherland]

Sir..As you suggested I sent N.I.N.I. a donation and Thanked Stan for his Software...Thank you Heavenly for all you do...

[lorenzostilo]

Really nice garden! from Andrea, Italy, Novara

[SkySailor]

Thank you for this. I'm very new to astro- well... everything! just trying to get my first mount, auto guider, camera and the PC talking to each other. You almost need a degree in computer science to figure everything out.
I'll try using these three programs and see how I do.
Fair winds and clear skies!

[JoesAstrophoto]

Great tutorial Pat, very nice! I only take out my hand controller to update the firmware on my mount, otherwise it stays in a box. 20 years from now when the mount is old, wore, and rusty, I'll plug in the hand controller and it will be looking like new lol.

[astronomia.no.quintal]

🔭⭐️🙂 Thank you very much sir. I am from Brazil and your video was very helpful.

[Astronurd]

Just do polar alignment with the hand controller as you don't need to see Polaris. I couldn't be doing with going up and down a ladder. Once done you can then use EQMOD to control everything.

[lukomatico]

Great tutorial Pat! - I appreciate the amount of time and effort this would have taken! :)
I'm sure it will help a lot of people 👍👍

[geoffnash]

This had to take a while to learn all this software.

[yesok]

Véletlenül sem kell átírni a COM port sebességét 115.200-ra, mert úgy nekem nem működött. 9600-on megy.
Am. kösz a videót. Nagyon hasznos volt.

[Stefan-Astro-Art]

Thx for that video, I save it to watch back again and do everything step by step. A question, how do you call that pipe on your mount? To get your EQ higher. I search on astromarket but can't find that name

[SimonT]

Just be careful of the extended legs as far out as that Pat, my EQ6R-Pro had a habit of the adjustable leg clamps slipping . I ended up getting some stainless steel hose clamps around the legs as a safe guard to stop the leg clamps slipping.

[angeloable]

Could you briefly mention why remote desktop is neccessary?
Do your mounts have an OS you can remote into; whats RDS being used for?