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).Access to the Internet to download ASCOM Platform 6, EQMOD/EQASCOM and Drivers.This recipe talks you through setting up ASCOM Platform 6 for a SkyWatcher EQ5 or EQ6 mount. The ASCOM Platform is the Swiss-Army Knife of software control for your various pieces of astrophotography kit – from mounts, to focusers, to dew heaters and even powered observatory roofs.įor us more modest amateurs though, the most important element that ASCOM needs to control, and usually the only required element, is the mount.
