Possible to also connect an guide scope?

[Joerg Koenig]

Love this!

Really cool, I think its perfect if you want - like me - get into OnStep an build your own mount.

Just wondering. Any idea /way to connect a guide scope? When I'm in Nina I see there is a second camera even named soemthing with guide. However I can not see that cam in Phd2,

Keep up your good work.

Regards
Joerg

[han.k]

Yes in PHD2 you can connect to the guide camera. Since both cameras are now ALPACA you will need probably ASCOM 7.0 and enable discovery in the ASCOM menu.

Maybe it is required to first create a bridge by selecting the guide camera in Nina, disconnect and then select it in PHD2.

See attached.

[han.k]

It looks like the standard ASCOM camera chooser is not available in either Nina or PHD2. For Nina it is not a problem since it can connect to ALPACA device directly. It should work like attached. Let me see if I can invoke the ASCOM chooser in the simulator

Han

[han.k]

I have added a button to select the so called ASCOM chooser. Follow the instructions to make the guide camera visible in PHD2:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/sky-simulator/files/program/windows_installer/Sky%20Simulator%20v3.0.1.exe/download

Tell me if this works for you.

Han

[Joerg Koenig]

Hi Han,

thanks - will try that! Let you know the result. If this works it would be super cool - guess that would be the only methode to complete test an OnStep mount in our labs,

Regards
Joerg

[Joerg Koenig]

Looks there it is... let you know how this goes...

[han.k]

Yes let me know if it works for you. Feedback helps .

Cheers, Han