Skywatcher Telescope Control Cable FTDI USB to RJ45 Serial Converter Cable for EQ6-R AZEQ6 AZEQ5

Cable a little thin but it works really well with my AZEQ5GT and Asiair Pro, very simple to set up.

I’ve just bought an EQM-35 Pro to work on widefield alongside my EQ6R-Pro. Given the precious few clear nights we get in the UK, and with such a night looming close, coupled with the cost saving, I took a chance on this cable to use with it rather than pay more than twice as much for a Lynx Astro cable and wait a week for delivery from an Astro retailer.I plugged it in and switched everything on, but it did nothing. I went to the FTDI website and checked the driver, but the one I have installed is the latest (2.12.28). Anyway, cut a long story short...To get it to work make sure your mount is switched on and the cable is properly plugged in. In Windows, Open Device Manager / Ports where for me it appears as ‘USB Serial Port’ on COM3 (your COM port may differ) and then open EQASCOM Toolbox / ‘driver setup’. Tell it there which COM port the cable is on (again, COM3 for me), and select 9600 baud. OK that, open EQMOD and it should work (don’t set it on the lowest slew rate or it will seem like the mount isn’t moving).I can confirm it works with an EQM-35 Pro and I tried it on my EQ6R-Pro too, which also works. No reason to believe it won’t work with other Skywatcher mounts such as the EQ5 and HEQ5.No experience using it in anger yet, but I’ll update this review when I have.Update: used it last night and it worked fine. I had all sorts of problems but none of them were related to the cable.

I bought a Lynx Astro 5m cable from an online retailer which worked for a year or so, but would randomly lose the connection between my mount and mini pc after 10-15 minutes. Thinking the issue may be due to the cable length (5m being the max advised for USB communications) I was going to buy a shorter cable from the same retailer, but as it was showing out of stock on their website, decided to take a punt on this model, which was about £10 cheaper from Amazon. I've run the mount a couple of times for a few hours, and connection has been rock solid, no disconnects, Astrophotography can be frustrating enough at the best of times when all the equipment is working, this cable has given me one thing less to worry about :)

Have been using this cable for a couple of months, with a Raspberry pi connected to an EQ6r. So far it’s been plug and play, no problems at all.

Great price, cable not to long which means no spare cable getting in the way. My eq5 pro now working with eqmod-recommended

Great cable, not too long and works fine with my HEQ5 and both ASIair Pro and Stellarmate.As with all new purchases Astro related, came with free clouds……..:)

I bought this to replace my handset on the Skywathcher EQ5 mount with the ASIAir Pro.At first this was very good. However, after a half dozen uses, the RJ connector broke; the nib that keeps it in the socket is very brittle, and not capable of repeated insertions and removals.Not fit for purpose; spend a bit more money for better quality.

Bought this to bypass need to connect via hand controller. Downloaded and installed driver from website. Plugged in and all worked first time.