But it has more memory I believe, and, more importantly, both BlueTooth and WiFi connectivity (+ USB for serial mount connections).Ħ. The newer one is based on ESP32, which I believe is a slower and cheaper microcontroller. I received V4 of the Main Drive, not V3 as mentioned on the web page. The thing arrived 5 days later via DHL, which I thought was pretty quick, especially considering it came all the way from Spain (I live in Bloomington, Indiana, USA, BTW).ĥ. International shipping was included in the price, nice!Ĥ. Roberto shipped quickly, a couple days after the order, only because (he said) he was out of the motors. Not sure why one would put a different GOTO on mounts that have one already, but hey, it's a free country (world).ģ. He also has kits for EQ5/EQ6/G8/G11/AZ8 mounts.
To get a working GOTO G11, you need what Roberto calls the “Main Drive", which is the controller box with all the electronics, and the “Losmandy G11 Motor Kit with couplers, screws, and cables”. Encouraged, I ordered the kit at the above URL (ordering info is at the bottom of the web page). I mean he replied within the hour, also to several more, subsequent emails.Ģ. I fired off some inquiries to Roberto to see if how prompt he is, and, happy to report that he is. Some of this will clearly change in time and some of it may even be wrong, but at least it is one implementation duly described, so here goes.ġ. So I figured I should do a post for others looking for a cheap GOTO option for their hand-push GOTO system. Prior to pulling the trigger, I Googled around for details on actual Instein implementations, but found nothing. He had mixed reviews on the OnStep forums, but someone said he does try to help, so I decided to take a chance. I don’t, so looked around and found a nice looking OnStep kit by Instein Astro called the Universal Mount Controller ( /onstep.htm), developed by Roberto Gomez in Spain. Realizing that a retrofit to Gemini2 at a grand and a half was not within budget, I decided to pursue the OnStep GOTO option, which apparently can be ten times cheaper if you DIY. I recently purchased a pristine, non-GOTO Losmandy G11 on Astromart.
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