The Mount Hub Pro from Hitec Astro greatly simplifies and tidies your telescope equipment and all the connecting cables. It allows control of your telescope and ancillary equipment via a PC using the included software.

• Control up to 4 Dew Heater Bands
• Power CCD Cameras and Autoguiders
• Power Motorised Filter Wheels
• Power a Flatfield Panel
• Power a compatible motor focuser and control via the included ASCOM software
• Power most popular telescope mounts
• Power many other peripheral devices

There is also a manual mode for those quick observing sessions where you do not wish to power up your PC - in this mode you can power up to 4 Dew Bands and a compatible motor focuser with the optional manual hand control.

The Mount hub Pro is powered by a Mains to 13.8v supply, available as an optional extra.

The Mount Hub Pro is an integrated device consisting of

• 8 Individually selected power outlets.
• 4 Controllable ‘Dew Heater' Outputs.
• A focus controller capable of driving any unipolar stepper motor based focuser.
• A USB connection which enables the above to be controlled from any PC using Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7

A driver has been developed which will allow the focus controller to operate with any ASCOM compliant software such as Maxim DL, CCD Auto Pilot,or the excellent (and free) Focus Max.