Connecting guidecam to 294mc pro

astronebulee

Hi
I am hopefully getting my zwo asi294mc pro camera soon and I use the asiair pro as my computer control for mount control, guiding and image taking. Currently I connect my zwo asi120mc-s guidecam direct to my asiair pro as I use a dslr for imaging presently. I've seen lots of videos where people connect the guidecam direct to the 294mc pro via the USB 2 connection, can I ask is this the preferred way to connect or is it still ok to connect my guidecam to my asiair pro directly as I do now?

Tech@ZWO

astronebulee
Both connection way are OK.

astronebulee

Thank you

astronebulee

I now have a zwo asi294mc pro and will be connecting my zwo asi120mc-s guidecam to it for guiding. My question stupidly is, as the port on the 120 is usb 3 and the cable to connect to the USB 2 port on the 294 is a USB 2 cable will it still guide ok or should I use a USB 3 cable? My thinking is that the USB 2 cable is suffcient on the USB 3 port, dispite the connection being slightly different.