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3.  Insert polar scope all the way into the scope housing, as shown in Figure 3. The polar scope 

will  be  tight  fitted  into  the  scope  house.  Secure  the  scope  by  lightly  tightening  the  set  screw. 

DO NOT over tighten the locking screw.

 It may damage the polar scope body and lens. 

 

 

Figure 3. Install polar scope 

 

Install polar scope illumination LED 

1.  If  there  is  a  bar  in  the  middle  of  the  polar  alignment  opening  as  shown  in  the  Figure  4,  the 

SmartEQ mount already has an illumination LED as part of the main control board. 

If you can’t 

see through the polar alignment opening, it is blocked by the DEC axle. Please turn the mount 
on and use the UP or DOWN arrow key on the hand controller to rotate the DEC axle until you 
can see through the opening.  

 

 

Figure 4. SmartEQ

TM

 with integrated polar scope illumination LED 

 

Please go to the Operation part for polar alignment.

 

Summary of Contents for AccuAligning

Page 1: ...iOptron Corporation 6E Gill Street Woburn MA 01801 www iOptron com AccuAligningTM Polar Scope for SmartEQTM Portable German Equatorial GOTO Mount Installation and User Manual Product 3130...

Page 2: ...1X Polar scope illumination LED 2X M3 screw and nut Figure 1 Parts list Installation Install polar scope 1 Unscrew polar scope cover from the mount 2 Insert included M4 set screw into the treaded hol...

Page 3: ...ation LED 1 If there is a bar in the middle of the polar alignment opening as shown in the Figure 4 the SmartEQ mount already has an illumination LED as part of the main control board If you can t see...

Page 4: ...3 Carefully pull the face plate open Disconnect the RA and DEC motor drive cables first Then disconnect two battery holders from the main board 4 Remove the main control board from the face plate Ali...

Page 5: ...o the battery packs or connect the mount with an AC DC power adapter Plug the Go2Nova hand controller into the mount HBX port Turn the power switch on 2 Make sure that the DEC axle is not blocking the...

Page 6: ...30 32 and Long W71 08 50 300 min behind UT DST set to Y the Polaris Position is 1hr 26 8m and r 41 5m as shown in Figure 12 a 7 Adjust the mount in altitude latitude and azimuth heading direction to p...

Page 7: ...putting a star in the center of the polar scope reticle cross hairs and rotating mount s R A axis If the star stays in the center of cross hairs the polar scope is aligned to the mount s R A axis In t...

Page 8: ...reticle or PLASTIC holder Only loose tighten one screw at a time and a few turns each time to avoid the reticle totally lost its position It may take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with the sc...

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