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Figure 15
. Serial port pin out on an 8408 hand controller
3.2. The LCD Screen
The 8408 HC has a large 4-line, 21-character per line LCD screen. The user interface is simple and
easy to learn. When the mount first turned on, an initial information screen will be displayed as shown in
Figure 16
, after company logo displayed. It displays the Zero Position, current date and time.
Figure 16.
8408 Initial Information Screen
The LCD screen will switch to the information screen, as indicated in
Figure 17
, with pressing any
button.
Figure 17.
8408 HC LCD Information Screen
1. Target Name/Mount Position: displays the name of the target that telescope is currently pointed to or
the current mount position.
•
An object name, such as “Mercury” or “Andromeda Galaxy”: Name of the Star or celestial object
that the mount is currently slewing to, GOTO or tracking;
•
User Position: The mount is point to a user defined position, which could be a real sky object or
just simply due to press an arrow key.
2. Magnitude: the magnitude of the current celestial object
3. Right Ascension: Right Ascension of the telescope, or R.A.
Slew Speed
Current Time
Target Name
Right Ascension
Mount Status
Azimuth
Altitude
Declination
N/S Hemisphere
Magnitude
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