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3. GOTONOVA
TM
8401 Hand Controller
Figure 2. GOTONOVA 8401 Hand Controller
GOTONOVA
TM
8401 hand controller (HC) is the standard controller for a CubePro, as
shown in Figure 2.
3.1. Key Description
•
MENU: Press “MENU” to enter the
Main Menu.
•
BACK: Move back to the previous
screen, or end/cancel current operation,
such as slewing.
•
ENTER: Confirm an input, go to the
next menu, select a choice, or slew the
telescope to a selected object.
•
Arrow
(
▲▼►◄
): Press
▲▼
buttons to
move a telescope along the DEC
direction,
►◄
to move a telescope
along the RA direction. Brows the
menu or move the cursor in operating
menu.
•
Number Keys: Input numerical values.
Also used to adjust speeds (1: 1X; 2:
2X; 3: 8X; 4: 16X; 5: 64X; 6: 128X; 7:
256X; 8: 512X; 9: MAX)
•
Light
Key(
☼
): Turns on/off the red LED
reading light on the back of the
controller.
•
? Key: For help or extra information.
•
STOP/0
Key:
Stop/Start
tracking.
•
HBX (Handbox) port: connect the HC to
CubePro mount using a 6-wire RJ11
cable.
•
USB port: connect the HC to a
Computer via a USB cable.
HBX
Port
USB
Port
