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SmartStar

MiniTower Pro

Instruction Manual

Summary of Contents for SmartStar MiniTower Pro

Page 1: ...SmartStar MiniTower ProTM Instruction Manual...

Page 2: ...t 14 4 2 1 Set Up Time Zone 15 4 2 2 Set Up Daylight Saving Time 16 4 2 3 Set Mount Type 16 4 2 4 Set Anti backlash 16 4 2 5 Go to the Moon 17 4 2 6 Initial Star Alignment 17 4 3 Turn Off the Mount 17...

Page 3: ...k Position 21 6 Maintenance and Servicing 21 6 1 Maintenance 21 6 2 Troubleshooting 21 6 3 iOptron Customer Service 22 Appendix A Technical Specifications 23 Appendix B GOTONOVATM 8401 HC MENU STRUCTU...

Page 4: ...l worm and gear and two dovetail adaptors The MiniTower ProTM is capable of handling various optical tube assemblies OTAs A 10 lbs counter weight and a secondary dovetail holder are provided for balan...

Page 5: ...8401 hand controller offers a superb navigation experience with an 8 line LCD backlit display a 130 000 object database and a USB port for easy connection with ASCOM compliant PC planetarium programs...

Page 6: ...omatic over current protection automatic clutch protection for both axes easy 3 point level adjustment dual scope setup with two dovetails and more The MiniTower ProTM is one of the most user friendly...

Page 7: ...der 11 Azimuth Clutch Lock 12 South Alignment Mark 13 Altitude Clutch Lock 14 Counter Balance Shaft Lock 15 Secondary Dovetail Holder Lock 16 Secondary Dovetail Holder 17 Secondary Dovetail Lock 18 Re...

Page 8: ...k knobs on sides Next expand the legs out to their maximum position Figure 6 2 Assemble the three prong washer and azimuth clutch lock 11 onto the mount base Figure 7 3 Carefully position telescope mo...

Page 9: ...e GOTONOVA 8401 hand controller Plug in 12V power cable Turn on power Now you are ready to observe Use the 4 Arrow keys to rotate the scope Up Down Left and Right Use the number key to change the slew...

Page 10: ...ing and Balancing The iOptron MiniTower Pro can handle various OTAs A dovetail plate is needed to mount an OTA onto the MiniTower Pro mount The width of the MiniTower ProTM dovetail holder is 1 75 Mos...

Page 11: ...ws not supplied Figure 15 Secondary Dovetail and set screws A combination of a light OTA and a CW can be used to balance a heavier primary OTA 2 3 Operate a MiniTower Pro on Batteries To install batte...

Page 12: ...enu 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 Pr...

Page 13: ...n GPS status When the power is turned on it shows GPS ON which means a GPS receiver is connected When the GPS receiver finds the satellite and receives GPS signal it shows GPS OK The GPS OK may turn o...

Page 14: ...Parking Position i e altitude is 90 0 0 and azimuth is 180 0 0 which means the SOUTH mark is pointing to south and the telescope is pointing straight up at the zenith To set the Park Position you can...

Page 15: ...city name or address In case you only find the site information in decimal format you can convert them into d m s format by multiplying the decimal numbers by 60 For example N47 53 can be changed to N...

Page 16: ...emory chip If you are not traveling to other observation site they do not need to be changed 5 2 3 Set Mount Type The 8401 hand controller that comes with the MiniTower Pro can function in both EQ and...

Page 17: ...e on screen instruction and press ENTER An alternate way is to perform an Easy One Star Align To do so press MENU button scroll down to Align select Easy One Star Align and press ENTER The screen will...

Page 18: ...object from NGC or IC catalog move the cursor to NGC using or button to toggle between NGC and IC Then move the cursor to numerical position and use the number button to select the object UGC Catalog...

Page 19: ...is supported by GOTONOVA use this option to adjust the focuser Use for coarse tuning and for fine tuning Refer to your Electric Focuser operation manual for detailed instruction 6 5 Set Up Controller...

Page 20: ...need to be far apart Select Two Star Align in the Align menu When you finish the first star the system will prompt you to choose the second star If the star you choose is too close to the first one t...

Page 21: ...the park position This is its reference point for all other objects 7 Maintenance and Servicing 7 1 Maintenance The MiniTower Pro is designed to be maintenance free Do not overload the mount Do not dr...

Page 22: ...ing 4 Star Alignment accuracy GOTO accuracy 1 Leveling very important 2 Site information minutes ahead or behind UT DST 3 System balancing 4 Use most updated firmware 5 Select right mount type A A 6 S...

Page 23: ...9 Gear Electronic 1 2 8 16 64 128 256 512 MAX GPS 32 channel GPS GOTO System GOTONOVATM 130 000 objects database GOTO accuracy 1 Arc Min Typical Resolution 0 1 Arc Sec Tracking Automatic Payload 33 lb...

Page 24: ...ky Object Messier Catalog NGC IC Catalog UGC Catalog MCG Catalog Caldwell Catalog Abell Catalog Herschel Catalog Named Deepsky Object Messier Catalog NGC IC Catalog UGC Catalog MCG Catalog Caldwell Ca...

Page 25: ...gn Easy One Star Align One Star Align One Star Align Two Star Align Two Star Align Three Star Align Three Star Align Disp R A Axis Error Disp R A Axis Error Test Anti backslash Test Anti backslash Pol...

Page 26: ...Nebula 6302 12 Butterfly Cluster 6405 6 13 California Nebula 1499 14 Cat s Eye Nebula 6543 15 Cocoon Nebula 5146 16 Cone Nebula 2264 17 Cork Nebula 650 51 76 18 Crab Nebula 1952 1 19 Crescent Nebula...

Page 27: ...4 Pelican Nebula 5070 45 Phantom Streak Nebula 6741 46 Pinwheel Galaxy 598 33 47 Pleiades 45 48 Ring Nebula 6720 57 49 Ring Tail Galaxy 4038 50 Rosette Nebula 2237 51 Saturn Nebula 7009 52 Sextans B D...

Page 28: ...taurus Cen 63 Perseus Per 20 Cepheus Cep 64 Phoenix Phe 21 Cetus Cet 65 Pictor Pic 22 Chamaeleon Cha 66 Pisces Psc 23 Circinus Cir 67 Piscis Austrinus PsA 24 Columba Col 68 Puppis Pup 25 Coma Berenice...

Page 29: ...0 Chertan 118 Merak 166 Sheratan 023 Alkaid 071 Cor Caroli 119 Merope 167 Sirius 024 Alkalurops 072 Cursa 120 Mesartim 168 Skat 025 Alkes 073 Dabih 121 Miaplacidus 169 Spica 026 Almach 074 Deneb 122 M...

Page 30: ...61 15 Psi Vel 221234 16 Gamma Leo 81298 Algieba 17 HR 4167 222199 18 Mu Vel 222321 19 Alpha UMa 15384 Dubhe 20 Zeta UMa 28737 Mizar 21 Iota Leo 99587 22 Gamma Cen 223603 23 Gamma Vir 138917 Porrima 24...

Page 31: ...1 Download USB2COM driver cp2102 zip file for 8401 from iOptron Website 2 Install cp2101 usb2com driver Choose the appropriate driver for your OS In this case is a Windows XP operation system Double c...

Page 32: ...32 Select I accept the terms of license agreement and click Next Using the default installation path c SiLabs MCU CP210x or specify your own path by click Change Click Next Then click Install...

Page 33: ...USB cable to the USB port on your PC plug the other end of the USB cable to hand controller Turn on the power on the mount 4 Install the Hardware The computer will find a new hardware and show the fo...

Page 34: ...r specific location and click Next Select Search for the best driver in these locations and check Include this location in the search Click on Browse and select the cp210x driver from directory c SiLa...

Page 35: ...Next The computer will start to install the driver for the USB2COM When the installation is done click Finish If the computer shows find a new hardware screen again just repeat the steps in this secti...

Page 36: ...computer communication with the mount via ASCOM platform and planetarium software applications However you need to find assigned COM port number for the USB connection To do so right click My Compute...

Page 37: ...37 Double click on Ports COM LPT Find the COM number and write it down in the following figure it is COM4...

Page 38: ...ix E Firmware Upgrade 1 Download and install Firmware Downloader from iOptron Website 2 Double click and open iOptron Downloader On the interface select appropriate port using pull down menu in this c...

Page 39: ...Then click Open Select Main Program in Update Type Click Start Download It shows Please reset GOTONOVA GOTOSTAR waiting for connection On the hand controller press MENU and using scroll to select Set...

Page 40: ...he correct COM port number for CP210x 2 Screen is now blank Wrong bin file make sure you have the correct bin file for firmware upgrade 3 Wrong downloader you should use iOptron Downloader instead of...

Page 41: ...d from http ascom standards org 4 iOptron ASCOM drive download it from iOptron website http www ioptron com Files File iOptronAscomSetupV1 02 rar and 5 Planetarium software Some company integrated iOp...

Page 42: ...offset from Greenwich mean time The offset can be entered in signed format 12 to 12 hours Command Sg sDDD MM SS Response 1 Set the current longitude The east is positive while the west is negtive Comm...

Page 43: ...Get the current Altitude Command GZ Response sDD MM SS Get the current Azimuth Command GC Response MM DD YY Get the current calendar day Telescope Motion Command MS Response 0 if command accepted 1Obj...

Page 44: ...RC3 Set moving speed by N S E W Keys to 512x Command pS Response East or West This command returns the side of the pier on which the telescope is currently positioned Position Command CM Response Coor...

Page 45: ...en the focus adjustment will be slow If the FF command has been issued then the adjustment will be fast If neither FF nor FS is specified the power up default of FS is assumed Command F1 F2 F3 F4 Resp...

Page 46: ...ereal 3 0 4X of sidereal Command SE Response 0 1 This command gets the slewing status 1 in slewing 0 not in slewing Command GAM Response 0 1 2 This command gets the current mount type 0 Altitude Azimu...

Page 47: ...cted to abuse misuse mishandling or unauthorized repair Further product malfunction or deterioration due to normal wear is not covered by this warranty IOPTRON DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPL...

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