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IN 126 Rev. B 02/09

Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975

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inStruCtion Manual

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EQ-1M & EQ-2M

Single-Axis DC Motor Drive Systems

#7826, #7827

Summary of Contents for EQ-1M

Page 1: ...Consumer Optical Products Since 1975 Customer Support 800 676 1343 E mail support telescope com Corporate Offices 831 763 7000 89 Hangar Way Watsonville CA 95076 instruction Manual Orion EQ 1M EQ 2M Single Axis DC Motor Drive Systems 7826 7827 ...

Page 2: ...ive assembly see Figure 2 using the pro vided 2mm Allen wrench 3 Use the provided 4mm Allen wrench and remove the socket head bolt on the right side of the equatorial mount see Figure 1 4 Orient the motor drive so that the drive coupling slips over the right end of the R A worm gear shaft Now attach the motor to the mount by inserting the socket head bolt through the slot in the motor drive s brac...

Page 3: ...or to use the R A slow motion cable by rotating the clutch mechanism on the mount clockwise The clutch mechanism pushes the motor down and separates the motor gear from the circular gear Re engage the motor by rotating the clutch mechanism counter clockwise the spring will then pull the motor back up which causes the motor gear and the circular gear to mesh properly once again If the spring does n...

Page 4: ... the top buttons move the mount at 8x sidereal rate while the EQ 2M s top buttons move the mount at 4x sidereal rate The top two buttons are most useful for centering an object within the field of view of an eyepiece Note that whenever any of the four buttons on the hand control ler are pressed the LED in the center of the hand controller will shine red when the button is released the LED will shi...

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