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Quick start
This section describes how to get started using the mounting quickly.
It is described how to:
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Setup the mounting
•
Perform the first alignment
•
Perform the first GOTO's
Setting up the pier
1.
Unfold legs and place on ground.
Take the pier from the transport bag and place with the red handle upwards.
Remove the pier base from the pier tube lifting in the red handle.
Unfold the legs and place the pier base on the ground. The ground must be
approximately horizontal.
2.
Setup the pier tube
The pier is placed on the pier base. Position the slots above the legs.
Raise and extend the three tensio
n rods.
Tilt the pier tube a little and insert two of the hooks in the slots in the pier
tube.
Extend the third tension rod by turning the hook until it can be inserted into
the slot. If needed extend the other tension rods.
Now tighten the tension rods by turning the black cylindrical
han
dles. See to
that the tension rods are kept the same length (watch how much of the
thread that is visible on the hook).
