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Axis Parameters
Description
settings. Retrieving all the settings takes several seconds, so their values
are not updated in “real time”.
Home Required?
If set to 1, homing is required before slewing will occur (as with the
joystick, etc.).
Home Direction
Initial direction to slew when searching for the home position
“interruptor” (that is, the physical component on the gear that blocks
the optical path of the homing sensor to signal the homing position).
Home Sense
Specifies whether the control system is looking for line high versus line
low from the homing sensor.
Home Mode
1 = None, 2 = One sensor.
Home In-Out-In
Always set to 1.
Home Velocity High
This is the rate at which the homing process begins looking for the home
sensor.
Home Velocity Medium
After the first pass of the interruptor, the motor reverses direction and
searches at this rate.
Home Velocity Low
After the second pass of the interruptor, the motor searches at this rate.
Home from Joystick?
When set to 0, double-tapping the joystick button will not find the home
position. Set this value to 1 to allow homing with the joystick.
Absolute Home Sensor
Position
These values represent the coordinates of the home position based on
the mount's mechanical homing sensor location.
The Paramount ME, Paramount ME II, Paramount MX and Paramount
MX+’s home position is hour angle (HA) 2.0 and declination 0.0 in the
northern hemisphere and HA –2.0 and declination 0 when the mount is
configured for the southern hemisphere (see “Hemisphere Setup” on
page 148). These values cannot be changed.
Initialization Parameters
Focus Multiplier
A number between 1 and 100 that can be used to increase the mount’s
pulse focuser adjustment. The default value is 1.
Flip Hour Angle
See Flip Hour Angle on page 123 for a description of this parameter.
