Paramount User Guide
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6.
Click the
Calibrate Joystick
button.
7.
Important!
Choose the
Save All Parameters
to the
Mount
command from the
Commands
pop-
up menu on the
Parameters
tab of the
Bisque TCS
window.
WiSky Configuration Settings
A Paramount with the MKS 5000 can be controlled with TheSkyX Professional Edition, or TheSky for iOS,
via Wi-Fi using the optional WiSky plug in module. WiSky can be purchased exclusively on the Software
Bisque Store here:
http://www.bisque.com/sc/shops/store/MK5KWiSky.aspx
. Setup by setup WiSky
installation and configuration instructions are available in the
WiSky Installation and Use
PDF document
here:
http://www.bisque.com/sc/media/p/96087.aspx
. An installation video is available here:
http://www.bisque.com/sc/media/p/95447.aspx
Logging Tab
The
Logging
tab shows debugging output for the mount’s control system that can be useful when using
the Bisque Telescope Control System for custom telescope mountings.
Using ProTrack™
ProTrack™ is
TPoint-specific
software technology that improves the Paramount’s tracking accuracy. Based
on your pointing calibration data, and the resulting pointing model, small corrections are periodically
made to the telescope’s position that actually compensate for mechanical tracking errors, such as tube
flexure and out of round gears as well as other systematic errors, such as atmospheric refraction. This
same tracking enhancement technology is used on many of the world’s largest telescopes, such as the 8-
meter Gemini telescopes.
ProTrack gives amateur astronomers the ability to take long unguided exposures (up to 20 minutes at 100-
inch focal length) with pinpoint stars.
Unguided exposures
of this duration at moderate to long focal
lengths, with pinpoint stars, are simply not possible without this type of software and hardware
integration.
ProTrack works best with a Super Model based on an extensive set of pointing calibration data set, and is
typically used in permanent installations. However, ProTrack can provide useful tracking corrections using
a smaller number of pointing samples, making it useful for semi-portable or mission critical portable
setups.
ProTrack Minimum Requirements
ProTrack requires the following minimum hardware and software.
1.
A Paramount MX+, Paramount MX, Paramount ME, Paramount ME II, or MKS Series Software
Bisque Telescope Control System (Bisque TCS).
2.
TheSkyX Professional Edition.
3.
TPoint Add On
.
