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8.
Once the cable has been passed all the way through the mount, make an 8-inch loop in the cable
and carefully tuck this loop inside the outer shaft of the declination assembly to allow the
declination axis to rotate completely without any interference from the cable itself (see Figure 9).
Rotating the declination axis from hard stop to hard stop more or less does the work for you, but
allowing additional slack in the cable is recommended.
Note that this procedure can be performed with a telescope in place.
Routing Cables through the Paramount M
Y
T
Figure 12: Paramount M
Y
T cross section showing path of cable through the mount.
Compared to the both the Paramount MX, Paramount MX+, and Paramount ME II, routing custom cables
through the Paramount MyT is an even more relatively straightforward procedure.
1.
Remove the two Right Ascension Rear Cover (Figure 23) mounting screws and the cover.
