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Application example: ESATTO with Ritchey-Chretien telescopes 

ESATTO is the perfect focuser for Ritchey-Chretien telescopes, that are great instruments for deep-sky astrophotography 
at medium-long focal length.

 

Ritchey-Chretien telescopes were, just a few years ago, very expensive but now, especially 

the models produced by GSO, are

 

very affordable and allow any amateur astronomer to own and use a

 

Ritchey-Chretien 

telescope. Unfortunately these telescopes comes standard with a focuser that has not the load capacity requested for the 
heavy cameras and accessories commonly used in deep-sky astrophotography: let's see how you can use ESATTO

 

as a 

new and better focuser

 

for Ritchey-Chretien. 

 

 

 

The right adapter to use ESATTO as focuser for

 

Ritchey-Chretien 

Ritchey-Chretien telescopes produced by GSO have

 

2 different threads in the rear part of the telescope and that you can 

find by removing the original focuser. A

 

90mm

 

male thread on 6" and 8" models or

 

a

 

117mm

 

thread on larger 10", 12", 14" 

and 16" models.

 

In order to use ESATTO as

 

focuser for Ritchey-Chretien, we designed

 

2 adapters: the

 

PL3600235 adapter 

allows you to use the ESATTO 2" on GSO

 

Ritchey-Chretiens 6" and 8". The

 

PL3600236 adapter allows you

 

to use the 

ESATTO 3" on GSO

 

Ritchey-Chretiens 10", 12", 14" and 16”. 

ESATTO as focuser for Ritchey-Chretien telescopes: to the left the 90mm thread that you can find on GSO 6" or 8" Ritchey-Chre-

tien telescopes. To the right, the 117mm thread that you can find on GSO 10", 12", 14" or 16" Ritchey-Chretien telescopes. 

 

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Summary of Contents for ESATTO 2

Page 1: ...r any matters relating to the use service and warranty please refer to the addresses given in the relevant documents PrimaLuceLab i Srl Vi a Roveredo 20 B 33170 Pordenone www primalucelab com ESATTO r...

Page 2: ...ntrolling ESATTO with Virtual HandPad 14 Controlling ESATTO with ASCOM drivers and third party softwares 19 Updating ESATTO firmware 23 Application example ESATTO with Schmidt Cassegrain and EdgeHD te...

Page 3: ...TTO robotic microfocuser 2mm Allen key 12v Power cable for cigarette plug USB C to USB cable ESATTO quick start guide p a g e 2 ARCO port Status LEDs Reset button Temperature probe port 12V power port...

Page 4: ...automatic detection of max in and max out positions Provided software Driver for Windows 64 bits compatible with Windows Vista 7 8 and 10 FOCUSER Manager for control with Windows 10 operative system...

Page 5: ...ally detected and Windows should automatically install the new driver To verify this this please go to Control Panel and then choose De vice Manager You should see the ESATTO listed under Ports COM LP...

Page 6: ...order to specify the location of the downloaded driver 5 Select the folder where you saved and expanded the ESATTO software package you downloaded from our website click Next and complete the installa...

Page 7: ...ill see a new COM port in this example COM16 which is the one used by your computer to communicate with ESATTO p a g e 6 NOTE If the driver is not correctly installed in your Windows operative system...

Page 8: ...ll its functions Double click on FocuserManager setup exe file to start installation Click OK to proceed Click the Next button to proceed installation Select the folder where you want to install FOCUS...

Page 9: ...ase click on Close button to finish Now you will find the FOCUSER Manager software installed in the specified destination folder on your EAGLE or Windows computer Double click on the FOCUSER Manager a...

Page 10: ...STEP label insert the number you wish and press the or buttons to move the focuser by the number you entered Press the or buttons to move the focuser by 10 times the number you entered You will see t...

Page 11: ...cally saved by the FOCUSER Manager software Calibration data is automatically stored in the ESATTO s memory so you should not need to repeat this step even when changing between computers p a g e 10 N...

Page 12: ...e a new position in the Virtual HandPad you first have to move the ESATTO focuser to the position where your telescope is in perfect focus you will need an optical accessory or a camera in order to do...

Page 13: ...you can set the intensity of the LED lights the travel mea surement units in mm or steps the temperature to be visualized in C Cel sius or F Fahrenheit and change the WiFi password to access and contr...

Page 14: ...change the password to connect to ESATTO with WiFi The default password is primalucelab and in order to change it please make a mouse left click on the primalucelab word and you will be able to chan g...

Page 15: ...the network name corresponds to your ESATTO serial number Select the ESATTOxxxxx network Using the keyboard virtual or physical of your device insert primalu celab as the default password or the passw...

Page 16: ...iSrl ESATTO user m anual To create a link directly to your device desktop simply press the share button and then Add to Home You can personalize the name or just leave ESATTO Press Add button to con f...

Page 17: ...he internal motor temperature Below you can find the slider and the but ton to move the ESATTO together with the step selector In the lower part you can find the 9 pro grammable buttons that allow you...

Page 18: ...ed In any moment if you need to immediately stop the movement press the STOP button in the upper part In order to save a new position in the ESATTO Virtual HandPad first of all you have to move the ES...

Page 19: ...will be able to set 1 LED dimming you can change the ESATTO LED lights intensity to the value you prefer LED status will be automatically stored in the ESATTO electronics 2 Calibration every ESATTO un...

Page 20: ...In the next window press the Install button to proceed with installation When the installation is completed press the Finish button p a g e 19 NOTE ASCOM is an open platform that allows an integratio...

Page 21: ...esoftware com Start Sequence Generator Pro and in the Equipment profiler select ASCOM Focuser Driver for ESATTO then click on the first icon to the right This will open a new window asking for the COM...

Page 22: ...TTO then click and click on the button to the right of the Focuser area This will open a new window asking for the COM port number Select the COM port related to ESATTO and press the OK button This wi...

Page 23: ...to the right of Focuser and select ASCOM Focuser Driver for ESATTO This will open a new window asking for the COM port number Select the COM port related to ESATTO and press the OK button This will st...

Page 24: ...e click on the UPDATE button to start the update procedure This will open a new window please select the ESATTO firmware file fw extension Then click on the Open button to start the update procedure A...

Page 25: ...version FW is correctly updated to the latest version After the firmware update procedure is completed you will have to calibrate the ESATTO unit Please press the CALIBRATION button and you will see a...

Page 26: ...SB connection from EAGLE or an external Windows computer or through the Virtual HandPad with WiFi connection from smartphone or tablet Mirror flop is the displacement of the primary mirror which tends...

Page 27: ...s the advantage of being universal while the M56 adapters with stop rings allow you to directly screw accessories or cameras to ESATTO draw tube and lock it at a perfect angle thanks to the stop ring...

Page 28: ...ce backfocus to the correct value For example the EdgeHD 9 25 11 and 14 require to position the sensor at 146mm from the rear thread with or without the focal reducer for the EdgeHD 8 this distance is...

Page 29: ...ly at 146mm distance from the reducer Note using the saved positions of the Virtual HandPad you can also save the ESATTO position that brings the sensor to the perfect backfocus distan ce and recall i...

Page 30: ...specially the one aimed at deep sky objects requests not only for specialized cameras usually with large sensors and with a cooling system but also for many accessories like large motorized filter whe...

Page 31: ...O robotic microfocuser PL3600230 adapter allows you to easily install ESATTO on the Skywatcher EVOSTAR 80 ED telescope Please note if your refractor telescope has a built in corrector field flattener...

Page 32: ...lescope by SkyWatcher EVOSTAR 80 ED or Orion 80 ED When you focus on stars SkyWatcher EVOSTAR 80 ED bring the sensor at 264mm distance from telescope tube For this telescope we can use the 2 version o...

Page 33: ...5 mm draw tube travel the ESATTO 2 has 15mm travel Since when you focus on the stars your sensor will be at 264mm from the telescope tube based on the different instruments that you use to make astrop...

Page 34: ...ATTO as a new and better focuser for Ritchey Chretien The right adapter to use ESATTO as focuser for Ritchey Chretien Ritchey Chretien telescopes produced by GSO have 2 different threads in the rear p...

Page 35: ...use ESATTO 2 you connect the PL3600235 adapter and finally the ESATTO 2 ESATTO as focuser for Ritchey Chretien telescopes ESATTO 2 installed on the GSO RC 8 ESATTO 3 on GSO Ritchey Chretien 10 12 14...

Page 36: ...by adding the 2 visual back you need the PL8410001 visual back if you want to connect the corrector to the ESATTO 2 or the PL8410002 visual back if you want to connect the corrector to the ESATTO 3 Pl...

Page 37: ...you will have a better focuser with a very high load capacity perfect also for heavy cameras and accessories for astrophotography with a built in motor and electronics for remote control by connectin...

Page 38: ...return it to the reseller upon the purchase of a new type of equivalent equipment one by one Properly differentiated collection for the subsequent start of dismantled equipment for recycling treatment...

Page 39: ...ar 4 THE GUARANTEE DOES NOT APPLY IN THE FOLLOWING CASES Repair by anyone not authorized by PrimaLuceLab Invasive interventions or tampering with internal and or external parts Missing of the invoice...

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