Manual Control
Go to the Main Menu and tap on Manual Control. This will bring up
the manual control arrows on either side of an angle given in degrees,
minutes and seconds. Tap or touch and hold the arrow symbols to
nudge or continuously move SAM to the left or right, respectively.
Release the arrow symbol to stop SAM's movement. The angle you
have rotated through will show up between the arrows.
Manual Control gives you the ability to nudge your camera, but
without touching it directly - a handy feature when you need to
tweak your composition to get that perfect shot without bumping
your gear out of alignment.
You can also use it to determine the Swing Range for your time-lapse
video compositions. For instance, say you have two points of interest
and want your video to swing from one to the other. Aim your camera
at the first point, then Zero the counter. Now, tap and hold the arrow
keys until your camera is pointing at your second point of interest.
Record the angle that is showing between the arrows and enter it
as your
Swing Range
parameter when you are ready to create you
time-lapse video.
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Tap on
Settings
on the home screen to set a variety of device functions as
detailed below.
Language:
Choose the default language for the Star Adventurer mini
Console.
Night Mode:
Tap and choose
On
or
Auta
to get a black background with
red text. This mode is designed to help preserve your dark adaptation.
Note: if there are any visual astronomers in your vicinity you should set the
app to
On
as a courtesy to them.
Location:
Tap to get a sub menu that gives you the option to use the
location sensor in your device to set your current longitude and latitude. If
disabled you can enter the coordinates manually.
Location determines the hemisphere you are in and sets the correct
rotation direction for
Astrophotogrophy
and
Astra Time-Lapse
functions.
It is also used to display the position of Polaris and Octans on the Polar
Scope reticule.
Finder LED Auto-Off:
After the selected delay the Polar View Finder LED
will automatically turn off. To turn on the LED just quickly press SAM's on/
off button, or set the LED to on using the Star Adventurer mini Console.
WiFi Auto-Off:
Tap to choose a delay to automatically turn of WiFi to
preserve power. WiFi will turn off when no WiFi activity is detected during
the Auto-Off interval. You can turn it back on by quickly pressing and
releasing SAM's power button. Note: WiFi is not needed once parameters
for a given task have been set.
Auto Shut Down:
To save power SAM will automatically turn off after the
specified amount of time if no tasks are running and there have been no
communications between SAM and the control app.
Auto-Run Task:
If enabled, SAM will automatically re-start the previous
photography process when next time the power is turned on.
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