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LACERTA MOTORFOCUS 

16 

2016 

Goto menu 

This menu contains often used functions and position settings.  
Press the 

Up

 (or 

Down

) button to scroll though the menu items in a circle, and 

finish by 

Esc

 
GoStartPos:

   

Movement to the stored position. After pressing 

Ent

 button ("

Set" 

is shown on 

the  display)  this  value  is  modifiable  by  the 

In/Out 

buttons. 

GoStartPos

  text 

becomes 

GotoPos.

  after  modification.  You  can  move  the  focuser  to  the 

selected  position  by  pressing  again 

Ent

  button.  If  you  would like  to  exit  from 

this  menu,  press 

Esc

  button.  When  the  focuser  is  under  movement,  the 

position  value  on  the  screen  becomes  „

Move

”.  The focuser  moves  dynamic. 

Long  voice  signal  indicates  when  the focuser reaches required  position, then 
the controller leaves the 

Goto  Select 

menu  automatically.  The focuser stops 

immediately when you push 

Esc 

button for 0,5 seconds! (Emergency stop)  

 
 

GoFilt0Pos: 

 

Movement to Clear filter (base filter) position. This menu always shows 
the initial (or modified) base position. The modified position is calculated 
by  filter  the wheel  position  and 

TempTrack 

corrections  if  it’s activated. 

This  is  the  default  filter  position  and  this  is  the  base  from  which  the 

Offset 

values  are  calculated.  This  way  filters  of  slightly  varying 

thickness  can  be  programmed.  e.g.  there  are  2  filter  using  Pos0,  3 
filters using  Pos1  and  1 filter  using Pos.2.  There  are  this base position 
and 3 user defined offset positions possible – 4 alltogether. 

           

 

Go Offset1, Go Offset2, Go Offset3:

 

Moves the focuser by this pre-set value, when changing the filter wheel 
manually. If this is the active Offset, the device exits from menu without 
movement. 

 

            

Save Pos.:

 

This  position  is  the  stored  value  for  the 

GoStartPos

  menu.  If 

StartSavedPos

  function  is  activated,  it  will  be  shown  as  the  wake  up 

position  after  turning  on  the  device.  It’s  also  possible  to  modify  the 
stored  value  by 

In/Out 

buttons.  Press 

Esc

  button  to  exit  without 

modification. 
 

SetOffset1,

  

SetOffset2,  SetOffset3

 

To  compensate  focus  deviations  with  different  filters,  you  can  set  an 
offset  of  +/-  50  steps  in  this menu.  If  you  push 

Esc 

or 

Ent

,

 

the device 

doesn’t  exit

 

from  whole 

GotoSelect 

menu  to  reach  other 

Offset 

settings faster.  

 

            

 

 
 

Содержание LACERTA MOTORFOCUS

Страница 1: ...ery much for choosing our product The LACERTA MOTORFOCUS is an ASCOM compatible focusmotor controller with position feedback temperature and backlash compensation and exposure monitoring possibility I...

Страница 2: ...austria at index php produkt MotorFocusLA Connection details Connections on the hand controller 12V DC socket 5 5 2 1mm center positive _ Off On switch _ USB B mini _ RJ45 Connections on the motor un...

Страница 3: ...shows a wealth of status informations like position of your focuser temperature direction of movements backlash compensation filter slot and so on You may enter the menu by pressing Esc and Ent at th...

Страница 4: ...ser CD from our website given above and extract the zip file to a folder Connect LACERTA MOTORFOCUS to PC and power supply using accessory cables Turn on the device The Operating System recognizes the...

Страница 5: ...LACERTA MOTORFOCUS 5 2016...

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Страница 8: ...e ASCOM driver The required setup exe is in the virtual user CD at x86 32bit OS or x64 64bit OS subfolder of ASCOM_driver folder ASCOM 6 1 platform is needed If it s not installed you can download it...

Страница 9: ...LACERTA MOTORFOCUS 9 2016...

Страница 10: ...acoustic signal and flashing of device display indicate that the connection is created A character shows in the MOTORFOCUS display that the ASCOM connection is available For device parameters press t...

Страница 11: ...after you can hear the acoustic signal and you can read Buttons released on the display After some seconds you can hear the signal again and the display reads Programming mode Now start the Updater pr...

Страница 12: ...tatus When the uploading is in progress the display of the Hand Controller is dark and the LED light of the serial communication is flashing Red flashing is the sign of back reading When the process i...

Страница 13: ...s some important Informations 1 1 step button pressing active or if the user stepping number is active A ASCOM connection is active or _ if inactive B Backlash compensation is active or _ if inactive...

Страница 14: ...1 4 Go Offset2 5 Go Offset3 6 Save Pos Save the current position to the GoStartPos function After Ent Set displayed change value with In Out press Ent button first to confirm and once more and the mot...

Страница 15: ...0 If the motor reaches the position limits an error message will be shown on the display with sounding a signal Use the In and Out buttons for scrolling up and down the menus and for changing values I...

Страница 16: ...on The modified position is calculated by filter the wheel position and TempTrack corrections if it s activated This is the default filter position and this is the base from which the Offset values ar...

Страница 17: ...ny position e g Pos 1000 Reset dial indicator and Backlash value Activate single stepping mode than move focuser further in the same direction e g Pos 1050 After that move back the focuser until the d...

Страница 18: ...tly No compensation to Out direction To In direction the formula of the compensation is the following In Step Backlash BacklMultp Out Backlash BacklMultp In this case the final movement direction is o...

Страница 19: ...atically This function is inactive after swiching on the device but it has function button Ent to reach faster this function Do not forget to set enough time between exposures for temperature compensa...

Страница 20: ...he handbox are functionable Operations of different softwares are different E g the AA4 APT FocusMax and MaximDL refresh position data every second so the position adjustment on LACERTA MOTORFOCUS the...

Страница 21: ...fsets Mostly the filtersets aren t quite precisely homofocal but near together so you can build groups which are referred to the 4 availabe positions Mostly the Lumi filter will be convenient to serve...

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