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LACERTA MOTORFOCUS 

19 

2016 

position  is  at  558  position  at  15,5°C.  Calculate  the  compensation  value  with 
the following formula: ((18 steps / 2,7°C)*10°C= 66 steps / 10°C  

 

TempTrackDir: 

Direction  of  temperature  compensation,  to  prevent  the  activation  of  backlash 
compensation  in  a certain  direction  if  the temperature changing  is only  small 
and probably random: 

In 

Out 

All 

e.g. when temperatures are generally dropping during the night, a refractor will 
only  need   

In

  compensations,  and  any 

Out

  compensation  can  be  ignored.  

Select 

In

Activate temperature compensation with pressing 

Ent 

button for 1 sec (or with 

ASCOM

). In this case ’

T

’ character will be at the upper row of display.    

 
Comment: 

This  function  is  switchable  by 

ASCOM

  compatible  software! 

(MaximDL,  FocusMax)  If  the motor reaches the limit, the TempTrack function 
will  switch  off  automatically!  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 compensation!  

 

A  speciality  of

 

LACERTA  MOTORFOCUS

  is,  that  it  has  the  possibility  of 

exposure  monitoring

  when  using 

Lacerta  MGEN  autoguider

.  Plug  in  the 

camera cable from MGEN into the plug at the motor side, and plug in another 
camera  cable    to  go  to  your  camera.  The  motor  then  recognizes  the  shutter 
signal,  and  that  prevents  temperature  compensation  movements  while  an 
exposure is going on. Only at the end of the exposure, when the shutter signal 
is off,  the controller starts temperature compensation if it’s necessary. 
 

 

Handcontrol menu: 

 

 

 

StepsPerClick: 

Steps per pressing the In/Out buttons once. This value is adjustable between 2 
and 255. 

 

Backlight: 

Display brightness adjustment, from 1 to 10. 

 

BeepVolume: 

 

3 options for adjusting sound volume: 

 

 

Mute 

 

 

 

Silent

  

 

 

Loud

  

 

 

Contrast: 

Display contrast adjustment, from 1 to 10.  

 
 

StartSavedPos: 

yes or no 

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...

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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...

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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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