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Park Position: A default position when the mount is turned on,
i.e.
, the telescope is
point to zenith (altitude is 90º) and the mount is facing south (azimuth is 180º);
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An object name, such as “Mercury” or “Andromeda Galaxy”: Name of the Star or
celestial object currently that is currently slewing, gotoing or tracking;
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LandMark #: The telescope is working at Land Objects mode and the telescope does
not track;
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User Position: The mount has been manually slewed to an object; or an R.A and
DEC value of an object was manually entered; or a goto or tracking process has
been interrupted.
2. Mount Status: display current status of the mount. When the mount is turned on.
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Stop (Mount Status): the telescope is at a standby position;
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Slew (Mount Status): the telescope is manually slewing to the target;
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Goto (Mount Status): the telescope is going to the target;
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Track (Mount Status): the telescope is tracking a target;
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Align (Mount Status): the telescope is in align mode;
3. R: Right Ascension of the telescope, or R.A.
4. D: Declination of the telescope, or DEC.
5. A: Altitude of the telescope (zenith is 90º).
6. Z: Azimuth of the telescope (north is 0º, east 90º, south 180º, and west 270º).
7. Local Date and Time: display local time in a format of YY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.
8. Slew speed: It has 5 speeds: 2X, 8X, 64X, 256X (1º/sec), MAX (~ 4º/sec). Press SPEED key
to change it.
