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Calibrate mount. Current Right Ascension and Declination become the commanded Right
Ascension and Declination. This command synchronizes HC coordinate to commanded
coordinate. No GOTO needs to be done first.
Command: :Sr HH:MM:SS.S#
Response: “1”
Define the commanded Right Ascension, RA.
Command: :Sd sDD*MM:SS#
Response: “1”
Define the commanded Declination.
Miscellaneous
Command: :F+# :F-# :FF# :FS# :FQ#
Response: (none)
Advances (F+) or retracts (F-) focus adjust motor on the eyepiece. F+ or F- commands
commence adjustment and :FQ# stops it. If :FS# has been issued previously, then the
focus adjustment will be slow. If the :FF# command has been issued, then the
adjustment will be fast. If neither FF nor FS is specified, the power up default of FS is
assumed.
Command: :F1# :F2# :F3# :F4#
Response: (none)
Set the focus speed to 1.2,3,4, from slow to fast.
Command: :V#
Response: (current servo controller software RS232 command language
version number)
This command returns the current servo controller software RS232 command language
version.
Command: :Vs#
Response: (current servo controller software infomation)
This command returns the current servo controller software information.
Command: :STR0#,:STR1#,:STR2#
Response: ‘1’
This command sets the track rate.
0 - sidereal
1- solar
2- lunar
Command: :GTR#
Response: ‘0’,’1’,’2’
This command gets the current tracking rate.
