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The letters (a) to (l) show the display sequence of the GPS Information when you
press the scroll keys.
a. Shows the latitude of the current site.
b. Shows the longitude of the current site.
c. Shows the current date.
d. Shows the current universal time (UT)
e. Shows the current local time (LT)
f. Shows the time zone, which is retrieved from the user-entered data.
g. Shows the current local sidereal time (LST).
h. Shows the altitude of the current site in meters.
i. Shows the received GPS signal quality.
There are 4 levels of GPS signal quality, which are “No fix”, “2D”, “3D” and
“3D+DGPS”. The most accurate signal quality is “3D+DGPS”, “3D” is the
second best signal quality, and “2D” is the lowest useable signal quality.
“No fix” means that the GPS is currently attempting to fix on a signal, or
cannot acquire the signal.
j. Shows the number of GPS satellites which are in the visible sight of the
OGPS.
k. Shows the number of GPS satellites which are currently fixed upon by
the OGPS.
l. Shows the magnetic variation (in degrees) of the current observing site.
To leave the “GPS Information” submenu press ESC. The other functions and
operations of the hand controller are unchanged, and are the same as described
in the SynScan Instruction Manual.
