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PART VIII : AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS
8.11 Synchronizing Encoders
If the mount loses the correct position of any of its two axes (for example, the axis is manually
moved), the pointing accuracy will be poor when the SynScan hand control tries to locate an
object.
Providing the base of the mount is not moved, users can recover the pointing accuracy with
the “
Synchronize Encoder
” operation:
1.
Access the menu “
Setup \ Sync. Encoder
” and press the
ENTER
key.
2.
Use the scroll keys to select an alignment star and press the
ENTER
key. The mount will
point the telescope towards the alignment star.
3.
After the mount has stopped, use the direction keys to center the alignment star in the
eyepiece, then press the
ENTER
key to confirm.
4.
The SynScan hand control will display “
Sync Encoder Completed
”. Press any key to exit.
6.
Press the
ENTER
key to select an identified object and then use the scroll keys to read
its
data, such as the J2000 celestial coordinates, magnitude (
MAG=
), rising time (
Rise:
), transit
time (
Transit:
), setting time (
Set:
), size (
Size=
) and associated constellation (
Constellation:
),
etc.
7.
Press the
ESC
key to exit.
