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I parked the mount last night, but it started moving again.
Please read “Parking and Power Considerations” under the Parking Your Telescope Section.
The Time/LST Screen doesn’t exit right away when I hit the menu button.
Please push and hold the menu button until you are brought back to the main menu. A quick push may not be recognized
right away in this menu due to the way the time software is handled.
The Keypad doesn’t save my data when I press the MENU button to leave the entry screen.
Due to the change in the way the cursor control works from Version 3.2 and lower, you MUST press the GoTo button to
save your data, i.e. location or date/time. Pressing the MENU button will exit the screen and loose any data you entered.
This change was made to accommodate the full cursor control enabled by pressing the <PREV and NEXT> buttons.
The GoTo button now acts like the ENTER or GO button on a computer or web browser and the Menu button acts like the
ESC or BACK button on a computer or web browser.
The Keypad will not accept my location data I received from my GPS or a Website.
Many websites and GPS units return your location in a decimal number of Lat and Long
i.e. 42.3589 Latitude 89.0409 Longitude
The Keypad’s input is in Degrees, Minutes, Seconds
i.e. 42° 21’ 32” Latitude 89° 02’ 27” Longitude
If you were to type the decimal data into your Keypad it would give you an error message. This happens because the
decimal number is not equivalent to the Degrees, Minutes, Seconds format. The 4.x Keypad has error checking that will
not allow more than 60 minutes or 60 seconds to be entered. It is possible to have inaccurate location data in your mount
if none of the minute or second values you entered were over 60.
Please double check your location data to make sure you entered it in the correct format.
Here is a link to a free online converter that will give you the proper format for entry into your Keypad.
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/DDDMMSS-decimal.html
It is also relatively easy to calculate the conversion. Using the example above:
1. Separate whole degrees from decimal portion: 42° + 0.3589° Lat. and 89° + 0.0409° Long.
2. Multiply the decimal portion times 60. This will give you the minutes:
3. 0.3589 x 60 = 21.534 Minutes Latitude – DO NOT round – use 21’
4. 0.0409 x 60 = 2.454 Minutes Longitude – DO NOT round – use 02’
5. Repeat the multiplication with the decimal portion of the minutes calculated in step 2. This will give the seconds:
6. 0.534 x 60 = 32.04 Seconds Latitude – round to 32”
7. 0.454 x 60 = 27.24 Seconds Longitude – round to 27”
8. Combine: Latitude: 42° + 21’ + 32” and Longitude: 89° + 02’ + 27”
The Mount will not park correctly, nor will it point properly, it also indicates that an object is below the
horizon when I can clearly see it is not.
This can occur if you did not enter your location, date and time data and follow the Normal Startup Procedure. Every time
you start up at a new location or change your time, you must follow the Normal Startup procedure to send vital date, time
and location data to your mount. Otherwise, it will be lost.
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