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● PEM display now automatically changes to PLAY after recording. Fixed condition that required you select PLAY
manually.
● The meridian delay is saved but automatically resets to ‘zero’ after the mount is restarted. This allows the
mount to know where it is when the session starts, but forces you to set up the meridian delay for each session to
prevent unintended consequences.
● Stars heading after selecting the star has been changed to ‘Objects:’ This change has been made due to the
addition of planets to these screens. Planets are obviously not stars.
● Re-Calibrate command. Fixed bug. The keypad now sends the proper re-calibrate command from the RA/DEC REV
menu.
● RA/Dec Readout. Fixed bug. N-S-E-W buttons will work correctly.
● Keypad Update Menu added. This new menu is found under the Keypad Options menu. It allows you to update the
keypad database without losing your personal settings. It is now possible to reset back to the factory default settings.
In prior versions, this was a one-part command that reset the keypad whenever the database was loaded (this was
only done at Astro-Physics, it was not available for internet download at the time). Now, there is a two-part menu that
allows you to maintain your personal settings when re-loading a database (this will be handy for future additions to the
object databases) or you can reset your settings back to the defaults without having to shut down your mount (handy if
you purchase a used mount and wish to remove prior settings in order to enter your own).
Version 4.07 – 02-16-04
● Re-designed menu system. Startup and setup displays have been re-designed for easier use and access. Other
displays are totally new. Please look through all of the menus to make note of the changes before you go out
observing.
● Full cursor control in all entry areas. The keypad’s cursor can be moved backwards and forwards with the <PREV
and NEXT> in all of the areas where data is entered. Great for xing any mistakes you make without having to start
from the beginning again. This feature will be especially handy for time and location settings. When you hit the last
column of entry data the cursor will move back to the start. You must press GoTo to save or to run your entry or
MENU to exit from the screen.
● All entry screens will only enter or save when GoTo is pressed. Also pressing MENU will exit you from any
screen with the entered data being lost. Adds built in conrmation of all entries.
● Saved variables. The keypad will now store the important user variables, tracking, slewing and guiding rates and
other settings, after it is shut down or unplugged.
● Four button (N-S-E-W) + Stop. Now available throughout the keypad, in all menus, object screens and most input
areas.
● Guide speed / button speed settings. Separate settings for external auto-guider operation and button speeds.
Auto-guider settings of 0.25x, 0.5x, 1x are now independent of the button speed settings.
● ± Button. Now permits auto-guide value to be changed on this menu as well.
● Start from Reference Park. This allows you to start the mount in the eld by placing the telescope in Park 1 position
for quick daytime polar alignment.
● External auto connect. Now you can start the servo from an external computer and send time, date and location
from that source at startup without having to unplug the keypad each time. This insures that the keypad, mount and
computer will all be synchronized with each other automatically. The keypad will go directly to the Main Menu as soon
as the external program initializes the mount. All values of time, date and location will be transferred to the keypad.
The keypad can then be used in the normal manner at any time.
● SmartGuide control. Adds variable speed capability to both axes. Designed to null out drift during unguided
exposures. Great for tracking slow-moving, non-sidereal objects such as lunar craters, comets and asteroids.
● Get time and location from mount. You can now ask the mount for the time and location and set that value to
the keypad. This value could be sent to the mount via your external computer program. This allows the mount, the
keypad and external computer to all be in sync.
● 9 Locations. Longitude, Latitude and time zone now can be set to 9 different places. We suggest noting them on a
piece of paper on the back of your keypad so that you can keep track of them all.
● Altitude/Azimuth display. Added to real-time R.A./Dec. display. Alt/Az values change as mount is moved in R.A./
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