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3. Go2Nova
®
8408 Hand Controller
Figure 14. Go2Nova 8408 hand controller
The Go2Nova
®
8408 hand controller (HC) shown in Figure 14 is the standard controllers that used
for the SmartEQ
TM
mount. It has a 4 line, 21 character large LCD screen, function keys, direction keys and
number keys on the front; and a HBX port (6-pin) and a serial port (4-pin) at the bottom.
3.1. Key Description
• MENU Key: Press “MENU” to enter the Main Menu.
• BACK Key: Move back to the previous screen, or end/cancel current operation, such as slewing.
• ENTER Key: Confirm an input, go to the next menu, select a choice, or slew the telescope to a
selected object.
• Arrow (▲▼◄►) Keys: The arrow keys are used to control the movement of DEC and R.A. axes.
Press and hold ▲(DEC+),▼(DEC-) buttons to move a telescope along the DEC direction,
◄(R.A.+), ►(R.A.-) to move a telescope along the RA direction. They are also used to browse the
menu or move the cursor while in the menu. Holding an arrow key for a fast scrolling.
• Number Keys: Input numerical values. Also used to adjust slewing speeds (1: 1X; 2: 2X; 3: 8X; 4:
16X; 5: 64X; 6: 128X; 7: 256X; 8: 512X; 9: MAX)
• ? Key: Identify and display nearby bright stars or objects where the telescope points to.
• 0 Key: Stop the mount during GOTO. Also toggling between start and stop tracking.
• HBX (Handbox) port: connect the HC to the SmartEQ mount using a 6 pin 4 wire (6P4C) RJ11
plug.
• Serial port: connect the HC to a Computer via a RS232 to 4 pin 4 wire (4P4C) RJ-9 cable (iOptron
item# 8412
). The pin out of the serial port is shown in Figure 15.
HBX
Port
Serial
Port
RA+
RA-
DEC-
DEC+
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