Orion SynScan V5 Hand Control - Synchronizing Mount Encoders

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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 conrm.

4. The SynScan hand control will display “Sync Encoder Completed”. Press any key to exit.

6. Press the ENTER key to select an identied 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.