Orion SynScan V5 Hand Control - Outline and Interface Overview; Connecting to Telescope Mount; Slewing with Direction Keys

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PART I : INTRODUCTION

Multi-Purpose Port: Connects to an external device such as a com-

puter, a GPS module, a camera, etc.

LCD Display Screen: It can display two lines of text with18 characters

per line. The contrast and the brightness of the red backlight are

adjustable.

Buttons: ESC, MENU, ENTER, direction, number/shortcut keys,

and scroll keys.

A SynScan hand control and its interfaces are shown in Fig. 1.1

1.1 Outline and Interface

1.2 Connecting to a Telescope Mount

Fig. 1.1

Connect the 8-pin (RJ-45) “Mount” port of the hand control to the “Hand Control” port on a

Sky-Watcher mount using an appropriate cable. The table below lists the “Hand Control” ports

on different Sky-Watcher mounts.

Mount Model Hand control Port “Hand Control” Port on Mount

EQ6 Pro

8-pin RJ-45

D-sub 9 Male

HEQ5 Pro, EQ5 Pro, EQ3 Pro,

AZ-EQ5 Pro, AZ-EQ6 Pro, EQ8

8-pin RJ-45

All Alt-azimuth mounts 6-pin RJ-12

1.3 Slew the Mount with the Direction Keys

In many situations, users need to slew the mount at different speeds with the direction keys.

Here are the guides for this operation:

Mount Port: Connects to the “Hand Control” port on a Sky-Watcher

telescope mount. The hand control can get power from the mount via

this port.

USB Port: Communicates with a PC via USB interface. Power the

SynScan hand control for updating rmware.