SKY-WATCHER EQ5 - SynScan Hand Control: Introduction; SynScan Initialization and Site Setup

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PART I : INTRODUCTION
PART II : INITIALIZATION
PART III : ALIGNMENT
PART IV : SYNSCAN MENU TREE
PART V : LOCATING OBJECTS
PART VI : CONFIGURE THE TELESCOPE MOUNT
CONTENT
1.1 Outline and Interface .......................................................................................... 4
1.2 Connecting to a Telescope Mount ...................................................................... 4
1.3 Slew the Mount with the Direction Keys .............................................................. 4
1.4 SynScan Hand control’s Operating Modes .................................................... 5
2.1 Setup Home Position of the Telescope Mount ..................................................... 7
2.2 Initialize the Hand Control .................................................................................. 7
3.1 Choosing an Alignment Method .........................................................................10
3.2 Aligning to Alignment Stars ...............................................................................10
3.3 Alignment Method for Equatorial Mounts ..........................................................10
3.4 Alt-Azimuth Mounts using Brightest Star Alignment Method ............................11
3.5 Alt-Azimuth Mounts using 2-Star Alignment Method ........................................12
3.6 Tips for Improving Alignment Accuracy .............................................................15
3.7 Comparison of Alignment Methods ....................................................................15
4.1 Menu Structure .................................................................................................. 17
4.2 Accessing Menus ..............................................................................................18
4.3 Short-cut Keys ....................................................................................................18
5.1 Locating Messier Objects ................................................................................. 19
5.2 Locating NGC and IC Objects .......................................................................... 20
5.3 Locating Planets and the Moon ........................................................................ 20
5.4 Locating Caldwell Objects ................................................................................ 20
5.5 Locating SAO Stars .......................................................................................... 21
5.6 Locating Named Stars, Double Stars, and Variable Stars ............................... 21
5.7 Deep Sky Tour ................................................................................................... 22
5.8 User-Dened Objects ........................................................................................ 22
6.1 Choosing Tracking Speed ...............................................................................24
6.2 Backlash Compensation ...................................................................................24
6.3 Setting the Slewing Limits ..............................................................................24
6.4 Enable/Disable Auxiliary Encoder ....................................................................25
6.5 Setting Autoguider Speed ................................................................................25
PART VII : CONFIGURE THE HAND CONTRL
7.1 Display, Keypad ................................................................................................. 26
7.2 Alignment Star Filter ........................................................................................... 26
7.3 Sorting Method of the Alignment Star List ......................................................... 26
7.4 Naming of Stars ................................................................................................ 26
Basic Operations
Intermediate Operations
PART VIII : AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS
PART IX : CONNECTING TO A COMPUTER
PART X : UPDATING FIRMWARE
PART XI : ADVANCED FUNCTIONS
PART XII : USING A SYNSCAN GPS MODULE
APPENDIX I : ELIMINATING CONE ERROR ...................................................... 41
APPENDIX II : SYNSCAN SELF-DIAGNOSIS ..................................................... 42
APPENDIX III : SCHEMATIC OF THE PORTS .................................................... 43
APPENDIX IV : SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................ 43
CONTENT
9.1 Working with Astronomical Applications .............................................................. 30
9.2 PC Direct Mode ..................................................................................................30
12.1 Initialization of the Hand control with a SynScan GPS Module .......................... 40
12.2 Checking GPS Information .................................................................................. 40
10.1 Hardware Requirements .................................................................................... 31
10.2 Preparation ........................................................................................................ 31
10.3 Updating Firmware ............................................................................................. 31
10.4 Trouble Shooting ............................................................................................... 32
8.1 Editing Date, Time, Coordinates, Time Zones, and Daylight Saving Time ......... 27
8.2 Re-aligning the Mount ........................................................................................ 27
8.3 Show Position ................................................................................................. 27
8.4 Show Time and Local Sidereal Time ............................................................ 27
8.5 Display Version Information ........................................................................... 27
8.6 Display Power Voltage ................................................................................... 28
8.7 Display Polaris Position .................................................................................. 28
8.8 Display Polar Alignment Error ........................................................................ 28
8.9 Changing Polar Scope Illumination Level ..................................................... 28
8.10 Identifying Objects ............................................................................................. 28
8.11 Synchronizing Encoders .................................................................................... 29
11.1 Parking Telescope .............................................................................................. 33
11.2 Pointing Accuracy Enhancement ........................................................................ 34
11.3 Polar Alignment without Polar Scope ............................................................... 35
11.4 Camera Control .................................................................................................. 36
11.5 Periodic Error Correction (PEC) for EQ Mount ..................................................... 38
11.6 Calibrating Auto-Home Offset ............................................................................ 39
Advanced Operations
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