SKY-WATCHER SynScan - Part II: Initialization; Setup Home Position of the Telescope Mount; Initialize the Hand Control

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PART II : INITIALIZATION
• Tripod head is leveled.
• R.A. axis points towards the Northern Celestial Pole (in Northern Hemisphere) or the
Southern Celestial Pole (in Southern Hemisphere).
• Counterweight rod is at its lowest position.
• The telescope points towards the Northern Celestial Pole (in Northern Hemisphere) or
the Southern Celestial Pole (in Southern Hemisphere).
To operate the SynScan hand controller in “Full Feature” mode, no particular home position
is required.
To operate the SynScan hand controller in “Easy Tracking” mode, the mount should be
setup as close as possible to the following home position:
• Mount base is leveled.
• The telescope’s tube is leveled and points towards the true North (note: not magnetic
North).
Once the mount has been setup to the home position, a user can turn on the power to the
mount and start the initialization process on the SynScan hand controller. The following is the
steps:
1. Home Position of an Equatorial Mount:
2. Home Position of an Alt-azimuth Mount:
2.1 Setup Home Position of the Telescope Mount
2.2 Initialize the Hand Control
Before powering on the telescope mount, it should be setup to a particular home position. The
home position differs between an equatorial mount and an Alt-azimuth mount.
A SynScan hand controller with a rmware version 3.32 or later supports both an equato-
rial mount and an alt-azimuth mount. It is able to detect the model of the mount to which it
connects and select the appropriate operation mode accordingly.
For an equatorial/Alt-azimuth dual-mode mount, such as the AZ-EQ6 GT mount, the Syn-
Scan hand controller will request the user to choose the mount’s operating mode.
• The LCD screen will display “Operating Mode” in the rst line.
• Use the scrolling keys located at the bottom left and right of the keypad to choose be-
tween Equatorial mode (EQ Mode) and Alt-azimuth mode (AZ Mode).
• Press ENTER to conrm the selection.
1. Selecting the Operation Mode of the Mount
The hand controller will give a long beep and display the rmware version.
• Press ENTER to proceed to the next step. Press ESC to return to the previous step.
• Users can slew the mount with direction keys in this step.
2. Firmware Version Display