Paramount GEM User Guide
108 | P a g e
The Paramount must be turned on before the operating system will recognize the USB
port on the Electronics Box.
2. From TheSky Professional, choose the Telescope Setup command from the Telescope menu.
3. On the Imaging System Setup window, Imaging System list, highlight Mount.
4. Click the Mount Setup pop-up menu, then the Choose command.
5. Expand Software Bisque, select Paramount ME Series 6, Paramount MX Series 6 or Paramount MYT
Series 6 and click OK.
6. On the Mount Setup pop-up menu, click Settings.
7. Choose the Port or Device Name (macOS) with the Software Bisque MKS 6000 description and click OK.
8. Click the Connect command from the Telescope menu and then click the Close button on the Imaging
System Setup window.
9. The Telescope window’s Status text shows the current state of the mount, which is Not Homed for mounts
with motor-based encoders. In this case, click Startup, Find Home to start the homing process. If your
mount has absolute encoders, the mount does not need to be homed.
Getting Started with TheSky Professional
If you are not familiar with TheSky Professional’s basic telescope controls, please refer to TheSky Professional User
Guide for details about basic mount control features, including:
Add a TPoint pointing sample
Telescope window, Add Pointing Sample button.
Centering the telescope cross hairs
Telescope window, Center Cross Hairs button.
Telescope window, Shut Down pop-up menu, Clear Park
Position command.
Connect or disconnect the mount
Telescope menu, Connect, Disconnect commands from the.
Finding home (motor-based encoders,
only)
Telescope window, Start Up pop-up menu, Find Home
command, or double tap the joystick (page 68).
Telescope window, Status text.
Moving or jogging the mount
Telescope window, Move and Jog controls
Telescope window, Shut Down pop-up menu, Park
command.
Setting the park position
Telescope window, Shut Down pop-up menu, Set Park
Position command.
To Next Page
Loading...