Paramount ME User’s Guide
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Power switch to turn the mount on and off.
Input port for a pulse focuser. This port is identical to the
Focus port on the Instrument Panel. (Page X24X.)
To control a pulse focuser from TheSky6 Professional
Edition, first plug the pulse focuser into this port (or the
identical port on the Instrument Panel), establish
communication with the Paramount ME, and then click
Telescope > Options > Focus Control.
Input for the autoguider. Plug the autoguider cable into this
port if your autoguiding camera has a separate control box
(for example, the SBIG ST-V or ST-6). This port is identical
to the Guider port on the Instrument Panel. Plug the
autoguider cable into the Guider port on the Instrument
Panel if your camera has a built-in autoguider (such as the
SBIG ST-7, ST-8, ST-9, etc.).
Note: If you use CCDSoft’s DirectGuide feature, no guider
cable is required. See the “XDirectGuide™X” heading for more
information. (Page X91)
This port is used to supply power from the base of the mount
to the port labeled Camera Power on the Instrument Panel.
Early model SBIG cameras used this type of plug for camera
power.
If you own a camera that uses this type of power connector,
then plug the camera’s power into the Camera Power port,
and use a short camera power cable to plug into the
Instrument Panel’s Camera Power plug and then to the CCD
Camera.
Newer model SBIG cameras use a different type of power
plug, so this port is not compatible with these cameras. See
page X56X for information about adding through-the-mount
cabling.
The Paramount ME’s speaker emits status sounds at
startup, when homing and during error conditions. See for
“XAudible FeedbackX” on page X35X for more information. There
is no volume control for the speaker; however, placing a
piece of tape over this hole will muffle the sound.
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