Paramount ME User’s Guide
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Engaging the Worm ................................................................................................ 43
Attaching the Optical Tube Assembly to the Versa-Plate ............................................................. 44
Dovetail Use .................................................................................................................. 44
Attaching OTA Mounting Rings ..................................................................................... 44
Cable Channel ............................................................................................................... 44
Initial Polar Alignment ..................................................................................................................... 44
Altitude Adjustment ...................................................................................................... 45
Azimuth Adjustment ..................................................................................................... 45
Azimuth Tensioning Screws .................................................................................... 46
Additional Azimuth Adjustment.............................................................................. 46
Paramount ME Quick Polar Alignment Method ............................................................................. 47
Step-By-Step Procedure ................................................................................................ 47
Precise Polar Alignment .................................................................................................................. 49
Polar Alignment Using TPoint ........................................................................................ 49
Getting Started Using TPoint ......................................................................................... 49
Telescope Mapping and Polar Alignment Procedure ................................................ 50
Polar Alignment – The Drift Method ............................................................................... 51
Using a Calibrated Video Display ........................................................................... 52
Paramount ME Initialization ............................................................................................................ 52
Homing ......................................................................................................................... 53
Why is Maintaining Accurate Time Important? ....................................................... 53
Setting the Computer’s Clock ........................................................................................ 54
Parking the Paramount ME ........................................................................................... 54
Parking from TheSky6 Professional Edition ............................................................ 54
Defining the Park Position ............................................................................................. 55
Park Position Rules ................................................................................................ 55
Connecting the Electronics and Power ......................................................................................... 56
Through the Mount Cabling .......................................................................................... 56
Cabling Supplied with the Paramount ME .............................................................. 57
Cable-Conduit ........................................................................................................ 58
Removing the RA and Dec Side Panels .......................................................................... 58
Remove the Declination Box Panel ......................................................................... 60
Rotate the Declination Axis .................................................................................... 60
Add Additional Cabling ........................................................................................... 61
Assemble Mount ..................................................................................................... 61
Interface to TheSky6 Professional Edition .................................................................................... 61
More Settings Dialog Box .............................................................................................. 61
Mount Type ............................................................................................................ 62
Mount ID ................................................................................................................ 62
Maximum Speed ..................................................................................................... 62
Acceleration ............................................................................................................ 62
Non Sidereal Rate ................................................................................................... 62
Guider Speed.......................................................................................................... 63
Track Rate .............................................................................................................. 63
Home After Link ..................................................................................................... 63
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