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  • Page 1 Instruction Manual for Wireless Unit...

  • Page 2: Preface

    Preface Thank you for purchasing the Vixen Wireless Unit. The Wireless Unit is to radio-control a Vixen SX series equatorial mount, AXJ equatorial mount and AXD2 via your Smartphone or Tablet PC (hereafter Smart- phone). Use this manual in conjunction with the manual provided for your equipment.

  • Page 3: Safety Precautions

    This could damage the product and result in electric shock or may lead to injury. Take care to avoid dropping the product, as it may cause a failure. Vixen accepts no liability for damages to the camera and other equipment by contact with the product in use.

  • Page 4: Handling And Storage

    Handling and Storage Han dlin g and Storage Do not leave the product inside a car in the scorching sun, or in f r ont of any D o n ot leave t he pr o duc t ins i de a c ar in t he s c or c hin g sun, or in heated s our c es, par t i cularly radiator s of high temperature.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    II. Setting up the Telescope ............8 III. Connecting the Wireless Unit ..........9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 IV.

  • Page 6: Before Use

    Before Use Checking the Package Contents A package of the Wireless Unit contains the items below. Check if all the items are included. For usage of other products that are in conjunction with this unit, please refer to the manuals for those products.

  • Page 7: Start Procedure

    At tach the wireles s unit to the equatorial III. Attaching the P9 - P10 mount. Wireless Unit Connect between the wireless unit and IV. Wireless Connec- the smartphone with a radio connection. tion between the P10 - P12 To connect, refer to the instructions pro- Smartphone and vided for the smartphone.

  • Page 8: Installing The App

    The free download STAR BOOK Wireless app is available for iPhone and Android. Visit our website at https:// vixen.co.jp iOS® and App Store® are trademark of Apple Inc. Google Play and its logo are trademark of Google LLC.

  • Page 9: Connecting The Wireless Unit

    III. Connecting the Wireless Unit (2) Attach the Wireless Unit to the controller cable port on the equatorial mount. Plug the Wireless Unit so that the orientation of the connection can be matched to each other. Plug it to the end securely. At this stage, do not plug the power cord into the power port on the equatorial mount.

  • Page 10: Wi-Fi Connection Between Smartphone And Wirless Unit

    III. Connecting the Wireless Unit Use with the AXJ, AXD2, or AXD equatorial mount When you attach the Wireless Unit onto the AXJ, AXD2, or AXD mount, take care not to hit the Wireless Unit by the coun- terweight. (The counterweight bar rotates...
  • Page 11 (2) Open the screen of the wireless LAN connection on the smartphone and choose SSID. Tap the Vixen Wireless Unit XXXX (XXXX are arbitrary numbers) on the screen. (3) Tapping the SSID will pro- ceed to the screen of enter- ing a password.

  • Page 12: Starting Up The App

    IV. Wi-Fi Connection between Smartphone and Wirless Unit (4) When the connection is completed successfully, the wireless indicator on the Wireless Unit will turn to blue light. If the light remains in red, your connection is failed. Start the proce- dure from (2) again.
  • Page 13 V. Starting up the App Basic Operation 1 / Menus on the Screen (1) Wireless Unit Components Guide Connector to mount This is a D-sub 9pin male con- nector for connecting the unit to the controller cable port on a mount.
  • Page 14 You operate the telescope readily by tapping and swiping the screen with a finger. Note: The display and layout of the icons/menus shown are as of the time when Vixen produced this manual. It may change according to the update of the app. The contents may differ depending on the version you use.
  • Page 15 V. Starting up the App Setup Icon Tapping this icon will call up the menus to de- termine or change various settings, such as the mode of the star chart displayed, the direction of scrolling/swiping the star chart, SSID/password, and so on. Align It shows the number of objects acquired for alignment.
  • Page 16 V. Starting up the App Basic Operation 2 / Moving the telescope In the SCOPE MODE, swiping the star chart will move the telescope in the same direction according to the orientation of the star chart. You can zoom in and out the star map on the screen with the zoom slider bar.
  • Page 17 V. Starting up the App Basic Operation 3 / Go-To Slewing The celestial go-to navigation system stores the coordinates of vast numbers of ce- lestial objects as the database and it allows you to find your desired celestial object of interest automatically. The moon and bright planets are found readily in the night sky as you can locate their positions with ease.

  • Page 18: Guidance Fo Go-To Operation

    Guidance to Go-To Operation Point the mount toward the north celestial pole in the nor thern hemisphere (the south I. Locating the in the southern hemisphere) so that the R. A. Mount axis on the mount is parallel with the axis of the celestial sphere in your observing location.

  • Page 19: Locating The Mount

    I. Locating the Mount After setting up the telescope, locate the mount so that its RA axis points toward the north celestial pole if you use the telescope in the northern hemisphere. Unless you intend to take lengthy astrophotography, you do not need to align the R.A. axis precisely to the celestial pole.

  • Page 20: Setting Home Position

    II. Setting Home Position Loosen the R.A. and DEC clamp levers on the mount and position the telescope’s optical tube by hand so that it points toward the west and is level. It is possible to slew the telescope utilizing the STAR BOOK Wireless app on a smartphone. The STAR BOOK Wireless app works to match the position at which the telescope points with the celestial coordinates memorized in the app based on information on the location, date, and time saved by the smartphone.

  • Page 21: Alignment

    III. Alignment The alignment is to match the information on the position acquired from the celestial coordinates with the location of stars you see actually on a one-on-one basis. As the first alignment obtained from the home position is not so much accurate, the automatic go-to slewing may not work precisely.
  • Page 22 III. Alignment As you tapped on Next Use Last Mount Setting, the Solar Warning notice would appear on the screen. Confirm and choose on the screen to proceed to the star chart with the SCOPE mode. The star chart where the circles at the center of the screen are direct- ed due west is displayed.
  • Page 23 III. Alignment (2) The Types of Objects list appears on the screen, list choose an object and you use for the acquisition of alignment. Selecting a fixed star is recommendable as the accuracy for the alignment becomes better than other celestial objects. The Fixed Star is chosen in the menu by way of example here.
  • Page 24 III. Alignment (4) The dialog box appears to confirm if you are ready to slew the telescope to Altair. Then, tap on to start the automatic slewing. The telescope starts moving toward the target. Coordinates R.A. and DEC of Altair are displayed on the bottom of the screen.
  • Page 25 III. Alignment (5)-1 The motion of the telescope links with the motion of a swipe on the screen’s star chart. While looking through the telescope, bring Altair into the center of the field of view. Magnifying the star chart with the zoom slider will slow the motion of the telescope and thus allows you to make fine adjustments for corrections.

  • Page 26: Go-To Slewing

    III. Alignment (5)-3 After you enter Altair into the center of the field of Align X view, tap (X is an arbi- trary number) on the screen. The dialog box appears and confirms the alignment with Altair. Choose by tapping it.

  • Page 27: Application

    OK. The firmware update starts. (It may take about 5 minutes at the most to finish although it depends on connection environments.) It is advisable to put the Wireless Unit adjacent to the smartphone during the update. Do not turn OFF the power of the mount Wireless Unit-connected.

  • Page 28: Reset

    The Wireless Unit will be in the initial state and complete the reset. If you used the Wireless Unit in the initial state without changing the password, the...

  • Page 29: Specifications

    Specifications Type Wireless connection equatorial mount controller unit Applicable Mount SX2, SXD2-PFL, SXP, SXP-PFL, SXP2, AXJ (Non AXJ encoders), AXD, AXD2 32bit CISC Processor 120MHz Connector to Mount D-SUB 9PIN male Autoguider Port 6-pole 6-wired modular jack (for external autoguider) Wi-Fi With dedicated application software and use a Smart- phone as a user interface.
  • Page 32 European Distributor: Service for Great Britain & Ireland: Bresser GmbH Telephone: +44 1342 837 098 Gutenbergstr. 2, 46414 Rhede E-Mail : service@bresseruk.com Germany www.bresseruk.com...

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