Other Features - KONUS DIGIMAX - 90 Instructions Manual

OTHER FEATURES

UTILITY FUNCTIONS
Utility Functions are useful tools that provide simple, one-step precesses to your
Skyscan Az.
SHOW POSITION: This displays the coordinates of the location where the telescope
is currently pointed.
SHOW INFORMATION: Under this submenu, you may check local time, local sideral
time, hardware, firmware and database version of the Skyscan hand control. If the
hand control is connected to the mount, this menu will also display the firmware of
motor control board.
PARK SCOPE: This moves the telescope to the Home position or parks the tele-
scope at the current previously stored parking position.
PAE: Pointing accuracy Enhancment function.
CLEAR PAE DATA: This allows you to clear all PAE data.
GPS: This allows you to obtain information from the Skyscan GPS receiver
SETUP FUNCTIONS:
The setup functions allow you to change any system variable or information regard-
ing location, time, date, and alignment configurations. To access the Setup Func-
tions, either press SETUP key on the key pad or scroll to SETUP under menu option
using the scroll keys. Below lists the different types of functions available to you, and
their purposes.
Date: Allows you to change the date entered at the initial setup.
Time: Allows you to change the current time.
Observing site: Allows you to change the current location.
Daylight Savings: Allows you to change the Daylight Savings option.
Alignment: Allows you to perform the star alignment.
Alignment Stars:
Auto select:
the star not suitable for star alignment.
Sort by:
and display them alphabetically or by their magnitude.
Backlash: This feature allows you to insert a value for each axis to
compensate for its backlash. For better pointing accuracy, it is important that
the backlash value is set to be equal or greater than the real amount of
backlash between the gears. The default setting of the backlash is 0 d 00' 00"
(0 degree, 0 arcmin. And 0 arcsec). Use the numeric keys to enter the desired
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when this option is chosen, the hand control will filter out
this allows the hand control to generate a list of alignment stars