SKY-WATCHER AZ GOTO Instruction Manual page 19

The SynScan AZ telescopes are designed to receive control commands sent from a computer
TM
via the RS-232 port and RS-232 cable. Once connected, the SynScan
most popular planetarium software program. The SynScan
personal computer at 9600 bits/sec, no parity and stop bit. All angles are communicated with 16
bit angle and communicated using ASCII hexadecimal.
Description
Echo Kx
Goto Azm-Alt B12AB, 4000
Goto Ra-Dec R34B, 12CE
Get Azm-Alt Z
Get RA-Dec E
Cancel Goto M
Is Goto in Progress L
Is Alignment Complete J
HC version V
Stop/Start Tracking Tx
x= 0 (Tracking off)
x= 1 (Alt-Az on)
x= 2 (EQ-N)
x= 3 (EQ-S)
32-bit goto RA-Dec r34AB0500,12CE0500
32-bit get RA-Dec e
32-bit goto Azm-Alt b34AB0500,12CE0500
32-bit get Azm-Alt z
PC Command ASCII
X#
#
#
12AB, 4000#
34AB, 12CE#
#
0# or 1#
0# or 1#
22
#
#
34AB0500,
12CE0500#
#
34AB0500,
12CE0500#
I
AZ can be controlled by
TM
AZ will communicate with the
TM
Hand Control
Response
Useful to check
communication
10 characters sent.
B=Command, 12AB=Azm,
comma, 4000=Alt. If
command conflicts with slew
limits, there will be no action.
Scope must be aligned. If
command conflicts with slew
limits, there will be no action.
10 characters returned,
12AB=Azm, comma,
4000=Alt, #
Scope must be aligned.
0=No, 1=Yes: "0" is ASCII
character zero
0=No, 1=Yes
Two bytes representing V2.2
Alt-Az tracking requires
alignment
The last two characters will
always be zero.
The last two characters will
always be zero.
Notes