About The User Interface; Buttons And Leds; Main Conception Of The User Interface - Lacerta M-GEN User Manual

3 About the user interface

3.1 Buttons and LEDs

On the front panel of the HC there are 6 buttons and 6 so-called indicator LEDs next to
them. The buttons are for navigation and controlling of the device while the LEDs indicates
some action of it for visual checking.
These are the following:
o ESC
Functions: back,
Main function: exiting from the current screen.
blue LED indicator:
o SET
Functions:
Main function: activating the selected item on the screen.
green LED indicator:
o UP, DOWN (arrows)
Functions:
guiding.
Main function: navigation between the screen's items.
red LED indicators:
on the autoguider output).
o LEFT, RIGHT (arrows)
Functions:
moving the cursor (in editing
red LED indicators:
on the autoguider output).

3.2 Main conception of the User Interface

The display and controlling of the device is menu-based. By default there is always an
active screen, holding one selected item on it (for most of the screens). The selected item is
always shown inverse. (This is something like a cursor for the actual screen items.) The
selected item can be activated by pressing the SET button. Activating means entering to
editing mode (to change its value) or doing some function. By default You can change the
selected item (~"move the cursor") with UP and DOWN buttons and in some cases LEFT and
RIGHT could also be used.
This "screenshot" below shows the main menu with the "Exposure" item selected on it:
cancel or exit.
shutter focus
enter (into sub-menu), choose, set, activate,
shutter exposure
select prev./next item,
DEC axis correction line(s) active. (Shows what is physically
changing the value of the selected
mode),
RA axis correction line(s) active. (Shows what is physically
line active - feedback (default).
line active – feedback (default).
inc./dec. digit (in editing
item, (select prev./next
RA manual guiding.
14
start editing.
mode), DEC manual
item,)