On/Off Switch; Northern/Southern Switch; Dec Motor Output; Eleckic Focuser Output - Meade 8" LX100 Series Instruction Manual

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b.
POWER I}IDICATOR
The red Power tndicator light is
illuminated anytime
the
oN/oFF
switch is in the oN position, and
indicates
that power is being supptied to
the
telescope.
c. ON/OFF
SWITCH
This
switch
turns on and off the power to the telescope.
d.
NORTHERN/SOUTHERN
SWTCH
The
Northern/Southern (N-S)
switch supplied on
Meade
LX1O0 Schmidt-Cassegrains
allows
operation of the
telescope anywhere in the world. Moving the switch
to the Southern (S) posiiion reverses the
telescope's
tracking direction. Note:
once set,
unless the telescope
is
operated in a
different hemisphere, this
switch
need never
be
used again.
Note: The N'S switch must be set
to
the correct position before turning the ON/OFF switch to
the ON position. Moving the Norlhernrsouthern switch after the telesiope is turned on wiil
result in incorrect tracking.
e. DEC MOTOR OUTPUT
The 'Declination Motor" socket
is
used for the optional #39S Declination motor assembly.
The
hand-held
Electronic Command Center
is
required
for use of the
Declination motor and will
operate the
Declination
Motor at the
2X guide correcting
speed
and the
32X
image scanning speed.
f.
ELECTRIC FOCUSER
OUTPUT
The optional Meade #1206 Electric Focuser may also be
ptugged
direc{y into the Lx10o power panel
by
using the Electric
Focuser
jack. The Eleclronic Command Center may now be used to control the
Electric
Focuser to
achieve
very
precise
focusing
of the telescope.
g.
ILLUMI}{ATED
RETTCLE
OUTPUT
The optional llluminated Beticle can be
plu_gggd dkectly into the
Lxloo
power panet
reticte
jack,
eliminating
the need for a separate battery box. The
Reticle Adjust Knob (located on the Electronic Command Centeii
controls the brightness
of the
reticle.
h. ELECTRONIC COMMAND CENTER SOCKET
The Electronic Command Center Socket results in the'plug-in'capabitity of the LX100. By simply
plugging
the Electronic command center into the socket, the full range of Lx10d features are made availabte]-seb
below for description of
the
Electronic Command Center featuies.
i.
POWER INPUT SOCKET
Each LX100 includes power cords for two different methods of powering the telescope:
Direcly
from
auto
cigarette lighter plugs and directly from
115
v.AC home outlets. Both
oithese powei cords plugs into
the
Power lnput
socket to supply power to the telescope.
i. ccD
AUTOGUTDER
SOCKET
This
socket
directly accepts the output from popular CCD
autoguiders.
Simply ptug in the
output cable from
the autoguider, and the telescope's tracking
motion
can be conlrolled by
thb bbD-autoguider
automa1calry.
Note: While not absolutely necessary, the optional #39S Declination Motor is very het[tul when using
this
feature.