Part I : Introduction; Outline And Interface; Connecting To A Telescope Mount; Slew The Mount With The Direction Keys - Orion SynScan V5 Hand Control Instruction Manual

1.1 Outline and Interface

A SynScan hand control and its interfaces are shown in
Fig. 1.1

1.2 Connecting to a Telescope Mount

Connect the 8-pin (RJ-45) "Mount" port of the hand control to the "Hand Control" port on a
Sky-Watcher mount using an appropriate cable. The table below lists the "Hand Control" ports
on different Sky-Watcher mounts.
Mount Model
EQ6 Pro
HEQ5 Pro, EQ5 Pro, EQ3 Pro,
AZ-EQ5 Pro, AZ-EQ6 Pro, EQ8
All Alt-azimuth mounts

1.3 Slew the Mount with the Direction Keys

In many situations, users need to slew the mount at different speeds with the direction keys.
Here are the guides for this operation:

PART I : INTRODUCTION

LCD Display Screen: It can display two lines of text with18 characters
per line. The contrast and the brightness of the red backlight are
adjustable.
ESC, MENU, ENTER
Buttons:
and scroll keys.
Mount Port: Connects to the "Hand Control" port on a Sky-Watcher
telescope mount. The hand control can get power from the mount via
this port.
Multi-Purpose Port: Connects to an external device such as a com-
puter, a GPS module, a camera, etc.
USB Port: Communicates with a PC via USB interface. Power the
SynScan hand control for updating firmware.
Hand control Port
8-pin RJ-45
Fig. 1.1
, direction, number/shortcut keys,
"Hand Control" Port on Mount
D-sub 9 Male
8-pin RJ-45
6-pin RJ-12
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