Paramount Me Assembly And Setup; Approximate Altitude Adjustment; Before Making Any Altitude Adjustments; Altitude Divisions - Software Bisque Paramount ME User Manual

Paramount ME User's Guide
You can tell which size your mount uses by comparing the inner post of the 48V Power In
plug with the inner post of either Aux port on the Adaptor Panel. The 48-V Power In plug
has a 2.5 mm inner diameter post; the Aux ports' inner post should be noticeably smaller.
If both the 48V Power In plug and Aux ports' inner posts are the same size, then you'll
need to use the 2.5 mm power plugs. The Mouser part number for the 2.5 mm Kobiconn
DC is 171-7395.

Paramount ME Assembly and Setup

Now that you're familiar with each Paramount ME component, it's time to place the mount
on your pier and align it to the pole.

Approximate Altitude Adjustment

The mount's altitude is set to the lowest position (15 degrees) for shipping. Before adding
equipment or counterweights, use the altitude-positioning device to set the altitude to
roughly match the latitude of your observing site.
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Before Making Any Altitude Adjustments

The Paramount ME allows you to add your own through-the-mount cabling (page
5 6 ) . Part of this process requires the removal of five small, "non-structural"
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screws on the base of the RA side panel. Some of these small screws are
normally hidden behind the altitude wedge and can only be removed when the
mount's altitude adjustment is at the highest position. (The latitude of your
observing site ultimately determines whether three or four screws are hidden
behind the wedge.)
Software Bisque recommends that you adjust the altitude to its highest setting
and then remove these "hidden" screws before performing a polar alignment.
This ensures that the RA side panel can be removed, (which is required for
through-the-mount cabling), after polar alignment is complete.
Figure 6: Wedge assembly
altitude scale.
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Altitude Divisions

An altitude scale is machined into the wedge assembly. The
scale ranges from 15 degrees at the lowest position up to 58
degrees at the highest. A Latitude Adjustment Wedge (sold
separately) is required for latitudes outside 15-58 degrees.
Contact Software Bisque to order this accessory. (See
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This scale allows you to set the mount's altitude to a fraction
of a degree by aligning the base of the right ascension
housing (the gray arrow in the photograph) to the center of a
"tic mark" (the white arrow in the photograph). The altitude
scale is extremely accurate when the mount is level, but
provides limited accuracy when not.
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