Positioning The Versa-Plate - Software Bisque Paramount ME User Manual

Paramount ME User's Guide
Insert a large hex wrench or screwdriver into the small, unthreaded hole near the "bottom"
of the counterweight shaft to help rotate the shaft.

Positioning the Versa-Plate

The Versa-Plate (see
designed to securely hold a wide variety of optical tube assemblies, OTA mounting rings, as
well as optics that employ the Losmandy
different positions (forward, middle and back) to accommodate different weight
distributions of different equipment.
The Paramount ME is assembled and shipped with the Versa-Plate mounted in the
forward-most position. This position should work a wide-variety of equipment and optical
tube assembly combinations so that you should not need to change it. However, if you
need to adjust the Versa-Plate's position to achieve balance in declination for your optical
system and equipment, the following documentation describes how to do so, as well as
how to attach the Instrument Panel to the Versa-Plate.
Figure 9: Photograph of the Versa-Plate. The arrows indicate the position of the three grooved
circles; each circle represents a different mounting position.
The pattern of holes used to attach the Versa-Plate to the top of the declination housing is
repeated in three places on the Versa-Plate. This allows the plate to be centered, or
mounted approximately one inch in either direction from center.
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Figure 8: Attaching the counterweight shaft.
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