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SESTO SENSO 2 robotic focusing motor
USER MANUAL
VERSION 3.0
Update 19-12-2021
SESTO SENSO 2 is made by PrimaLuceLab SpA (Italy). For any matters relating to the use, service and warranty,
please refer to the addresses given in the relevant documents.

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  • Page 1 VERSION 3.0 Update 19-12-2021 SESTO SENSO 2 is made by PrimaLuceLab SpA (Italy). For any matters relating to the use, service and warranty, please refer to the addresses given in the relevant documents.
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  • Page 2: Quality Control

    If improperly handled, SESTO SENSO 2 may damage. So please follow the instructions below: • Do not disassemble • Do not open, damage or subject to electric shock or excessive impact any part of SESTO SENSO 2. Do not drop. • Do not short the electronic elements •...
  • Page 3 S E S T O S E N S O 2 u s e r m a n u a l Components Identification Contents of the package • SESTO SENSO 2 robotic focusing motor • 5 bushings • Allen keys with grub screws •...

  • Page 4: Technical Specifications

    S E S T O S E N S O 2 u s e r m a n u a l CAUTION In order to correctly use SESTO SENSO 2, you have to connect it to your telescope’s focuser. The installation procedure changes based on the telescope’s focuser so please refer to the next paragraphs. But if you want, you can proceed with the SESTO SENSO 2 first use also without having the focuser not installed on the telescope’s...
  • Page 5 Allen screw on the knob. On some plastic-covered focusers, you need to re- move the plastic to access the disassembly screw. Connect one of the bushings you find in the SESTO SENSO 2 box (based on the diameter that fits your focuser) to the small focuser shaft of your focuser.
  • Page 6 Finally, use the Allen screw to lock the 3 small grub screws fix the outer ring of SESTO SENSO 2 to your focuser. NOTE: After installing SESTO SENSO 2 on your focuser, check the smoothness of the movement keeping SE- STO SENSO 2 powered off and then manually moving the focus knob of your focuser.
  • Page 7 Install SESTO SENSO 2 in EAGLE or Windows 7/8/10/11 computer SESTO SENSO 2 can be installed in the EAGLE or an external computer running Windows 7, 8, 10 or 11 operating system. In the SESTO SENSO 2 package you can find a 12V power cable with cigarette plug and a PC connection cable for USB port.
  • Page 8 5) Select the folder where you saved and expanded the SESTO SENSO 2 software package you downloa- ded from our website, click “Next” and complete the installation procedure.
  • Page 9 NOTE If the driver is not correctly installed in your Windows operative system, SESTO SENSO 2 won’t be able to con- nect to your EAGLE or external computer and it won’t work. So please check that the COM driver is correctly in- stalled before proceeding to the next step.
  • Page 10 Control SESTO SENSO 2 with PLAY software If you want to control SESTO SENSO 2 with the EAGLE or a Windows 10/11 computer, you can use our PLAY software you can download from the DOWNLOAD section of our website. In order to use SESTO SENSO 2 with PLAY, you have to use the SESTO SENSO 2 firmware at least version 3.0.
  • Page 11 SENSO 2, you can enter in Windows Device Manager and check what COM port number Windows creates when you plug the USB cable of your SESTO SENSO 2 focusing motor. In order to better identify it, you can also connect and disconnect the USB cable since this will update the Device Manager list. The press the Con- nect icon in order to start the connection to your focuser.
  • Page 12 firmware. 4) Before moving SESTO SENSO 2, you have to start the calibration. Please refer to the next paragraph “Calibra- te SESTO SENSO 2 with PLAY software” and follow the instructions to calibrate SESTO SENSO 2 focusing motor.
  • Page 13 Under the “Environmental and power data” you will see the lights on the right side of the window become green:
 1) if you connect SESTO SENSO 2 to your computer only with the USB cable, you will see a green light illumina- ted in the right of the “Internal temperature” row 2) If you have connected an optional temperature sensor, you will also get the green light in to the right of “Exter-...
  • Page 14 S E S T O S E N S O 2 u s e r m a n u a l Update SESTO SENSO 2 firmware with PLAY software In order to update the SESTO SENSO 2 firmware, first of all please check you’re using the latest version of PLAY (if you find a new version available to download on our website, plea-...
  • Page 15 Calibrate SESTO SENSO 2 with PLAY software In order to properly work, SESTO SENSO 2 requires a calibration after you install it to the focuser (or if you ma- nually move the focuser know on the other focuser’s side than SESTO SENSO 2). In order to do this, after you connected to SESTO SENSO 2 focusing motor, in the Focuser section of the CONFIGURATOR, please click on the CALIBRATION button and you will see a new window.
  • Page 16 Quick Settings: In order to simplify SESTO SENSO 2 settings, we created some preset profiles from which you can start to create the ideal configuration based on the weight load applied to the focuser and the moving speeds you want.
  • Page 17 Controlling SESTO SENSO 2 with Virtual HandPad SESTO SENSO 2 can be controlled also without EAGLE or a computer, by connecting from any smartphone or tablet (also a computer) with WiFi and using the included Virtual HandPad. In order to set the WiFi control, please follow this guide (that has been created on a smartphone with iOS operative system but it’s similar for Android de-...
  • Page 18 S E S T O S E N S O 2 u s e r m a n u a l To create a link directly to your device desktop, simply press the "share" button and then "Add to Home”. You can personalize the name, or just leave “SESTO SENSO 2”. Press Add button to confirm. 
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  • Page 19 S E S T O S E N S O 2 u s e r m a n u a l The SESTO SENSO 2 connection will be created and you will have a di- rect and immediate connection to SESTO SENSO 2 in your device.
  • Page 20 Press ENTER button to confirm the new name. NOTE When you save the focus position in the SESTO SENSO 2 Virtual HandPad, you will find the same positions when you will control the SESTO SENSO 2 with USB from your EAGLE or external computer. 
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  • Page 21 2) ARCO enable: this switcher allows you to activate the optional ARCO ro- tator (that has to be connected to ESATTO with the ARCO cable). 3) SESTO SENSO 2 Calibration: if you want to redo the calibration, by pres- sing this button you will re calibrate SESTO SENSO 2 again.
  • Page 22 The SESTO SENSO 2 ASCOM driver included a log file record feature that allows your computer to save a file with all the events related to the use of SESTO SENSO 2 with ASCOM and third party software. If you find any problem with your astrophotography software, enable the “Log communication”...
  • Page 23 This will open a new window asking for the COM port number. Select the COM port related to SESTO SENSO 2 and press the SELECT button. This will start the connection to the SESTO SENSO 2 and you will see position, temperature (if you connect the optional temperature probe) and movement buttons in the “Focus Control” tab.
  • Page 24 P r i m a L u c e L a b S p A S E S T O S E N S O 2 u s e r m a n u a l 2) N.I.N.A.: https://nighttime-imaging.eu Select the “Equipment” tab, select “PLL ASCOM Focuser” then click on the button to the right of the “Focuser”...
  • Page 25 “PLL ASCOM Driver” and click on “Properties”. This will open a new window asking for the COM port number. Select the COM port related to SESTO SENSO 2 and press the SELECT button and then press OK button in the “ASCOM Focuser Chooser"...
  • Page 26 Then take the red adapter and connect to your focuser, by fixing it with the provided screws. Then you will be able to connect the SESTO SENSO 2 main body, by following the instructions you at page 4.
 
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  • Page 27: Troubleshooting

    A: Please check that, after selecting the COM port of your SESTO SENSO 2 focusing motor, you press the “Open/ Close” button. If the SESTO SENSO 2 doesn’t still connect, this may be related to the USB-C cable that is not wor- king.
  • Page 28 P r i m a L u c e L a b S p A S E S T O S E N S O 2 u s e r m a n u a l Q: When I start my autofocus routine, focusing graph looks flat instead of creating the V-curve. A: This happens when, in the autofocusing routing of the software you choose, the step size is too small.

  • Page 29: Information To Users

    The abusive disposal of the product by the user implies the application of the administrative sanctions as per D.Lgs. 152/2006. Compliance with the RAEE legislation (D.Lgs. 49/2014) PrimaLuceLab is registered to AEE Register with number IT17030000009790 PrimaLuceLab adheres to Sistema Collettivo ERP Italia for the com- pliance to RAEE legislation.
 
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  • Page 30: Warranty

    S E S T O S E N S O 2 u s e r m a n u a l WARRANTY 1) The PrimaLuceLab product warranty is effective from the date of purchase and is valid only if it is with the invoi- ce (or receipt) of purchase.
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