SKY-WATCHER SynScan EQ6 Pro Instruction Manual page 3

PART VIII : AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS
8.1 Editing Date, Time, Coordinates, Time Zones, and Daylight Saving Time ......... 28
8.2 Re-aligning the Mount ........................................................................................ 28
8.3 Show Position ................................................................................................. 28
8.4 Show Time and Local Sidereal Time ............................................................ 28
8.5 Display Version Information ........................................................................... 28
8.6 Display Temperature ..................................................................................... 29
8.7 Display Power Voltage ................................................................................... 29
8.8 Display Polaris Position .................................................................................. 29
8.9 Display Polar Alignment Error ........................................................................ 29
8.10 Changing Polar Scope Illumination Level ........................................................... 29
8.11 Identifying Objects ............................................................................................. 29
8.12 Synchronizing Encoders .................................................................................... 30
Advanced Operations
PART IX : CONNECTING TO A COMPUTER
9.1 Working with Astronomical Applications .............................................................. 31
9.2 PC Direct Mode ..................................................................................................31
PART X : UPDATING FIRMWARE
10.1 Hardware Requirements .................................................................................... 32
10.2 Preparation ........................................................................................................ 33
10.3 Updating Firmware ............................................................................................. 34
10.4 Trouble Shooting ............................................................................................... 33
PART XI : ADVANCED FUNCTIONS
11.1 Parking Telescope .............................................................................................. 34
11.2 Pointing Accuracy Enhancement ....................................................................... 35
11.3 Polar Alignment without Polar Scope ................................................................. 36
11.4 Camera Control .................................................................................................. 37
11.5 Periodic Error Correction (PEC) for EQ Mount ..................................................... 39
11.6 Calibrating Auto-Home Offset ............................................................................ 40
11.7 Setting Cone Error and Non-Perpendicular Error .............................................. 40
11.8 Astronomical Time-Lapse Photography ...........................................................41
PART XII : USING A SYNSCAN GPS MODULE
12.1 Initialization of the Hand control with a SynScan GPS Module .............................. 42
12.2 Checking GPS Information ................................................................................. 42
Appendix
APPENDIX I : ELIMINATING CONE ERROR ...................................................... 43
APPENDIX II : SYNSCAN SELF-DIAGNOSIS ..................................................... 44
APPENDIX III : SCHEMATIC OF THE PORTS .................................................... 45
APPENDIX IV : SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................ 45
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