Synchronization - Software Bisque Paramount MX User Manual

2. Choose the Verify TheSkyX Time command from the Tools menu to make sure you computer's
time matches an independent time source.
3. Choose the Connect command from the Telescope menu. The mount Status text will show
Homed.
4. Choose the Find Home command from the Start Up pop-up menu on the Telescope window.
The mount will slew to the home position. The mount Status text will show
5. Choose the Turn Tracking Off command from the Tools pop-up menu on the Telescope window.
Turn tracking off to pin the mount to this position.
6. Choose the TPoint Add On command from the Telescope menu.
7. Then turn off the Apply Pointing Corrections checkbox on the Setup tab and click Close. TPoint
will change the position of the telescope cross hairs based on the current model and we want
the label to show the "unmodeled" cross hair position.
8. Click on the center of the telescope cross hair and note the exact altitude and azimuth of this
position. This horizon-based coordinate of the home position.
9. Choose the My Chart Elements command from the Input menu.
10. Click the Add Object button (the upper left most button on the Manage tab), then click the Add
and Edit button to add an object to the Sky Chart.
11. On the Add/Edit Chart Element window, turn on the Horizon radio button, then enter the
azimuth (Azm) and altitude (Alt) of the telescope cross hair. In the Label text box, enter the text
Absolute Home Position and then click OK.
The Sky Chart now shows a label at the absolute home position of the mount. To double-check the
accuracy of this position, choose the Find Home command. Note that, when compared to the absolute
home position, the position of the telescope cross hairs on the Sky Chart will also be affected by the
following:
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Synchronizing the mount on a star introduces small pointing errors.
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A TPoint pointing model will change the position of the telescope cross hairs based on the
pointing calibration data.
The above two items necessarily introduce a small offset between the mount's absolute home position
and the position of the telescope cross hairs after finding home (once the mount has been synchronized
and a TPoint model is established).

Synchronization

Synchronizing (or "syncing") the Paramount MX initializes the control system to a specific equatorial
coordinate. Synchronization involves centering a known star in the eyepiece, identifying this star in
TheSkyX Professional Edition then choosing the Synchronize command from the Start Up pop-up menu
on the Telescope window.
Once the Paramount MX has been synchronized on a star, TheSkyX Professional Edition uses the
equatorial coordinates of the star to determine the mount's mechanical orientation and software slew
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