Commands Pop-Up Menu - Software Bisque Paramount MX User Manual

Paramount MX User Guide
Axis Parameters
General purpose I/O 2
General Purpose I/O 3
General purpose I/O 4
User-Defined Parameters
Acceleration
Max Slew Speed (%)
Track Rate (% Sidereal)
Non-sidereal Rate
Guide Rate (% Sidereal)
Tics/Revolution
Relative Home Sensor
Position

Commands Pop-up Menu

Use the Commands pop-up menu on the Parameters tab to retrieve the current settings from the
Bisque TCS and to set the Bisque TCS settings.
Restore Defaults
Choose this command to display the Restore Bisque TCS Defaults window that can reset all the mount's
parameters to default values. Note that the mount's synchronization history and periodic error
correction table are preserved.
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Description
General purpose input/output toggle.
General purpose output direction 2.
General purpose input/output toggle.
The motor's relative acceleration/deceleration setting. Lower numbers
(for example, 250) will yield slow acceleration/deceleration while higher
numbers (for example, 750) will yield very fast acceleration.
The percentage of the mount's maximum slew rate that is used to slew
the mount.
The mount's tracking rate, based on the percentage of the sidereal rate.
The non-sidereal tracking rate in arcseconds/second.
See page 78 for a description of this parameter.
The total number of encoder tics per one complete revolution of the RA
axis, computed by multiplying the gear ratio by 2000. For mounts located
in the southern hemisphere, the RA value must be negative.
See Hemisphere Setup in the Utilities Tab on page 100 for details about
configuring the mount for the southern hemisphere.
See page 79 for a description of this parameter.