Hobym Observatory Titian TCS User Manual

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Page 2: Table Of Contents
TiTaN TCS(Telescope Control System) is the most compact and powerful telescope control system which adopted the latest technologies in a small size. In addition, the sufficient CPU, memory, wireless module and various connectors are readily available for continuing updates of functions and upgrades, so that the device can correspond to the user’s need.
Page 3: Main Functions Of Titan Telescope Control System
1. Main Functions of TiTaN Telescope Control System 1. Separate control CPU (120MHz / 32bit) and CPU for U / I, for future scalability of required functions. 2. TCS have widely used astronomical catalogues such as M, NGC, IC, SH-2, so users can slew to the desired object using TCS without PC.
Page 4 8. Compact and light weighted 86 x 115 x 35 mm: High-density internal design allows the great scalability despite its small size. 9. High-resolution small-size graphic OLED display: High-resolution OLED is equipped for monitoring of a lot of information on current consumption of motor and various telescope control.
Page 5: Outer Dimensions And Designations Of Titan Tcs
outside is intercepted. 2. Outer Dimensions and Designations of TiTaN TCS 86 x 115 x 35 mm  Small, light-weighted Aluminum housing ( 페이지 5 / 42...
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Page 7: Navigation Wheel
How to Use Navigation Wheel  Navigation Wheel is operated by manipulating a rotatable wheel, arrow keys, and the enter key at the center.  Navigation Wheel moves the telescope, searches for objects, and performs menu operations.  Navigation Wheel can be operated by turning rotation wheel or pressing up/down/right/left arrow keys and the enter key at the center.
Page 8: Parking & Speed Volume Knob
3. Parking & Speed Volume knob Speed Selection: By rotating the volume knob, the slewing speed can be adjusted immediately. When you make adjustments, the OLED screen shows current slewing speed, which can be used for observation, photo shooting or viewing angle adjustment.
Page 9: System Configuration Diagram
4. System Configuration Diagram  When connected to a PC with Bluetooth, two connections appear on the control panel, but only one connection can be used for Bluetooth.  If you use older operation system such as Windows7, you need to install a separate USB driver program.
Page 10  In addition, Micro USB Type B connectors have very small figure, which results in frequent contact failures depending on the cables used. Micro USB Type B is for emergency / spare use only.  Be sure to use a large USB Type A if you are using USB for observation.
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Page 12: Operation Sequence Of Titan Tcs
5. Operation Sequence of TiTaN TCS First Time Using or If you have not used Parking function: A. Mount the telescope on the equatorial mount: roughly balance of the telescope when mounting. B. Connect the RA motor cable to the telescope controlling system: Red line connects to the RA side of the TiTaN TCS and yellow line connects to the declination (DEC) of TCS.
Page 13 east or west.First, use the arrow keys of TCS to bring the star into the field of vision of the telescope. Then, place it at the center of the eyepiece. F. Enter the controller's menu and use [Object-Star Name] - [Pointed Star Name] - [Sync] to synchronize.
Page 14 If Parking function was used in previous observation Mount the telescope in the same way as the previous observation.: It is easier to remember if you face the telescope to the due east or to the due west. H. Connect the RA motor cable to the telescope controlling system: Red marker connects to the RA side of the TiTaN TCS and yellow line connects to the declination (DEC) of TCS.
Page 15 6. 메뉴 리스트 Top Menu Sub Menu Option Functions Telescope TCS Main Operation Screen Display RA, DEC, Time and important TCS status Object (Goto) Star Name Alphabet 240 items Messier Number 110 items Caldwell Alphabet 109 items SH-2 Number 341 items Number 7840 items Number...
Page 16 Meridian Meridian Flip Enable / Disable (Meridian Flip) RA Auto-stop HA Input numerical auto-stop Hour values (hour Angle angle) RA Auto-stop Enable / Disable When normal tracking mode RA axis is pass the meridian, RA is auto stopped. Harmonic Enable / Disable PEC Training Start / Stop System...
Page 17 (5 ~ 300 seconds) Beep Level Save, Exit Message Beep level Reboot Save Save, Exit Cancel Save Settings Factory / Reboot Help Hardware Figure Hardware diagram 페이지 17 / 42...
Page 18: How To Use Menu
7. How to use “Menu” a. Telescope : Displays basic information such as date, time, declination and right ascension. when operating Object : It is possible to automatically point at the object by directly choosing it from TCS menu.  Star Name : 240 stars ...
Page 19  Max Speed : Setting the maximum right ascension operation speed  Acc. Rate : RA speed acceleration setting. The lower the setting, the slower the acceleration/deceleration is. Slowing the acceleration lessens the load on the machine and the motor. An excessively high Acc.
Page 20 e. Observatory : Time and location setting  Date/Time : Set date and time  Location : Set the GPS value of current location  Time Zone : Set the standard time zone. Korea Standard Time is +9 f. Meridian .. : Set the operation related to the meridian. ...
Page 21  By limiting the movement of the right ascension, the collision between the telescope and the tripod or pier can be prevented.  RA Auto Stop HA : The stop position of the right ascension axis can be specified by the hour angle. g.
Page 22 PEC training is always up-to-date. If new training is performed, the old training data will be deleted and new training data will be used for PEC function. h. System : Guide Speed, power-related and communication speed setting.  Guide Speed : Guide Speed: The guide speed can be set from 0.5 to 1.0 and it is the setting to maintain the optimum guide condition.
Page 23 When a under voltage situation occurs, a under voltage message will be displayed on the screen with the beep sound.  Batt Over V : You can set the maximum battery voltage value for warning. When an overvoltage situation occurs, a over voltage message will be displayed on the screen with the beep sound.
Page 24 Once saved, the settings will not be erased even after the power is turned off and can be used when the power is turned on again. j. Help : The connector assignment of TitaN TCS and current communication speed can be checked. ...
Page 25: How To Connect Titan Tcs To Your Pc Via Bluetooth
8. How to connect TiTaN TCS to your PC via Bluetooth (Standard: Win10) 1. Select "Device" in Windows Settings. 2. Select “Bluetooth” of the left menu bar. 페이지 25 / 42...
Page 26 3. If the power of Titan TCS is on, "Titan TCS" will be displayed. It may take several tens of seconds to display the device. Click the [Connect] button. 페이지 26 / 42...
Page 27 4. "Compare Password" window will appear. If you click the [Yes] button, Bluetooth will be automatically connected. The password is randomly generated and changes every time. 1. When the connection is successfully completed, the message "Paired" will be displayed. 페이지 27 / 42...
Page 28 6. There will be two "serial links in standard Bluetooth" generated, but only the top one can be used. In the example of the figure, only COM5 can communicate. After connection, use it the same as normal serial communication 페이지 28 / 42...
Page 29 How to remove TiTaN TCS from Bluetooth connection (standard: Window 10) Normally, the Bluetooth device needs to be installed only once. However, if you connect the TCS to another PC, you may need to reinstall it on the previous PC. In this case, you can resolve the problem by removing and reconnecting the TCS Bluetooth from device.
Page 30: Technical Specifications
9. 기술적 사양 Technical Specifications Power supply 12V, 4A Built-in reverse voltage protection circuit, built-in 2.6A Polyswitch Current consumption About 300mA to 500mA when tracking 0.7 ~ 2.5A when high-speed slewing, depending on operation status Microprocessor Main Control : 32bit 120MHz U/I : 32 Bit 240MHz Internal power 3.3V, 5V, Motor power(~30V)
Page 31 Micro Type A & USB Type A connector (cannot be used simultaneously) Built-in clock function Built-in low-power RTC (consumption current 350 ~ 700 nA) Replacable battery Lithium coin cell battery (CR2032) Motor connector RA : A+, A-, B+, B-, Home+, Home- (6 pin) DEC : A+, A-, B+, B- (4 pin) CAUTION: If AC power is supplied to the hand controller, it will be damaged.
Page 32 10. LX200 Commend :CM# Synchronizes the telescope's position with the currently selected database object's coordinates. :GC# Get current date. Returns: MM/DD/YY# :GD# Get Telescope Declination. :GG# Get UTC offset time Returns: sHH# or sHH.H# :Gg# Get Current Site Longitude Returns: sDDD*MM# :GL# Get Local Time in 24 hour format Returns: HH:MM:SS# :GR#...
Page 33 Get Telescope RA :GS# Get the Sidereal Time Returns: HH:MM:SS# :Gt# Get Current Site Latitude Returns: sDD*MM# Halt all current slewing :Qe# Halt eastward Slews :Qn# Halt northward Slews :Qs# Halt southward Slews :Qw# Halt westward Slews 페이지 33 / 42...
Page 34 :RC# Set Slew rate to Centering rate (2nd slowest) :RG# Set Slew rate to Guiding Rate (slowest) :RM# Set Slew rate to Find Rate (2nd Fastest) :RS# Set Slew rate to max (fastest) :SCMM/DD/YY# Change Handbox Date to MM/DD/YY :SdsDD*MM# Set target object declination to sDD*MM or sDD*MM:SS depending on the current precision setting :SGsHH.H#...
Page 35 :SLHH:MM:SS# Set the local Time :SrHH:MM.T# :SrHH:MM:SS# Set target object RA to HH:MM.T or HH:MM:SS depending on the current precision setting. :StsDD*MM# Sets the current site latitude to sDD*MM# 페이지 35 / 42...
Page 36: P I N M A
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Page 37 12. FAQ a. Auto-GoTO is not precisely done.  The synced star has to the exactly at the center of the eyepiece.  Check the polar alignment  Check whether there is error message displayed on TCS.  If previous two are not the case, contact the manufacturer or the seller. Such problem may occur due to the incorrect factory default setting such as gear ratio.
Page 38 c. Auto-GoTo takes too much time.  For accurate pointing, it slows down near the target point. Check the current coordinate values from OLED.  Check whether the speed volume is at parking.  Check the maximum speed setting. d. Does not move while motor making noise, when accelerating at maximum or in high speed.
Page 39 Even if the connectors are the same shape, never use unidentified serial cables. There is a potential for permanent damage to the TCS or PC.  Check the serial communication speed for TCS. Each users can manipulate the communication speed from menu while the default setting for TCS is 115,200 BPS.
Page 40 g. Poor guide performance  Adjust the guide speed from the System menu. Lower the guide speed for long focal finder guide, and increase the guide speed for short focal finder guide.  Check the status of the LED at the bottom of the TCS. LEDs directly connected to the guide signal are arranged as RA +, DEC +, DEC-, RA-.
Page 41 information.  Check the RA Auto Stop function. k. When Object/Goto was commended, it either does not move or displays a message that it did not rise yet.  Check time and location setting.  The first star has to be synced and Object/Goto. ...
Page 42 If there is home sensor (CRUX 200HDA, etc): Turn the power off and reboot. Move RA axis from east to west, then west to east across the home sensor. Each time moving from east to west or west to east, the melody will sound twice: once when the home sensor is touched (touch in melody with message), and once when it moves away from the sensor (touch out melody with message).