First Use: Mount Polar Alignment And Finder Alignment - Primaluce SPIDER230 Installation And User Manual

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First use: mount polar alignment and finder alignment

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Before you start to use the radio telescope it's necessary to perform the mount polar alignment and check for per-
fect parallelism between finder installed on the mount counterweights shaft and the parabolic antenna. These two
procedures are necessary to be sure that the radio telescope points the correctly the area of the sky, when it is
controlled by RadioUniverse software.
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Finder alignment on the Sun
This procedure should be performed during daytime with the Sun not covered by clouds. Even if you have not per-
fectly aligned the mount, having previously made a rough alignment is possible to align the finder. Take the mount
hand control and insert the connection cable in the plug below the hand pad and in the mount appropriate plug.
Now turn on the mount using the power button. The hand control will display a warning message on the damage
resulting from the direct observation of the Sun. Press the ENTER button of the hand pad to confirm that you have
read.
The LCD screen will display "Enter Location": press the numeric keys of the keypad to enter latitude and longitude
data of the radio telescope place of installation. You can use the vertical arrow keys to change the longitude east-
west and north-south latitude when the cursor flashes in the corresponding characters. Use the left and right ar-
row keys to move the cursor. Then press the ENTER key to confirm (press ESC key to go to previous step)
The screen will display the message "Set Time Zone": use the arrow keys to change the signs "+" and "-" if needed.
"+" is used for East areas (Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania), while the "-" indicates those in the West (North and
South America). Use the numeric keys to select the correct value (for example, Italy is +1). then press ENTER to
confirm or ESC to return to the previous step.
When the message "Date: mm/dd/yyyy", enter the date (note: in month/day/year format). Then press ENTER to
confirm or ESC to return to the previous step.
When the message "Enter Time", enter the local time in 24-hour format. Then press ENTER to display the time in
12-hour format. Then again ENTER to confirm or ESC to return to the previous step. When you see the words
"Daylight Saving?", Use the arrow keys to select "Yes" or "No". "Yes" indicates summertime and "No" indicates win-
tertime. Then press ENTER to confirm or ESC to return to the previous step.
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