iOptron SmartStar 8403 - Manual (Page 12)

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or
2. Turn the mount power on. Press the
SPEED button to select a slew speed (MAX
for fast slew and 2X for fine tuning). Turn
the SOUTH mark pointing to south using ►
or ◄ button. An additional compass may
needed. Rotate the telescope point to the
zenith using ▲ or ▼ button. A torpedo level
may help. Then turn the mount power off
and turn it on. Or you can press MENU,
scroll down to “Set Telescope Coord.”,
press ENTER. The default number is “Alt:
90º00.0’ and Azi: 180º00.0’”. Press ENTER
to complete the initialization.
4.2. Setting Up the Mount
4.2.1. Set Up Time and Site
This is very important to make sure the
telescope will point to the right direction.
Press MENU button, from the main menu,
scroll down and select “Set Up Controller”
Press ENTER. Select “Set Up Time and
Site
”
Press ENTER. The “Set Local Time” screen
will show:
Set local time :
Use the ◄ or ► key to move the cursor,
and the ▲ or ▼ button to change the
numbers.
Set daylight saving time:
use ▲ or ▼ button to toggle the Daylight
Time Saving between X, which means “No”
and √, which means (Yes). Press ENTER to
go to “Setup Site Info” screen:
“W/E” means west/east hemisphere; “N/S”
means north/south hemisphere; “d” means
degree; “m” means minute; and “s” means
second.
Set site coordinates:
Use the ◄ or ► key to move the cursor,
and the ▲ or ▼ button to change the
numbers or toggle between “W” and “E”, “N”
and “S”.
The site coordinates information can be
found from internet, such as GPSVisualizer
(
http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/geocode ), by
enter the a city name or address.
In case you only find the site information in
decimal format, you can convert them into
d:m:s format by times the decimal by 60.
For example, N47.53 can be changed to
N47º31'48”: 47.53º = 47º +0.53º,
0.53º=0.53x60'=31.8', 0.8'=0.8x60"=48".
Therefore, 47.53º=47º31'48" or 47d31m48s.
Same as N47º31.8’: 31.8’=31’+0.8’,
0.8’=0.8x60”=48”.
Set time zone
Press ◄ or ► key, move the cursor to the
bottom of the screen to set the time zone
information (add or subtract 60 minutes per
Setup Site Info:
Longi: W071d27m47s
Lati : N42d15m40s
300 Min. behind UT
Set Local Time:
2009-06-01 11:55:09
Daylight Time Saving X
Select and slew
Land Objects
Sync. to Target
Set Up Controller
Set Up Time and Site
Set Display Info
Set Key Beep
Reset All