Sky-Watcher SynScan V3 Hand Controller - Manual (Page 28)

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PART VIII : AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS
8.1 Editing Date, Time, Coordinates, Time Zones, and Daylight Saving Time
8.2 Re-aligning the Mount
8.3 Show Position
8.4 Show Time and Local Sidereal Time
8.5 Display Version Information
1. Press the “ SETUP ” shortcut key.
2. Use the scroll keys to select “ Date ” and press the ENTER key to edit the date. Press the
ENTER key to apply change, or press the ESC key to exit. (Note: The setting of the date is
in mm/dd/yyyy format, i.e. 10/24/2012)
3. Use the scroll keys to select “ Time ” and press the ENTER key to edit the time. Press the
ENTER key to apply change, or press the ESC key to exit. (Note: The setting of the time is
in 24 hours format, i.e. 18:30:00 is entered for 6:30pm.)
4. Use the scroll keys to select “ Observ. Site ” and press the ENTER key to edit the geographic
coordinates, time zone and elevation. Press the ENTER key to apply change or press the
ESC key to exit.
5. Use the scroll keys to select “ Daylight Saving ” and press the ENTER key, and then use the
scroll keys to select between “ Yes ” and “ No ”. Press ENTER to apply change.
Note: refer to Step 5 in Section 2.2 for detailed input instructions.
1. Access the menu “ UTILITY FUNC \ Show Position ” and press the ENTER key.
2. Use the scroll keys to switch between the following coordinates:
• Dec/RA : Displays the current celestial coordinates of the telescope.
• Alt/Azm : Displays the current horizontal coordinates of the telescope.
• Ax1/Ax2 : Displays the current coordinates of the mount. Ax1 is the position of the dec-
lination or altitude axis, and Ax2 is the position of the R.A. or azimuth axis.
Tip: Users can use the direction keys to slew the mount to specific coordinates by referring
to the real-time coordinates display.
Users can execute the 1-star alignment, 2-star alignment or 3-star alignment at any time with-
out restarting the mount.
1. Access the menu “ SETUP \ Alignment ” and then press the ENTER key.
2. Use the scroll keys to select an alignment method and press the ENTER key to start the
alignment process. For detailed instructions on alignment, please refer to PART III.
Access the menu “ Utility Func \ Show Information \ Time ” and press the ENTER key to display
the current local time and the local sidereal time. Press the ESC key to exit.
Access the menu “ Utility Func \ Show Information \ Version ” and press the ENTER key, and then
use the scroll keys to browse through the following information. Press the ESC key to exit.