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Part i : introduction – Sky-Watcher SynScan V3 Hand Controller User Manual

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PART I : INTRODUCTION

Mount Port: Connects to a Sky-Watcher telescope mount. The hand

control can get power supply from the mount via this port.

Multi-Purpose Port: Connects to an external device such as a com-

puter, a GPS module, a camera, etc.

LCD Display Screen: It can display two lines of text, 16 characters

per line. The contrast and the brightness of the red backlight are ad-

justable.

Power Port: Connects to a power supply for standalone (not connect-

ed to a telescope mount) use of the hand control. It accepts a plug

with a 5.5mm O.D. and a 2.0mm I.D.

Buttons:

ESC, SETUP, ENTER

, directional, number/shortcut keys,

and scroll keys.

A SynScan hand control and its interfaces are shown in

Fig. 1.1

1.1 Outline and Interface

1.2 Connecting to a Telescope Mount

Fig. 1.1

Connect the 8-pin (RJ-45) “Mount” port of the hand control to the “Hand Control” port on a

Sky-Watcher mount using an appropriate cable. The table below lists the “Hand Control” ports

on different Sky-Watcher mounts.

Mount Model

Hand control Port

“Hand Control” Port on Mount

EQ6 Pro

8-pin RJ-45

D-sub 9 Male

HEQ5 Pro, EQ5 Pro, EQ3 Pro,
AZ-EQ6 GT, EQ8

8-pin RJ-45

All Alt-azimuth mounts

6-pin RJ-12

1.3 Slew the Mount with the Direction Keys

In many situations, users need to slew the mount at different speeds with the directional keys.

Here are the guides for this operation: