Sky-Watcher SynScan V3 Hand Controller - Manual (Page 7)

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PART II : INITIALIZATION
• Tripod head is leveled.
• R.A. axis points towards the Northern Celestial Pole (in Northern Hemisphere) or the
Southern Celestial Pole (in Southern Hemisphere).
• Counterweight rod is at its lowest position.
• The telescope points towards the Northern Celestial Pole (in Northern Hemisphere) or
the Southern Celestial Pole (in Southern Hemisphere).
The mount should be setup as close as possible to the following home position:
• Mount base is leveled.
• The telescope tube is leveled and points towards the true north (not magnetic north).
Once the mount has been setup to the home position, a user can turn on the power to the
mount and start the initialization process on the SynScan hand control. The following is the
steps:
1. Home Position of an Equatorial Mount:
2. Home Position of an Alt-azimuth Mount:
2.1 Setup Home Position of the Telescope Mount
2.2 Initialize the Hand Control
Before powering on the telescope mount, it should be setup to a particular home position. The
home position differs between an equatorial mount and an Alt-azimuth mount.
A SynScan hand control with a firmware version 3.32 or later supports both an equatorial
mount and an alt-azimuth mount. It is able to detect the model of the mount to which it
connects and select the appropriate operation mode accordingly.
For an equatorial/Alt-azimuth dual-mode mount, such as the AZ-EQ6 GT mount, the Syn-
Scan hand control will request the user to choose the mount’s operating mode.
• The LCD screen will display “ Operating Mode ” in the first line.
• Use the scrolling keys located at the bottom left and right of the keypad to choose be-
tween Equatorial mode ( EQ Mode ) and Alt-azimuth mode ( AZ Mode ).
• Press ENTER to confirm the selection.
1. Selecting the Operation Mode of the Mount
The hand control will give a long beep and display the firmware version.
• Press
ENTER to proceed to the next step. Press ESC to return to the previous step.
• Users can slew the mount with direction keys in this step.
2. Firmware Version Display
The hand control will display a warning message about the dangers of viewing the sun with
a telescope.
• Press
ENTER to confirm you have read the warning messages and proceed to the next
step. Press ESC to return to the previous (firmware version display) step.
• Users can slew the mount with direction keys in this step.
3. Warning Message Confirmation