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Part viii : auxiliary functions – Sky-Watcher SynScan V4 Hand Controller User Manual

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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 “

MENU

” 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 “

Observation Site

” and press the

ENTER

key to edit the geo-

graphic coordinates. Press the

ENTER

key to apply the change or press the

ESC

key to exit.

Edit the time zone. 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 FUNCTION \ 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 FUNCTION \ 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 FUNCTION \ 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.