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Old 07-05-2010, 12:25 PM
gary
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Don't Panic

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Originally Posted by Liz View Post
OK, tonights the night!!
Attached the AN to my scope MONTHS ago, and now we have had a few clear nights, I have to give it the test run.
Very scared though, as know I am going to have trouble and that its not going to work which is why I have been putting it off.
You never know, it might work straight away, but my track record is that it wont work = frustrated = angry ...... and I dont like those feelings.
Tomorrow morning/tonight I will let yous know. Fingers crossed!!

PS ... yours worked straight away Chris?
Hi Liz,

Good luck and the good news is that we are only an email or telephone call
away should you ever require assistance.

As an additional check of the SETUP ALT STEPS sign,
point the Optical Tube Assembly (OTA) to the vertical
and DIAL up MODE FIX ALT REF, ALT REF=+90, AUTO ADJUST
OFF and then press ENTER. Now DIAL up MODE ENCODER.
The right-hand displayed value should be close to +90
degrees. Now push the OTA downward in Altitude toward
the horizon. The right-hand displayed value should
decrease, +89, +88, ... +3, +2, +1, 0 as you go from
the zenith toward the horizon. If not, reverse the
SETUP ALT STEPS sign and repeat the test.

For the Az axis, if you dial up MODE ENCODER this time
rather than MODE RA DEC and if you rotate the mount
clockwise in Azimuth from the perspective of looking
down to the scope from above, your left-hand value
(Az) in MODE ENCODER should be increasing.

Good luck!

Best regards

Gary
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