LX200 soon in Orbit

[BlackWidow (Mardy)]

I have only just got my LX200GPS 10" and am new to all this. I purchase a Reticle so that I can do a PEC training. I have just updated the firmware and got set up ready to do it... I Auto aligned my scope as normal and picked a star and went into the PEC menu for Dec trainig... Now it tells me that I need to pick a land object??? In the book it states to use a star... I don't know what I am supposed to do??? I tried keeping a star in a 12mm reticle but by the time I messed around with the menu it was gone.. What am I doing wrong... I am about to launch this Scope into orbit

[tonybarry (Tony)]

Astronomy rewards go to the patient and the persevering.

Talk to your local club. They will help.

Don't smash an LX200 - better to resell if it's not for you.

Regards,
Tony Barry
(who has an LX90 - 8" and is still learning)

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

I did Drive training on a land object. Not a star. Remember that you must set the scope to Terrestial in settings BEFORE you do your Drive training. Then choose a stable land object (Street light, roof top etc). Do your training and when done remember to set the scope to astronomical not terrestial. Found in menu "set up" then "targets" with your handbox.

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

It just occured to me that maybe you are accessing the train drive menu (as per my last post), and not the RA PEC and DEC PEC menu under "set-up - telescope"!

[BlackWidow (Mardy)]

OK thanks guys... think I am on too it.. Found the menu selection for RA and Dec pec training an have just done the Dec by keeping the star in the center only as ref to the Dec (up and down). Now I am going to do the RA on the same star..I think thats what I do.... Not sure then what the train drive thing is and if it needs to be done after I have done this???


Mardy

[AndrewJ]

Gday Martin

Not sure then what the train drive thing is and if it needs to be done after I have done this???

Drive training measures the amount of backlash in the geartrain between the motor and the worm. This allows the telescope to know how to deal with calculating positions etc when the motors reverse direction.

Now the bad news
PEC training in AltAz just does not work with the LX200GPS scopes
It is broken and has been for ages.

I strongly suggest you also join the Yahoo LX200GPS group
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LX200GPS/
The posts and archives on that site have pretty much everything you need to know ( technically / operationally ) about the LX200GPS scopes.

Andrew