Panther TTS-160 User manual

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FOLDING PIER
User manual

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Contents
Introduction.....................................................................................................................................3
Product safety Always setup the Pier on a level surface so that it cannot fall over. ........................3
Receiving the Folding Pier..............................................................................................................3
Specifications..................................................................................................................................3
Setting up the Folding Pier..............................................................................................................4
Installation of the mounting head ....................................................................................................5
Appendix A –Installation of Pier adapter on Mount Head ...............................................................8
Appendix B –Pier Height, Pier Extension.......................................................................................9
Appendix C –Part numbers..........................................................................................................10

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Introduction
TTS-160 Panther Folding Pier is a stable and compact telescope mount pier. It
is designed with ultimate transportability in mind. It comes in one compact bag
and can be setup in seconds. When used with the TTS-160 Panther mount
head no leveling is needed. When used with other mount heads the pier can be
levelled with adjustment feet on the pier legs.
To complete the easiness for transport and setup the pier uses a fast lock
rotatable adapter to fix the mount head. This adapter is installed on the mount
head and stays there. Attaching the mount head to the pier only takes very few
seconds.
This manual primarily describes how the Folding Pier can be used with other
telescope mounts. The use with the TTS-160 Panther mount is described in the
Panther user manual.
Product safety
Always setup the Pier on a level surface so that it cannot fall over.
When installing the mount head always hold on to it until the lock screw has
been tightened.
Receiving the Folding Pier
The Folding Pier is unpacked from the shipping box and is immediately ready
for use.
Specifications
Pier Capacity
80 kg
Pier Height (w/ pier extension)
(see appendix B for details)
78 cm/30”(100 cm/40”)
Pier weight
12 kg
Transport bag size
Length 60cm/24”, Diameter 18cm/7”
Materials
Stainless Steel, Black anodized
Aluminum. 100% Water resistant.

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Setting up the Folding Pier
1. Unfold legs and place on ground.
Take the pier from the transport bag and place with the red handle upwards.
Remove the pier base from the pier tube lifting in the red handle.
Unfold the legs and place the pier base on the ground. The ground must be
approximately horizontal.
2. Setup the pier tube
The pier is placed on the pier base. Position the slots above the legs.
Raise and extend the three tension rods.
Tilt the pier tube a little and insert two of the hooks in the slots in the pier
tube.
Extend the third tension rod by turning the hook until it can be inserted into
the slot. If needed extend the other tension rods.
Now tighten the tension rods by turning the black cylindrical handles. See to
that the tension rods are kept the same length (watch how much of the
thread that is visible on the hook).
NOTICE:
Tighten until the pier feels stable but do NOT over tighten the handles.

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3. Level the pier (not needed for Panther Mount Head)
When placing the pier on the ground the surface must be hard and fairly level. If the
ground is soft place a wooden plate or stone beneath each pier foot. If the ground is
not level use wood or stone to create stable and almost level stands.
Now level the pier precisely by adjusting the feet on the pier. The feet are adjusted
by rotating them on the threaded bushing. Each foot can be adjusted 15mm.
Installation of the mounting head
NOTICE
The Pier Adapter must be installed on the Mounting head before installing the
mounting head on the pier. See Appendix A.
4. Place the mounting head on the pier
When the mounting head is placed on the top of the pier
the locking screw of the pier adapter automatically catch the threaded hole in
the top of the pier.

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WARNING:Be careful not to knock over the mounting head before
the locking screw is tightened. Hold on to mount head until it is fixed.
The mounting head and the pier are locked together
by tightening the locking screw with the handle inside the pier adapter. Do
not over tighten the screw.
1Paramount MyT with Pier adapter installed

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2 Paramount MyT on TTS-160 Folding Pier
3Paramount MyT, Celestron C9.25

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Appendix A –Installation of Pier adapter on
Mount Head
The Pier adapter allows for a very quick and simple fixation of the mount head to the
folding pier. It is installed on the mount head and stays there during transport.
4 Pier Adapter
The Pier adapter is fixed with screws to a standard adapter made for the mount head in
scope. We can deliver solutions for the following mount heads:
Manufacturer
Mount name
Astro-Physics
400, 600, Mach-1
AP-900
Avalon Instruments
M-Uno, M-Zero
Linear
Celestron
CGX, CGX-L
CGEM
CGE, CGE-PRO
Ioptron
CEM60, CEM120
IEQ45
Losmandy
G8, G11
Sky Watcher
EQ6
EQ8
Software Bisque
Paramount MyT
Vixen
Sphinx
Atlux
AXD
10 Micron
GM1000, AZ1000
If your mount head is not in the list, please contact us. We can make solutions for other
mount heads.

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Appendix B –Pier Height, Pier Extension
The Folding pier has a basic height of 78cm/30”. It is possible to use an optionable Pier
Extension to increase the height to 100 cm. Special height Piers can be custom made.
Contact us for details.

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Folding Pier footprint
Appendix C –Part numbers
Part Number
Description
Comment
TTS160JA
TTS-160 Folding Pier with
adjustable feet.
TTS160K
TTS -160 Pier Adapter
This part is needed to fix
mount head
TTS160Q
Pier Extension Tube
An extra Pier adapter is
needed together with this
part.
MHADAP
Adapter for the specific
mount head to be used on
the pier.
This part is customized per
order. Contact us for
details.