Contents
Introduction...................................................................................................................................................................4
UnpackingandCrating...................................................................................................................................................5
InstallingthePier...........................................................................................................................................................6
InstallingtheMountonthePierorTripod....................................................................................................................8
InstallingtheTelescopeontheMount........................................................................................................................15
BalancingtheTelescope..........................................................................................................................................17
NoteonusingtheClutches .....................................................................................................................................18
InstallingtheElectronicsandPoweringuptheTelescope ..........................................................................................19
InstallingtheSTIControlSoftware ..............................................................................................................................20
ConfiguringtheSTIControlSoftware ..........................................................................................................................23
TelescopeInfoTab ..................................................................................................................................................24
MiscellaneousTab...................................................................................................................................................25
MountInfoTab .......................................................................................................................................................26
ScopeEncodersTab ................................................................................................................................................26
PolarAlignment,FirstMountModelandSettingtheHomeSwitches........................................................................27
Stepsbeforemakingyourfirstmountmodel .........................................................................................................27
CreatingaMountModelusingPlateSolveXP..........................................................................................................27
MountModel...............................................................................................................................................................36
ThingsThatMayInvalidatetheMountModel........................................................................................................37
CreatingaMountModel .........................................................................................................................................38
UsingtheTelescopeAfterCreatingaMountModel ...................................................................................................44
StartupandshutdownoftheMount ......................................................................................................................44
Controlviaexternalsoftware..................................................................................................................................44
Autoguiding.............................................................................................................................................................44
AppendixA–Dimensions ............................................................................................................................................47
AppendixB–Notesonthehighresolutionaxisencoders ..........................................................................................48
EncoderAdjustment................................................................................................................................................48
AppendixC–RunningCablesThroughtheMount......................................................................................................49
AppendixD–Convertingsexagesimaltodegreesandarcminutes.............................................................................53
AppendixE–GlossaryofTerms ..................................................................................................................................53
AppendixF‐PowerRequirements ..............................................................................................................................54
AppendixG‐ControllingthemountwithTheSky6orTheSkyX..................................................................................55
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