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1. PIC ASTRO A1 www astrimage org pic astro User s manual of PIC ASTRO Al Version 1 0 www astrimage org pic astro Page 2 sur 11 Finally the main topic how to use PIC ASTRO on the ground We suppose that the tests are successful and the connections between the PC and the motors are made To check if Pic astro is working normally you have three elements e The hand controller gt Basic operations move reverse rotation of the tube etc e APC gt The computer will enable you to do everything you want Goto Autotracking etc e Merop gt The Goto Joystick hand controller of Pic astro see all documents on Merop on www astrimage org merop 1 Tracking To use PIC ASTRO in tracking mode you just have to plug the motors of the mount with pic astro and to power supply pic astro The right ascension motor is starting and then compensates the rotation of the earth 2 Control by hand controller In the first milliseconds after a reset or power up it is possible to access some functions in maintaining this button e RA lunar speed e RA solar speed e Dec reverse direction for declination motor After 2 seconds of power up or reset PIC ASTRO enters normal operations and you can access to different functions with these buttons If the switch is set to the focus position and you press these buttons e RA and RA on off of the periodic error correction PEC e Dec motor focusing sense2. and it is necessary that you have set and displayed eyepieces or CCD cameras in cartes du ciel A reticle appears in the position of the Telescope on the sky map colors not respected for easy printing The reticule moves with the telescope om r p by l e 2 a x 7 Ca En Y SI f Po s i ds j y t 2 oC pose e ppm F upie an 8 He oy i J A tt x A Wa As y 5 Goto with Winstars 1 http site voila fr winstars index2 html 5 1 Installation and adjustments Install the software Winstars Connect the PC to PIC ASTRO with the serial cable abitually used for programming Pic astro Launch Winstars and set the observation position with date and time with the menu observations settings for observations et configurer la position du lieu d observation ainsi que la date et I heure a l aide des menus Observation Param tres de l observation The coordinates and altitude are availabe with Googlearth software or for french cities on the web site http www ign fr under Altitude coordonn es cartes et photos sur ma commune Note The menu Telescope is available only if the current display mode is set to sky through the menu Observation Mode Go to the setting of the connection to the telescope through the menu Telescope Configure RS 232 and reproduce the following configuration if necessary Configuration RS 232 Param tres du port s ri
3. current position when traveling in Goto mode LX200 via the controller of the software or via the hand controller of PIC ASTRO It is also possible and very nice to be able to view the position of the telescope during its travel this function is very useful when traveling manually To do this click on Display position of the telescope on the windows Telescope LX 200 A pink point will appear to see the current position of the telescope color not respected for easy printing Position courante du t lescope Objet S lectionn 6 Configuring orientation of the telescope If the telescope go to the wrong direction in declination in Gotomode is it necessary to tell PIC ASTRO in what sense is the tube To do this simply do a reset and press the DE at the same time
4. e Port serie com1 X Vitesse 9600 v Bits de donn es Parit Bits d arr t These settings will be kept by the software until you reinstall it 5 2 Use in Goto Mode It is necessary to initialize the coordinates of PIC ASTRO at each power up To do this it is necessary to do the following steps 1 Connect to the telescope by clicking on the menu Telescope connexion LX200 telescope The following window appears T lescope LX 200 Pasition AD DE HA AZ Direction Vitesse N Eo Center o Stop E T Find s IV Slew Option Afficher la position du t lescope 2 Positioned the telescope on a celestial object known at the center of the eyepiece 3 Double click on the right button of the mouse and chose the celestial object that you target with the telescope 4 Click on the button Tracking in the window that opens for the first time it sets the coordinates of PIC ASTRO on the object currently positioned 5 Fora Goto on another object now double click with the right button of the mouse on the celestial object you want and click on Tracking To disconnect the telescope for a reset or a power off you must click on the menu T lescope Disconnect t lescope If you move manually the telescope it s necessary to disconnect PIC ASTRO to do a reset and to repeat steps 1 to 4 5 3 Tracking of the movements of the t lescope PIC ASTRO has the ability to calculate its
5. e Dec motor focusing sense If the switch is set to Move postion and you press these buttons e RA motor RA sense e RA motor RA sense e Dec motor DEC sense e Dec motor DEC sense e Dect and Dec in the same time reverse direction for declination motors The rotation of the speed button allows to vary manually the speeds between V1 to V63 following the parameters of PIC ASTRO 3 Meaning of LEDs The LED LED1 LED2 and LED3 allows to have guidance on how is running PIC ASTRO at the moment A 38 Sidereal tracking 400 ms Lunar tracking 800 ms Solar tracking 1600 ms Activation PEC 6400 ms tion Correction LX200 RA 50 ms Correction LX200 Dec 100ms Use default parameters 200 ms Move on RA axis 400 ms Move on DEC axis 1600 ms Reverse direction for declination motor 6400 ms The LED3 allows to know if PIC ASTRO is supplyed Use the default setting means that no specific settings has been charged or that the data are not consistent Example with LED1 on sidereal speed PEC activated The LED is lighten for 3 2 s then flashes lighten during 200ms off for 200ms for 3 2s PEC off The LED flashes lighten during 200ms off for 200ms 4 Goto with software Cartes du ciel http www astrosurf org astropc cartes These informations depends on the version used 4 1 Installation and adjustments Install software Cartes du Ciel base pack and the Meade plugin neces
6. rdinates of PIC ASTRO at each power up To do this it is necessary to do the following steps 1 Connect the telescope by clicking on the button Connect of the Control Panel of the software cartes du ciel 2 Positioned the telescope on a celestial object known at the center of the eyepiece 3 Click on the celestial object that you target with the telescope 4 Click ont the sync menu 5 To do a Goto you just have to click on the desired object and to click on the menu Goto In case of manual movement of the telescope it is necessary to re initialize the coordinates of PIC ASTRO repeating operations 3 4 5 Warning Before any Reset or power off it is necessary to disconnect PIC ASTRO from software cartes du ciel by clicking on deconnect in the control panel telescope if not you ll crash the software 4 3 Tracking of the movements of the telescope PIC ASTRO has the ability to calculate its current position when traveling in Goto mode LX200 via the controller of the software or via the hand controller of PIC ASTRO To center the map window on the sky position of the telescope you should click on the menu view from the toolbar Telescope It is also possible and very nice to be able to view the position of the telescope during its travel on cartes du ciel software s map this function is very useful when traveling manually To do this click on the menu Track on the toolbar Telescope
7. sary for the communication between the telescope and the software Connect the PC to PIC ASTRO with the serial cable normally used for PIC ASTRO programming Launch Cartes du ciel and configure the observation position and the date and time using the menu configuration observation Date time The coordinates and altitude are availabe with Googlearth software or for french cities on the web site http www ign fr under Altitude coordonn es cartes et photos sur ma commune The toolbar Telescope is displayed in the menu display toolbars telescope Tel Volr Sabre All the menus of the toolbar can be accessed via the menu Telescope software Click on the button Tel the telescope menu appears Then check that in the setup menu that Model contains the LX200 value and the Refresh rate 1000 value Com Settings must also contain the following values Timeout ms Interval Timeout Interface for LX200 ike system WE work with al systems using same protocol PJ Palez Nov 1999 P Chevalley Feb 2002 Renato Bonomini Jul 2004 Version 1 5 19 It is also possible to adjust the accuracy of orders sent to PIC ASTRO by checking the box marked High of the chapter Precision in the menu Configuration this command allows more precise movements All these settings will be maintained in the software untill you reinstall it 4 2 Use in Goto Mode It is necessary to initialize the coo
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