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Use ARCO as field de-rotator rotator with Alt-Az mounts and PLAY
ARCO can be used as field de-rotator by using the PLAY software you can download from the DOWNLOAD sec-
tion of
website and selected Alt-Azi mounts (currently tested with SkyWatcher AZ-EQ6 and
AZ-EQ5 mounts provided with USB port on the mount head).
In order to use ARCO with PLAY, you have to use
ESATTO or SESTO SENSO with at least firmware version 3.0. Please refer to the ESATTO or SESTO SENSO
2 user manuals in order to read how to update firmware with PLAY.
If you want to use ARCO as field de-rotator
with your telescope and a supported Alt-Azi mount, please follow these steps in PLAY software:
1) Launch PLAY software and you will see the
CONFIGURATOR
section where set your devices connection.
2) Click on the
Focuser
section (you can click both on the Focuser shape of the central image or on the Focuser
text in the left column). This will open a popup window where you can set the COM port number associated to
your ESATTO or SESTO SENSO 2. If you don’t know what is the COM port associated to your ESATTO or SE-
STO SENSO 2, you can enter in Windows Device Manager and check what COM port number Windows crea-
tes when you plug the USB cable of your ESATTO or SESTO SENSO 2. In order to better identify it, you can
also connect and disconnect the USB cable since this will update the Device Manager list. The press the
Con-
nect
icon in order to start the connection to your focuser.
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