Paramount MX User Guide
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Common Parameter Name
Description
Guide Rate (% Sidereal)
When the Bisque TCS guiding lines are activated, the increase or
decrease in control system’s position occurs at this rate.
The general rule of thumb is that the fewer number of corrections to the
mount’s position that are made during autoguided exposures the better
the resulting star profile. So, a the guide rate of fifty-percent of sidereal
rate (the default setting) is the optimal value to achieve this goal.
Max Slew Speed (%)
The percentage of the mount's maximum slew rate that is used when
slewing the mount. The default 90 percent.
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The Paramount ME’s maximum slew rate in right ascension is
3.5 degrees per second and 5 degrees per second in declination,
so the maximum default slew rate is approximately 3.2 and 4.5
degrees per second.
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The Paramount MX’s maximum slew rate in both right ascension
and declination is 4 degrees per second. The default maximum
slew rate in both axes is 3.6 degrees per second.
Flip Hour Angle (HA)
Slews within this hour angle region (expressed in decimal hours) cause
mount to slew past the meridian and then track through the meridian.
Configuring Flip Hour Angle Graphically
When
TheSkyX Professional Edition
connects to the Paramount MX, the
current flip hour angle is represented on the Sky Chart as an orange line
drawn from the horizon to 90 degrees declination.
