Paramount MX User Guide
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Axis Parameters
Description
General purpose I/O 2
General purpose input/output toggle.
General Purpose I/O 3
General purpose output direction 2.
General purpose I/O 4
General purpose input/output toggle.
User-Defined Parameters
Acceleration
The motor's relative acceleration/deceleration setting. Lower numbers
(for example, 250) will yield slow acceleration/deceleration while higher
numbers (for example, 750) will yield very fast acceleration.
Max Slew Speed (%)
The percentage of the mount's maximum slew rate that is used to slew
the mount.
Track Rate (% Sidereal)
The mount's tracking rate, based on the percentage of the sidereal rate.
Non-sidereal Rate
The non-sidereal tracking rate in arcseconds/second.
Guide Rate (% Sidereal)
See page 78 for a description of this parameter.
Tics/Revolution
The total number of encoder tics per one complete revolution of the RA
axis, computed by multiplying the gear ratio by 2000. For mounts located
in the southern hemisphere, the RA value must be negative.
See Hemisphere Setup in the Utilities Tab on page 100 for details about
configuring the mount for the southern hemisphere.
Relative Home Sensor
Position
See page 79 for a description of this parameter.
Commands Pop-up Menu
Use the
Commands
pop-up menu on the
Parameters
tab to retrieve the current settings from the
Bisque TCS and to set the Bisque TCS settings.
Restore Defaults
Choose this command to display the
Restore Bisque TCS Defaults
window that can reset all the mount’s
parameters to default values. Note that the mount’s synchronization history and periodic error
correction table are preserved.
