- Fully supports
the AP
serial command protocol.
- Pulse guiding. This corrects
for drift due to mispolar alignment and refraction. Pulse guiding
is an idea originally suggested by Roland Christen (founder of Astro-Physics)
and implemented in this application. It works by sending precisely
timed serial commands that make the mount move faster in RA and/or Dec
for a short period (hence “pulses”).
- Declination axis tests that
you can use to check the health of your mount’s declination axis.
- With
one button Unpark, automatically
setting the time, time zone, longitude, and latitude without ever needing
to plug in the hand controller. PulseGuide will even
detect that your mount is not initialized and ask to initialize it.
- Unpark
from one of the AP park positions or your own Alt/Az
- One-button Park feature allows you to park the mount at
its current position, one of the AP park positions, or a user-defined
Alt/Az.
- Set guide/slew rates.
- Buttons to move the scope conveniently.
- A status
bar that shows the scope’s position in RA/Dec (or Alt/Az), the side
of mount that the scope is on, Local Sidereal time, and Object Hour Angle.
- Set
the tracking rate (sidereal, lunar, solar, zero).
- Delayed
stop or park of the mount so the scope will not hit the pier if you
fall asleep or forget to shut down the scope.
- PEM
(On/Off, record with timer).
- Set mount to
PC Time and set Time Zone.
- Set
a Meridian delay so the mount will not flip on a GOTO command.
- Convenient Site management.
- GOTO/Sync
to RA/DEC coordinates. STOP button
to stop a GOTO, if desired.
- TPoint
resynchronization. This is a useful tool if you are using Software
Bisque’s TheSky with a TPoint model and lose synchronization because you
moved the scope by hand.
- Focus
control including a counter to keep track of position.
- Reticle
brightness control.
- Set
mount backlash.
- Other miscellaneous
features.