Figure 6 shows the Guide/Slew Page. Here you can set the slew and guide rates, move the scope with buttons, and perform a GOTO or SYNC on a manually entered RA and Dec.
Press the appropriate button to set the rate that the mount will move the scope when you press the buttons in the Move Scope area of this page. When you press one of the rate buttons the rate is saved as a reminder in the Last Saved edit box. This rate is also displayed in the center of the move buttons on this page and on the Pulse Guider page.
The buttons here allow you to move the scope
in the indicated direction. The
scope only moves when a button is pressed. The RA and Dec in the
status bar will update once per second unless you have disabled it on
the connect page.
If you pressed a guide/center rate button
then the rate will be displayed in the center of the buttons as shown
in the picture to the upper right.
If you choose, you can reorient the buttons with the checkboxes to the right of the move pushbuttons. This is useful when you are imaging and want to orient button presses with your downloaded images. This only works well if you orient your camera roughly to the RA and Dec axes.
Rotate 90:
Setting this checkbox will rotate the buttons 90 degrees clockwise.
Swap N/S: Setting this checkbox (not the button) will swap the positions of the NE-N-NW and SE-S-SW buttons.
Swap E/W: Setting this checkbox (not the button) will swap the positions of the NE-E-SE and NW-W-SW buttons.
Swap N/S: Pressing
this button (not the checkbox)
will send a command to the mount to swap North and South directions when
doing a button press or serial control commands. This may be needed when
the mount flips sides. Now
while watching the status bar Dec
should increase when you press N (north) if the orientation
is correct. If it does not
click this button to swap N/S.
Note that pressing this button does not reorient any of the button positions.
Swap E/W:
Pressing this button (not the checkbox)
will send a command to the
mount to swap North and South directions when doing a button press or
serial control commands. Normally
you will not need to do this. You can check that your mount is configured
properly by first selecting 64X speed in the Guide
rate section so the RA will change relatively rapidly. Now
while watching the status bar RA
should increase when you press E (east) if the orientation
is correct. If it does not
click this button to swap E/W.
Note that pressing this button does not reorient any of the button positions.
You should only ever need to press the STOP button to stop a GOTO in progress.
Press these buttons to change the slew rate of the telescope, which is the rate the scope moves the scope (as a factor of sidereal rate) when doing a GOTO. When you press one of the rate buttons the Last Saved edit box will show the rate you selected as a reminder.
GOTO: Pressing this button will issue a command to the mount to GOTO the coordinates you set in the RA and Dec edit boxes. RA is in hours, minutes, and seconds. Declination is in degrees, minutes, and seconds. If you select Confirm GOTOs on the Connect page then PulseGuide will prompt you before doing the GOTO.
Sync: Pressing this button will synchronize the mount to the RA and DEC coordinates in the edit box. Typically, a star or object with known RA/DEC coordinates is centered visually or with a CCD camera and then the object’s coordinates entered in the edit box and the Sync button pressed. Most Planetarium programs have this feature but it is here for completeness. If you select Confirm Syncs on the Connect page then PulseGuide will prompt you before doing the sync.