Hi All,
My first attempt at using Sky Commander XP4 on a Dob resulted in limited success. At first everything appears to work as advertised but pointing errors got progressively worse with time. After reading the manual more closely, I think the Sidereal Clock has been turned "off" for use on an equatorial platform and that’s why my non-platform errors get worse with time.
The manual indicates that there should be setup screens as follows: (1) Scope Mount; (2) Hemisphere; (3) RA Direction; (4) Dec Direction; (5) RA Encoder Res; (6) Dec Encoder Res; (7) Fast Track ON/OFF; (8) Sidereal Clock; (9) RS232 Baud Rate; and (10) SiTech Mode. So screen 8 is the one that needs to be turned from “off” to “on”.
But my Sky Commander only seems to display screens 1 through 6 while scrolling using the up and down arrows. Screens 7 through 10 are nowhere to be found. Does anyone know how to access screens 7 through 10 on Sky Commander or could my unit be defective somehow?
Thanks, Tom
My first attempt at using Sky Commander XP4 on a Dob resulted in limited success. At first everything appears to work as advertised but pointing errors got progressively worse with time. After reading the manual more closely, I think the Sidereal Clock has been turned "off" for use on an equatorial platform and that’s why my non-platform errors get worse with time.
The manual indicates that there should be setup screens as follows: (1) Scope Mount; (2) Hemisphere; (3) RA Direction; (4) Dec Direction; (5) RA Encoder Res; (6) Dec Encoder Res; (7) Fast Track ON/OFF; (8) Sidereal Clock; (9) RS232 Baud Rate; and (10) SiTech Mode. So screen 8 is the one that needs to be turned from “off” to “on”.
But my Sky Commander only seems to display screens 1 through 6 while scrolling using the up and down arrows. Screens 7 through 10 are nowhere to be found. Does anyone know how to access screens 7 through 10 on Sky Commander or could my unit be defective somehow?
Thanks, Tom
