Owner manual

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE
7. AfterSynScan®GPSmousehasxedontheGPSsignal,thehandcontrollerwilldisplay
theversionnumberifthehandcontrollerisconnectedtothemount,ortheLCDwilldisplay
“NolinktoM.C.”and“Stand-alonemode”,ifthehandcontrollerisnotconnectedtothe
mount..
8. PressESC,andthehandcontrollerwillfunctionasnormal.IftheGPSsignalisxedsuc-
cessfully, the hand controller will skip the location, date, and time entry. The date, time, and
location will be automatically updated from the SynScan® GPS mouse.
9. In the SynScan® hand controller menu, there is a submenu “GPS” under Utility menu. In
this GPS menu, you can read the GPS information. To reach this menu, press the UTILITY
key,thenpressthescrollkeysuntil“GPS”appearsontheLCDscreen.PressENTER,and
the hand control will acquire GPS information within 2 seconds, assuming the SynScan®
GPSmousesuccessfullyxesontheGPSsignal.
10. WhentheSynScan®GPSmousexes,“GPSinformation:”willdisplayontherstlineof
theLCD.YoucanpressthescrollkeystochecktheGPSinformationasitfollowsinse-
quence listed in Fig. 7 on the next page.
The letters a) to m) on Fig.7 show the display sequence of the GPS Information
when you press the scroll keys.
Shows the latitude of the current site.
Shows the longitude of the current site.
Shows the current date.
Shows the current universal time (UT)
Shows the current local time (LT)
Shows the time zone, which is retrieved from the user-entered data.
Shows the current local sidereal time (LST).
Shows the altitude of the current site in meters.
Shows the received GPS signal quality.
There are 4 levels of GPS signal quality, which are “No fix”, “2D”, “3D” and
“3D+DGPS”. The most accurate signal quality is “3D+DGPS”, “3D” is the second
best signal quality, and “2D” is the lowest useable signal quality. “No fix” means
the GPS is currently attempting to fix on a signal, or cannot acquire the signal.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)
k)
l)
Shows the number of GPS satellites which are in the visible sight of the Syn-
Scan(tm) GPS mouse.
Shows the number of GPS satellites which are currently fixed upon by the Syn-
Scan(tm) GPS mouse.
Shows the magnetic variation (in degrees) of the current observing site.