Paramount GT-1100 Robotic Telescope Mount

page 40 Paramount User’s Guide
Parking the Paramount ME
Before parking the Paramount ME, you need to set the preferred park position for your
telescope. This position (in altitude/azimuth coordinates) is stored to a file named
paramnt.cfg.
For example, if your observatory has a roll-off roof, and the roof can only close when the
telescope is in a particular orientation, the Set Park Position command is used to define
that orientation. The mount will automatically slew to this park position each time the Park
command is issued.
Setting the Park Position
With a telescope link established, first slew the telescope to the desired position. Next, from
TheSky, click Telescope | Options | Set Park Position.
We recommended that the telescope be parked as close to the home position as practical.
Since the Paramount ME must be homed at power up, the time required to find the home
position is reduced when the park position is near the home position.
Parking the Paramount ME
From TheSky, click Telescope | Options | Park.
Figure 24 – Paramount ME Adaptor Panel.
Connecting the Electronics and Power
1. Connect the joystick to the RJ11 jack on the south side of the Paramount ME. Make
sure you do not accidentally plug it into the Guider jack that uses the same connector.
2. Plug the serial cable into the appropriate connector on the Adapter Panel (labeled Serial
to PC). This connection permits communication between the Paramount ME and the
computer.