howto:setup_rts2_for_sidereal_tech_mounts
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+ | ====== Sidereal tech mounts ====== | ||
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+ | Sidereal manufactures two distinct controllers - Sidereal I and II, and Force One. Both share the same protocol, described on Sidereal pages. | ||
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+ | Force one are strictly ACS - all commands need to be send with checksum. Some older I and II controllers does not support checksum at all, and need to be run in ASCII only mode. | ||
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+ | ===== Driver setup ===== | ||
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+ | **rts2-teld-sitech-gem** is a generic German equitorial mount. You will need .ini file with default values to make it work correctly. | ||
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+ | There is sample .ini for APM GEMs. You need to save this into file and add it as --defaults to rts2-teld-sitech-gem: | ||
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+ | _ha_zero = 230 | ||
+ | _dec_zero = -160 | ||
+ | _ha_cpd = 186413.511111 | ||
+ | _dec_cpd = -186413.511111 | ||
+ | _ac_min = -200000000 | ||
+ | _ac_max = 200000000 | ||
+ | _dc_min = -200000000 | ||
+ | _dc_max = 200000000 | ||
+ | _ra_ticks = 67108864 | ||
+ | _dec_ticks = 67108864 | ||
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+ | ra_speed = 12 | ||
+ | dec_speed = 12 | ||
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