Table Of Contents - Orion HDX110 Instruction Manual

Figure 2. Contents of the Equatorial Mount box
1. Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1. Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2 Parts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Setting Up the HDX110 EQ-G Mount . . . . . . 4
2.1 Setting Up the Tripod Pier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.2 Attaching the Mount to the Tripod Pier . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.3 Leveling the Mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.4 Attaching the Counterweight Shaft and
Counterweights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.5 Setting the Latitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.6 Adjusting the Azimuth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3. Installing a Telescope on the Mount . . . . . . 8
3.1 Installing the Telescope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.2 Balancing the Telescope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4. Polar Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.1 Preparing the Mount for Polar Alignment . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.2 Polar Alignment Using the SynScan Hand Controller 9
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EQ Mount
RS-232 cable
SNAP
(camera) cable
Jackscrew
handle
12V DC
power cable
Hand
controller
cable

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Counterweight
shaft
Azimuth
adjustement
knobs
Azimuth
SynScan
lock bolts
hand
controller
4.3 Polar Alignment Using the Optional Polar-Axis Scope 9
5. Drive Panel Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.1 Drive Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.2 Panel Interface Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.3 Pinout of the Interfaces (Figure 19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.4 Connecting the SynScan GoTo Hand Controller . . . 10
5.5 Power Supply Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6. Other HDX110 EQ-G Features . . . . . . . . . . 11
6.1 Auto-Home Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6.2 Auxiliary Encoder Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6.3 Permanent Periodic Error Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6.4 Batch Exposure Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
7. Care of Your HDX110 EQ-G Mount . . . . . . . 12
Addendum: Adusting the Declination Axis
Backlash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14