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Subject: Re: [M]: Re: SMART Training, LX200
From: Mike Fuller
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Mon Mar 26 00:04:42 2001
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Hi Tim!
To answer your questions:
1. Yes
2. Use GUIDE, not CNTR.
3. ERASE eliminates all previous training. I have never tried just pressing
LEARN without ERASE first. I always used UPDATE to modify the training.
Hope this helps!
Mike F
At 09:33 PM 3/25/2001 -0900, you wrote:
>Friday Evening was my first attempt at SMART Training and I had several
>problems which I hope some answers to my questions will resolve. I did
>check the archives first and could not locate answers to these specific
>questions. I am using the adjustable cntr meade 9 mm illuminated eyepice.
>
>1) Is the training supposed to be taking place while the counting beeps
>every 2nd count?
>
>2) I found the CNTR speed to be to fast as the EW keys tended to always
>overshoot any attempts to return star to center circle, in spite of a deft
>touch. What speed rate should the CNTR key be set to for SMART training or
>is their another method to use for this purpose.
>
>3) Will Depressing LEARN erase all previous attempts or will the ERASE
>function erase all previous training (the books suggests only that ERASE
>works on the previous key entry)? I do understand the function of UPDATE.
>
>The good news, I suppose, was that the NS drift was almost non detect.
>
>thanks for some help, folks.
>
>-------------------------
>Tim "WindWalker" Crawford
>Beaver Lakes (AK) Observatory
>61 34 59.4N 149 50 25.8W
>12" LX 200 - Roll Off Roof
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