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Subject: Re: [M]: Field De-rotators
From: James W. Burrows
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Sun Mar 02 00:17:32 1997

On Sat, 1 Mar 1997, RA wrote:

> I think if you see your scope moving toward the zenith and you are
> concerned about the rear attachments hitting the base of the forks, you
> can just stop the slewing by hitting the <enter> key and the scope will
> stop. I think that <enter> is the right key to push to stop the scope
> when its in the goto slewing mode. I asked how to stop a slewing LX-200
> in the goto mode last year and tho I havent tried to stop mine yet, I
> think that was the answer I got. Is that right Bill?
> If you're in a remote location, you won't have that stopping action.

The STOP command is another GOTO, sent before the "look now" beep. The
GOTO command is available via RS232 (:MS#), so a slew can be also stopped
remotely.

Been there, done that - trying to do a "backlash sensitive" slew, I would
command a slew to a fake object to the left of the intended object, then
to the object. If the two commands are done too fast, the telescope
doesn't move, doesn't beep, and you're in debug mode.

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