Basic-Features

The main features of EQTrack Basic are :

• Rotation of the equatorial motor at 3 selectable rates :
  • Tracking (ie: diurnal rotation compensation), itself selectable among 4 rates :
    • Sidereal,
    • Solar,
    • Lunar,
    • User defined.
  • Guide (plus or minus 20% on the tracking rate).
  • Slew (up to 2000 steps / sec)
• Rotation of the declination motor at 2 selectable rates
  • Guide,
  • Slew.
• The following rates are adjustable :
  • Sidereal tracking,
  • Solar tracking,
  • Lunar tracking,
  • User defined tracking,
  • Equatorial slew,
  • Declination guide,
  • Declination slew.
• The power applied to the motors (hence the motor torque, and the consumption) is also adjustable for the same rates.
• The rotation sense of the equatorial motor is also adjustable, to accommodate for a trip to the other hemisphere.
• Any new setting is stored in EEPROM after 1 minute.
• Power supply monitoring :
  • A LED is blinking at 1 second interval,
    • green when the power supply is high,
    • amber when the power supply starts getting low,
    • red when the power supply is low.
  • A buzzer alerts when the power supply degrades.
• The buzzer also emits :
  • a beep at startup to confirm a correct start,
  • during parameter setting, when the value is at the (low or high) end of the range.

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