Overview of Skywatcher Mount System?

[ThomasLondon]

Hi,

 

I just got a Skywatcher AZ GTI, which is great - but comes with no manual worth the name. In any case, most of the functionality sits in the app, which has an online help which is both well-hidden and requires you to leave whatever you are doing. Is there any reasonable overview of the mount, the app, how it works together, how to connect a hand controller?

For example, although I activated solar observing (having to add two numbers to switch it on is the most obscure user interface I ever came across), and still cannot find the sun as an alignment target. And when I align to a target the mount slews somewhere else. It can't be my job as a user to figure out the idiosyncracies of the UI by trial and error, can it?

Best

Thomas

[johninderby]

Download the Synscan hand control manual. The app is really just duplicating the hand control so the detailed info is in the hand control manual. The poor excuse for a manual that comes with the mount hardly tells you anything.

https://skywatcher.com/download/manual/synscan-hand-control-and-synscan-app/

[ThomasLondon]

Thank you! Yes, that does help a lot.

 

Best

Thomas