Re: LX-200 Focus

Jerry Bialozynski Jan 20, 2007

If I activate the 4 focus speeds, how are the focus in & out, fast &
slow buttons used? Shouldn't there just be a focus in & focus out as
long as a speed is chosen?

Jerry

--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, Bill J Gray <pluto@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Jerry,
>
> If you look about 90% of the way down the list of toolbar
buttons
> shown in Settings... Toolbar, you'll see these five items:
>
> Focus in (LX200)
> Stop focus (LX200)
> Focus out (LX200)
> Focus fast (LX200)
> Focus slow (LX200)
>
> Turn these on, and the five toolbar buttons will appear. You
may
> want to select them individually and set hotkeys for them.
>
> Now, if you're feeling a bit bold... I've documented at
>
> http://www.projectpluto.com/toolbar.htm#activating
>
> how to activate some additional LX-200 related functions. In
> particular, the GPS and newer Autostar scopes support the ability
to
> set four different focuser speeds, instead of just "fast"
and "slow".
> By default, those options don't appear in Settings... Toolbar,
but as
> you'll see, it's not tough to activate them. (If you do so,
please
> let me know if they work! One reason they aren't activated is
that
> they're untested.)
>
> -- Bill
>