As Bill G. corrected me:
it is
TOFFSET=x

You should type this in after opening the dialogue box Alt-J, using the number necessary
to either increase or decrease your time difference in noted vs. actual.

Dr. Clay
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Arkansas Sky Observatories
MPC H45 - Petit Jean Mountain South
MPC H41 - Petit Jean Mountain
MPC H43 - Conway West
http://www.arksky.org/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Campbell" <thcamp@...>
To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 10:30 PM
Subject: Re: [guide-user] Time Change Problem


> Dr. Clay,
>
> You wrote:
>>
>> "Open the small file Guide.txt and you should see the designation".
>>
> I don't see the designation in the Guide.txt file. Pasted here are
> the contents:
>
> SCOPE_MARGIN=.1
> SCOPE_SYM=c5;E0,0,35;E0,0,20;f4;-90,-10;-90,10;-45,10;-45,-10;f4;90,-10;90,10;45,10;45,-10;f4;-10,90;10,90;
> 10,45;-10,45;f4;-10,-90;10,-90;10,-45;-10,-45;
> SCOPE_TIMEOUT_MS=130
> CITY_SYM=c5;E0,0,3;
>
>> "You can change the time default by using the Alt-J command and entering
>> T=x, where "x" is the value that you need to adjust to."
>>
> Alt-J brings up a small window labeled "number of test flag" with a
> value of one in the small user data entry box. I changed its value, the
> UT as well as EST are still one hour behind. I put the value of one back
> in the box which was its original value.
>
> Right now I'm doing a work around by changing my PC clock to read
> one hour ahead of my EST and the Guide 8 universal time as well as all
> other time zones are correct. This is not fix the Guide 8 time problem
> for me but for now the real time alt/azm of the sky objects in its star
> charts are correct. This what I have to do for now until someone can
> help me figure out how to fix the Guide 8 one hour behind time problem.
>
> Tom
>
>
>
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