Calibrate mount. Current Right Ascension and Declination become the commanded Right Ascension and Declination. This command synchronizes HC coordinate to commanded coordinate. No GOTO needs to be done first.

Command: :Sr HH:MM:SS.S#

Response: “1”

Define the commanded Right Ascension, RA.

Command: :Sd sDD*MM:SS#

Response: “1”

Define the commanded Declination.

Miscellaneous

Command: :F+# :F-# :FF# :FS# :FQ#

Response: (none)

Advances (F+) or retracts (F-) focus adjust motor on the eyepiece. F+ or F- commands commence adjustment and :FQ# stops it. If :FS# has been issued previously, then the focus adjustment will be slow. If the :FF# command has been issued, then the adjustment will be fast. If neither FF nor FS is specified, the power up default of FS is assumed.

Command: :F1# :F2# :F3# :F4#

Response: (none)

Set the focus speed to 1.2,3,4, from slow to fast.

Command: :V#

Response: (current servo controller software RS232 command language version number)

This command returns the current servo controller software RS232 command language version.

Command: :Vs#

Response: (current servo controller software infomation)

This command returns the current servo controller software information.

Command: :STR0#,:STR1#,:STR2#

Response: ‘1’

This command sets the track rate.

0 - sidereal

1- solar

2- lunar

Command: :GTR#

Response: ‘0’,’1’,’2’

This command gets the current tracking rate.

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iOptron MiniTower Pro Command Sr HHMMSS.S# Response, Command Sd sDD*MMSS# Response, Command F1# F2# F3# F4# Response none