Starlight Xpress SXV-M7C - Manual (Page 29)

Handbook for SXV-M7C Issue 1 June 2004
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of your mount. This output is ‘active low’ (i.e. the control relays pull the guider inputs
down to zero volts when applying a guide correction) and matches most of the
autoguider inputs on commercial mounts. If ‘active high’ inputs are needed, or a very
low control voltage drop is essential, then you will need to add a Starlight Xpress
‘relay box’ between the guider output and the input to the mount. Please contact your
local distributor if a relay box is required. Some mounts (Vixen, for example) use a
similar guider input socket, but have re-arranged connections. Details are given on our
web pages at the end of the ‘STAR2000’ section.
The autoguider installed on a 80mm refractor guide ‘scope in the author’s garden
To use the autoguider, please proceed as follows:
1) Having started the SXV-M7C software, open the autoguider control panel by
clicking on the autoguider menu button.