iOptron #3200 Quick start guide

Brand: iOptron

Model: #3200

Category: Telescopes

Type: Quick start guide

iOptron #3200 is a portable German Equatorial GOTO mount designed for astrophotography and visual observation. It features a sturdy construction, accurate GOTO capabilities, and a user-friendly hand controller. With a payload capacity of up to 8.8 lbs, the mount can handle a variety of optical tubes, including refractors, reflectors, and catadioptric telescopes. The mount's built-in polar scope and AccuAlignTM technology make polar alignment quick and easy, even for beginners. Once aligned, the mount's GOTO system can accurately slew to any of the thousands of objects stored in its database.

QuickStartGuide

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ForSmartEQ

Pro+(#3200)

PortableGermanEquatorialGOTOMount

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PACKAGECONTENTS

 TelescopeMount

 Go2Nova

8408HandController

 1.25‐inchtripodwithaccessorytray

 One1kg(2.2lbs)counterweight

 Onehandcontrollercable

 AccuAlign

TM

polarscope

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ONLINECONTENTS(clickunder“Support”menu)www.iOptron.com

 Manuals(youwillneedtorefertothefullmanualfordetailsonset‐upandoperation,NOprintedonewill

besupplied.)

 Tipsforsetup

 Firmwareupgradeandcomputercontrol(checkonlineforlatestversion)

 Accessories(suchas#8434StarFiWIFIadapter,#8412RS232‐RJ9cable,#8417ACadapter)

 Reviewsandfeedbackfromothercustomers

1. Setup tripod: Expand the tripod legs. Put the

AccessoryTrayontotheTripodSupportBracket.Slightly

pushdownAccessoryTraywhileturnit,until thetrayis

locked into the Tripod Support Bracket.

(Figure 1).

Adjustthetripodheightbyunlockingandre‐locking

the tripod leg screws (not shown) to a desired

height. Position the tripod so that the Alignment

Pegfacesnorth,ifyouareinNorthernHemisphere

(Figure2).

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Figure1

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Figure2

TheAlignmentPegmaybemovedtotheopposite

positionifusedatlatitudelowerthan20ºtoavoid

counterweightshitthetripodleg.

2. Attach the Mount

: Remove the Latitude

Adjustment Screw from its Storage Position (the

bottomthreadedhole)byunscrewingitalltheway

out(Figure3).

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Figure3

Retract the Azimuth Adjustment Knobs to allow

enough clearance for the AlignmentPegseatingin

thehouse.Tighten theAzimuthLocktosecure the

mount(Figure4).

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Figure4

3. AdjustLatitude

:Thissteprequiresyoutoknowthe

latitudeofyourcurrentlocation.Itcanbeeasily

foundontheInternet,withyourGPSnavigatorora

GPScapablecellphone.Youwillhavetochangethis

latitudesettingevery timeyousignificantlychange

yournightskyviewinglocation.Thissettingdirectly

affectsthemount’strackingandGOTOaccuracy.

Thread in the Latitude Adjustment Screw into the

Adjustment Position (the upper threaded hole), a

threadedholeabovetheStoragePosition(Figure5).

LoosentheLatitudeClutchScrewandtunethe

Latitude Adjustment Screw to raise the mount

altitude (latitude) to your current latitude as

indicatedontheLatitudeDial,asshowninFigure6.

Figure 5

Figure 6

Tripod support

bracket

Accessory tray

Lock point

Alignment peg

Lat. ad

. scre

Azi. ad

. knob

(

)

Azimuth lock

Adjustment

position

Storage

position

Latitude

clutch

Latitude dial

4. InstallCounterweight(CW):Themountcomeswith

one1kg(2.2lbs)counterweight.However,because

ofitsuniquedesign,noCWisneededifthepayload

islessthan4lbs.Themountandinstalledbatteries

willprovidebalancingweightneeded.Ifapayload

is greater than 8.8 lbs (4 kg, this value may vary

depends on the scope diameter), additional CW is

needed. The Counterweight Shaft is stored inside

themounthead.IfaCWisneeded,releasetheCW

ShaftLockingScrewtopullouttheshaft(Figure7).

MountaCWontotheshaftandtightentheCW

LockingScrewtoholdtheCWinplace.Tightenthe

CWSafetyScrew(Figure8).

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Figure7

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Figure8

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5. AttachandBalanceanOTA:

AfterattachinganOTA

andaccessoriestothemount,balancethemountin

bothR.A.andDECtoensureminimumstressonthe

mount.

CAUTION:ThetelescopemayswingwhentheR.A.

orDECclutchisreleased.Alwaysholdontothe

OTAbeforeyoureleasetheclutchtopreventit

fromswinging.Itcancausepersonalinjuryor

damagetotheequipment.

Figure9

Balance the mount in R.A. axis: Release the R.A.

ClutchandrotatetheR.A.axistoplacetheDECaxis

inthehorizontalposition.TheOTAcanbeoneither

side.IftheDECaxisstaysinthehorizontalposition,

itmeansthe R.A.axis isbalanced. Otherwise,you

mayadjustthelengthofCWshaft,orinstalland

adjust CW position to balance the mount in R.A.

axis. Remember to install the CW Safety Lock and

tightentheCWLockingScrew,ifaCWisinstalled.

BalancethemountinDEC.axis:Whilethemountis

at horizontal position, release the DEC Clutch

screws.IftheOTAdoesnotrotatealongtheDEC

axis,itisOK.Otherwisemovethescopebackor

forth to balance the OTA. Tighten the DEC Clutch

again.

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6. InstallBatteriesandConnectCables:

Therearetwo

battery compartments that each can hold 4 AA

batteries(Figure10).Lift thebattery cover. Carefully

pulloutthebatteryholderfromthecompartment.

Be sure not to accidentally disconnect the wires.

Insert4AAbatteriesintoeachholder.Replacethe

holderbackintothebatterycompartmentand

replacethelid.

Figure 10

Plug hand controller into the HBX port on the

mount (Figure 11). Turn on power and use four

Arrow keys (▲▼◄►) to rotate the mount Up,

Down, Left, and Right. Use the NUMBER key to

R.A. clutch screw

DEC clutch screws

CW shaft

lockin

scre

Retractable

CW shaft

CW safety

scre

CW locking

scre

Counterweight

Batter

holder

(

)

changetheslewratefromtheslowest(1for1X)to

thefastest(9forMAX).

Figure 11

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7. SetupUpController:

PresstheMENUbutton;then

“Settings”=>“SetTime&Site”.



EnterthecurrentdateorwaitingfortheGPS

connected to the satellites.  Enter the time zone

offsettotheUTC;forexamples:

 Bostonis“UTC‐300minutes”

 LosAngelesis“UTC‐480minutes”

 Romeis“UTC+060minutes”

 Sydneyis“UTC+600minutes”

Toggle the Daylight Saving Time (DST) between

N(No)andY(Yes)usingarrowkey.

 [TIPS:AlltimezonesinN.Americaare“UTC‐XXX

minutes”.  Latitude and longitude coordinates can

beobtainedfromGPS‐equippeddevices(navigator,

phone), or from internet, if you are entering them

manually.“W/E”=western/easternhemisphere;

“N/S” = northern/southern hemisphere; and “d” =

degree;“m”=minute;and“s”=second.Usearrow

andnumberkeystoenterlocationinformation.]

8. Polar Alignment:

RemovebothPolarScopeand

Polaraxiscovers.Lookthroughthepolarscope to

locate Polaris(orSigma Octantis at southern

hemisphere).SlightlyloosentheAzimuthLock

(Refer to Figure 4).UsethetwoAzimuth

Adjustment Knobs to center the pole star in the

azimuth direction, followed by tightening the

Azimuth Lock.  Slightly loosen Latitude Clutch (T‐

bolt), use the Latitude Adjustment Screw to adjust

thelatitude.TightenthelockingT‐boltafterwards.



Figure 12

QuickPolarAlignment

Fast and accurate polar alignment can be

performedwithiOptron’sAccuAlign

PolarScope.

(1) Turn the mount power on. Use the Hand

Controller (“MENU” => “Settings”=>“Set

EyepieceLight”)tosetilluminationintensity.

(2) Use the Hand Controller (MENU => “Align” =>

“Pole Star Position”) to display the Polaris

Positionon theLCD screen, asindicatedin the

leftsideofthefigurebelow.Forexample,June

22, 2014, 20:19:42 in Boston, US (alt

N42°30’32” and long W71°08’50”), 300 min

behindUT, thePolaris Positionis 0h45.8mand

40.4m(Figure13).

Figure 13

(3) Use the Azimuth and Latitude Adj. Knobs to

adjustthemountinbothdirectionsandputthe

PolarisinthelocationonthePolarScopeDial

(sameasindicatedontheHCLCD),asshownin

therightgraphoftheabovefigures.

BrightStarPolarAlignment

Whenthepolestarisnotinsight,refertoonline

InstructionManualforBrightStarPolarAlignment.

9. ManualOperation

:Themountcannowbeusedto

observe astronomical objects with the HC.  Use

arrow keys (►, ◄, ▼,and▲)topointthe

2013-04-01 12:01:36

UTC -300 Minute(s)

W071d08m50s DST: Y

N42d30m32s Northern

Azi. Ad

. Knob

Polar axis

(R.A. axis)

Polar axis cove

Lat. Ad

. screw

Polar sco

e cove

Latitude Clutch

Latitude dial

telescope to the desired object.  Use the number

keystochangetheslewingspeed.Press0buttonto

starttracking.

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10. Zero Position andOne Star Alignment:

Afterpolar

alignmentandbalancingOTA,return themountto

Zero Position before performing Star Alignment.

TheZeroPositionisthepositionwiththeCWshaft

pointing toward the ground, OTA at the highest

positionwithitsaxisparalleltothepolaraxisand

theOTApointingtotheCelestialPole.

Loosen the DEC and R.A. Clutches to adjust the

mount to the Zero Position by align three marks

located on DEC unit, R.A. unit and mount,

respectively.Tightenthescrewsafteradjustment.

Figure 14

The default mount power on position is NOT

necessarythezeropositionforSmartEQPro+,

especiallyitisthefirsttimetousethemountorjust

performedfirmwareupgrade.SettheZeroPosition

by press MENU=>“Zero Position”=>“Set Zero

Position”.   You should make sure the mount is at

ZEROpositionbypressMENU=>“ZeroPosition”=>

“Goto Zero Position”whenthemountispowered

on.

Perform a One Star AligntocorrecttheZero

Positiondiscrepancy.TofurtherimprovetheGOTO

accuracy, refer to the full User’s Manual for more

details.

11. GotoanObject:

ThemountisnowreadyforGOTO

and tracking targets.  Press MENU, select and

ENTER “Select and Slew”. Select a category (for

example, “Solar System”),then select anobject of

interest (for example, “Moon”).PressENTER and

the telescope will slew to the object and

automaticallystarttracking.

12. SynctoTarget:

Iftheobjectisnotinthecenterof

the eyepiece, use this function to center and

synchronize the object to improve local GOTO

accuracy.PressMENUandselectandENTER“Sync

to Target”.Usearrowkeyscentertheobjectin

eyepiece.  Press ENTERagaintocompletethis

function.

[TIP:  After slewing to an object, a list of nearby

bright object(s) can be displayed by pressing “?”

button.]



Use[email protected]fortechnicalsupports.

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IOPTRONONEYEARTELESCOPE,MOUNT,ANDCONTROLLERWARRANTY

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A. iOptron warrants your telescope, mount, or controller to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one years.

iOptron will repair or replace such product or part which, upon inspection by iOptron, is found to be defective in materials or

workmanship. As a condition to the obligation of iOptron to repair or replace such product, the product must be returned to

iOptrontogetherwithproof‐of‐purchasesatisfactorytoiOptron.

B.TheproperReturnMerchantAuthorization(RMA)NumbermustbeobtainedfromiOptroninadvanceofreturn.Sendae‐mailto

supportioptron.comorcalliOptronat1.781.569.0200toreceivetheRMAnumbertobedisplayedontheoutsideofyourshipping

container.

Allreturnsmustbeaccompaniedbyawrittenstatementstatingthename,address,anddaytimetelephonenumberoftheowner,

togetherwithabriefdescriptionofanyclaimeddefects.Partsorproductforwhichreplacementismadeshallbecometheproperty

ofiOptron.

Thecustomershallberesponsibleforallcostsoftransportationandinsurance,bothtoandfromthefactoryofiOptron,andshallbe

requiredtoprepaysuchcosts.

iOptronshallusereasonableeffortstorepairorreplaceanytelescope,mount,orcontrollercoveredbythiswarrantywithinthirty

days of receipt. In the event repair or replacement shall require more than thirty days, iOptron shall notify the customer

accordingly.iOptronreservestherighttoreplaceanyproductwhichhasbeendiscontinuedfromitsproductlinewithanewproduct

ofcomparablevalueandfunction.

Thiswarrantyshallbevoidandofnoforceofeffectintheeventacoveredproducthasbeenmodifiedindesignorfunction,or

subjectedtoabuse,misuse,mishandlingorunauthorizedrepair.Further,productmalfunctionordeteriorationduetonormalwear

isnotcoveredbythiswarranty.

IOPTRON DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WHETHER OF MERCHANTABILITY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR

USE,EXCEPTAS EXPRESSLYSETFORTHHERE.THESOLEOBLIGATIONOFIOPTRONUNDERTHISLIMITEDWARRANTYSHALLBETO

REPAIRORREPLACETHECOVEREDPRODUCT,INACCORDANCEWITHTHETERMSSETFORTHHERE.IOPTRONEXPRESSLYDISCLAIMS

ANY LOST PROFITS, GENERAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGESWHICHMAYRESULTFROMBREACHOFANY

WARRANTY,ORARISINGOUTOFTHEUSEORINABILITYTOUSEANYIOPTRONPRODUCT.ANYWARRANTIESWHICHAREIMPLIED

ANDWHICHCANNOTBEDISCLAIMEDSHALLBE LIMITEDINDURATIONTOATERMOFONEYEARSFROMTHEDATEOFORIGINAL

RETAILPURCHASE.

Somestatesdonotallowtheexclusionorlimitationofincidentalorconsequentialdamagesorlimitationonhowlonganimplied

warrantylasts,sotheabovelimitationsandexclusionsmaynotapplytoyou.

Thiswarrantygivesyouspecificlegalrights,andyoumayalsohaveotherrightswhichvaryfromstatetostate.

iOptronreservestherighttomodifyordiscontinue,withoutpriornoticetoyou,anymodelorstyletelescope.

Ifwarrantyproblemsarise,orifyouneedassistanceinusingyourtelescope,mount,orcontrollercontact:

iOptronCorporation

CustomerServiceDepartment

6EGillStreet

Woburn,MA01801

www.ioptron.com

[email protected]

Tel.(781)569‐0200

Fax.(781)935‐2860

Monday‐Friday9AM‐5PMEST

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NOTE:ThiswarrantyisvalidtoU.S.A.andCanadiancustomerswhohavepurchasedthisproductfromanauthorizediOptrondealer

intheU.S.A.orCanadaordirectlyfromiOptron.WarrantyoutsidetheU.S.A.andCanadaisvalidonlytocustomerswhopurchased

fromaniOptronDistributororAuthorizediOptronDealerinthespecificcountry.Pleasecontactthemforanywarranty.

iOptron #3200 Quick start guide

Brand: iOptron

Model: #3200

Category: Telescopes

Type: Quick start guide

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iOptron #3200 Quick start guide

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