Gemini Users Manual 13
2.3.3 QuickMenu
If you press and hold the MENU button for at least one second, a selection of useful
menu items such as Centering Speeds, Hand Controller Modes, and Telescope Park
commands scrolls through the display. The item that is displayed at the moment you
release the button is selected. Some QuickMenu items have submenus that will scroll
through the display. Pressing the MENU button again selects the current submenu item
being displayed. After a QuickMenu item is selected, Gemini returns to the Telescope
Control Mode.
2.3.4 Moving the Mount Manually
When you are in Telescope Control Mode, you can move the telescope with the buttons
on the Hand Controller. There are three basic movement speeds: Guiding Speed (0.2 to
0.8 of the tracking speed), Centering Speed (up to 255 times the tracking speed), and
Slewing Speed, which can be adjusted separately for manual slewing (with the Hand
Controller) and slews performed by a GoTo operation. Holding down a button causes the
telescope to move. Momentarily pushing down the opposite button while the telescope is
moving causes it to accelerate to the next higher movement speed.
The Hand Controller works in one of three modes: the Visual Mode, the Photo Mode and
the All Speeds Mode. You can move both axes simultaneously in all 3 modes. You select
the mode by means of the Setup→Hand Controller menu item. Like some other settings,
it is remembered permanently and will be in effect even after powering off and on again.
The Visual Mode
In visual mode, the Guiding Speed is not available. When you press a button, the
telescope moves at Centering Speed. Momentarily pushing the opposite button lets the
system accelerate to the manual slewing speed. If you are moving both axes, both will
speed up. Ramping up and down in speed occurs independently for both axes.
This mode is intended for visual observing and for looking up objects. The autoguider
port is not active in this mode.
The Photo Mode
In Photo Mode, Guiding Speed is the principal speed, so pressing a Hand Controller
directional button moves the telescope at the selected Guiding Speed; Slewing Speed is
not available. Acceleration to Centering Speed is available in four stages (to allow easy
centering of an object in the field of view or on a CCD chip) by pressing the opposite
button while Gemini is guiding:
Pressing the opposite button once changes to 1/8 of Centering Speed to allow fine
centering of the target. Then, after about 2 seconds, the speed will increase to ¼
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