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Argo Navis Version 2.0.0 Firmware
Latest release!
File size 1,261,363 bytes |
31 December 2005 |
- Warning! This release will automatically restore the MODE SETUP parameters back to their factory
default values. Please record all your MODE SETUP parameters prior to installation and re-enter
them after installation.
- Warning! This release will automatically clear all loadable catalogs. Please re-load any
loadable catalogs after installing the firmware.
- New features including -
- Wildcard's new TPAS - Telescope Pointing Analysis System.
This includes mount error analysis for one-star and two-star aligned mounts and an enhanced pointing kernel.
- FROM PLANETARIUM catalog. Allows a GOTO operation commanded from a planetarium program to
appear as a pseudo FROM PLANETARIUM object entry which the GUIDE display will then allow you to
perform a PUSHTO or to perform a GOTO from a planetarium program when in used in conjunction from the ServoCat
and some planetarium programs.
- Fixes to the satellite orbital element download and improved satellite tracking
- The Sun as an object (in MODE CATALOGS, SUN/PLANETS)
- SCRATCH OBJECTS (See MODE SETUP, SETUP SCRATCH and MODE CATALOG/SCRATCH OBJECTS
There are two convenient scratch objects that you can label with your own name and then enter the RA and Dec for
via the front panel interface.
- SETUP LOCATION Lat & Long can now also be entered in decimal notation
- Extensions to the Meade protocol, including support of GOTO operations which can be used
with the FROM PLANETARIUM catalog.
- Arrows in GUIDE mode can be reversed in SETUP GUIDE MODE
- Uranometria Second Edition and Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas support
- Hickson Galaxy Cluster positions corrected for correct Epoch
- New servocat protocol. Requires new ServoCat Beta firmware. The new protocol includes horizon
and Alt limit checking. Set your timezone, date, time and location.
- SETUP GOTO menu. To establish upper and lower Alt GOTO limits and to optionally enable/disable
limits audible alarm. Alarm will sound if GOTO attempted if Argo Navis is not aligned, if Alt of object
is below or above limits or is below horizon.
- ... and much more!
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| Argo Navis Version 1.1.5 Firmware
No longer available
File size 1,093,057 bytes |
17 June 2003 |
- Warning! This release will automatically restore the MODE SETUP parameters back to their factory
default values. Please record all your MODE SETUP parameters prior to installation and re-enter
them after installation.
- Warning! This release will automatically clear all loadable catalogs. Please re-load any
loadable catalogs after installing the firmware.
- New features including -
- Full support for equatorial platforms.
Ability to start and stop platform tracking.
Elapsed and remaining table running time displays.
Optional audio alarm to alert that table reset is due.
- Re-inclusion of selected ESO galaxies in MISC GALAXIES catalog. These entries were
inadvertantly dropped in the 1.1.4 release.
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| Argo Navis Version 1.1.4 Firmware
File size 1,071,144 bytes
No longer available |
24 February 2003 |
- Warning! This release will automatically restore the MODE SETUP parameters back to their factory
default values. Please record all your MODE SETUP parameters prior to installation and re-enter
them after installation.
- Warning! This release will automatically clear all loadable catalogs. Please re-load any
loadable catalogs after installing the firmware.
- Warning! Factory default settings to SETUP ENC TIMING have changed. Please record your SETUP ENC TIMING
TON TOFF values prior to installation and re-enter them after installation.
- New features including -
- REJOIN LAST TOUR. This allows leaving a Tour at any point by
pressing EXIT in MODE TOUR and then being able to rejoin the Tour at a later time.
The Tour is rejoined by selecting REJOIN LAST TOUR after entering MODE TOUR.
The Tour picks up from the last object before the Tour was exited.
- Additional MISC DOUBLE STAR catalog entries, in particular additional Struve entries.
- Tracking rate and offset support in skycomm emulation.
- First supported release for ServoCAT™ GOTO systems.
- Bug fix to sidereal rate in MODE TIMER.
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| Argo Navis Version 1.1.1 Firmware
No longer available |
19 June 2002 |
- Bug fix to asteroid and satellite positions. After performing the firmware upgrade,
Users will need to Purge any asteroids currently loaded and then re-load them. There
is no need to Purge existing satellite orbital elements.
- M102 now has correct declination.
- Timezone can now be set to +13:00 for New Zealand summertime.
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