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In order to bring computerized pointing to your telescope, you need to fit a pair of optical
encoders to each axis of the mount.
A Mount Hardware Kit enables the mounting of these two optical encoders onto the telescope mount.
Wildcard Innovations can supply mount hardware kits for hundreds of different models of telescopes & mounts
which you can then easily install yourself. The kits come with clear instructions, including diagrams, and
require no special tools or skills.
This web page is designed to help assist you in determing the correct kit for your mount.
The most cost effective approach is to buy one of our Special Bundled kits, which includes the encoders,
encoder mount hardware and an encoder cable.
Generally, one of these Special Bundled kits, along with an Argo Navis™ unit, is all that you require to bring
computerized pointing to your scope, however, we do recommend you also purchase a serial cable
and an optional DC power cable.
Please note, some mount hardware kits gear one or more of their encoders to produce the final effective ouput resolution.
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WE CAN SUPPLY KITS FOR MOUNTING ENCODERS TO THE FOLLOWING TELESCOPES AND MOUNTS
EMAIL US FOR ADVICE ON INSTALLING ENCODERS ON THE FOLLOWING MOUNTS
DiscMount Alt/Az mounts
From the lists above, please click on the link that is specific to your telescope or mount
and carefully check whether any additional information is required when ordering. If so, please supply us that information
along with your telescope and mount
make, model and year. Additional information
may be requested before the order can be filled. *See the special note regarding Celestron
fork mounted C8 telescopes. The encoder and hardware systems (encoders and
gears or pulleys/belts) we supply are generally optimized to approximately 10,000 steps-per-revolution and
in some case 8,192 steps-per-revolution
on each axis. Some computers currently sold by other vendors
are not able to handle these high resolutions without encoder errors.
Please note that doubling the resolution of encoders on each axis of the scope
potentially quadruples the pointing resolution. For example, when going from 4000 step
encoders to 10000 step encoders, there is a potential 525% increase in pointing resolution.
Better quality mounts will see less improvement with the high-resolution encoders than
those of slightly lower quality. (The Argo Navis™ Telescope Pointing Analysis System™ - TPAS™ -
can often assist with certain systematic geometric, flexure and harmonic errors in many mounts.) |
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Argo Navis is a trademark of Wildcard Innovations Pty. Ltd. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.
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