User`s manual

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How can I be sure that my computer can control my telescope
mount through this adapter?
Shoestring Astronomy provides a simple software application called GPINTCheck that
will allow you to verify that your computer, the GPINT-PT, cable, and your mount are all
working together. This procedure should be performed before you go out to try to
autoguide and can be done indoors without a guide imager attached to the computer.
GPINTCheck allows your system to be verified independent of any third-party autoguide
software, and thus is a useful troubleshooting tool as well.
1) Download and install the latest version of GPINTCheck from the Shoestring
Astronomy website.
2) Start the GPINTCheck software.
3) Attach the GPINT-PT to the parallel port of your PC. Run the RJ-12 cable from the
jack on the GPINT-PT to the jack on your scope mount.
4) Power up your mount. If your mount has a terrestrial mode, make sure it is not in this
mode. Some scopes with terrestrial modes will not take autoguide commands when in
this mode.
5) On the GPINTCheck main panel, select the parallel port that your GPINT-PT is
connected to.
6) Click one of the RA buttons on GPINTCheck. The tracking motor on your mount
should either speed up or slow down. The amount of change in the movement will be