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Losmandy Products Articles of Interest, Manuals, Firmware
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 "Losmandy™ Model GM-8 Instruction Manual". Complete 12 page instruction manual as furnished with our Losmandy Model GM-8 German Equatorial Mount. Publication content by Losmandy Hollywood General Machining, all rights reserved. From Company Seven's Archives. 180,304 bytes (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).
- "Losmandy™ Model G-11 Instruction Manual". Complete 12 page instruction manual as furnished with our Losmandy Model G-11 German Equatorial Mount. Publication content by Losmandy Hollywood General Machining, all rights reserved. From Company Seven's Archives. 180,349 bytes (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).
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"Losmandy Pole Finder Instructions" Illustrated instruction manual as written by David A. Kodama for Losmandy, with slight reformatting by Company Seven. This document covers the older Losmandy reticle (with the errant pattern), as well as the current model. Furthermore, it provides assistance for our Southern Hemisphere neighbors. Provided in support of customers who buy the optional Losmandy German Equatorial Mount Pole Finder.
- "Gemini Astronomical Positioning System Users Manual Level 4" Up to Version 4 ROM, Revised April 2006. 137 page illustrated instruction manual as written by Rene Goerlich, Michael Rudolph, David Sandage. Provided in support of customers who buy the Gemini "Go To" computer control system for Losmandy and third party German Equatorial Mounts. File is 1,783,876 Bytes. (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).
- "Losmandy Gemini System Operating Manual" Up to Version 3 ROM, Revised October 2002. 107 page illustrated instruction manual as written by Rene Goerlich, Michael Rudolph, David Sandage. Provided in support of customers who buy the gemini German Equatorial Mount "Go To" computer control system. File is 959,224 Bytes. (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).
- "Losmandy Gemini System Operating Manual" Level I, Version 1.2, Revised 12 December 2001. 21 page illustrated instruction manual as written by Losmandy and edited by Company Seven. Provided in support of customers who buy the German Equatorial Mount "Go To" computer control system from Company Seven. File is 297,477 Bytes. (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).
- "Losmandy Gemini System Servo Motor Installation Instructions" Level I, Version 1.2, Revised 12 December 2001. Two page illustrated instruction sheet. By Losmandy Hollywood General Machining. File is 78,530 Bytes. (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).
- "Gemini System Level 4 Serial Interface Command Description" The Gemini system supports a subset of the Meade® LX200 Command Set, this includes the complete command set for those who might wish to write their own software applications to communicate with the Gemini control system. Programs featuring special Gemini drivers can make use of the LX200 style extensions added as well as of the Gemini supports a Native Command Set described in this document. Many of these features and a hub functionality allowing several programs to access the Gemini controler simultaneously can be accessed by using an ASCOM driver. By Rene Goerlich.
- "Gemini System Level 3 Serial Interface Command Description" The Gemini system supports a subset of the Meade® LX200 Command Set, this includes the complete command set for those who might wish to write their own software applications to communicate with the Gemini control system. By Rene Goerlich.
- "Gemini Quick Start Guide" This document provides a quick start guide to getting up and running with the Losmandy Gemini system. For more detailed information read our concise "Losmandy Gemini System Operating Manual". Publication content by Losmandy Hollywood General Machining, all rights reserved. From Company Seven's Archives.
- For software developers programming to communicate with the Gemini, here are the Serial Line Command Interface Descriptions:
- Gemini System Level 4 Firmware, V1.02 The Gemini system hardware incorporates its basic operating instructions in computer code that is written into a Read Only Memory (EPROM) chip. People who wish to update from one EPROM to a newer version usually buy the computer chip with the update, remove the original and replace it with the newer one. For those people who can burn their own chips, this firmware is provided as a .zip download file (984,925 bytes) that will decompress into a directory with the operating system in .bin and .hex format. By Rene Goerlich.
- Gemini System Level 3, v1.13 Firmware The Gemini system hardware incorporates its basic operating instructions in computer code that is written into a Read Only Memory (EPROM) chip. People who wish to update from one EPROM to a newer version usually buy the computer chip with the update, remove the original and replace it with the newer one. For those people who can burn their own chips, this firmware is provided as a .zip download file (375,890 bytes) that will decompress into a directory with the operating system in .bin format. By Rene Goerlich.
- "Replacing the GEMINI System EPROM Chip" This document provides a quick start guide to getting up and running with the Losmandy Gemini system. For more detailed information read our concise "Losmandy Gemini System Operating Manual". Publication content by Losmandy Hollywood General Machining, all rights reserved. From Company Seven's Archives.
ASTRONOMICAL DATABASE FILES
Selecting any of the following highlighted database links will open a new window in your Browser, and display the respective file in ASCII text. While these files are in the Gemini User Catalogue and appear with the suffix "guc", a text editor will open them. So you can download each, and copy and paste your targets using your favorite editor to build your specific programs for the night.
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