Mount Reversed

Ever want to attach the Optical Tube Assembly (OTA) backwards on an ALT/AZM mount? So that the fork arm can be more conveniently located to the operators right-hand side? Normally this would result in the ALT motor movements being the exact opposite of what one needs, and things would end rather Badly. As of v7.0 of the HBG3 firmware, one can now set a variable to enable use of "mount.reversed.alt" mode for anything that is controlling the mount via a connection that passes through the HBG3: WiFi, Bluetooth, or USB. For this mode to also work with a Celestron hand-controller, a HBG3-Relay device is needed, with the hand-controller connected on the Relay side of things.

On Serial or Telnet port 3000, use these commands to enable this mode:

set mount.reversed.alt 1

save

reset