Starlight Instruments Electronic Focusing System with HSM35 Motor

Starlight Instruments Electronic Focusing System with HSM35 Motor

Lightweight and compact Starlight Instruments Electronic Focusing System (EFS) with HSM35 Motor, control box, and hand controller. Works with all ASCOM compliant software.

The control box is 4.13-inches (105 mm) long, 2.87-inches (73 mm) wide and 1.1-inches (28 mm) thick.

The hand controller has an innovative feature in that you can change the number of steps the focuser moves from 1 step, 10 step, or 100 step increments. This is done by pressing the knob on the hand controller. Each step speed has an LED light mode, RED 1 step, Amber 10 step, 100 Green step. It is connected to the EFS control hub via RJ11 cable.

The EFS system draws a maximum 1 amp of power at 12V and can be controlled by standard USB cable.

HSM35 Stepper Motor

This "Handy" stepper motor unit works exclusively on the Focuser Boss II electronic focuser. The design of this motor housing allows you to still be able to manually turn the focus knob on the focuser by simply turning the over-ride knob on the motor housing. This motor has a built-in temperature thermistor for temperature control through the SI-EFS and the Focuser Boss II digital system. Here are the various motor choices:

• The HSM20 has 19,450 steps per inch and the HSM30/35 has 24,300 steps per inch.
• The HSM20 motor unit fits the 2.0-inch FeatherTouch focusers, MPA Retrofits (Takahashi and Tele Vue), and Micro FeatherTouch Telescope Focusers for the SCT scopes.
• The HSM30 motor unit fits the 2.0-inch, 2.5-inch, and 3.0-inch FeatherTouch Rack/Pinion focusers, along with the 2.7-inch Astro Physics focuser with the FeatherTouch Upgrade.
• This HSM35 motor unit fits the 3.5-inch FeatherTouch Rack/Pinion focuser and the 4.0-inch Astro Physics focuser with the FeatherTouch Upgrade.
• The Tak option will fit any Takahashi 4-inch stock focuser.

The motor connects to the EFS control hub via Ethernet cable.

Starlight Inst Electronic Focusing System -with HSM35 Motor-INCLUDED.

All cables are supplied with the EFS