commands will move at Centering 

Speed. 

Rate Slew. Subsequent Move 

:RS# 

commands will move at Slewing 

Speed. 

Set

Set LED Display Brightness 

Value(from L1, V2.0 up) 

:SB# 

n=0: 100% n=6: 6.6% n=7: blank 

display n=8: test mode (all pixels lit). 

0 if invalid or  

Set Calendar Date: months mm, days 

1Updating planetary 

dd, year yy of the civil time 

:SC/
/#  data#  

according to the timezone set. The 

<24 blanks># 

internal calendar/clock uses GMT. 

Set Alarm Time from the civil time 

hours hh, minutes mm and seconds 

:SE::# 

1 

ss. The timezone has to be set before 

using this command. 

Hours after (sign +) or before (sign  ) 

GMT. The timezone has to be set 

:SG{+ }hh# 

1 

before setting the Calendar Date (SC) 

and Local Time (SL), since the Real 

Time Clock is running at GMT. 

Set RTC Time from the civil time 

hours hh, minutes mm and seconds 

:SL::# 

1 

ss. The timezone has to be set before 

using this command. 

:Sd{+ 

Sets the object 

s declination and sets 

}
{* }#  

0 if invalid or   

the object status to "Selected". It is 

or  

1 if valid 

important that the :Sr# command has 

:Sd{+ 

been send prior. 

}
{* :}: 

Sets the longitude of the observing 

site to ddd degrees and mm minutes. 

The longitude has to be specified 

positively for western latitudes (west 

:Sg{+ }*#  1 if valid 

of Greenwich, the plus sign may be 

omitted) and negatively for eastern 

longitudes. Alternatively, 360 

degrees may be added to eastern 

longitudes. 

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