diff --git a/docs/source/quick_start.rst b/docs/source/quick_start.rst index 3f6f5dff1..ca5c5c61f 100644 --- a/docs/source/quick_start.rst +++ b/docs/source/quick_start.rst @@ -147,6 +147,10 @@ between screens: - The **RIGHT** arrow selects the current menu item, which either sets an option or opens another menu - The **LEFT** arrow takes you back to the previous menu or screen - Press and hold **LEFT** for more than a second to jump back to the TOP of the menus +- **RIGHT** is also the confirm key. On a screen that asks you to confirm, such as the + shutdown screen, **RIGHT** selects the highlighted option and **LEFT** goes back +- **SQUARE** does not confirm. Press and hold it to open the Quick Menu, described below. A + short press does whatever the screen you're on uses it for Some menus, like the catalog selection, let you check several menu items on and off with the **RIGHT** arrow. @@ -515,7 +519,8 @@ Now align in a few steps: a planet. Point your telescope at it and roughly center it in your eyepiece. 2. Look at the PiFinder screen and find that star plotted there. Press the **+/-** keys to zoom out if it helps you identify it. -3. Press **SQUARE** to switch to star-selection mode. +3. Press **SQUARE** to start the alignment. The hint along the bottom of the screen reads + START ALIGN, and the screen switches to star-selection mode. .. image:: images/quick_start/align_start.png @@ -526,8 +531,9 @@ Now align in a few steps: 4. Use the arrow keys to highlight the star your telescope is pointing at, then return to the eyepiece and center it as well as you can. -5. Press **SQUARE** to complete the alignment. The PiFinder now places objects wherever in - your eyepiece that star sits. To exit without changing the alignment point, press **0**. +5. Press **SQUARE** to save the alignment. The hint now reads SAVE. The PiFinder then places + objects wherever in your eyepiece that star sits. To exit without changing the alignment + point, press **0**. .. image:: images/quick_start/align_done.png @@ -535,6 +541,9 @@ The marker returns to the normal Telrad-style reticle, showing your newly adjust point. The PiFinder saves it, so you don't need to repeat this unless you remove the PiFinder from your telescope and attach it again. +**SQUARE** starts and saves the alignment on this screen only. It is not a general confirm +key. On a screen that asks you to confirm, such as the shutdown screen, press **RIGHT**. + .. note:: You can also align on any catalog object. If you've found an object and it's not centered, center it up, press and hold **SQUARE** for one second, and select Align. This isn't like @@ -552,7 +561,8 @@ where the camera sees it, and mark that spot directly. .. image:: images/quick_start/align_day_start.png Opening the screen switches the camera to a short daytime exposure so you can see what it's -pointing at. Press **SQUARE** to begin. +pointing at. Press **SQUARE** to start the alignment. The hint along the bottom of the +screen reads START ALIGN. The view splits into four quadrants, labelled to match the keypad corners: **7** top-left, **9** top-right, **1** bottom-left, **3** bottom-right. Press the key for the quadrant your @@ -574,9 +584,11 @@ arrow press also leaves quadrant mode, so you can switch to fine adjustment at a .. image:: images/quick_start/align_day_fine.png Center your distant object in the eyepiece, move the marker onto it on screen, then press -**SQUARE** to save. Press **0** to exit without changing the alignment. Use something far -enough away that the focus matches the night sky, such as a distant treetop, chimney or -hilltop, rather than something across the room. +**SQUARE** to save the alignment. The hint now reads SAVE. Press **0** to exit without +changing the alignment. Use something far enough away that the focus matches the night sky, +such as a distant treetop, chimney or hilltop, rather than something across the room. + +**SQUARE** starts and saves the alignment on this screen. It is not a general confirm key. .. note:: In daylight the PiFinder shows the image in plain white rather than the usual red, since @@ -693,8 +705,9 @@ Shutting down the PiFinder A shutdown isn't strictly required before you turn the power off, but the PiFinder is a computer and skipping it risks file corruption. Press and hold the power button for about a -second. The screen asks you to confirm, and a second press shuts the PiFinder down and -turns it off. The :ref:`user_guide:shutdown` section walks through it with pictures, +second. The screen then asks you to confirm. Press and hold the power button again, or +press the **RIGHT** arrow. The PiFinder shuts down and turns itself off. **SQUARE** does +not confirm here. The :ref:`user_guide:shutdown` section walks through it with pictures, including the keypad route. .. note:: diff --git a/docs/source/user_guide.rst b/docs/source/user_guide.rst index ec610dad4..d53175ba8 100644 --- a/docs/source/user_guide.rst +++ b/docs/source/user_guide.rst @@ -66,9 +66,15 @@ options. Scroll through a menu and select items with these keys: - The **RIGHT** arrow selects the current menu item, which either sets an option or opens another menu - The **LEFT** arrow takes you back to the previous menu or screen - Press and hold **LEFT** for more than a second to jump back to the TOP of the menus +- **RIGHT** is also the confirm key. On a screen that asks you to confirm, such as + :ref:`user_guide:shutdown`, **RIGHT** selects the highlighted option and **LEFT** goes back +- **SQUARE** does not confirm. Press and hold it to open the :ref:`user_guide:quick menu`. + A short press does whatever the screen you're on uses it for, such as cycling through + extra information The arrows are the four directions of the joystick. Pressing the joystick straight in does -the same as the **SQUARE** key. +the same as the **SQUARE** key, and holding it in opens the Quick Menu. To confirm, press +**RIGHT**. .. note:: On v3 and v2.5 PiFinders the arrows are four separate buttons in a row along the bottom @@ -780,11 +786,11 @@ goes out once the screen and keypad come up. .. image:: images/quick_start/rev4_power.jpeg To shut down, press and hold the button again for about a second. The screen goes straight -to the shutdown confirmation. A second press confirms it, a tone plays, and the PiFinder -turns itself off once it has closed everything down safely. In normal use you never need to -cut the power by hand. If the software ever hangs and will not shut down, press and hold -**PWR** for more than 14 seconds to reset the power system. See -:ref:`troubleshooting:the pifinder won't turn on`. +to the shutdown confirmation. Press and hold the button once more to confirm, or press the +**RIGHT** arrow. A tone plays, and the PiFinder turns itself off once it has closed +everything down safely. In normal use you never need to cut the power by hand. If the +software ever hangs and will not shut down, press and hold **PWR** for more than 14 seconds +to reset the power system. See :ref:`troubleshooting:the pifinder won't turn on`. The menus get you to the same place if your hands are already on the keypad. See :ref:`user_guide:shutdown`. @@ -1301,9 +1307,12 @@ confirmation below appears from wherever you are. .. image:: images/quick_start/shutdown_confirm.png -Press the power button again, or the **RIGHT** arrow, to confirm. Press the **LEFT** arrow -to go back. The screen and keypad turn off within a few seconds, and the PiFinder turns -itself off. +Press and hold the power button again, or press the **RIGHT** arrow, to confirm. Press the +**LEFT** arrow to go back. The screen and keypad turn off within a few seconds, and the +PiFinder turns itself off. + +**SQUARE** does not confirm on this screen. Press and hold it and the Quick Menu opens +instead. For what each key does, see :ref:`user_guide:the menu system`. The keypad gets you to the same screen. The Tools menu offers a Shutdown menu item under Power, and the Quick Menu is faster: