Time and Location settings are critical to the proper operation of StellarMate. This is even more apparent if you're on the go with a mobile setup. For a fixed-observatory, the only factor you have to worry about synchronizing is time. On the otherhand, a mobile setup requires both location and time settings to be accurate.
The time & location settings are not only used for KStars, but also to synchrnoize the mount and any other devices with time & location dependencies. For example, some weather drivers depend on location to query and retrieve information about the current weather.
Any U-Blox based GPS USB dongle would work with StellarMate. Here are a few from Amazon:
Most of these dongles need to be outdoor to receive any satellite signals. They can be connected to any USB slot in StellarMate.
After plugging the USB dongle for the first time, you need to do the following:
The following is a video tutorial that covers all the steps above:
Created : 2018-11-01 12:07:46, Last Modified : 2018-11-01 12:24:39