ECU Pro V6.1 User's Manual Copyright © 1992-2020 by David J. Lane. All Rights Reserved. ECU Pro V6.1 User's Manual Table of contents Cover ............................................................................................................... 6 Legal Stuff ........................................................................................................ 7 Getting Started .................................................................................................. 9 System Requirements ..................................................................................... 9 Installation Instructions ................................................................................ 10 Program Settings ......................................................................................... 10 Starting ECU ............................................................................................... 12 User Interface .................................................................................................. 13 Sky Chart .................................................................................................... 13 Status Information ....................................................................................... 14 Mouse Controls ............................................................................................ 16 On-Screen Controls ...................................................................................... 18 Keyboard Shortcuts ...................................................................................... 21 Identify Objects Box ..................................................................................... 22 Menu Reference ............................................................................................... 27 File Menu .................................................................................................... 27 Open... ................................................................................................... 27 Save ....................................................................................................... 27 Save As... ............................................................................................... 28 Revert .................................................................................................... 28 Restore Defaults ...................................................................................... 28 Print Chart .............................................................................................. 28 Printer Setup... ........................................................................................ 28 Chart Setup... .......................................................................................... 29 Save Object Report... ............................................................................... 31 Report Settings... ..................................................................................... 31 Exit ........................................................................................................ 32 Edit Menu ................................................................................................... 33 Undo ...................................................................................................... 33 Copy Chart to Clipboard ........................................................................... 33 User Settings... ........................................................................................ 33 Track Coordinates .................................................................................... 35 Toolbar On ............................................................................................. 35 Status Line On ......................................................................................... 35 Scroll Bars On ......................................................................................... 35 Status Box On ......................................................................................... 35 Colors and Styles... .................................................................................. 35 Fonts ...................................................................................................... 37 Printer Fonts... .................................................................................... 37 Screen Fonts... .................................................................................... 38 Use Fonts ............................................................................................ 38 Increase Font Size by 20% .................................................................... 38 Decrease Font Size by 20% ................................................................... 38 2 / 158 ECU Pro V6.1 User's Manual Set Menu .................................................................................................... 39 Setting ECU's Time and Date ..................................................................... 39 Time/Date... ........................................................................................ 39 Julian Date... ....................................................................................... 40 Time Settings... ................................................................................... 41 Geographic Location... .............................................................................. 42 Sync Location or Time from GPS... ............................................................ 43 Calculations... .......................................................................................... 44 Chart Menu ................................................................................................. 46 Chart Orientation.. ................................................................................... 46 Features and Object Types... ..................................................................... 46 Magnitude Limits... .................................................................................. 47 Stars... ................................................................................................... 48 Deep Sky... ............................................................................................. 51 Solar System... ........................................................................................ 52 Sun ........................................................................................................ 53 Moon ...................................................................................................... 53 Comets/Asteroids .................................................................................... 53 Lines/Points... ......................................................................................... 53 Targets... ................................................................................................ 53 Place a Target ......................................................................................... 55 Custom Horizons... .................................................................................. 55 Labels... .................................................................................................. 56 Chart Size... ............................................................................................ 60 Zoom ..................................................................................................... 60 Orbits Menu ................................................................................................ 61 Edit Orbits... ........................................................................................... 61 Filter Orbits... .......................................................................................... 62 Append New Orbits .................................................................................. 63 Load Orbits... .......................................................................................... 63 Save Orbits... .......................................................................................... 64 Search Orbits... ....................................................................................... 64 Download Orbits... ................................................................................... 65 Convert Lowell Orbit File... ....................................................................... 66 Convert MPC Orbit File... .......................................................................... 67 Center Menu ................................................................................................ 68 Right Ascension/Declination... ................................................................... 68 Azimuth/Altitude... .................................................................................. 68 Hour Angle/Declination... ......................................................................... 69 Database Search... ................................................................................... 69 Constellation... ........................................................................................ 72 Star Name... ............................................................................................ 72 Messier List... .......................................................................................... 73 Named Object... .....................................................................................