Jochym wrote: I am afraid that this is not going to work. Since HC is not monitoring AUX commands send by your code it will gradually lose the calibration as time progresses (with each nudge). You can probably mitigate it somewhat by syncing the mount after each nudge - but I am skeptical of the effectiveness of this approach.

Yes, I would re-sync after each nudge. I know it works not too bad because that's how I do it now, except that it is done by hand. Here is a detailed description of my operating scheme:

1. Do a regular GoTo for the target (or a precise GoTo, doesn't change the rest of the operations)
2. Capture and solve.
3. Sync on the RA/DEC values given by the plate solving (I do this in the INDI control panel)
4. Move the mount (with the North/South/East/West buttons in the INDI control panel) until the coordinates given by Ekos are that of my target.
5. Capture and solve.
6 If coordinates of the new images are close enough to the target, done. Else, repeat from step 3.

I have quite a lot of backlash on my mount, so usually I have to do 2 or 3 iterations of this. But it works great. In just 2 or 3 minutes I can get the target to within 1' of the center, which is plenty good for me.
Now, all I need is a way to do the same with some code, rather than by hand. Should be straightforward for someone familiar with INDI/Ekos. I should have a bit of time over Christmas, so I'll start looking into that.
The only problem I could see is if the multiple sync somehow screw up the alignment model.

Thanks,

jf

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