Hi,
I am experimenting with EQMOD at the moment. I have an GP-DX with the EQ5 Synscan upgrade, and so far used synscan in INDI/EKOS. Currently using the PC direct mode - cable is on the way.

One of the major issues I have with the mount is huge backlash in DEC, and I hope to get a rip on that using EQMOD. However, when I connect to the mount, go to Options and enter a backlash value, pressing 'set' doesn't change the default value (1), and when switching on debug it says
INFO 1169.782365 sec : Setting Backlash compensation - RA=1 microsteps DE=1 microsteps
It doesn't matter for this whether backlash correction is activated with the radio buttons below.
Is there a trick, or is it a bug?

[Edit] As in the sig, kstars 2.9.8, INDI 1.7.4. I used the INDI Control panel of KStars to enter values.

OK, I found the problem.
The default values for the RA and DEC backlash, as defined inare 1. However, the smallest allowed value is 10. If any of the two values is below 10, neither of the two is accepted, and the old values are kept.
Unfortunately, the corresponding message is not displayed in the log window - only the info about the values it's set to.
I've opened a bugreport