But, tell me, which parking XML file were you modifying during your tests?

-Eric

I didn’t modify the parking XML file because it didnt have encoder values. Just angles, 90/0.

But it was the one in myhome/.indi on my laptop that I was looking at.

I think this is a part where I lost you. I didn't realize you were considering the INDI settings on your laptop, while it was your stellarmate that did the INDI manipulations. Sorry ! It's unfortunate that Tapatalk app on my phone is not showing signatures, that might have helped me understand...

-Eric

I’ll check the file on StellarMate tomorrow. It should have occurred to me to check those files

Sorry just had a chance to read this today. So the ~/.indi/ParkData.xml value to be read must be those on StellarMate and never on the client side (laptop or whatever). Is there a reason also for using the hand controller? Maybe it's necessary for mobile setups, but I haven't used the handset in a couple of years and never seen a single parking issue all this time.

ok, so problem solved on the StellarMate. I edited the ParkData.xml on StellarMate with the values you guys supplied and its working now.

I’m a little embarrased and have to apologize to you Eric. You directed me to set the default park way back in the thread. I guess I got it wrong. Now I understand what that does.

It’s true that if I got rid of the hand controller we wouldn’t see the issue but the encoder values would have continued to be set incorrectly. It’s true that as kstars gets more dependable, I could probably live without but why should I spent a $100 dollars to get something that does less than what the hand controller does. And then I just have to bring both of them with me.

It would be really nice to have a manual that explains what is going on, a theory of operation. Or even verbose tool tips might be enough. I told a friend to never touch the control panel settings unless he is sure what it’s doing. I think it would be better to have a button in the mount tab that confirms the mount is in the default position for parking or a custom position for parking.

And what values were there before?

The EQMod documentation is here: www.indilib.org/devices/telescopes/eqmod.html

Please let me know what else needs to be added/edited in the documentation to make this easy? I need feedback to improve the documentation.

The ones with the offest of -6 degrees -
8227137/10644627 :-s

Why did the file on the laptop show degrees and the one on StellarMate show steps?

The ParkData is shared for several drivers. Are you sure it was for EQMod the one on the desktop?

I see. Yes it could have been for another setup - I haven’t used my laptop directly for a very long time.