Hello fcasara, you said:
"By the way, you can flip the pier side of the telescope with FS2 without turning off or realigning. Just "simply" use the pad to move the tube to north until it crosses the north pole (south if you are down under). At that point FS2 flips his internal state of the pier side and you can slew normally and it will go to the other side of the pier. And don't remember to inform to the dome driver the new pier side. "

So let me check the procedure:
Using KStars first align the telescope on a reference star "Alpha whatever" in the FS2 data base.
Then engage KStar FS2 connect and sync.
Then use the FS2 hand control pad and press the N button to slew the telescope to the North Pole.
FS2 stopped the slew when it reaches North. ( I think that we saw this last time we had a chance to do some tests.)

Now the FS2 automatically flips its internal state?
If so then using KStars to select a target that is on the other side of the meridian and commanding a slew to this target should be accepted by FS2. That is FS2 will allow the slew from the north pole to the object on the other side of the meridian.

OR must KStars Ekos telescope mount control (FS2) first be set to change the side of the meridian? If so, where on which tab of the Astro-Electronic FS-2 Ekos panels is this "new pier side" command button?

We will test this tonight.

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