Thanks for the suggestions. I found that this worked:
indi_setprop -v -x indi_lx200autostar.DEVICE_PORT.PORT=/dev/ttyAMA0
but as I learn more about how INDI works, I now realize that I can accomplish the same thing from inside a client app such as xephem.

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I interfaced a Raspberry Pi GPIO serial port with an Autostar/ETX using a custom made cable with the necessary voltage level shifting (3.3V TTL <-> RS-232), and can communicate with the telescope using a Python script that opens the port at /dev/ttyAMA0. I would like to run the INDI server and driver on the RPi, but I have not been able to figure out how to specify the serial port address on the command line; I assume that I would enter something like:
indiserver indi_lx200autostar -P /dev/ttyAMA0 &
but I haven't found any documentation about this; I just make up the "-P" part.

Could this alternatively be accomplished using a configuration file? Again, I haven't found any documentation on this subject either.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank you.

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