There are actually two values that define the maximum range that is available, one is in INDI, which is the one you see as "Max. Position" setting, and then the firmware limit, which is used to define the range for the control. It's possible that the "Max. Position" has been saved from earlier and doesn't automatically increase, but the range you can set it to should, at least it did for me after updating the firmware and going over 60000 worked, though my focuser doesn't allow for much more than that. As for the relative position behavior, have to check that it doesn't have some other issue, I usually don't use it for anything myself, just the absolute position.

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