Apologise for the noise but I have to reverse myself again. Today I am back to being able to control the mount.
To be brief. Mach1 VCP4-P02-08, 1.8.8, 3.5.1 stable.

Before running I look at the .indi xml files.
Telescope: Park position = 2 (weights down, telescope facing east) unpark from = last parked.
ParkData: Park Status = true, park position = 2.
Both as expected.

Power on mount
Start KStars & Ekos/INDI using the GUI interface.
INDI panel Park To selection is blank with red LED. Select Park2 and save
Use the INDI Startup: cold start button
This establishes the initial conditions to be Parked with Tracking off. Ekos and INDI panels are in agreement.
INDI select unparked, Ekos also changes. Use Ekos to select parked and INDI also changes.
Select unpark and turn tracking on. Via KStars slew to nearby object. Park scope.
This sequenced worked.

Since the previous driver default unparked conditions was tracking, any suggestions on how to setup for the scheduler?
I have to pre-setup the mount using the cold start button? I did not see a way to have tracking start when changing from parked to unparked, or after slewing to a target. So do I also have to leave the mount unparked and tracking, selecting a target that will still be safe when the scheduled time arrives?

Items to be looked into.
- Why the INDI `Park To' field is lost from time to time.
- Why enabling verbose logging to file appears to prevent the mount indi options save button working if that is still true.
- How to automate the cold start, unpark, track sequence.

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