Hi,
I am using eq6 mount with eqmod driver. My goal is to set up full remote control.
As far as I understand, the driver does not know the absolute orientation, so the starting point is set from parking position and if that fails, it expects mount orientation with counterweight down and telescope pointing to north pole.
The problem is that if the mount is not in this position for some reason, it can lead to dangerous situations.
I want to try to use arduino with orientation sensor (like BNO055) to get the initial orientation. My question is how to push the value from the sensor to eqmod driver. Adding it as a sync point probably won't work because the sensor is not precise enough.
Is there any standard way how to do it?

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