John Pane replied to the topic 'New Meridian Flip Issue' in the forum. 2 years ago

We're at the limits of my knowledge. I don't know if Ekos and the mount communicate regarding geographic position. I can imagine a scenario where they could properly sync on a target without agreeing on the geographic position of the mount, and thus when the meridian flip is necessary.

Looking at the manual, I see that the EQ6-R does not have a GPS. "At the end of the initialization of the SynScan hand control, after entering the proper local longitude, latitude". If you did not do this at least once after receiving the mount back perhaps it doesn't have the right coordinates?

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