I'm still having problems. I did install a guide scope, but last evening, when I was try to align it, the indi_skywatcherAltAzMount driver would just stop working. It always went like this:
1. Goto target (close but no cigar).
2. Use either "hand controller simulator" or Indi Control Panel->Motion Control North/SouthEastWest to try and center the target.
3. Two or three adjustments and it just stops moving the scope. The only cure was a complete powerdown and restart. I had to go back to the indi_skywatcherAltAzSimple to complete my guider alignment.

Note that this was a fresh compile from a git yesterday morning running on the new 64 bit Raspberry Pi OS on a Pi4 aarch64. Last time, I was using Ubuntu Server aarch64 20.04, and didn't have this particular problem. But there were no errors in the compile. I also tried to get PHD2 to connect and the only INDI driver it liked was the indi_synscan_telescope driver. It "couldn't see" the other two drivers during the connect routine. Ekos, can, though.

I plan to try either Ekos or PHD2 plate solving as soon as I can get things stable again. While indi_skywatcherAltAzSimple has never given me any operational issues, its tracking is too wobbly for photos.

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