James Wheeler replied to the topic 'Weird GoTo Problem' in the forum. 1 year ago

So through a lot of experiments and trying things here is what I know.

Motion in RA axis is correct. Meaning where it shows the scope moved in KStars is where it actually is after plate solving.

Motion in DEC axis is opposite. Meaning where it shows the scope moved in KStars initially looks correct but after plate solving it has moved in the opposite direction.

I can manually move the scope onto a target keeping in mind that DEC axis is doing opposite of what KStars shows and then once on target scope tracks correctly.

I have tried doing a factory reset on the scope. Deleting the profile from KStars and building a new one. Messing with the check boxes that reverse North/South West/East.

Nothing seems to make any difference.

I am fairly confident that the bug is in KStars / Indi. My other mount (Celestron AVX) works fine with the same computer.

I haven't tried this but after using plate solving to let the scope know where it is pointing I am fairly confident that doing a GoTo with the hand controller will work correctly.

The scope used to work just fine so I don't think it could be something like wires got reversed. There have also not been any firmware updates since the last time the scope worked correctly.

Really need some help on this one.

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