Spoke too soon, seems there is a problem with the eqmod driver or the kernel driver for serial, my HEQ5 mount no longer connects to INDI via FTDI cable. Had to resort to my windows setup last night (the mount worked there).
Here's some context:

dmesg
[ 5284.449239] usb 2-1: new full-speed USB device number 8 using xhci_hcd
[ 5284.604045] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0403, idProduct=6001, bcdDevice= 6.00
[ 5284.604059] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 5284.604065] usb 2-1: Product: FT232R USB UART
[ 5284.604069] usb 2-1: Manufacturer: FTDI
[ 5284.604073] usb 2-1: SerialNumber: AR0JVCUB
[ 5284.610239] ftdi_sio 2-1:1.0: FTDI USB Serial Device converter detected
[ 5284.610308] usb 2-1: Detected FT232RL
[ 5284.610952] usb 2-1: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 5289.155968] usb 2-1: usbfs: interface 0 claimed by ftdi_sio while 'brltty' sets config #1
[ 5289.157525] ftdi_sio ttyUSB0: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
[ 5289.157590] ftdi_sio 2-1:1.0: device disconnected

Here's the Ekos log for the mount, seems to only find my laptops' 4G Modem:
2022-05-28T09:41:35: [INFO] Scan complete. Found 1 port(s).
2022-05-28T09:41:31: [WARNING] Port /dev/serial/by-id/usb-Sierra_Wireless_Inc._Sierra_Wireless_EM7345_4G_LTE_013937006407355-if02 is already used by another driver or process.

Any ideas? Thanks!

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