Hi Peter , I recently went through
exactly what your going through now , very frustrating . 6 months of trial and error .
I'm a noob as well and I'm not sure if I should be giving advice but it may help you . Someone correct me if I'm wrong .
I couldn't see octans either and purchased "polemaster" . It's a bit glitchy but works . Gota have a laptop to run it .
I eventually reset my hand controller , this did the trick .
I also "park" my scope when finished . Then "start from park" when ready to go again .
Make sure you don't put the date in back to front like I did on the weekend .
