Gday Damien
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Enter key for 3 seconds, then press again to sync the star. I do this on 3 stars in different locations in the sky. Once done, using the handbox, tell the scope to slew to one of the previous stars. It will then do a GPS fix and slew somewhere. It never seems to slew to where I have asked it, (probably because I did not have the scope in the HOME position first,
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That procedure wont work :-)
You need to set your GPS to "At Start", as when it fixes, it overwrites all the internal clocks and resynchs them.
By slewing manually etc before doing a goto ( which triggers a fix if it hasnt been done ) it will get horribly screwed up.
Also, doing synchs doesnt create a model, it just resets the encoder datums, ie last synch over rules all the earlier ones.
If you want to cheat and not do an align
a) Always have the GPS set to "At Start"
b) Put the mount in home position before turning it ON
c) On getting a fix, you are technically aligned
so can then do a slew to a known star and synch.
Andrew