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Originally Posted by The_bluester
That is one thing that is a big advantage of the iOptron (CEM70 at least) “Seek home” is available via ascom and is a sync event. You can power it off in any position, or release the gear and move it manually but if you seek home it does so and syncs to that position so it is immediately ready for a goto. And provided the base is decently level it is close enough to jump straight in to plate solving to center a target without needing a blind solve to start off.
Is it not possible via ASCOM to send the EQ8-R home automatically and have it sync on that position? A bit of an odd design choice if that is the case.
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Unfortunately not with Synta mounts although I suspect someone with an electronics background has probably done a workaround
Also I don’t plate solve, I use sync point modelling with EQMOD and Stellarium
My rig is not fully automated so I manually operate the park function at the end of an imaging run ( I don’t need to get in the morning to go to work , retired )
The EQ8-R was marketed in 2019 as a Observatory Class mount , obviously not a bonafide Obs mount , then they brought the EQ8-RH out which has Ra axis Renishaw encoders and few other add ons for an additional $4K