[g__day (Matthew)]

More on the determination of my challenge with APT. Ivo confirmed if the driver (ASCOM X2 driver for The SkyX - with the mount emulating a meade LX200) does not return a can track value - then APT disables event based auto focusing.

So now the issue becomes between APT to ASCOM to TSX folk - why isn't a mount that is quite capable of excellent tracking able to tell third party software this is the case.

Not sure if this will be more Software Bisque saying ASCOM guys didn't code it correctly or we don't know what it does or the ASCOM developers saying we only pass on what TSX reveals. So now I have support threads in all of SB forums, ASCOM developer forums and APT.

Meanwhile I have asked Ivo to consider letting APT warn the user but ask if they want to allow event driven auto focusing - or default to having it enabled if Guiding is active.

SGP makes this so easy but APT went down a path that makes getting legacy gear to work just a tad more challenging. But Ivo to the rescue again - says he can add a workaround until ASCOM / Software Bisque work this through...

Stay tuned!