Gday Erick
Have you set the ratios correctly?? ( both value and sign )
What firmware is loaded?? ( that will also confirm model
I havent read your manual, but the Autostar system is very flexible
and does work well with retrofits, but it also depends on toothcount
of the wormwheel and total gear reduction being accounted for
correctly before it works.
ref
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/
as a group dedicated to retrofitting scopes with controllers
and most use the 497 autostar.
If it reports German South, then it knows its a GEM.
What scope model did you select??? as that will auto select
several std settings re ratios, slew rates, slew limits etc.
If you also load patched firmware, lots more stuff can be made available for tweaking.
As to location, after selecting Melb, you can edit the name and Lat Long to suit what you want
Andrew