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Originally Posted by Paul Haese
If PEMPro can get your mount polar aligned to ridiculous accuracy then it must be a simple matter of writing the code to tell several motors to adjust the azimuth and altitude on the mount. It should do this in an iterative fashion. Afterall the accuracy to guide is already present, why wouldn't it be possible to get auto alignment.
Good question Roger. I think this is possible and achievable.
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Ive discussed this with Andrew before (yours is taking too long to make Andrew

), yes its certainly achievable and infact a fairly simple automation project with an iterative drift algorithm or probably in one hit with Tpoint.
Initially pointing south and leveling only has to be approximate if all 3 axis were contolable.
Its the cost of a 3 axis system thats the problem, not whether its possible or not.
Well, it could actually be "plonk down and it works it out", with only rough level and south pointing.