Just tried APT ver 1.71 (it's a little old) but focuser ran fine, no problems connecting and stepping. I have been mucking around for ages getting ML stepper, building etc ...just got it all running, no scope time yet...apart from bench runs.
I read EQASCOM pad works fine...somewhere in the
UKAIO projects forum.
edit:
yep found
the post, Dave the developer tried it all out with EQASCOM pad ok.
Just tried APT ver 1.93...runs sharpsky focuser sweet.