Well, you could program the PEC. That's very easy to do.
Patrick Wallace (the author of Tpoint) is of the opinion that it doesn't hurt (and could help) to sync into model at the start of each session. Mind you, Patrick doesn't have a Paramount. I just home and go with the Paramount, so long as I haven't changed anything since the previous evening.
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I've tried automatic calibration but must need to experiment a bit with that, cannot get past the first point without it saying that there aren't enough stars, but do I need that now?
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20 arc-seconds isn't bad. If you do an automated calibration you'll probably be able to whack that down to 10 arc-seconds or so. You should definitely work on the "not enough stars" error because being able to plate solve is sort of important! Try binning 3x3 or 4x4 with your exposure set from 5 to 15 seconds. What's your FOV in arc-minutes? If it's really small, like under 10 arc-minutes on a side, then you
may need to add the NOMAD catalog (Database Add On).