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Old 26-05-2013, 11:16 AM
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Glad to hear you have success. I've tried AT a couple of times and never had any luck to get it work correctly - it just spends forever trying to plate solve. Any tips?

PinPoint LE (included with MaximDL) works brilliantly for me, provided the reference coordinates are reasonably close. I liked MaxPoint's ability to build a pointing model for the whole sky, but I think it's designed for higher end mounts than the typical EQ6 - every target lands on chip, but it's about ~ 10 arc min out for me.

EQMOD's N-point model, however, works well for me - provided there's a nearby triangle, most of my targets land within arc secs (or 1-2 arc mins) of centre. Having a script that can automatically slew / plate solve / sync (ala MaxPoint's automap feature) using just AT and EQMOD would be great.

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