If you do throw it, can ya let me know, I'll drop by and put it in my trailer
Never used Stellarium for scope control, have seen a few people with a few problems with it though. I have always used Planetarium based programs such as C2A and Cartes du ciel, and Skymap Pro, with C2A being my favorite so far.
Good luck with it all Baz, wish I was closer, I would come over and help sort it out for you, or at least try.