In the Ekos mount control tab you can set an hour angle limit to prevent tripod collisions. It's simpler and more foolproof then a full meridian flip.

However, the maximum selectable value appears to be 2 hours and my setup is usually capable of about 4 hours over the meridian. Is there a configuration file somewhere, which allows that maximum value to be changed?

At the moment I'm using the timed autopark feature.