I use the mount in EQ mode using a wedge(attached pic) , so yes the home position is looking north. Not sure how it would work in AZ mode.

may be this post gives some idea for AZ mode.

www.cloudynights.com/topic/586532-new-sk...ifi-mount/?p=8873595

The azimuth is 0 degree (true north)
The altitude is 0 degree (horizontal), it is the home position.

Since it is necessary to correspond also to the encoder, recognition of the encoder step implemented in the SkyWatcher - Alt - AZ driver, alignment subsystem etc are also required.

There is no way for a driver to know if it is using an AltAz mount as AltAz or on an equatorial wedge. I think it might be necessary to introduce a switch to switch AltAz or EQ modes, at least to set the home position.

In the Synscan application, switch between EQ mount and ALTAZ.

If you can choose the encoder count for each mount, you can correspond to various mounts.

Yes, home position is north when the mount is powered up, but the scope may be pointing elwehere as the motor encoders are relative.
With the synscan app, I always enable the internal encoders after poweron, and tell the scope to goto (-90,90). Then the scope is aligned with the home position, and the internal decoders can be switched off. Some claim that there is less precision with the internal decoders - I don't know.
Using EQ wedge.
I use a twin scope bracket, so I need the black dowetail screw on the mount to point towards polaris - that's why I goto (-90,90)

Eivind

Thanks for the work getting the AZ GTI working with Ekos. I was debugging the protocol using Wireshark, so INDI supporting the mount is a huge leap. Congratulations!

I did a quick test at home yesterday with Ubuntu Mate and the nightly PPA. It looks very good, but I need to test in the field.

One thing that I tried to achieve was to limit the slew rate to make the mount less noisy. I tried to set it to 32x, 8x and similar values, but didn't work. Not sure I'm doing it correctly.

Yesterday I did other attemps with the AZ GTI and Ekos. Plate solving worked, but after the sync, the mount I did a slew to another object and it took the wrong direction.

I also tried to guide on an object, and got an error (see attachment).

I don't know whether this problems are related to bad polar alignment.

Logs might shed some idea. CHeck my signature for how. Make sure Mount + INDI + Guide + Telescope are all checked in the logs window before you start.

I had no problems with plate solve+sync with this driver. Even guiding with Phd2 worked perfectly.
I dint pay attention to slew speed, however changing slew speeds from mount control, did work and slewed at those speed. my goto's were at 600x speed.(yes its noisy)

Hello,
I am new to Ekos. Have AZ-GTI with updated firmware and EQ wedge.
Just bought a StellarMate.
What do I need to do to get the updated driver? (sorry, not very familiar with Linux).
Thanks!
max

Follow this StellarMate Guide

Oh. Thanks! StellarMate site looks beautiful but sometimes not easy to find things.