I'm giving up on the EQ3-2 + AstroEQ, I just bought an HEQ5 pro Synscan. I will pick it up this coming Saturday.
Just need to order the
HitecAstro EQDIR adapter for EQMOD
The AstroEQ is a great little box, can't fault it. But the mount (EQ3-2) is driving me nuts and not future proof.....
IMHO it is a great mount, never had any problems with it and ahve been using for about 10 months now, I also read some horrorstories about it but mine works just fine
I use 2 mounts. A fork mounted none go to Meade 10in SC. A Meade LXD-650 goto which I could control but probably wont. And a so far unused iOptron ZEQ25GT which I intend to fully control probably with INDI for some items and what is now called PiAstroHub for the rest as I can drive this mix from an i or some other pad.
Another alternative INDI only and a netbook.
If all else fails even though I haven't used it for over 15 years an ms windows based system - not that this will ever appear on my desktop machine again.