Thanks, but I've given up with Astroberry for the time being. Been having enough 'fun' just running OnStep off my computer and home network--which I can usually do quite successfully. It seems that my OnStep controller can get finicky about making the home wifi connection, even though I'm fairly knowledgeable about setting it up to talk to wifi routers, etc. ( I think there's an underlying hardware issue that the OnStep developers are unwilling/unable to address with regard to cheap ESP8826 components). As for Astroberry and Rpi's, I don't currently have the patience to acquire and wade through all the Linux skills that I seem to need to know. I'm an old-time Windows user whose programming skills never got much beyond Quick Basic, although I can nose my way through Arduino scripts. I expect that I will give Astroberry another try if I find there's a clear advantage over the ASCOM-based system I'm currently using (PHD2/APT/Cartes du Ciel).

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