Thanks for your reply. Initially, I had "Kstars updates everything" but still had this problem on occasion so I changed it to the mount controls everything. I will try going back to kstars updates everything and see if that helps.

Note that when I try to unplug the hand controller and connect directly to the mount (rather than USB port on hand controller), I get errors connecting (using synscan driver). I spoke to skywatcher support and they mentioned that I probably have an updated control board that doesn't allow direct connect (only used for updating firmware). Are you using synscan driver or eqmod driver when connecting directly to the mount?

I would certainly love to skip using the hand controller during initial setup. SynScan driver requires you do a setup/star alignment before it will work when connected to hand controller directly.

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