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[jtc125]

I have an Astro EQ DIY kit.  I have been trying for days to figure out why slewing is not right.   So, I am setup in the house with the mount in home position.   If I try to slew to the east for an object along the same altitude above the horizon as Polaris the mount looks to be pointing correctly.  It seems the further I go east it starts getting noticeably worse.  It is like it is reversed as respects the altitude of the object.  The same holds true for objects closer to Polaris but when higher or lower in altitude above the horizon.   I have tried using the reverse selection in EQMod.    The RA and Dec cables are connected correctly.   Most always, parking will put the mount back to the home position.   Sometimes the Dec is off.    I have run the AstroEQ configuration multiple times and everything checks ok.  I noticed that when I run Cartes du Ciel and connect the scope that it shows EQMod HEQ5/6 V2.00K.  There is not an EQ5 to select in the telescope drop down menu as shown in documentation / videos.  I have looked through many of the EQMod videos for an answer.     Is this possibly an issue with my AstroEQ or Ascom or EQMod or some setting that I have overlooked?

[doramason]

don't forget the enter your location correctly in EQMOD.

[TCWORLD]

The axis reverse buttons in EQMOD don't do anything for AstroEQ.

In order to reverse the axis, you will need to run the configuration utility again, enabling the reverse axis option in there.

[jtc125]

Thanks Tom.   It appears from initial testing that reversing the axis inside the configuration utility resolved the issue.   I wound up setting the RA to Backwards.  I will do some more testing in a few days but hopefully the other slew tests will verify this.