That's all well and good but in my limited experience with TSX, plate solving with SGP is much more accurate for centering my target. I have made several pointing models with high numbers of points but when using a scope with a moveable mirror, the pointing is off when I meridian flip. TSX may be a good piece of software but it is not for automation. SGP fills this role extremely well and I plan to keep using it. If it means I have to stay on an old version of TSX, I will. Plate solving just works and I don't have make new pointing models every time I change the OTA or conditions change.
TSX does have the "closed loop slew" which to my eye does exactly the same thing in that it plate solves and adjusts the position. Maybe there is a way to call this function? I do realize that Paramount users are probably a small minority of SGP users so figuring out a way to get around the problem is not high on the list of priorities.
Sorry for my ignorance, but I guess I don't understand why SGP syncs during the centering process. Couldn't it do the same thing and just not issue the sync or does that cause a problem? When I try with the sync inhibited in the ASCOM driver, the initial slew works fine but it is unable to fine tune the pointing. It gets to a point, usually 100-200 pixels off and won't get closer.
Thanks for a great product and keep up the good work,
Chris