Use of mount setting rings with CdC / EQMOD

[KGX]

Hi everyone, confused and need some help on this one.

I have an AZ-EQ6 Pro Skywatcher mount. Set up in it's EQ configuration I calibrated the RA and DEC rings as 0hr RA and 90 DEC. Home position.

Testing in the daytime:

- I open Cartes Du Ciel and EQMOD, so the mount thinks it is pointing at the North Celestial pole.

- I slew to Polaris (which should be 2h55m RA and 89 Dec), the DEC reading looks good, but the mount actually slews counter-clockwise, when looking from behind the mount (ends up at approx 19hr50m RA, on the RA ring).

Surely it should rotate clockwise to 2h55m RA?

What have I done wrong?

I'm not using the handset at all, as this mount allows direct USB connection to the laptop. 

Thanks,

KG

Edited May 24, 2020 by KGX

[Dr_Ju_ju]

Home, i.e. the Park position, usually means, counter weights down & the OTA pointing towards Polaris, but NOT directly at Polaris....

What the RA & DEC rings show will be arbitrary as they are both adjustable...

[KGX]

ok, thanks, yes, that's my park position.

Would I be right in saying that if the mount performs a meridian flip then the RA setting ring would display the 'time' minus 12hrs?

Edited May 25, 2020 by KGX

[Dr_Ju_ju]

Yes, the RA ring will indicate a 12 hour shift, but to be honest I only use the rings to set initial park position & after that forget about them....

[KGX]

That makes sense, the software is far more accurate, and I also appreciate that using Polaris to check / set the RA is a bad idea as it's so close to 90 DEC.

This, in the end, is really a rather pointless thread (sorry!) about the (unnecessary) use of setting rings in conjunction with CdC & EQMOD 😬 ...so I've retitled it.