Thank you Edward. I'm still running tests so I will keep the thread updated as soon as I get any significant results. I believe east and west limits do work the same but things are a big complicated due to the physical limitations of having the RA motor on the west side for us southeners which really limits the mount movement on that side, making margins really tight. Also, what I find a bit confusing is that I noticed most posts and recommendations are to set the western go-to limit as a number which lies somewhere near 1 and say 10-15 degrees, depending on the movement margin you have on your mount, however the actual gemini 1 manual suggests values over 90 degrees, suggesting that this setting counts degrees from counter weight down position, and not backwards from the western limit? I'll do some tests using this setting (total angle from CWD) for go to limit and post results here.
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To recap, using the suggested settings that come from your spreadsheet (for my particular limits of 95 degrees west and 114 degrees east) of 4.5 degrees western goto limit worked perfectly in achieving reliable meridian flips as long as I switched "use side of pier" OFF in NINA. However, using these restrictive settings resulted in the mount refusing to do go-tos to lots of parts in the sky, particularly around the South Celestial Pole, when trying to run an imaging session, which is somewhat inconvenient. My next test will be keeping my limits settings but changing the western go-to limit to what is suggested in the Gemini 1 manual, which is a value over 90 degrees (I'm setting it to 94 degrees, one less than my western limit). I'll post my results after tonight.
