@Chris_Ottaway1, the Helpfile EQMOD instructions are good, however I still had some trouble with my setup (EQ8, EQMOD) and Plate Solve 2. Basically would often not solve or would blind fail over to Astrometry.net which would only work sometimes. Also, the autocentering would sometimes have trouble getting to center (50pix) - successive tries would not get closer.
So I ended up making a couple changes which work for me - namely turning back on the point model (but keeping model simple, only 7-8 points). But ensuring that new points were not added to the model (EQMOD User Interface = “Dialogue based”).
I think the issue for me is that if the initial slew is not reasonably close to the target, PS2 can’t handle it. The point model seems to help in that regard. Now PS2 solves immediately almost every time.
FWIW - I’ve also got the SGP-Telescope-“Sync Behavior” set to “Sync”.
More EQMOD and SGP discussion, and details on my current settings, available here:
Hope this helps.
DaveNL