[TowerTalk] Problem with M2 Orion controller

[Wilson Lamb]

I don't know anything at all about the equipment you mention, BUT...
I'm quarantined, so have time to butt in.
Being familiar with control systems in general, I'd say it's unlikely you have a counter in your rotator.
Most designers will limit what's in the remote, inaccessible equipment.
I expect there's a cam driven switch in the rotator and a counter in the controller.
Remember the early TV rotators that matched up control and antenna positions with a solenoid "counter" that made a loud mechanical clack clack sound as the antenna rotated?
It was primitive, but most anyone could work on it and there was no delicate silicon and no software.
Not a bad idea...
WL