Thank you guys, that was great advise.
The other question is this, I am using Mel Bartels Scope-Drive and I
use a hot key to enter Guide8.
while i am in Guide8, the time stops in the program.
Eg, I have entered Guide8 at 9.57pm and am checking something out for
1 or 2 minutes, the time does not change. Is the program able to auto
update? Not that it matters because Scope-Drive takes into account the
amount of time which the motors have been idle and compensates for
this as soon as i exit Guide8. However, it does interests me to know?

Martin.