On Monday, March 21, 2016 at 9:04:29 PM UTC-5, Davoud wrote:
Davoud:

"OK, here's what's really happening as I have learned just today.
Firstly, TheSkyX does not declare anything. It gets a piece of data
from the A-P hand controller that says either "east" or "west." TheSkyX
merely repeats what it has been told. At least one of your statements
above is true."

The keypad does not send anything to any other software. The keypad is irrelevant to the operation of the mount. It is simply a database planetarium program without the charts.

When TheSkyX queries the mount for scope position, the mount servo sends the pier side according to the Declination sign. The mount servo does not have a readout, so it cannot declare anything for you to read. Therefore the pier side declaration is done by TheSkyX so you read it on your laptop screen.