Celestron_gps absolute focus disagreement with KStars/EKOS INDI control panel.

[DarrenCarlson70]

The absolute focus position reported by the KStars/EKOS INDI control panel is in disagreement with the value shown on the Celestron hand controller and also what is shown in indi_celestron_gps debug output.

For example, I can pull up the focuser position in the hand controller and it reports 13641, but
the "Celestron Advanced VX HC/Focuser" tab under the INDI control panel reports the absolute position is 20066. If I turn on driver debugging, I can see messages like this:
org.kde.kstars.indi: Celestron Advanced VX HC : "[DEBUG] get focus position 13641 "
So - why is the Indi control panel reporting an absolute position other than this?

To Reproduce

1. KStars/Tools/Devices/Device Manager/Run Service: Telescopes/Celestron Advanced VX HC.
2. Visit the Focuser tab of the INDI Control Panel and note the Absolute Position.
3. Visit the Focuser/Move To menu on the Celestron HC and note the radically different Position.

Expected behavior
INDI Control panel's Absolute Position should report the position retrieved from the hand controller, WHICH IS ACCURATE, BUT IS APPARENTLY NOT BEING USED OR IS BEING MANIPULATED INTO GROSS INACCURACY.

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Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Fedora Core 40
• Versions:
  KStars 3.6.6.4 28 Oct 2024
  libindi-2.1.1-1.fc40 30 Dec 2024

Log Files
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