What is the point of this dialog box?

Cannot tell it to flip, the button is greyed out…

112 seconds is the time until the mount reaches the meridian. if you have programmed a meridian delay in SGP then the dialog box will disappear on its own and the mount will flip when the delayed meridian is reached.

between the time that the mount reaches the true meridian and the time that it reaches the delayed meridian, the “attempt flip now” button will be active. it’s giving you the opportunity to flip early in case you happen to be at the computer when this happens.

rob