For motors that are determined to be safe to calibrate, such as 'gonio_phi', a scripted operation could be written and given the 'Inside Open Hutch' permission for 'scientists'. This operation could set the motor position (for gonio_phi only) on behalf of the user, thus bypassing the restrictions on configuring a motor. This will allow the experimenter to calibrate the motor, while protecting them from accidentally changing other important parameters, like the motor's scale factor settings.