All,
I've read a few other threads on this issue and none seem to apply to me. I have been using the polar align assistant successfully for some time prior to upgrading the firmware on my Losmandy GM811 to the latest Level 6 firmware. When I try to polar align, it would slew for a few seconds and then stop with the error "Mount aborted. Reverse RA axis direction and try again."
As a work-around, I found that checking the "Manual slew" box and manually slewing to the new position (using Mount Control from the "Mount" tab) lets me complete the polar alignment process.
It appears that Unchecking the North/South and East/West check boxes under "Reverse" Solves this issue. Can someone please confirm that this does not adversely affect tracking or GOTO's in other parts of Ekos?
Anand, I checked my EQMod Mount settings, and indeed, "Reverse West/East" in the Motion Control tab was checked! No idea how that happened, but after I unchecked that setting, polar alignment works again. Problem solved! Many thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
Axel