One more here.  A few days ago I was sitting inside doing the 30 degree rotation and it never showed signs of ending.  When I went outside my 12" astrograph was upside down as far as it could and had slammed into the mount.  No damage fortunately.

I tried again last night sitting right by the scope ready to press Stop.  When it kept moving I pressed Stop and nothing happened.  I ran to the power strip and turned everything off as fast as I could.  Later I noticed the "Are you sure?" dialog, lol.  In emergency situations in the dark I could do without the confirmation request!

Meanwhile BTW I am enjoying Ekos a lot, it is fantastic, very solid and thanks to all developers working on it.

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