Hi everybody,

Last night I ran the Polar Alignment Tool and my mount slewed into the Alt/Az base.

mount - iOptron CEM 26
server - Astroberry server with INDI lib 1.8.7
driver - iOptron v3
client - Kstars 3.5.1 on a Windows laptop

The mount started at the zero position with the counterbalance on the bottom and the Dec facing polar north. I started the Polar Alignment Tool. The first picture was solved. It slewed west, stopped, captured, and solved the second picture. It slewed to take the third picture but it did not stop. The mount head met the Alt/Az base and the RA gear kept going until I powered it off. The noise it made was terrible. Any ideas what could have caused this?

Thank you

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