I thought I'd post a clarification here in case somebody else should stumble upon this. The problem with the Avalon's regarding the polar alignment tool has to do with misinterpretation of east/west by the mount and resides (my assumption) in the Avalon's FW and/or the Indilib driver. I was thankfully directed to these threads here by a fellow Avalon owner:

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