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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."

Equipment:

KStars 3.6.6 Stable
Linux stellarmate 6.1.21-v8+ #1642 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 3 17:24:16 BST 2023 aarch64 GNU/Linux
RaspberryPi 4B with 8GB Ram
Gemini Version Level 6 Build June 13
HC Version 1.6 Build July 23
Servo Version 3.0

It appears that the mount and Ekos think they are going in opposite directions:

[2023-08-22T20:23:48.814 EDT DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "First mount rotation remaining degrees:" 30
[2023-08-22T20:23:48.958 EDT DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - Mount status changed from  "Tracking"  to  "Moving W"
[2023-08-22T20:23:49.810 EDT DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "First mount rotation remaining degrees:" 30.0083
[2023-08-22T20:23:50.870 EDT DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "First mount rotation remaining degrees:" 30.4625
[2023-08-22T20:23:51.943 EDT DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "First mount rotation remaining degrees:" 33.3583
[2023-08-22T20:23:52.977 EDT DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "First mount rotation remaining degrees:" 36.9958
[2023-08-22T20:23:54.048 EDT DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "First mount rotation remaining degrees:" 40.4583
[2023-08-22T20:23:54.049 EDT DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - ISD:Telescope: Aborted.

[2023-08-22T20:23:54.049 EDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Mount aborted. Reverse RA axis direction and try again."

I also reset all of the settings on the Gemini to factory as part of the upgrade process, so I am not sure if there is a setting that I am missing.

Thanks in advance,
Anand

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