Sleepless nights from the polar align in EKOS.

Onstep EQ5 mount, set as LX200 in INDI.

My workflow is as follows:

  • Standard visual polar align with the polar scope
  • Do a one, two or three star align, by initiating the align in the INDI panel, and use the mount model tool on the Align tab. Slews in the right direction, plate solves fine. Save the align in the INDI panel.
  • From this moment on everything works fine. Goto works, the scope’s location on the screen matches the movements my mount is making. Automatic meridian flip works brilliantly.
  • From my last alignment star, near the meridian, I wanted do to a polar align with the PA module to check my initial visual PA. So from a star near the meridian, I initiate the PA slewing East. But the mount slews West, totally ignores the meridian. The PA procedure stops after trying to plate solve the 2nd image. Again movement of the scope on the screen matched the reality.

Replayed everything using simulators, worked as intended.

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