Tried the polar alignment routine for the first time last night, had a thought / observation and maybe a bug report.
When you get to the correction stage, with the picture showing the correction vector, it should be mathematically possible to translate the picture to a true alt-az picture. And it would be helpful to give correct altitude / azimuth directions, e.g. 20 arcmin up + 15 arcmin left. SharpCap attempts this, but doesn't translate the picture, their up means up on the picture, which the user has to determine by trial and error how that relates to actual mount movement. In the EKOS case, you have performed three solutions and moved the mount in a controlled direction, by then you should know the camera angle in relation to absolute altitude / azimuth. Proper orientation of the looping picture to the adjustments you have to make, and real time numeric feedback on the direction and magnitude of the required adjustments would be a big help.
Also, I'll have to try to duplicate this, but the first time I made it through the routine I had it in Auto and the mount moved West - West. So here I am at 60° west of the pole and made my adjustments. I thought I'd set it to go East and double check. It moved 30° East, solved, and then moved 30° West - back where I started from on the second round. I had to start teardown at that point I will attempt to repeat tonight.
When you get to the correction stage, with the picture showing the correction vector, it should be mathematically possible to translate the picture to a true alt-az picture. And it would be helpful to give correct altitude / azimuth directions, e.g. 20 arcmin up + 15 arcmin left. SharpCap attempts this, but doesn't translate the picture, their up means up on the picture, which the user has to determine by trial and error how that relates to actual mount movement. In the EKOS case, you have performed three solutions and moved the mount in a controlled direction, by then you should know the camera angle in relation to absolute altitude / azimuth. Proper orientation of the looping picture to the adjustments you have to make, and real time numeric feedback on the direction and magnitude of the required adjustments would be a big help.
Also, I'll have to try to duplicate this, but the first time I made it through the routine I had it in Auto and the mount moved West - West. So here I am at 60° west of the pole and made my adjustments. I thought I'd set it to go East and double check. It moved 30° East, solved, and then moved 30° West - back where I started from on the second round. I had to start teardown at that point I will attempt to repeat tonight.