[raymo]

Yes Kevin, I know about checklists, I was a flight engineer myself back in the days of piston engines and the early jetliners, until a motorcycle put an end to that. Even back then our lives were ruled by checklists.
Anyway, I was so frustrated last night that I didn't take note at the time, but the V.4 hand controller doesn't have a beeper, it was coming from the mount. I didn't know the mount had a beeper. More puzzled than ever.
I will do a drift align and see what happens.
Actually I did a viewing session for a family last night before attempting
any alignment,[just the tripod legs sat on the marks on the ground, and finding objects manually], and it tracked very well. My problems have to be electronic, as the tracking rate of the motor seems to be fine.
raymo