Update on the topic, got the board back and although it showed the correct firmware, it still did not work…. Malc-c did fix the firmware problem, but apparently there were other issues somewhere. I bought what was supposed to be a used Skywatcher base, that turned out to be new never assembled. It was to narrow for my Orion scope by a little over a half inch. So I pulled all the electronic off it and installed on my base. I now have a perfectly working base with all new and updated motors, encoders, boards and controller and also wifi which it didn’t have before. So it all worked for the better in the end. I now have a basically brand new scope.