Diffraction SBIG FW5-8300 Manual

1. Installing the FW5-8300 / FW8-8300 Filter Wheel

Remove the front plate of the ST-
8300 Camera by removing the 4
socket head screws in the corners of
the front plate. Figure 1.
Note the position of the round cut-
out inside the front plate that allows
for the height of the shutter spindle.
Figure 2. You will need to orient
this cover the same way in the event
that you should remove the filter
wheel and replace the camera's front
cover. There is a similar cut-out in
the filter wheel back plate that will
replace this front cover and it must
be oriented the same way.
Set the camera front plate aside and
save the four socket head screws.
You will use then to attach the filter
wheel.
Remove the front cover of the filter
wheel by removing the four Phillips
head screws in the recessed holes in
the four corners of the cover.
Figure 3.
Remove the filter carousel by
removing the 3 button head screws
closest to the center of the carousel
with a 1/16 hex wrench. Figure 4
Lift the carousel from the central bearing being careful of the
optical sensor at the edge of the carousel.