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INSTALLATION GUIDE
Thank you for purchasing the Indigo Filter Wheel.
The wheel includes a 7-position carousel and can house 2-inch mounted or 50mm unmounted filters.
Device is covered by two (2) years warranty
Designed and Assembled in Greece
For any questions, feedback and support please contact: support@pegasusastro.com
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Summary of Contents for Pegasus Astro Indigo
- Page 1 INSTALLATION GUIDE Thank you for purchasing the Indigo Filter Wheel. The wheel includes a 7-position carousel and can house 2-inch mounted or 50mm unmounted filters. Device is covered by two (2) years warranty Designed and Assembled in Greece For any questions, feedback and support please contact: support@pegasusastro.com...
- Page 2 How to mount your filters into the wheel Untie the seven (7) hex screws with an Alen key and remove the lid of the filter wheel. Place your filters into each filter number slot. Numbers are increased clockwise and there is a visible engraved number for each filter set.
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Page 3: Camera Connection
• The device will load the firmware and after 4 seconds the wheel will spin in order to find the initial position and sync the optical path opening with filter number one (1) of your carousel. Accurate Filter Selection Filter Wheel rotates clock or counter-clockwise direction for filter selection. The wheel uses a combination of a direct drive stepper motor and an optical encoder to ensure that your filter selection is precise, and deadly accurate on every filter location Camera Connection... -
Page 4: Maintenance
Carefully place the carousel back along with the 3 screws. Don’t forget to securely tight them. Mechanical Design The body of the Indigo filter wheel is aluminum CNC milled. High-quality aluminum alloy allowed us to design the filter wheel as thin as possible (19.0mm, 19.6mm with adapters installed on both sides). -
Page 5: Technical Specification
If you would like to clean the surface, please use a few drops of alcohol on a soft cloth. What is in the box: Technical Specification Thickness 19.6 mm Weight 900 grams Power 5 Volts from USB Cable (Type B) / 300mA during slewing Positions Filters 2-inch Mounted or 50mm unmounted (default carousel) - Page 6 Indigo Filter Wheel Serial Command Language Firmware >= v.1.1 The device is discovered as a USB to Serial Port with Device ID: FTDIBUS\VID_0403+PID_6015+FWXXXXXXX\0000 Connection Settings: 9600, 8N1 (All commands should be terminated by new line /n) Abbreviations used: n = a digit...