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Handbook for the SX Standard Filter Wheel - Issue 2, February 2024
Handbook for the Starlight Xpress
Standard Filter Wheel
Thank you for your purchase of the Starlight Xpress Standard Filter Wheel. We hope
that you will enjoy using this advanced SX unit, which offers many unique features.
This handbook will help you to put it into operation and to understand its
capabilities.
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- Page 1 Handbook for the Starlight Xpress Standard Filter Wheel Thank you for your purchase of the Starlight Xpress Standard Filter Wheel. We hope that you will enjoy using this advanced SX unit, which offers many unique features. This handbook will help you to put it into operation and to understand its capabilities.
- Page 2 The SX Standard Wheel is especially designed for use with medium format CCD cameras and can use interchangeable carousels for 1.25 inch threaded. The SX Standard Filter Wheel has several important advantages over older and less sophisticated designs: 1) The wheel uses an internal sub-miniature DC motor drive to turn the filter plate.
- Page 3 Handbook for the SX Standard Filter Wheel - Issue 2, February 2024 Here is a simplified cross-sectional view of the filter wheel Loading the filters: Open the wheel by unscrewing the 5 small thumbscrews from around the periphery of the wheel chamber, lift off the cover. You can now lift the filter plate off the centre bearing and place it down with the magnet pillars facing upwards.
- Page 4 Handbook for the SX Standard Filter Wheel - Issue 2, February 2024 Installing the software: No drivers are required for the SX Standard Wheel. The USB input is an ‘HID’ device which Windows recognises automatically. Popular third-party software, such as AstroArt and Maxim DL include the command sets for the SX Standard Wheel, and the latest SX software can also be used with the wheel.
- Page 5 Handbook for the SX Standard Filter Wheel - Issue 2, February 2024 Very little maintenance is required and is limited to occasionally cleaning the carousel and drive wheel to remove any dirt or grease deposits that might cause slippage. A few drops of alcohol on a soft cloth will clean the surfaces and fix any drive problems.
- Page 6 Handbook for the SX Standard Filter Wheel - Issue 2, February 2024 Starlight Xpress Standard Filter Wheel Communication Protocols Interfaces available: USB: 1.1 or 2.0 General parameters: Total Filters: This is the number of filters fitted on the wheel, and is currently 5 or 7 for the standard Wheel.
- Page 7 Handbook for the SX Standard Filter Wheel - Issue 2, February 2024 Serial Port Protocol: The SX filter wheel implements a four-character format, which has just three commands thus: Notes: Checksum is 8bit addition of Header + Command + Data...
- Page 8 Handbook for the SX Standard Filter Wheel - Issue 2, February 2024 Dear Observer, Thank you for purchasing a Starlight Xpress product. We are confident that you will gain a great deal of satisfaction from this equipment, but please read carefully the instruction manual, supplied with your product, to ensure that you achieve the best performance that it is capable of providing.
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