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Handbook for the SX Maxi Filter Wheel - Issue 2, February 2024
Handbook for the Starlight Xpress Maxi Filter
Wheel with OAG
Thank you for your purchase of a Starlight Xpress Maxi 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.
Please read it carefully.
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Summary of Contents for Starlight Xpress Maxi Filter Wheel with OAG
- Page 1 Handbook for the Starlight Xpress Maxi Filter Wheel with OAG Thank you for your purchase of a Starlight Xpress Maxi 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 Handbook for the SX Maxi Filter Wheel - Issue 2, February 2024 Description: The SX Maxi Wheel is especially designed for use with large format CCD cameras and will not cause any vignetting when used with the SX-35 and 36, 35 mm format cameras.
- Page 3 Handbook for the SX Maxi Filter Wheel - Issue 2, February 2024 Loading the filters: Open the wheel by unscrewing the 7 small thumbscrews from around the periphery of the wheel chamber, lift off the cover and then remove the single large thumbscrew and washer from the internal central pillar.
- Page 4 Handbook for the SX Maxi Filter Wheel - Issue 2, February 2024 filter wheel control panel when executed. It may be found useful for both testing the wheel and operating it when the camera software does not support the SX wheel protocols.
- Page 5 Handbook for the SX Maxi Filter Wheel - Issue 2, February 2024 Starlight Xpress Maxi 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 9 for the standard Maxi Wheel.
- Page 6 Handbook for the SX Maxi Filter Wheel - Issue 2, February 2024 two complete rotations. During this period the Total Filters will be reported as zero. When this command is completed filter 1 is automatically selected. Serial Port Protocol: The SX filter wheel implements a four-character format, which has just three commands thus: Notes: Checksum is 8 bit addition of Header + Command + Data 0xA5 is the hexadecimal number = decimal number 165...
- Page 7 Handbook for the SX Maxi Filter Wheel - Issue 2, February 2024 between one and two rotations. When completed, filter 1 is selected. Do not send any new requests until the response is received. Any data sent during this period would be read but then discarded. - 7 -...
- Page 8 Handbook for the SX Maxi Filter Wheel - Issue 2, February 2024 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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