INDI Library - Recently Added Listings - Filter Wheels https://indilib.org/ Tue, 19 Mar 2024 07:45:26 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 Bresser https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/bresser.html ]]> naheedsa Sun, 19 Nov 2023 09:50:06 +0100 https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/bresser.html FLI CFW https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/fli-cfw.html ]]> naheedsa Sun, 19 Nov 2023 08:56:40 +0100 https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/fli-cfw.html Atik EFW https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/atik-efw.html ]]> naheedsa Sun, 19 Nov 2023 08:54:49 +0100 https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/atik-efw.html Apogee CFW https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/apogee-cfw.html ]]> naheedsa Sun, 19 Nov 2023 08:23:50 +0100 https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/apogee-cfw.html Altair https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/altair.html ]]> naheedsa Sun, 19 Nov 2023 08:20:34 +0100 https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/altair.html Mallincam https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/mallincam.html ]]> naheedsa Sun, 19 Nov 2023 07:59:44 +0100 https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/mallincam.html OmegonPro https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/omegonpro.html ]]> naheedsa Sun, 19 Nov 2023 07:45:24 +0100 https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/omegonpro.html Ogmacam https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/ogmacam.html ]]> naheedsa Sun, 19 Nov 2023 07:41:52 +0100 https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/ogmacam.html PlayerOne EFW https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/playerone-efw.html ]]> naheedsa Sun, 19 Nov 2023 07:21:45 +0100 https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/playerone-efw.html StartshootG https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/startshootg.html ]]> naheedsa Sun, 19 Nov 2023 06:18:17 +0100 https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/startshootg.html Manual Filter https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/manual-filter.html ]]> naheedsa Thu, 16 Nov 2023 15:15:50 +0100 https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/manual-filter.html Pegasus INDIGO https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/pegasus-indigo.html ]]> naheedsa Thu, 16 Nov 2023 13:05:49 +0100 https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/pegasus-indigo.html Quantum Filter Wheel https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/quantum-filter-wheel.html

Installation

Quantum Electronic Filter Wheel driver is included with libindi v1.3+ Under Ubuntu, you can install the driver via:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mutlaqja/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libindi1

Features

The driver supports Quantum Electronic Filter Wheel 7 x 1.25" / 2". It provides filter position control, assigning unique names for each filter and joystick control.

Operation

The filter wheel uses USB serial port, which is /dev/ttyACM0 serial device. After connecting the filter wheel set your filter names and save the configuration under Options tab so they get loaded automatically on subsequent startups. Change the filter wheel position by changing the filter slot property.
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Issues

There are no known bugs for this driver. If you found a bug, please report it at INDI's bug tracking system at GitHub.

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Kaczorek Sat, 11 Mar 2017 18:33:35 +0100 https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/quantum-filter-wheel.html
Optec IFW Filter Wheel https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/optec-ifw-filter-wheel.html

Installation

OptecInc IFW filter wheel driver is included with libindi v1.3+ Under Ubuntu, you can install the driver via:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mutlaqja/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libindi1

Features

The OptecInc Intelligent Filter Wheel (IFW) is a system able to manage a lot of filters within different wheels:

  • IFW:
    • Wheels with 5 filters of 2”
    • Wheels with 8 filters of 1.25” for industrial application
  • IFW-3
    • Wheels with 5 square filters of 58mm
    • Wheels with 6 square filters of 50mm
    • Wheels with 9 round filters of 50mm

The purpose of usage is to have more than one wheel of the same model but with different filters on these. For example the IFW can recognize 5 different wheels of 2” filters to a total of 25 filters. This driver is able to manage IFW and IFW-3. The different wheels for each model are identified by one letter from A to E.

The identification is done via reed sensors and small magnets placed on the wheels. These magnets provide the wheel’s ID and filters position. The name of the active filter is display on a small 8 digits display on the interface box of the IFW.

By default, the names are a concatenation of the WheelID and the filter number. (A1, A2..A9, B1..E9). These names can be changed by the user throught the serial connection.

More information in this document from Optec.

When connected three tabs are available:

Main Control

INDI Main Control Panel

Once connected the driver initialize the IFW. It tooks about 10 second (Even in Simulation !) The IFW move the wheel to find the first filter position and get the identification of the wheel in the unit. You get a new button to send manually the HOME command to the IFW too.

INDI Main Control Panel

When the IFW is ready you get the Home state green otherwise it turns red (ALERT) and a message ask to check the IFW and press on Home button to try again.

Options

INDI Options Tab
  1. Driver info : General driver's information
  2. Debug : Activate the debug mode. It has to be used for bugs reporting
  3. Simulation : Activate the driver's simulation mode to test it without IFW connected.
  4. Configuration: Manage the backup of the configuration
  5. Ports : You could configure the correct serial port to connect to the IFW.
  6. Joystick : If the indi_joystick drivers is loaded, activate the selected buttons to move to the previous filter, to the next one or to reset to the first one. If the Joystick is enabled a new tab is visible where the buttons could be configured.

Filter Wheel

Filter Tab

This tab provide information related to the wheel in place in the IFW and the filters names for this wheel.

  • IFW Firmware shows the firmware of the IFW if this information is available.
  • Wheel ID shows the letter of the identified wheel
  • Filter Slot shows the active filter position. We can change the filter in place within the slider or the selector and click on “Set”.
  • Chars allowed is used to restricted (by default) the char accepted to be written in the EEPROM of the IFW. When restriction is active only the following chars are valid: {0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ=.#/-%} and {space} These are the only ones the IFW box controller is able to display.
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If All is selected, then any char could be written in the EEPROM. That could provide strange results on IFW box controller, but it would be displayed correctly via the PC interface, then by INDI and Ekos.

Filter n°1..n°5(..n°9) show filters names and could be changed and stored in the EEPROM of the IFW box controller when click on “Set” button. When Simulator is active, some other swithes are visible to change the wheel format. We could select the default one with 5 filters or the 6, 8 and 9 ones.

Filter Tab

Operation

The INDI Optec IFW driver provides complete functionality for all majors features supported by the wheel unit.

These instructions cover the use of IFW unit.

  1. Initialization of the unit
  2. Change the wheel to use another filters set
  3. Change filters names for a wheel
  4. Backup configuration

Initialization of the unit

By sending a Home command when connected, the diver initializes the unit. It tries to get the firmware version of the IFW, identify the wheel ID and load from EEPROM the filters names. If an error occur the driver shows the error code and a short explanation. In this case you have to :

  • Go to Main tab and disconnect the unit
  • Check if the wheel is in the correct position.
  • Check if the wheel is correctly fixed in the unit
  • Make a power cycle of the IFW to reset the error
  • Reconnect to the IFW from the Main tab

Change the wheel to use another filters set

When the wheel is not moving, Open the cover of the unit, release the axis of the wheel, Take the other wheel in place, tight the axis back and close the cover.

Click on the Home button at the Main tab to identified the wheel in place and load the filters names from EEPROM.

Change filters names for a wheel

With the INDI driver we could change the filters names and store them in the IFW’s EEPROM.

  • To do that go on ‘Filter Wheel’ tab
  • Select if the filters names could be readable on the IFW’s box by select ‘Restrict’ (by default) or ‘All’.
  • Warning: only the 8 first chars would be register, if a name is longer the extra letters are ignored.
  • Change the name for one or more filters in box. Press ‘Set’ to store the new values. The rules against the name are check only when you click on ‘Set’.
  • The names are stored to the IFW and an initialisation of the unit takes place to load the new names from the EEPROM.

Backup configuration

To backup your actual configuration goes to the Options tab and click on Save button.

The configuration you have saved could be recall by different ways. One is to click on load’ button, other one is to configure on EKOS the ‘Load Device Configuration’ to ‘On connection’. With this selection the configuration is self-loaded when we initiate the connection to the unit from EKOS.

To configure goes to KStars, Settings menu then Configure Kstars...
Ekos Configuration
NOTE: - As indicate before, filters names are stored in the IFW itself. The driver reads those values immediately after device connection, not from the backup file. - The configuration is saved in ~/.indi/Optec\ IFW_config.xml on the PC running indiserver. Typical on raspberry PI unit. - The IFW-3 hasn’t been tested yet.

Issues

There are no known bugs for this driver. If you found a bug, please report it at INDI's bug tracking system at SourceForge. (You can log in with a variety of existing accounts, including Google, Yahoo and OpenID.)

]]> knro Sun, 30 Oct 2016 10:20:32 +0100 https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/optec-ifw-filter-wheel.html Xagyl Filter Wheel https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/xagyl-filter-wheel.html

Installation

XAGYL filter wheel driver is included with libindi v1.2+ Under Ubuntu, you can install the driver via:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mutlaqja/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libindi1

Features

The driver supports all Xagyl filter wheels. Besides filter position control, the driver enables the user to adjust each filter offset and assign unique names for each filter. Joystick control is supported and with joystick you can change filter positions CW and CCW. The driver provides settings for maximum speed, jitter, threshold, and pulse width values. For a complete description on the role of each setting, please refer to your filter wheel manual.

Operation

Before you connect, you must specify the filter wheel serial port. By default, it is set to /dev/ttyUSB0. After verifying the port, it is recommended to save configuration under Options tab so that it gets loaded automatically on subsequent startups.

Once you're connected you can read or set filter wheel position in the Filter Wheel tab. The filter wheel tab also enables setting a unique name and focus offset to each filter position.

Xagyl INDI Control Panel

Change the filter wheel position by changing the filter slot property.

The Main Control Panel offers simple commands for the following functions:

  • Hard Reset
  • Reset filter position to 1
  • Perform calibration. Please refer to your filter wheel manual for details on calibration procedure.
  • Reset calibration values.

Issues

There are no known bugs for this driver. If you found a bug, please report it at INDI's bug tracking system at SourceForge. (You can log in with a variety of existing accounts, including Google, Yahoo and OpenID.)

]]> knro Tue, 27 Oct 2015 09:54:44 +0100 https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/xagyl-filter-wheel.html ZWO ASI Filter Wheel https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/zwo-optics-asi-cameras.html

Installation

ZWO ASI Electronic Filter Wheels (EFW) use the ASI EFW driver which is available for download as a 3rd party driver from INDI's download page. Under Ubuntu, you can install it via:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mutlaqja/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install indi-asi

Features

The INDI ASI EFW driver is for the ZWO ASI Electronic Filter Wheel (EFW). It supports all models. The devices must be powered and connected before you run the INDI driver.

ASI offer several sizes of wheel, such as:

  • 8x 1.25"
  • 5x 1.25" or 5x 31mm
  • 7x 36mm
  • 5x 2"
  • 7x 2"

  Connectivity

The EFWs connect via USB2.0.

Operation

The INDI control panel in EKOS exposes data associated with the device and permits parameters to be set. In normal operation, higher level software, such as EKOS, will control the ASI EFW, but this section will utilise the INDI control panel to explain the available features.

First Use

When the filter wheel is first connected and the ASI EFW driver used for the first time, it is recommended to setup the filter names to make future usage easier.

  • Power up the device.
  • Connect the ASI EFW driver. Main Control tab, Connect.
  • Setup filter names for all the filters you have.
    • Goto the Filter Wheel tab.
    • Enter appropriate names for the filters you have and press Set.
  • Go to Options tab and press Configuration -> Save.

The ASI EFW driver is now ready to use.

The Main Control Tab

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The Main Control Tab allows the device to Connect / Disconnect.

The General Info Tab

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The General Info tab displays basic information about the driver.

The Options Tab

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The Options tab provides generic control options over the filter wheel:

  • Debug: Displays the debug status. Note that debug options are set in Ekos as described here.
  • Simulation: Enable / disable simulation mode for testing purposes. In Simulation mode, parameters can be changed but not send to the device.
  • Configuration: Manage the driver configuration.
    • Load: Load the last saved settings.
    • Save: Save the driver settings.
    • Default: Restore default settings that were shipped with the driver.
    • Purge: Delete the configuration file.
  • Polling: Displays the mount polling period in milliseconds.
  • Joystick: Enable or Disable joystick support. An INDI Joystick driver must be running for this function to work. For more details, check the INDI Telescope Joystick tutorial.

 Filter Wheel Tab

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The Filter Wheel tab allows filter parameters to be displayed and set:

  • Filter Slot: Display / set the currently active filter position.
  • Filter: Display / set the name of the filter in each position in the wheel. 

Issues

The current list of outstanding issues can be viewed at INDI's Github issues page. If you find an issue please report it on the Indilib forum and remember to include the logs (details on how to do this here).

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knro Fri, 02 Jan 2015 14:56:40 +0100 https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/zwo-optics-asi-cameras.html
TruTech https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/trutech.html

Installation

TruTech driver is included with libindi >= 0.9.

Features

Universal filter wheel for 1.25", 48mm and 50mm/2" unmounted filters through the use of interchangeable internal disks

Operation

Once connected, you can update the filter wheel position.

Issues

There are no known bugs for this driver. If you found a bug, please report it at INDI's bug tracking system at SourceForge. (You can log in with a variety of existing accounts, including Google, Yahoo and OpenID.)

]]> bnc Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:49:41 +0100 https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/trutech.html Starlight Xpress Filter Wheel https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/starlight-xpress-filter-wheel.html

Installation

INDI SX (indi-sx) driver is available for download as a 3rd party driver from INDI's download page. Under Ubuntu, you can install the driver via:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mutlaqja/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install indi-sx

Features

The driver supports Starlight Xpress Universal Filter Wheel with both 5 or 7 filter plates installed and controlled by USB (HID) communication protocol is supported (serial connection is not supported).

Operation

Once you're connected you can read or set filter wheel position.

Issues

There are no known bugs for this driver. If you found a bug, please report it at INDI's bug tracking system at SourceForge. (You can log in with a variety of existing accounts, including Google, Yahoo and OpenID.)

]]> knro Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:29:11 +0100 https://indilib.org/individuals/devices/filter-wheels/starlight-xpress-filter-wheel.html