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Raspberry pi control Starlight Xpress filter wheel

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I have received my SX wheel and it works perfectly fine with the indi_sx_wheel driver.

It's really a plug and play.
root@raspberrypi:~# indi_getprop | grep "SX Wheel"
SX Wheel.CONNECTION.CONNECT=On
SX Wheel.CONNECTION.DISCONNECT=Off
SX Wheel.DRIVER_INFO.NAME=SX Wheel
SX Wheel.DRIVER_INFO.EXEC=indi_sx_wheel
SX Wheel.DRIVER_INFO.VERSION=1.6
SX Wheel.DEBUG.ENABLE=Off
SX Wheel.DEBUG.DISABLE=On
SX Wheel.SIMULATION.ENABLE=Off
SX Wheel.SIMULATION.DISABLE=On
SX Wheel.CONFIG_PROCESS.CONFIG_LOAD=Off
SX Wheel.CONFIG_PROCESS.CONFIG_SAVE=Off
SX Wheel.CONFIG_PROCESS.CONFIG_DEFAULT=Off
SX Wheel.FILTER_SLOT.FILTER_SLOT_VALUE=2
SX Wheel.FILTER_NAME.FILTER_SLOT_NAME_1=Filter #1
SX Wheel.FILTER_NAME.FILTER_SLOT_NAME_2=Filter #2
SX Wheel.FILTER_NAME.FILTER_SLOT_NAME_3=Filter #3
SX Wheel.FILTER_NAME.FILTER_SLOT_NAME_4=Filter #4
SX Wheel.FILTER_NAME.FILTER_SLOT_NAME_5=Filter #5
SX Wheel.FILTER_SLOT.FILTER_SLOT_VALUE=2
SX Wheel.FILTER_NAME.FILTER_SLOT_NAME_1=Filter #1
SX Wheel.FILTER_NAME.FILTER_SLOT_NAME_2=Filter #2
SX Wheel.FILTER_NAME.FILTER_SLOT_NAME_3=Filter #3
SX Wheel.FILTER_NAME.FILTER_SLOT_NAME_4=Filter #4
SX Wheel.FILTER_NAME.FILTER_SLOT_NAME_5=Filter #5
root@raspberrypi:~#


To select the filter, it's a case of issuing the following command:
root@raspberrypi:~# indi_setprop 'SX Wheel.FILTER_SLOT.FILTER_SLOT_VALUE=1'
root@raspberrypi:~# indi_setprop 'SX Wheel.FILTER_SLOT.FILTER_SLOT_VALUE=2'
root@raspberrypi:~# indi_setprop 'SX Wheel.FILTER_SLOT.FILTER_SLOT_VALUE=4'
root@raspberrypi:~# indi_setprop 'SX Wheel.FILTER_SLOT.FILTER_SLOT_VALUE=6'
root@raspberrypi:~# indi_setprop 'SX Wheel.FILTER_SLOT.FILTER_SLOT_VALUE=5'
root@raspberrypi:~#



Regards
Stephane
9 years 8 months ago #1487

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Dear Stephane:
Thank you so much for your help. There's no word for my gratitude.
I'll try the script you wrote today and will let you know the result.
Thank you very much.
Sincerely, Simiao
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You welcome
It's not really a script as such, more like a simple command over SSH.


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Stephane
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