I own an older version of the SX filterwheel. They are well know to not stop at a predictable position.
I believe the stopping mechanism works with magnetic sensors, but they overshoot.
Clockwise it will overshoot a few degrees clockwise, and anticlockwise it overshoots a few degrees in the other direction.
Rendering 5 till 10% of my 1.25 filter diameter useless.

I installed their own filterwheel controller, and there is the possibility to enable or disable 2-way, forcing the filterwheel to always turn clockwise. (connected through USB)
I did not see this option available in the indi_sx_wheel driver. Are there plans to add this or other filterwheel options (like rotation speed, which can also limit the overshooting issue for SX filterwheel)?

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