Handbook for the SX Midi Filter Wheel - Issue 1, January 2019
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Loading the filters:
Open the wheel by unscrewing the 6 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 and slide the OAG out of the
way. You can now lift the filter plate off the centre bearing and place it down with
the magnet pillars facing upwards. Your filters may now be screwed into the plate
from the magnet screw side, placing them in the desired numerical order according
to the engraving on the plate. Re-assemble the wheel by reversing the sequence of
operations above.
Installing the software:
No drivers are required for the SX Midi 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 Midi Wheel, and the latest SX
software can also be used with the wheel. You may also use a simple Windows
‘Console’ program, which is provided on the USB Stick. This program, ‘SX Filter
Wheel.exe’, may be copied into a folder on your computer and will display a filter
wheel control panel when executed. It may be found useful for both testing the
