EFWMini is not working with FireCapture

plawlor

Hi,

I have an EFWMini. I use ASCOM 6.3 and have the EFW driver installed. If I try to initialize the filter wheel from within FireCapture, the ASCOM selector pops up, and I pick one of the two selections for the EFW. I then get another pop-up with a drop down containing options 1 through 5 and a check box for Unidirection. Whatever value I select in the drop-down does not seem to stick. I press okay and nothing else happens - no ASCOM window where I would expect to setup the filter wheel, i.e. indicate what filters are in what position. I can do this in FireCapture, but it has absolutely no effect. If I change filters in FC, nothing happens.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

Peter

yang

Please refer to the manual, see page 10:

https://astronomy-imaging-camera.com/manuals/EFW%20filter%20wheel%20software%20Manual%20Windows%20EN.pdf

when you select item of the drop box in "Filter Wheel Setup Vxxxx" dialog, the wheel should rotate.

if problem remains, you can let me remote control your pc through TeamViewer, install TeamViewer and send your ID and password to yang.zhou(at)zwoptical.com via email

plawlor

Thanks. Got it working. I plugged it into the PC directly so I could see what was happening. Turns out I had my ADC screwed directly into the filter wheel too tight and it was actually impeding the wheel's ability to rotate - catching on the edge of the first filter. Once I corrected that, everything started working as it should. My fault for not checking that earlier.

Peter