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Martijn Jasperse — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 21:31:03 -0000

Which example did you try? RunAndor3.vi or NeoTest.vi? I wrote these before SimplePreAmpGainControl was introduced so my code uses the now deprecated PreAmpGainControl which may only be available on the Neo. Because SimplePreAmpGainControl changes the gain and the bit depth it may be unable to be set as freely as the other but you could try changing the property name to SimplePreAmpGainControl. Otherwise consider outright deleting that section of code set it statically. I only introduced it so we could change gain on-the-fly to see how it affected our data.

My only other suggestion is to read the camera model first and make sure it returns Zyla. If the camera is in use by another program (e.g. SOLIS) it will not appear and you'll connect to the "simulation camera" which creates all kinds of problems. Definitely worth double checking.

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Bahareh — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 00:31:01 -0000

Hi Martijn,

Fortunately I installed the SDK3 Labview library successfully. I tried to run an example of the package (single acquisition) but I faced with an error. Opening the library function (AT_InitializeLibrary) and opening the camera handler function (AT_Open) are working well with no error, but I faced with this error: (AT_GetEnumCount.VI not applicable) when the code reached to AT_GetEnumCount function.

Have you seen this kind of error before and do you know how I can make it works?

Thanks,
Bahareh

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Bahareh — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 05:02:12 -0000

Great, that was quite helpful and of course the examples you made will be helpful.

Bests,
Bahareh

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Martijn Jasperse — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 02:48:43 -0000

That is correct, you need to specifically request the LabVIEW drivers from your distributor. Generally they will just give you a link to download it from, but they only do this when asked.

Cheers,
Martijn

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Bahareh — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 02:44:28 -0000

Thanks a lot for your prompt response. As I understand, I need to specifically ask labview drivers from my andor distributer? Am I right?
Because after installing andor SDK I don't have the drivers of Labview.

Bests,
Bahareh

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Martijn Jasperse — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 23:34:23 -0000

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 As such, the examples contained in this library may include deprecated commands. **It is recommended you try to use the official SDK first** and if that presents difficulties look at how I did things in this version.

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 **Update March 2014: Timestamp metadata can now be read from the camera during frame download for accurate timing of when frames were captured**. See the *metadata-update.zip* file in the Files list.
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 sCMOS cameras a very promising new technology in scientific imaging, with small pixels, large arrays and fast read-out times. Andor currently produce two models of sCMOS camera, [Neo and Zyla](http://www.andor.com/scientific-cameras/neo-and-zyla-scmos-cameras), which operate on their SDK v3 - which is an complete redesign of their SDK from the ground-up. Developed in C, they provide bare-bones wrappers for LabVIEW which doesn't include any error-handling functionality. This project started as an attempt to integrate error handling and grew into some examples and pooling ideas of how to get the most out of our cameras.

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Martijn Jasperse — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 23:33:27 -0000

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 # at3mod: LabVIEW interface to Andor sCMOS cameras #

-**Update Nov 2014: This project was started as a set of patches to Andor SDK3 v3.4.** The current version of the SDK (v3.7) fixes most of the problems we were trying to address, namely
+**Update Nov 2014: This project was started as a set of patches to Andor SDK3 v3.1 in 2011.** The current version of the SDK (v3.7) fixes most of the problems we were trying to address, namely

 * lack of any error handling
 * lack of examples

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Martijn Jasperse — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 23:31:44 -0000

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 # at3mod: LabVIEW interface to Andor sCMOS cameras #
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+**Update Nov 2014: This project was started as a set of patches to Andor SDK3 v3.4.** The current version of the SDK (v3.7) fixes most of the problems we were trying to address, namely
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+* lack of any error handling
+* lack of examples
+* confusing/misleading statements in the SDK manual
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+As such, the examples contained in this library may include deprecated commands. **It is recommended you try to use the official SDK first** and if that presents difficulties look at how I did things in this version.

 **Update March 2014: Timestamp metadata can now be read from the camera during frame download for accurate timing of when frames were captured**. See the *metadata-update.zip* file in the Files list.

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Martijn Jasperse — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 23:01:35 -0000

Both 32- and 64-bit libraries are distributed; on my install there are
- 64-bit drivers in C:\Program Files\Andor SDK3
- 32-bit drivers in C:\Program Files\Andor SDK3\win32
Because I am running 64-bit Windows 8 but 32-bit LabVIEW 2012

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Martijn Jasperse — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 22:54:48 -0000

Hi Bahareh,
You need to specifically request LabVIEW drivers from your Andor distributor for SDK3 ("LABVIEW_SDK3_V3.4.30007.0" or similar). As you noted, the "normal" drivers are atcore.dll, whereas LabVIEW needs atcoreA.dll because of how strings work internally. Install that and you should be able to use the library. I recommend trying their code first, as it has improved substantially since this project started, but the examples contained within might still be of value to you.

Cheers,
Martijn