Re: [micro-manager-general] ASI FW1000

[Nico S. <ni...@cm...>]

Hi Jordan,

> I'm trying to setup an ASI FW1000 filter wheel with micro manager. It
> installs okay, but when I try to switch between filters I get an error
> 22. I have the same problem in both micro manager 1.2 and 1.3. I hear
> the filter wheel move, though, and it seems to be operating fine
> through other software. Is it really timing out? I've pasted the log
> below. Previously we had a problem with the old firmware on our
> MS-2000. Could this be something similar?

The problem is caused by Micro-Manager not receiving an answer after  
issuing the command to move the filter ('MP 0').  You could try  
increasing the 'AnswerTimeoutMs' property of your serial port although  
I doubt that will help.  For our ASI filterwheel we also use a  
'DelayBetweenCharsMs' of 3 msec and you could see if that makes a  
difference.

However, the firmware version of your controller is 0.6, whereas ours  
(now about 2 years old) is 2.5.  A lot of the responses of your  
controller do not make sense to me (for instance, I have never seen  
something like:' NF CMD:NF Value= 8' before and doubt that Micro- 
Manager will interpret that correctly).  I will contact ASI and ask  
for advice.

You can also try to connect to the controller using a terminal  
emulator ( see http://valelab.ucsf.edu/~nico/MMwiki/index.php/ 
Windows ) and issue the command 'MP 1' and see if the controller  
answers.

Best,

Nico