Re: [micro-manager-general] Leica Dmi 8

[Peterbauer T. <tho...@un...>]

On 2017-04-06 08:23, Benni wrote:
Yes it is now possible to control a Dmi8 with MM, you need to fumble
around a little bit in the device manager, but this is already described
in the forum (if you want i can search it for you). Sadly I have no idea
concerning your Lumencor SpectraX.

> We are about the purchase a DMi8 and the sales person is really trying
> hard
> to sell us the Leica software to run it for ~15k more. The problem is that
> the Leica software does not support the Sutter filterwheel changer.
> I wanted to check if the DMi8 can now be run reproducibly using
> Micro-manager. We would like to run DMi8, Lumencor SpectraX LED engine and
> Sutter-Lambda 10-3 filterwheel changer. I have used MM with the lambda
> 10-3.
>
> In summary, the questions I have are:
> 1. If MM can run DMi8 on a windows 10 computer?
> 2. Can the Lumencor SpectraX be controlled through MM?
>

A while ago, I tried the MM LumencorSpectra adapter. I did not exhaustively test it (it usually runs under other software on our system), but basic operation worked. So I guess your chances to get it running are good.