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

[Zimmerberg, J. (NIH/N. [E] <zim...@ma...>]

We use MM to control the SpectraX without much trouble. 

> On Apr 6, 2017, at 10:14 AM, Peterbauer Thomas <tho...@un...> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
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