NikonTi2

Nikon Ti motorized microscope

Summary:	Nikon Ti2 motorized microscopes
Author:	Mark Tsuchida, Open Imaging, Inc.
License:	Freeware. Source code cannot be made available, sorry.
Platforms:	Windows 32-bit and 64-bit

Supported since the 20180220 nightly builds (1.4 and 2.0beta).

Download and install Nikon’s Ti2 Control Windows software from the Nikon Healthcare’s Software Developer Toolkit site (registration required).
- If you are running Micro-Manager release 2.0.0 or a 2.0 series nightly build dated 2022-03-02 or earlier, or any MM 1.4 (release or nightly), you probably need Ti2 Control 1.2.0.
- If you are running anything newer, please try the latest Ti2 Control 2.x first.
Copy the file C:\Program Files\Nikon\Ti2-SDK\bin\Ti2_Mic_Driver.dll into the Micro-Manager folder.
The NikonTi2 should then appear as an available device in the Hardware Configuration Wizard.

If NikonTi2 only shows as NikonTi2 (unavailable) in the config wizard, ensure that you have copied the Ti2_Mic_Driver.dll into the same directory as the mmgr_dal_NikonTi2.dll library and have not renamed Ti2_Mic_Driver.dll (and that it is from the currently installed version of the Nikon software).
If the NikonTi2 folder is available in the config wizard, but you only see the *Ti2-Simulator device available:
- Make sure that your microscope is powered on and connected to the computer (you may have to restart micro-manager if you powered it on after starting micro-manager).
- Make sure the SDK can control your microscope without going through micro-manager, for example by running C:\Program Files\Nikon\Ti2-SDK\bin\Ti2Sample.exe and confirming that your microscope responds to button presses.
- If all goes well, you should see one or more devices in addition to the Ti2-Simulator, for example a Ti2-Eclipse microscope may appear as *Ti2-E__0: Nikon Ti2 microscope.