Summary: |
Interfaces to Sutter Lambda 10 controllers, Lambda SC controller, and DG4 |
Authors: |
Nenad Amodaj |
Maintainers: |
Arthur Edelstein |
License: |
BSD |
Platforms: |
Windows, Mac OS X and Linux (only serial port, no parallel port or USB) |
Devices: |
Device Configuration
Serial port issues
Sutter devices use a straight through (i.e., not null modem) DB9 serial cable. The default baud rates are 9600 for serial ports and 128000 for USB ports (which use a build-in USB-serial converter, drivers can be found here
Wheel speed
95% of the time speed #1 works best (#0 being the fastest, which
only works with an empty wheel). If speed #1 does not work you can try
the slowest (speed #7 IIRC). Best practice is to set the desired
wheel speed during
startup,
i.e. in your Startup Preset of the System Group.
Lambda SC
For the Lambda SC Smart shutter controller, select the “Shutter-A|Lambda 10 shutter A” in the Hardware Configuration Wizard.
Troubleshooting
Wheel re-homing during imaging
You need to optimize the filter speed setting if you ever encounter the dreaded re-homing sound due to the wheel failing to move to a filter position during Multi-Dimensional Acquisition. The wheel itself has a resonance frequency associated with the load of filters. Practically one finds the ideal speed by empirically checking which speed introduces the least vibration.
See the Operation Manual (available at http://www.sutter.com/) section “Helpful Tips about Filter Wheel Movement Errors”.
Note
Newer devices from Sutter are supported in the SutterLambda2 adapter. If you would like to add support for a Sutter device that is currently unsupported please add your code to the newer adapter.