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XIMEA

XIMEA Camera adapter

Summary:

Controls XIMEA cameras (and some Olympus Soft Imaging cameras)

Author:

Marian Zajko

License:

BSD

Platforms:

Windows

Devices:

XIMEA FireWire, USB2 and USB3 cameras. Can also be used for XM-10 and XC-10 cameras from Olympus Soft Imaging.

Supported MM version:

1.4.6 20110722

Driver Needed:

XIMEA camera drivers

Installation

Installation instructions

(if you have previous installations of drivers for the XM-10 or XC-10 you might need to manually update the driver to the version in the installed API Package)

As of Micro-Manager nightly build 20140908 (pre-1.4.19), XIMEA API (beta) 4.01.76 is required.
As of Micro-Manager 1.4.21, XIMEA API 4.04.00 is required.
As of nightly build 20151015 (pre-1.4.23), XIMEA API (beta) 4.05.58 is required.

  • Copy XIMEA\API\x64\m3apiX64.dll (just take xiapi64.dll and rename it to m3apiX64.dll)from the installed XIMEA API Software Package to the μManager root folder.

As of nightly builds starting 20180404, no longer rename xiapi64.dll. Just copy that file to the Micro-Manager directory.

As of nightly builds starting 20180404, the naming scheme of the camera has been changed. If your configuration file stops working, you may need to open it in a text editor, find a line that looks like: Device,FastCam,XIMEACamera, 9652450, and replace the space in front of the camera number with a 0, resulting in: Device,FastCam,XIMEACamera,09652450.

As of nightly builds starting 20180404, changes were made to property names. Your configuration file may stop working, but can probably be easily fixed. For instance, I had to change Mono 12 to Mono16 to get my configuration file to work again.

  • Connect the camera to the computer

Create hardware configuration for the camera:

  • After starting Micro-Manager, open the Tools menu, continue to Hardware Configuration Wizard…
  • In the “Select the configuration file” window select existing file where the camera should be added or create new file by clicking Next
  • In the “Add or remove devices” window click on Add
  • In the “Add device” window select ximea, and pick the device. When requrested “Please type in the new device name” click OK, the camera serial number will be used as device name, click Done.
  • After returning to the “Add or remove devices” window click on Next.
  • In the “Edit pre-initialisation settings” window click on Next
  • In the “Setup Serial ports” window click on Next.
  • In the “The following peripherals have been discovered” window click on Next.
  • In the “Edit peripheral device pre-initialization settings” window click on Next.
  • In the “Select default devices” window choose the added camera as default camera, click on Next.
  • In the “Set delays for devices without synchronisation capabilities” window click on Next.
  • In the “Select devices to synchronize with image acquisition” window click on Next.
  • In the “Define position labels for state devices” window click on Next.
  • In the “Save configuration” window click “Finish”.

You can now use the camera in Micro-Manager.

Properties

To edit camera properties open the “Tools” menu and select “Device/Property Browser”. The following camera settings are available:

Default parameters

  • CameraID : Camera serial number.
  • CameraName : Camera model name.
  • Binning : Set camera binning. Can be also set from Micro-Manager GUI.
  • Bad pixel correction : Enable correction of bad pixels.
  • Auto exposure/gain : Enable/disable automatic exposure/gain.
  • AEAG Exposure limit : Maximum limit of exposure in AEAG procedure.
  • AEAG Exposure priority : Exposure priority during AEAG (default 0.5 - exposure 50%, gain 50%).
  • AEAG Gain limit : Maximum limit of gain in AEAG procedure.
  • AEAG Intensity level : Average intensity of output signal AEAG should achieve(in %).
  • Data format : Output image format
  • Description : Camera interface type.
  • GPI port 1-4 : Set camera inputs.
  • GPO port 1-4 : Set camera outputs.
  • Gain : Set camera gain.
  • High Dynamic Range : Enable HDR image capture. Currently in Alpha implementation stage.
  • High Dynamic Range ratio : High Dynamic Range ratio (long exposure time / short exposure time, total exposure time = short + long). Currently in Alpha implementation stage.
  • TimeoutMs : Set acquisition timeout in milliseconds.
  • Trigger mode : Set trigger signal type.
  • Sensor Taps : Set number of sensor taps for data readout.
  • TransposeCorrection : Not supported.
  • TransposeMirrorX : Not supported.
  • TransposeMirrorY : Not supported.
  • TransposeXY : Not supported.

Cooling parameters

These parameters are available only for cooled cameras:

  • Cooling : Enable/disable camera cooling.
  • Cooling - Chip temperature : Camera chip temperature.
  • Cooling - Housing temperature : Camera housing temperature.
  • Cooling - Target temperature : Chip target temperature for cooling, used when cooling is active.

Colour correction parameters

These parameters are available only for color cameras:

  • Coolor corr. matrix : Set colour correction matrix for RGB32 image format.
  • White ballance blue : Set white balance blue coefficient.
  • White ballance green : Set white balance green coefficient.
  • White ballance red : Set white balance red coefficient.
  • Gamma C : Set chromaticity gamma.
  • Gamma Y : Set luminosity gamma.
  • Sharpness : Set image sharpness Strenght.

Resources

XIMEA support

For contacting XIMEA product support regarding any questions or issues, visit online support.

Click here to search for XIMEA on the Micro-Manager mailing list archive.