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== Installation == | == Installation == | ||
Latest revision as of 11:29, 4 May 2017
| Summary: | Device adapter for CoolLED pE LED illuminators |
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| Authors: | Arthur Edelstein Gordon Scott |
| Documentation: | Arthur Edelstein Pariksheet Nanda |
| License: | BSD |
| Platforms: | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (uses virtual serial interface over USB) |
| Devices: | pE-1 pE-2 pE-Integrator |
| Micro-Manager version | >=1.3.34 |
Note: CoolLED now has a new closed-source device adapter for the pE-300 and pE-4000.
Installation
Make sure the USB cable is connected, and that the module is powered up.
To install the CoolLED fluorescence illumination systems (pE-1, pE-2, pE-300, pE-4000), one has to choose the preciseExcite device. This is because CoolLED's original product was known as precisExcite and Micro-Manager still knows it by the preciseExcite name.
No installation is required on Mac OS X, since it already has a driver that will recognize the virtual serial port.
No installation is required on Linux, since it already has a driver that will recognize the virtual serial port. The port can usually be found in /dev/serial/by-id
On Windows:
- Download the file CoolLED-pE-inf.zip from here: www.coolled.com and unzip the
CoolLED-pE.infand.catfiles. You may need to ask CoolLED for access to the download area. - In the
Device Manager, the CoolLED will appear underOther Devices > CoolLED USB ...with a yellow exclamation mark in the device icon. - To install your unzipped INF file, in the
Device Manager, right-click onCoolLED USB ... > Update Driver Software > Browse my computer for driver software. Set the location to the place you unzipped the INF file. - On successful installation, the device will show up as
CoolLED USB Virtual Serial Port.
pE-1 and pE-2 have one such port. pE-300 and pE-4000 have two Virtual Serial Ports on the one USB connection.
Device Configuration
In the Hardware Configuration Wizard (under the Micro-Manager Tools menu):
- In Step 2, add the
PrecisExcitedevice and choose the appropriate COM Port. The default COM port settings (baud rate, etc) will work. - In Step 3, you may want to set the
Default Shutterto theprecisExcite. - You may also want to enable the
Auto shuttercheckbox is so that it automatically opens during a "Snap" or "Acquisition" and close immediately afterwards.
The Trigger and TriggerSequence properties can be used for external triggering by TTL pulses. In the trigger sequence, channels are labeled "A", "B", "C", "D", and a pause is denoted by "0" (zero).