<div dir="ltr">Hi Johannes,<div><br></div><div>Thanks so much for answering my question! </div><div><br></div><div>I tried your suggestion. While the problem is that I can't add the Z stage in the wizard so I have no access to the properties and can't change the serial number of the Z stage. (I can change the serial numbers of XY stage after I add them.) </div>
<div><br></div><div>I have tried different cables and the problem still exists. </div><div><br></div><div>What other potential reasons can cause this problem? Is there any way to solve the problem? Do you think generate a problem report helps? </div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Ke</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr">Ke Li<div>Research Assistant </div><div>Biomedical Engineering</div>
<div>Johns Hopkins University</div><div>Phone: 410-934-9802</div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:kli26@jhu.edu" target="_blank">kli26@jhu.edu</a></div></div></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Johannes Schindelin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de" target="_blank">Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi Ke,<br>
<br>
first of all: welcome to the OpenSPIM community! It is an exciting project<br>
and it is good that so many people start building their own SPIM setups<br>
and start sharing their experiences.<br>
<br>
Especially in this light, though, I'd like to point out I do not discuss<br>
Open Source (or, as in this case, Open Hardware) in private mails (unless<br>
I am paid for it specifically, and I would charge what my work is truly<br>
worth). Therefore, I Cc:ed the OpenSPIM mailing list and encourage you to<br>
reply-to-all.<br>
<div class=""><br>
On Wed, 25 Jun 2014, Ke Li wrote:<br>
<br>
> I'm Ke, a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University. Our lab now is<br>
> building the OpenSPIM system:<br>
> <a href="http://openspim.org/Welcome_to_the_OpenSPIM_Wiki" target="_blank">http://openspim.org/Welcome_to_the_OpenSPIM_Wiki</a><br>
<br>
</div>Great!<br>
<div class=""><br>
> During the process, I encountered a problem related to the 4D stage of<br>
> Picard Industry. When I create the hardware configuration using<br>
</div>> micro-manager, an error (*Error in device Picard Z stage: Unable to<br>
> communicate with the device.*) shows every time when I try to add the Z<br>
<div class="">> stage of the USB 4D stage.<br>
<br>
</div>Hmm... Typically, this means that the serial number is wrong... You should<br>
be able to set it in the properties in the wizard.<br>
<div class=""><br>
> While the Picard Twister and the XY stage can be added correctly. The Z<br>
> stage can be controlled by the software from Picard Industry normally.<br>
> So I think the communication between the stage and the driver should be<br>
> ok.<br>
<br>
</div>That is valuable information, thanks for sharing. I half suspected the<br>
cable to be faulty.<br>
<div class=""><br>
> And I have followed the instruction here:<br>
> <a href="https://www.micro-manager.org/wiki/PicardStage" target="_blank">https://www.micro-manager.org/wiki/PicardStage</a> and the micro-manager I<br>
> used is the newest version. I have encountered this problem both in<br>
> 32bit and 64bit Windows system for almost one week and had no clue to<br>
> solve it. Could you please give me some suggestion for solving this<br>
> problem?<br>
<br>
</div>Well, I hope that the above comment helps you solve the problem!<br>
<br>
Ciao,<br>
Johannes<br>
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