
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Hi,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I was having issues with running a Thorlabs DRV001 connected via a Thorlabs BSC201 controller on a 64bit OpenSPIM setup. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">These issues have now been resolved by doing the following with great help from Jerome Boulanger, MRC LMB, Cambridge, UK:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1. Downloading the micro-manager source code as instructed here (<a href="https://micro-manager.org/wiki/Micro-Manager_Source_Code" class="">https://micro-manager.org/wiki/Micro-Manager_Source_Code</a>).</div><div class="">2. Installing all the relevant programs for building micro-manager as instructed here (<a href="https://micro-manager.org/wiki/Building_MM_on_Windows" class="">https://micro-manager.org/wiki/Building_MM_on_Windows</a>).</div><div class="">3. Setting up Visual C++ 2010 Express as here (<a href="https://micro-manager.org/wiki/Visual_Studio_project_settings_for_device_adapters" class="">https://micro-manager.org/wiki/Visual_Studio_project_settings_for_device_adapters</a>).</div><div class="">4. Installing the 64bit APT software from Thorlabs (<a href="https://www.thorlabs.com/software_pages/ViewSoftwarePage.cfm?Code=Motion_Control&viewtab=1" class="">https://www.thorlabs.com/software_pages/ViewSoftwarePage.cfm?Code=Motion_Control&viewtab=1</a>).</div><div class="">5. Downloading and unzipping the APTx64 form here (<a href="https://micro-manager.org/wiki/File:APT_x64.zip" class="">https://micro-manager.org/wiki/File:APT_x64.zip</a>).</div><div class="">6. Then building the ThorlabsAPTStage Device Adapter in 64bit on a 64bit Windows 7 machine, using the 'APT.lib' downloaded in point 5.</div><div class="">7. The resulting .dll file was renamed to 'mmgr_dal_ThorlabAPTStage.dll' then placed into the OpenSPIM.app folder along with the 'APT.dll' downloaded in point 5.</div><div class="">8. The OpenSPIM Fiji/MM bundle was then restarted and a ThorlabAPTStage could be configured as described for a 32bit system here (<a href="https://micro-manager.org/wiki/ThorlabsAPTStage" class="">https://micro-manager.org/wiki/ThorlabsAPTStage</a>).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you want to try this 64bit ThorlabsAPTStage Device Adapter then download the .zip file here (<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/9ewwtxe1k2elmft/ThorlabsAPTStage_64bit.zip" class="">https://www.dropbox.com/s/9ewwtxe1k2elmft/ThorlabsAPTStage_64bit.zip</a>) and unzip into the OpenSPIM or Micro-Manager main folder.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am still yet to implement this new Z drive in the 'Acquire SPIM Image' plugin. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class="">Ben</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">

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