[OpenSPIM] Problem with the Z stage of the USB 4D stage of Picard Industry

[Ke Li]

Hi Johannes,

Thanks so much for answering my question!

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.)

I have tried different cables and the problem still exists.

What other potential reasons can cause this problem? Is there any way to
solve the problem? Do you think generate a problem report helps?

Thanks,
Ke





Ke Li
Research Assistant
Biomedical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Phone: 410-934-9802
Email: kli26 at jhu.edu


On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Johannes Schindelin <
Johannes.Schindelin at gmx.de> wrote:

> Hi Ke,
>
> first of all: welcome to the OpenSPIM community! It is an exciting project
> and it is good that so many people start building their own SPIM setups
> and start sharing their experiences.
>
> Especially in this light, though, I'd like to point out I do not discuss
> Open Source (or, as in this case, Open Hardware) in private mails (unless
> I am paid for it specifically, and I would charge what my work is truly
> worth). Therefore, I Cc:ed the OpenSPIM mailing list and encourage you to
> reply-to-all.
>
> On Wed, 25 Jun 2014, Ke Li wrote:
>
> > I'm Ke, a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University. Our lab now is
> > building the OpenSPIM system:
> > http://openspim.org/Welcome_to_the_OpenSPIM_Wiki
>
> Great!
>
> > During the process, I encountered a problem related to the 4D stage of
> > Picard Industry. When I create the hardware configuration using
> > micro-manager, an error (*Error in device Picard Z stage: Unable to
> > communicate with the device.*) shows every time when I try to add the Z
> > stage of the USB 4D stage.
>
> Hmm... Typically, this means that the serial number is wrong... You should
> be able to set it in the properties in the wizard.
>
> > While the Picard Twister and the XY stage can be added correctly. The Z
> > stage can be controlled by the software from Picard Industry normally.
> > So I think the communication between the stage and the driver should be
> > ok.
>
> That is valuable information, thanks for sharing. I half suspected the
> cable to be faulty.
>
> > And I have followed the instruction here:
> > https://www.micro-manager.org/wiki/PicardStage and the micro-manager I
> > used is the newest version. I have encountered this problem both in
> > 32bit and 64bit Windows system for almost one week and had no clue to
> > solve it. Could you please give me some suggestion for solving this
> > problem?
>
> Well, I hope that the above comment helps you solve the problem!
>
> Ciao,
> Johannes
>
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