[OpenSPIM] Problems with OpenSPIM system

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi Kieran,

On Fri, 27 Jun 2014, Kieran Short wrote:

> I only realised today when the serial number stickers on the 4d stage
> itself jumped out at me (which aren't hidden, they're pretty obvious
> actually now that I look at them!).

I guess this is valuable information for the FAQ on the OpenSPIM Wiki!

> Other comments about Win7/6: In our hands the Fiji/ImageJ and the
> Micromanager>OpenSpim plugin work fine. I launch it as a WindowsXP/32 bit
> compatibility application and it seems to be happy so far. It didn't like
> being opened natively.

Yeah, I guess that the problem is that we only drive it as a 32-bit
application here, so we probably forgot to include the 64-bit drivers ;-)

> I also tried compiling a Win7/64 build from GIT, but I never spent the
> time to properly work out how to roll the plugins for the hardware into
> it, so on that basis it never worked properly.

Yeah, this is currently in flux. The Picard Stage driver adapter made it
into Micro-Manager proper, so we no longer have to compile the C++ part,
really, unless we improve or fix the adapter. But we did not yet have time
to reflect that in the Wiki.

> As for the system itself, we still haven't actually captured anything
> yet as we've had all sorts of fun getting the sample chamber right --
> and we're just aligning/calibrating it now. But the stage, camera, and
> laser are all happily being controlled by the OpenSPIM micromanager
> plugin.

Awesome! Feel free to add a photo of your setup to
http://openspim.org/Who_has_an_OpenSPIM%3F!

And I am curious: what were the problems with the sample chamber? It might
be useful information for the FAQ, too, to save other OpenSPIMmers some
time...

I am really happy to see more and more OpenSPIM systems cropping up, this
is exciting!

Ciao,
Johannes