[OpenSPIM] SOLVED: ThorlabsAPTStage 64bit issues

[Ben Sutcliffe]

Hi,

I was having issues with running a Thorlabs DRV001 connected via a Thorlabs BSC201 controller on a 64bit OpenSPIM setup. 

These issues have now been resolved by doing the following with great help from Jerome Boulanger, MRC LMB, Cambridge, UK:

1. Downloading the micro-manager source code as instructed here (https://micro-manager.org/wiki/Micro-Manager_Source_Code).
2. Installing all the relevant programs for building micro-manager as instructed here (https://micro-manager.org/wiki/Building_MM_on_Windows).
3. Setting up Visual C++ 2010 Express as here (https://micro-manager.org/wiki/Visual_Studio_project_settings_for_device_adapters).
4. Installing the 64bit APT software from Thorlabs (https://www.thorlabs.com/software_pages/ViewSoftwarePage.cfm?Code=Motion_Control&viewtab=1).
5. Downloading and unzipping the APTx64 form here (https://micro-manager.org/wiki/File:APT_x64.zip).
6. Then building the ThorlabsAPTStage Device Adapter in 64bit on a 64bit Windows 7 machine, using the 'APT.lib' downloaded in point 5.
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.
8. The OpenSPIM Fiji/MM bundle was then restarted and a ThorlabAPTStage could be configured as described for a 32bit system here (https://micro-manager.org/wiki/ThorlabsAPTStage).

If you want to try this 64bit ThorlabsAPTStage Device Adapter then download the .zip file here (https://www.dropbox.com/s/9ewwtxe1k2elmft/ThorlabsAPTStage_64bit.zip) and unzip into the OpenSPIM or Micro-Manager main folder.

I am still yet to implement this new Z drive in the 'Acquire SPIM Image' plugin. 

Best,
Ben

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Dr Ben Sutcliffe
Cell Biology Division / Light Microscopy
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Francis Crick Avenue
Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK

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