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ScanImage and Ephus support a wide-range of commercial and customized hardware used in neurophysiology laboratories.

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h5. {toggle-cloak:id=HardwareVendors} Hardware Info (by vendor)
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For the wide-range of hardware supported by ScanImage & Ephus, custom software interfaces must often be developed, allowing their capabilities to be accessed via scripting in Matlab. Such device interfaces are developed as part of a growing Matlab [package|http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/matlab_oop/brfynt_-1.html] of devices [classes|http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/matlab_oop/bri1rtu-1.html] called *Dabs*. (See list below.) {comment}The current version of this package is included with all recent and planned releases of ScanImage.{comment}

Some users may find some of these device interfaces useful in and of themselves -- i.e. as a Matlab object-oriented scripting interface for these devices. Note that the interfaces are provided as-is and their distribution/maintenance is not presently a primary aim of the ScanImage/Ephus projects. (Any issues affecting ScanImage/Ephus operation, however, should be brought to the [developers' attention|mailto:iyerv@janelia.hhmi.org?subject=\[ScanImage/Ephus Feedback\]].)

In some cases, _abstract superclasses_ are included in the Dabs package to facilitate the development of device interfaces to a common standard. For instance a [Linear Stage Controller superclass|DABS Subclassing LSC] has been developed. Users can create custom subclasses for their particular stage controllers, allowing ScanImage to operate with these devices.

Note that Ephus makes use of two earlier-style Matlab device interfaces: [NiMex|NIMEX] and [QCamMex].

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h5. {toggle-cloak:id=DabsList} List of Current Dabs Classes (& Packages)
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* dabs.andor.AndorCamera
* dabs.coherent.Chameleon
* dabs.coolled.PE
* dabs.newport.XPS
* dabs.ni.daqmx (_package_)
* dabs.pi.(E517/E712/E753/E816)
* dabs.piezojena.DDrive
* dabs.prior.PriorStage
* dabs.qimaging.QCam
* dabs.scientifica.LinearStageController
* dabs.sutter.(MPC200/MP285)
* dabs.thorlabs.LSM
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