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However, some important changes have been made, as described in the documentation section . New and returning users should familiarize themselves with the documentation of the Important Changes in ScanImage 3.5. Notably:

  • The Selection Dialog no longer appears at startup
  • The handling of the INI file has changed somewhat and the Rig Configuration section of the model file supplied with the release has been considerably modified
  • The board wiring required for trigger and clock synchronization has been modified
  • The Main Controls window has several modifications

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In addition to these changes, several new features have been added to ScanImage 3.5 to help support ongoing experiments by ScanImage users at HHMI/Janelia Farm Research Campus. The documentation for ScanImage r3.5 describes these changes and new features. These and other Important New Features in ScanImage 3.5 are described fully in the documentation:

  • Live RGB channel 'merge' display during Focus mode
  • Unlimited & uninterrupted acquisitions via TIF streaming-to-disk
  • Ability to accept external trigger, using separate trigger input terminal (e.g. facilitates Ephus-driven acquisitions)
  • Enhanced MP-285 interface and configuration
  • Improved support for case of 3 'beams' (i.e. 3 Pockels Cells)
  • Tools to facilitate beam and scan alignment
  • Enhanced 'hot-key' functionality to support rapid program control and configuration switching

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A handful of bugs identified in ScanImage 3.0 have been addressed in this release.

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  • The 'pixel time' and 'bin factor' parameters now update correctly following changes to the 'Fill Fraction' or 'ms/line' parameters.
  • Power Box
    • 'Constrain to Line' functionality is actually turned off at startup, matching the startup checkbox setting in the GUI
    • Selecting 'Constrain to Line' no longer causes Power Box to 'shift' each time
  • User preference to display grid on channel windows now correctly saves
  • Prompted entry of file 'base name' actually pertains

About Upcoming Releases

Version 3.6 will be released soon after this version, adding features to support bidirectional and an improved sawtooth scanning user interface. This version will serve to support users requiring somewhat faster imaging.