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Major Enhancements

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* Cycle mode has been restored, using new table-based *Cycle Controls* to specify changes (motor steps, CFG file loads, and/or other settings) to apply at each _Cycle iteration_
* Operation under 64-bit Windows 7
* A 'Mosaic' macro allows configuration of Cycle for acquisition at multiple, tiled fields-of-view
* Point/Line/Rectangle/Square ROIs all now treated via unified ROI concept, managed in the new *ROI Controls* dialog
* Extended support for User Functions, including USR file bindings and configurable 'override functions'
* Support for a display rolling average, independent of any file frame averaging
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Other Enhancements

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{comment}* Display frame averaging now decoupled from file frame averaging{comment}
* Support stack acquisitions centered at the current axial position
* Support for separated XY & Z motor controllers
* Support for secondary Z motor controller, e.g. case of XYZ stage plus additional piezo controller
* Support for Physik Instrumente stage controllers, for standard stack acquisition
* Sub-unity zoom factor values are permitted, in relation to new _ScanAngularRangeReference_ values defined in INI file
* PMT Offset values can now be auto-subtracted from displayed/stored image data, per channel (set in *Image Controls* or *Channels* panels)
* Support for fast scanning, e.g. with AODs or small-angle galvos:
** Line periods of 0.125 and 0.25 ms/line
** Fill fraction range extended from 0.5 to 0.975
** Output sample rates up to 800kHz
* Faster CFG file loading
* Faster Fast Configuration switching
* New _scim_pointLaser()_ utility function
* Option to park scanner between stack slices (e.g. useful when no/insufficient Pockels blanking present)
* Improvements to _scim_openTif()_:
** Support MPEG video creation
** Much faster read times, now using Matlab TIF object instead of imread()
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Changes

• The Acquisition Controls dialog has been eliminated, with the various controls (# Frames, Repeat Period, etc) redistributed to the (significantly redesigned) Main Controls, Motor Controls, Image Controls, and Configuration dialogs
• The ROI addition/selection tools on the Main Controls have been significantly changed, with much of this functionality now shared with the newly added ROI Controls dialog
• The motor position controls, e.g. to define/goto/save/load motor positions, have been moved from the Motor Controls to the new Position Controls dialog
• The Scan Angular Rangevalues (fast & slow) have been replaced by the combination of:
  
  • ScanAngularRangeReference values (fast & slow), specified in the INI file, and
  • ScanAngleMultiplier values (fast & slow), specified as part of the Configuration on the Main Controls dialog
• The externalTriggerInputTerminals no longer need to be specified in the INI file; PFI numbers can simply be entered in Triggers... dialog
• The Channels dialog is no longer modal – any changes take effect immediately
• Figure size no longer changes upon change in aspect ratio (e.g. rectangular ROIs); rectangular area is simply shown in existing (typ. square) figure window
• PMT Offset values are now per-sample, not per-pixel, so value does not depend on configured bin factor, etc.

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