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- Minimum requirement is Thorlabs Multiphoton Essentials Kit (either MPM-SCAN or MPM-2PKIT) specified as ScanImage Compatible (very important!). Such a system will include a suitable ScanImage 4.1 Workstation.
- Thorlabs system also includes 1 Alazar ATS-9440 high-speed digitizer board and 1 National Instruments (NI) PCIe-6321 board
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- NI board used by Thorlabs should be named 'Dev1' in the Measurement and Automation Explorer (MAX).
- NI board(s) used by ScanImage can be named as desired. One suggestion
A good practice is to use name the board(s) 'si4' /and (if applicable) 'si4-2'.
Wiring Instructions
- Use this wiring diagram
- Connection of Self Trig Source to Self Trig Destination Terminal (on all SI4 NI boards) is required
- Connection of _Frame Trig Out' from Thor ECU to Frame Clock Terminal connection (on all SI4 NI boards) is required
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On first startup of ScanImage 4.x, you will be prompted to create or select a Machine Data File (MDF). Choose to create one, selecting desired folder location, e.g. 'C:\DATA\CONFIG\SCANIMAGE'.
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Key things to set:
primaryDeviceID: Set to Specifies NI device name for primary ScanImage NI board, e.g. 'Dev2'
extFrameClockTerminal: Typically leave as default, 0, signifying PFI0
trigSelfTrigSourceLineID: Typically leave as default, 0, signifying P0.0
trigSelfTrigDestinationTerminal: Typically leave as default, 2, signifying PFI2
trigSelfTrigSourceDeviceID: Typically leave as default, '', signifying to use primaryDeviceID board
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si4'. All counter channels (0-3) are utilized by ScanImage 4.1 on this board.
extFrameClockTerminal: Specifies PFI terminal (e.g. 0 for PFI0) on which Frame Clock from Thor ECU is connected to all SI 4.1 NI boards.
trigSelfTrigSourceDeviceID: Specifies NI device name (e.g. 'si4') for board on which ScanImage self-trigger signal is generated.
trigSelfTrigSourceLineID: Specifies digital output line on Port 0 (e.g. 0 for P0.0) on which ScanImage self-trigger signal is generated.
trigSelfTrigDestinationTerminal: Specifies PFI terminal (e.g. 2 for PFI2) on which all SI 4. NI boards should be connected to the ScanImage self-trigger signal source line.
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apiCurrentVersion: Set to '1.4'. This is only valid option supported as of ScanImage 4.1.Select the API version being used – right now valid options are: '1.1' (for 32-bit/2 channel systems) and '1.2' (for 64-bit/4 channel systems)
Other Configuration
- ScanImage 4 expects the Thorlabs LSM and PMT configured XML files to be located in the same folder as the Machine Data File.
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