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Nico,

I apologize for not responding sooner.  As is the case with a lot of these
projects, priorities rise and fall.  A few of the responses pointed us back
to the Nikon SDK link (you provided this in your notes below) which is the
path we will ultimately take since we do need to embed this in our own
software vs. leveraging Micromanager.  This is driven by some very high
bandwidth single photon counting tools we have and we are not yet at the
point where we want to try adding this to our MM API.  

A note to the others who sent advice:  I really appreciate the fact that
"the list" is open to respond to requests for help from those of us in the
commercial world. I also want to thank Martin Wessendorf for his post from
6/12 in which he provides a good, concise "policy for commercial posters".
This helps us (commercial) make better decisions about how we can
participate in the conversations without crossing lines that go against the
core intentions.  

Mike



Michael Buchin
Stanford Photonics, Inc.
Ph: 650-969-5991


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From: Nico Stuurman [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2013 11:12 PM
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Subject: Re: Nikon perfect focus no commercial interest May 28th

Hi Mike,

> We are interested in integrating the Nikon Perfect Focus System operating
on a Nikon TiE into our own imaging software.  I was told by our local Nikon
dealer (Technical Instruments, Burlingame CA) that it should be possible to
operate PFS outside of Nikon Elements.  They suggested that I  "engage in
the online SDK community and try to get some answers there".  Does anybody
on the list have any suggestions as to how I might go about doing
this/finding the "SDK community"?  

http://www.nisdk.net/nisdk

> I would assume that the PFS needs to be sampled (it has an output signal)
and that the z axis of the scope would need to be controlled.  

No need, this is all taken care of in the Nikon firmware.  The software only
needs to switch the PFS on and off, and it is possible to query the device
and find out whether it is locked, searching, etc..

Best,

Nico