As others have mentioned, the Leica software is buggy.  It has not caused our
computer to crash but does occasionally require a software restart when weird
images start to appear upon acquisition.

Our more pressing problem right now is with the 568 laser.  It will cut out
after
being on for about an hour.  If you return the laser power to idle it will
return
after about 30 min. but cuts out again within another hour.  It sure seems to
be an overheating issue but ventilation seems adequate and the other lasers
aren't having any problems.  Anyone else had similar problems?  Any help
appreciated!

Thanks,
Dave

Dave McDonald
Scientific Imaging Lab
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
1100 Fairview Avenue North
DE-512
Seattle, WA 98109
206-667-4205

At 09:38 AM 11/9/01 +0100, Jack Valentijn wrote:
>About six weeks ago the computer controlling our Leica TCS SP started
>crashing randomly during data acquisition and analysis with the Leica
>Confocal Software. There is no particular sequence of events which leads to
>these crashes, and nothing has been changed in the computer's configuration
>which could explain the sudden instability of the system. The Leica service
>engineer is as puzzled as we are and claims that no other comparable system
>in Europe has similar problems.
>Has anybody out there had similar problems and found a solution for it? Any
>suggestions will be appreciated.