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Funny, The ASI MS-2000 only partially works with Slidebook.    
Selecting multiple points  and then visiting them is functional, but  
multi-well sampling for 96-well plates is random in the x-axis.  3I  
blamed the Mac so we switched to Windoze, but the problems remained  
even in the new version 4.2.  And now, double clicking an object in  
the focus window used to center it on Mac, but in Windows, we have to  
double click once to move it in x, and again to move it y.   The  
stage and controller are really nice.  The manner in which the nature  
of problems changes with software versions leads me to believe that  
the hardware is not the problem.

Glen,

Glen MacDonald
Core for Communication Research
Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center
Box 357923
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-7923  USA
(206) 616-4156
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The box said "Requires WindowsXP or better", so I bought a Macintosh.
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On Apr 23, 2007, at 6:41 AM, Michael Cammer wrote:

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> Our ASI stage with MS-2000 controller has not worked properly with  
> IPLab for years.  Back with IPLab versions 3.65 and earlier we  
> wrote our own scripts to get around the problem, but with the  
> upgrade to 4.0.# the ASI stage completely does not work with the  
> IPLab software.
>
> For *more*than*a*year* we have been asking Scanalytics / BD  
> BioSciences to fix this problem and even though we have had visits  
> on site, the problem is not solved.  We invested in multiple  
> license upgrades, and two of the systems simply don't work.
>
> Does anybody know how to operate the ASI stage with a PC running  
> IPLab 4.0.#?
>
> At this point we are desperate to have our two inverted microscopes  
> with mechanical stages work properly and unless this email to a  
> public listserv acts as a motivator, I am ready to give up on IPLab  
> as a software solution for our light microscopy needs and BD  
> Biosciences as truly responsive to customers.
>
> -Michael Cammer
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> Michael Cammer   Analytical Imaging Facility   Albert Einstein  
> Coll. of Med.
> URL:  http://www.aecom.yu.edu/aif/