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Dear Tong Ye,

I'd take a look at the Micromanager (www.micro-manager.org). They seem to
have support for the Leica DM series.

Greetings   Gabor


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On 4/3/12 8:28 PM, "Tong Ye" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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>Dear list,
>This may be a little bit away from the confocal topics, but here seems
>the best place to find a solution.
>I am trying to merge a Leica DM IRBE to the confocal microscope I
>built by myself. The scope itself has an internal motor to do
>focusing. My question is how I can get a control from my own software
>on that stage. I read about that Leica has a DM SDK available, but
>couldn't find any document for programming.
>Has anyone have any experience of using that SDK?
>Any solutions or suggestions are appreciated.
>
>
>Tong Ye, Ph.D.
>Assistant Professor
>Tech. Director of Neuroimaging Core, Blueprint Core Center
>Neurobiology, SHEL-1103
>The University of Alabama at Birmingham
>1825 University Blvd.
>Birmingham, AL 35294-2182
>205.934.5626 (office)
>205.934.6571 (fax)
>tye AT nrc.uab.edu