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That's right, Gabor.

We have an SP5 with a dual channel FCS unit attached. The version we 
have was supplied by Leica and is made by ISS. The Leica software has a 
pretty good FCS "wizard" that manages the interface between the Leica 
and the ISS gear, which is run off a second computer. After a very 
shakey start, it now works well.

I think it would be possible to put your own FCS unit on the external 
port and control the lightpath selection, scan parameters manually, but 
you'd need to check, I reckon.

IAN

On Wednesday, June 18, 2008, at 03:18  PM, Csucs Gabor wrote:

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> Dear Jean-Pierre,
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> I've do direct experience with an SP5 but we have a functional FCS 
> setup on an SP2. As far as I know in this respect there is no 
> difference between the SP2 and the SP5. There is simply an external 
> port on the confocal head-where you can insert your detector. As far 
> as I know you can purchase an FCS unit also from Leica. One of the 
> advantages if you do this, that you can use the APD-s for imaging and 
> their sensitivity is superior compared to the PMT-s.
>
> Cheers    Gabor
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