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Anchi Cheng, 04/24/2020 03:39 PM

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h1. Aperture selection through tem controller
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This feature allows selection of aperture of TFS microscopes with automated apertures.  The current implementation uses AutoIt Scripting and reads the configuration from c:\Program Files (x86)\myami\fei.cfg
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h2. Setup
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h3. compile autoit script
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The script is pyscope/autoit/ApertureSelection.au3
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Use AutoIt suite to compile it.  Either 32 or 64-bit version works as far as I know.  Save the executable at the place you plan to specify in fei.cfg
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h3. Setup pyscope fei.cfg
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Copy from pyscope/fei.cfg.template these lines to fei.cfg used on your scope.  In standard installation, this should be "c:\Program Files (x86)\myami\fei.cfg"
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Modify these settings according to your scope.
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<pre>
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[aperture]
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# Disable control of auto apertures if not working or not available
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# not all versions of microscope software allows auto aperture control
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# from scripting level.
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USE_AUTO_APERTURE = False
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# AutoIt Automation
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AUTOIT_APERTURE_SELECTION_EXE_PATH = c:\Users\supervisor\Desktop\Anchi\AutoItScripts\ApertureSelection.exe
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# Does the Titan column has automated c3 aperture ?  This affects the id of the
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# gui button for AutoIt script. 
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HAS_AUTO_C3 = True
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# Individual aperture selections.  If retractable, add open at the end of the list
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# List these in the order of what appears in the TUI
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# Note: can not handle multiple apertures of the same name.
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CONDENSER_2 = 150, 100, 50, 20
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OBJECTIVE = 100, 70, 50, open
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# Optional selected area aperture control. comment or remove the line to deactivate it.
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SELECTED_AREA = 200,100, 40, 10, open
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</pre>
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h2. Testing
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h3. Testing the AutoIt executable
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# Open TEM user interface.
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# Retract the objective aperture.
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# Double click Autoit executable to run.
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If this works right, it should insert the 100 um aperture.
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h3. Testing in with python command from pyscope
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<pre>
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from pyscope import fei
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f=fei.Krios()  # Change this to match your instrument class
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f.getApertureSelections('objective') # This should give you the list you specified in fei.cfg
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'100', '70', '50' , 'open'
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f.getApertureSelection('objective')  # The returned value should be the current aperture position as a string
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'100'
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f.setApertureSelection('objective', '50') # This should insert the 50 um aperture
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f.retractApertureMechanism('objective') # This should retract the aperture as if you click on the Activate/Deactivate aperture button to disable it.
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</pre>