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h1. TIA-controlled camera (FEI Eagle) h2. Extra Package and Installation |_.program/package|_.notes| |Tia.dll |(Should come with the microscope)| {{include(comtypes installer)}} {{include(comtypes_installation)}} You should have <pre> TIA or ESVision </pre> h2. instruments.cfg Eagle: <pre> [camera] class: tia.TIA_Eagle zplane: 50 height: 4096 width: 4096 </pre> h2. Setup * Set camera configuration to give the [[Leginon Image Orientation|standard Leginon orientation]]. h2. Programs to open before Leginon Client: TIA. h2. Testing with pyscope In python command <pre> form pyscope import tia g = tia.TIA_Eagle() g.setExposureTime(200) g.getImage() </pre> {{include(pyscope_test_result array)}} h2. Trouble shooting Some version of TIA may give an error of that at the end of it says <pre> _ctypes.COMError: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (u"Camera 'tia' does not exist.''.u'ESVision', None, 0L, 0)) </pre> This happens because TIA scripting (ESVision) knows the camera by a different name. The correct name may be in TUI/CCDCamera panel. Or you can find out from these python commands when the camera in question is active (You can make it active by acquire an image in TIA). <pre> from pyscope import tia t = tia.get_tiaccd() c = t.ccd.Camera </pre> You should get the camera name as the output. With the name, edit pyscope/tia.py and change in the class TIA_Eagle, from <pre> camera_name='BM-Eagle' </pre> to <pre> camera_name='THE NAME YOU FOUND' </pre>