TIA-controlled camera (FEI Eagle)¶

Extra Package and Installation¶

program/package	notes
Tia.dll	(Should come with the microscope)

Program	package web site	local copy of win32 installer
comtypes 0.6.2	http://sourceforge.net/projects/comtypes"	comtypes-0.6.2.win32.exe

Run updatecom.py¶

• From a command line window:
  

  cd C:\python27\Lib\site-packages\pyscope
  C:\python27\python.exe updatecom.py

• The output sould contain one of these output
  

  Found ES Vision 3.0 Type Library done.
  Found ES Vision 3.1 Type Library done.
  

instruments.cfg¶

Eagle:

[camera]
class: tia.TIA
zplane: 50
height: 4096
width: 4096

Setup¶

• Set camera configuration to give the standard Leginon orientation.

Testing with pyscope¶

Trouble shooting¶

In python command

form pyscope import tia
g = tia.TIA()
g.setExposureTime(200)
g.getImage()

You should get a bunch of numbers in a numpy array.

Programs to open before Leginon Client: TIA.¶