FEI TecnaiTitan installation specifics¶

Extra Package and Installation¶

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

TEM Scripting or Tecnai Scripting	Request this when purchasing the microscope	Required
TomMoniker Scripting	Should come with TEM Scripting	Required
Low Dose Server Library	Should come with the microscope if low dose kit was purchased	Required only if you want to use low dose kit with Leginon's Manual Application

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
  

  Found TOMMoniker 1.0 Type Library done.
  

  
  and EITHER ONE of these outputs. The other one would get an error which you can ignore.
  

  Found TEM Scripting done.
  Found Tecnai Scripting done.
  

instruments.cfg¶

cs is constant for sperical abberation

For Tecnai series:

[TEM]
class: tecnai.Tecnai
cs: 2.0e-3

For Titan:

[TEM]
class: tecnai.Tecnai
cs: 2.7e-3

For Krios (different compustage)

[TEM]
class: tecnai.Krios
cs: 2.7e-3

Testing with pyscope¶

In python command

from pyscope import tecnai
t = tecnai.Tecnai()
t.getMagnification()

or for Krios

from pyscope import tecnai
t = tecnai.Krios()
t.getMagnification()

You should get the current magnification at the microscope when the main viewing screen is up

Trouble Shooting¶

unable to initializ Tecnai interface error

Programs to open before Leginon Client: None¶