FEI TecnaiTitan installation specifics » History » Revision 12
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h1. FEI TecnaiTitan installation specifics
h2. Extra Package and Installation
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|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|
h3. Run updatecom.py
* From a command line window:
<pre>cd C:\python27\Lib\site-packages\pyscope
C:\python27\python.exe updatecom.py</pre>
* The output sould contain
<pre>
Found TOMMoniker 1.0 Type Library done.
</pre>
and EITHER ONE of these outputs. The other one would get an error which you can ignore.
<pre>
Found TEM Scripting done.
Found Tecnai Scripting done.
</pre>
h2. instruments.cfg
cs is *constant for sperical abberation*
For Tecnai series:
<pre>
[TEM]
class: tecnai.Tecnai
cs: 2.0e-3
</pre>
For Titan:
<pre>
[TEM]
class: tecnai.Tecnai
cs: 2.7e-3
</pre>
For Krios (different compustage)
<pre>
[TEM]
class: tecnai.Krios
cs: 2.7e-3
</pre>
h2. Testing with pyscope
In python command
<pre>
from pyscope import tecnai
t = tecnai.Tecnai()
t.getMagnification()
</pre>
or for Krios
<pre>
from pyscope import tecnai
t = tecnai.Krios()
t.getMagnification()
</pre>
You should get the current magnification at the microscope when the main viewing screen is up
h2. Trouble Shooting
[[unable to initializ Tecnai interface error]]
h2. Programs to open before Leginon Client: None