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Revision 7 (Anchi Cheng, 07/24/2014 06:32 PM) → Revision 8/27 (Anchi Cheng, 07/29/2014 09:06 PM)

h1. FEI TecnaiTitan installation specifics 

 h2. Extra Package and Installation 

 |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> 
 initializing TOM Moniker done. 
 </pre> 
 and EITHER ONE of these outputs.    The other one would get an error which you can ignore. 
 <pre> 
 initializing TEM Scripting done. 
 initializing 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) 
 For Titan: 
 <pre> 
 [TEM] 
 class: tecnai.Krios 
 cs: 2.7e-3 
 </pre> 

 h2. Testing with pyscope 

 In python command 
 <pre> 
 from form pyscope import tecnai 
 t = tecnai.Tecnai() 
 t.getMagnification() 
 </pre> 

 or for Krios 
 <pre> 
 from form 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. Programs to open before Leginon Client: None