Acquire Setup
This command enables you to automate the repetitive tasks related to hardware adjustments during acquisition. It is typically used for multichannel acquisition.
Automating tasks for all acquisitions / All Acquires tab
- Set up Device Command Sequences for your devices.
- Click Acquisition>Acquire Setup.
- Select the All Acquires tab to set the command sequences to be performed for all your acquisitions
. - To enable a specific device command sequence, check the Enable checkbox and select the appropriate device command sequence from the corresponding drop-down menu.
Automating tasks for the acquisition of multichannel images / Multichannel Acquires tab
- Define Device Command Sequences for your channels.
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Click Acquisition>Acquire Setup.
- Select the middle Multichannel Acquires tab
.- If you have more than three channels, use the right Multichannel Acquires tab to define settings for additional channels.
- For each channel to be used
:- Check the Acquire channel check box.
- Type a name for the channel.
- Assign device command sequences selected from the drop-down menus (the device command sequences were defined in Step 1).
Optional :
- Alternate the order in which channels are acquired: Uses the sequence "Channel 1, Channel 2, Channel 3, Channel 3, Channel 2, Channel 1" instead of "Channel 1, Channel 2, Channel 3, Channel 1, Channel 2, Channel 3" to speed up the process.
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Acquire the channels for multichannel image stacks a stack at a time: Acquires all stack images for Channel 1, then all stack images for Channel 2, then all stack images for Channel 3 to speed up the process.
Creating multiple automated sets of tasks for acquisition
- Click the Presets icon
in the bottom left corner. - Click Edit Presets.
- Enter a name and save.
Using a previously saved automated set of tasks
- Click the Presets icon in the bottom left corner.
- Click the name of the automated set of tasks you want to use.
- The set of tasks is loaded into the Acquire Setup dialog box.