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General preferences: Multichannel

See General preferences

 

This command enables you to automate the repetitive tasks related to hardware adjustments during acquisition.

ClosedAll Acquisitions tab: Automating tasks for all acquisitions
  1. Under General preferences, select Device command sequences to set up the sequences for your devices.
  2. Under General preferences, select Multichannel.
  3. Select the All acquisitionstab to set the command sequences to be performed for all your acquisitions.
  4. To enable a specific device command sequence, check the Enable box and select the appropriate device command sequence from the corresponding drop-down menu.
ClosedMultichannel acquires tab: Automating tasks for the acquisition of multichannel images
  1. Define Device Command Sequences for your channels.
  2. Under General preferences, select Multichannel.
  3. Select the Multichannel Acquires (1-3) tab.

    If you have more than three channels, use the Multichannel Acquires 94-6) tab to define settings for additional channels.

  4. For each channel to be used:
    • Check the Acquire channel 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:

  • If you check 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.
  • If you check 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.