Yokogawa CSUX

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[edit] Yokogawa CSUX adapter

Summary:	Controls Yokogawa CSUX (all models)
Author:	Nico Stuurman
License:	LGPL
Platforms:	Windows, Mac OS X and linux (serial port)
Devices:	Yokogawa CSUX Hub, Filter Wheel, Dichroic, Shutter, DriveSpeed
Example Config File:
Micro-Manager version:	1.2.11

This adapter interfaces to the Yokogawa CSUX family of spinning disk confocal scanheads. There is no additional software needed. Connect the CSUX controller to an available serial port on your computer. Serial port settings are standard (115200 baud). You will need to defined the Hub device, and assign the right serial port to it.

The CSUX can have up to 2 filter wheels. If you have only one, use the default number (1) for your filter wheel. DriveSpeed has a property called 'AutoAdjust'. You can enter here the exposure time you are using. The scanhead will then calculate a disk speed at which you will get a integral number of disk rotations during that exposure. This can help reduce artefacts in your image. If you change the disk speed using other controls, the value for this property will go back to 0.

There are models of the CSUX that have either a bright field bypass or a second camera port. These cannot yet be controller by Micro-Manager (although control can easily be added by anyone having access to such scanheads).