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Hi Silas,
1) an obvious solution would be direct analog control through NIDAQ, it's
the most flexible and off-the-shelf solution, but it will cost you $$
(NIDAQ card, NIS module, cables). That's what we have and we're happy with
it.
2) Cheaper home-brew solution along the same lines would be a cheap DA
converter that can be controlled with serial (COM) commands, such as
Arduino (
https://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/AnalogInOutSerial).
Unfortunately, Arduino Due has only 2 DAC outputs, and the PWM output speed
is quite limited (1 kHz), resulting in slow response (after heavy
filtering).
3) Third, software solution would be direct control of the ILE over serial
(COM) interface, but I don't have the commands description. Provided
they're simple enough, you might be able to figure it out with a COM
traffic sniffer. This document:
http://squishycell.uchicago.edu/manuals/LMM5%20Software%20Manual%20RS232%20Rev%20A.pdf might
be useful, chances are that LMM5 and ILE use similar control strategy.
Once you have a way to control the ILE with serial commands, you can build
a logical device in NIS Elements and use WritePort() or WritePortEx() or
something like this to control the intensity.
Good luck! Best, zdenek
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> Hi Michael,
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> We're in a similar (not identical) boat. We have an Andor CSU-W1 that
> we would like to transition over to control with Elements. We have been
> able to switch over almost all of the components to Elements control,
> but have been stuck with the Andor ILE laser launch platform, as there
> is no option for controlling it with Elements. We would of course be
> interested to hear if anyone has ideas about this. If anything we have
> done so far to get the other components running with Elements can be
> helpful, feel email me directly and we can set up a call. Thanks!
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> Best regards,
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> Silas
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Zdenek Svindrych, Ph.D.
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Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth