-- About ----------------------------------------------------------
The temscript module provides a Python wrapper for the scripting
adapter of FEI microscopes (Tecnai & Titan). The functionality is
limited to the functionality of the scripting adapter. However,
not all functions are implemented in temscript yet. For more information
about TEM scripting see the documentation accompanying your microscope.
The scripting adapter can also be used from python using the win32com
package. However, the win32com package (at least when tried out) uses
tuples to copy the acquired image data (internally transmitted between
the COM-aware applications as SafeArray). This turned out to be really
slow for for 2Kx2K images. I never got it to work using the comtypes package.
Thus I decided to write the wrapper on my own, which then will return
SafeArrays as numpy ndarray objects.
-- Building -------------------------------------------------------
Requirements:
Python (tested with 2.7)
Numpy (tested with 1.6)
Sphinx (only for building documentation, tested with 1.1.3)
A compiler (tested with MS Visual Studio 8/10)
FEI Microscope's scripting adapter DLL. On a Titan V1.1 PC typically located in
C:\Titan\Scripting\stdscript.dll
Alternatively, use the Anaconda python distribution (you still need
the compiler though)
Tested with Python 3.4.3|Anaconda 2.3.0 (32-bit)
Tested with Python 2.7.11|Anaconda 2.4.1 (32-bit)
Install your own microscope's scripting adapters type library:
1) Copy your version of the scripting adapter's stdscript.dll into
to the _temscript_module subdirectory
Simply execute from the command line (assuming you have your python
interpreter in the path):
python setup.py build
-- Installing -----------------------------------------------------
You might need Adminstrator privileges to do this. Simply execute
from the command line (assuming you have your python interpreter
in the path):
python setup.py install
-- Supported functions --------------------------------------------
Relative to Titan V1.1 scripting adapter:
Projection: complete
Stage: Undocumented GotoWithSpeed() is missing
Configuration: complete
Acquisition: complete
AcqImage: complete (AsSafeArray named Array)
CCDCamera: complete
CCDCameraInfo: complete
CCDAcqParams: complete
STEMDetector: complete (but untested)
STEMAcqParams: complete (but untested)
STEMDetectorInfo: complete (but untested)
Camera: missing
Gauge: complete
Vacuum: complete
UserButton: missing
AutoLoader: missing
TemperatureControl: missing
Illumination: complete
Instrument: ReportError and functions to acquire missing interfaces are missing
-- Copyright & Disclaimer -----------------------------------------
Copyright (c) 2012-2017 by Tore Niermann
Contact: niermann (at) physik.tu-berlin.de
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