Hi Nico,
The programmable keypad just accepts text macros and does not record
mouse movements/clicks. Is there any command line or terminal methods
to send commands to the MMcore? Clicking buttons in the GUI must do
this somehow, but I don't see a way to do this manually.
Jim
On Aug 31, 2009, at 11:39 AM, Nico Stuurman wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
>> We are really starting to like this program, but one thing that would
>> make it even better is if we could figure out how to control/switch
>> channels with Hotkeys.
>
> Excellent suggestion! We even have a ticket for this in our bug/
> feature database system (
https://valelab.ucsf.edu/trac/micromanager/ticket/278> ), but regretfully, that does not mean that we will get to
> implementing this soon. The more requests we get, the more it moved
> up on the priority list.
>
>> A possible work-around would be buy a
>> programmable keypad (with blank keys) and program macros into the key
>> (eg.
http://www.piengineering.com/xkeys/xkdesk.php). The question is
>> how to do this. Could we run beanshell script with text macros in
>> this
>> way? Sorry if this is a stupid question, but we are newbies.
>
> If the keypad emulated mouse movements and clicking (not sure that it
> does), then I think this could work. A Beanshell script to switch the
> active channel can look as follows:
>
> mmc.setConfig("Channel", "FITC");
>
> Enter this in the top right panel of the Script Panel, Save (for
> instance as "FITC.bsh", click the "Add" button in the top left. and
> double click on "FITC.bsh" to set the active channel to FITC (you will
> need to click the "Refresh" button to update the GUI with the current
> configuration).
>
> Best,
>
> Nico
>
>
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