private static void disconnect()
{
try
{
// already logged in?
if (m_ID.Length > 0)
{
// logout from MTB
m_MTBConnection.Logout(m_ID);
}
}
catch (Exception exc)
{
// message box showing exception text
Console.WriteLine(exc.Message);
}
finally
{
m_MTBRoot = null;
device = null;
m_MTBComponent = null;
}
}
private static void connect()
{
try
{
// login to MTB
m_MTBConnection.Login("de", out m_ID);//get a user ID from the server
// get m_MTBRoot object
m_MTBRoot = m_MTBConnection.GetRoot(m_ID);//get device id of root component, i.e microscope
m_MTBRoot.StartMonitoring(m_ID);
// list devices
Console.WriteLine("List of connected components: ");
int count = m_MTBRoot.GetDeviceCount();
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
IMTBDevice device = m_MTBRoot.GetDevice(i);
string name = device.Name;
Console.WriteLine(name);//print device name to conosle
}
m_MTBShutter = (IMTBShutter)m_MTBRoot.GetComponent("MTBShutter");
m_MTBFocus = (IMTBFocus)m_MTBRoot.GetComponent("MTBFocus"); //get component id of focus mechanism
m_MTBPassiveFocus = (IMTBAutoFocus)m_MTBRoot.GetComponent("MTBAutoFocus"); //get component id of auto focus mechan //-------this requires zeiss autofocus software
m_MTBStage = (IMTBStage)m_MTBRoot.GetComponent("MTBStage"); //get component id of microscope stage
microMetersPerSec = m_MTBFocus.GetSpeedUnit(1);
microMeters = m_MTBFocus.GetPositionUnit(0);
Console.WriteLine("MTB component ID's acquired");
}
catch (Exception exc)
{
disconnect();
Console.WriteLine(exc.Message);
}
}