# Is Leica TCS LSI macroconfocal compatible with micromanager?

**URL:** <https://forum.microlist.org/t/is-leica-tcs-lsi-macroconfocal-compatible-with-micromanager/999>\
**Category:** Hardware\
**Created:** [May 18, 2020, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/is-leica-tcs-lsi-macroconfocal-compatible-with-micromanager/999 "2020-05-18T14:08:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![sverger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@sverger](https://forum.microlist.org/u/sverger)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/is-leica-tcs-lsi-macroconfocal-compatible-with-micromanager/999/1 "2020-05-18T14:08:08Z")

</div>

Hello,

We have a leica TCS LSI macroconfocal in the lab ([https://downloads.leica-microsystems.com/Leica%20TCS%20LSI/Brochures/Leica\_TCS\_LSI-Brochure\_Technical\_Data.EN.pdf](https://downloads.leica-microsystems.com/Leica%20TCS%20LSI/Brochures/Leica_TCS_LSI-Brochure_Technical_Data.EN.pdf)). The version that we have does not have a camera. It works very well for now as a confocal system, but I would like to add a camera on it to have the possibility to do widefield Z stacks of fluorescent samples. Unfortunately the LAS software controlling it is outdated, does not allow the control of a camera, and updates to newer versions of LAS will apparently not be compatible with the hardware according to Leica.

So I am wondering if micromanager would work. I have no experience with micromanager so far, but I could see that a lot of the Leica hardware seems to be compatible. However I didn’t find any information about the super Z galvo stage. Does anyone have experience with this and may know if we will be able to use fully our Leica TCS LSI system with micromanager?

I am also wondering if having LAS and micromanager installed in parallel (although not running in parallel) may cause any conflicts or irreversibly alter our current set up?

Thanks,

Stéphane

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![WillGiang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.microlist.org/willgiang/32/1224_2.png) [@WillGiang](https://forum.microlist.org/u/WillGiang)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/is-leica-tcs-lsi-macroconfocal-compatible-with-micromanager/999/2 "2020-05-18T15:44:35Z")

</div>

Hi Stéphane,

More MicroManager users will see your post if you post it on [image.sc with the micro-manager tag.](https://forum.image.sc/tag/micro-manager)

Good luck,  
Will

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![sverger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@sverger](https://forum.microlist.org/u/sverger)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/is-leica-tcs-lsi-macroconfocal-compatible-with-micromanager/999/3 "2020-05-18T16:07:30Z")

</div>

Hi,

Thanks for the suggestion, I will post it there as well!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![jennifer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.microlist.org/jennifer/32/634_2.png) [@jennifer](https://forum.microlist.org/u/jennifer)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/is-leica-tcs-lsi-macroconfocal-compatible-with-micromanager/999/4 "2020-05-19T21:11:45Z")

</div>

@nico.stuurman might be around to answer…