Introduction

SIDX is a software package that allows control of scientific CCD cameras. SIDX contains:

• The SIDXView program.
• Support for scripting image acquisition in many common scientific programming systems.

Using SIDX

1. Installation instructions.
2. SIDXView program. Use SIDXView to acquire images, and to test your camera.
3. Programming samples show you how to get started programming quickly using SIDX.
4. Programming reference for each software package.
5. Camera notes regarding features and capabilities of specific cameras.

Computer

SIDX supports only Microsoft Windows 2000/XP.

Supported Cameras

• Andor Technology
• Cooke Corporation (PCO) Dot camera series
• Cooke Corporation (PCO) pixelfly
  
• Cooke Corporation (PCO) SensiCam
• DVC Company
• Hamamatsu ORCA
• PCO Dot camera series
• PCO SensiCam
• PCO pixelfly
  
• Photometrics
• Princeton Instruments
• QImaging
• Red Shirt Imaging
• SciMeasure
• Spectral Instruments (OEM/Volume only, not single user)

Supported Software

• National Instruments LabView 7 and 8
• NIH ImageJ v1.37 or later (Windows only)
• Java
• Microsoft Visual Basic
• Microsoft Visual C++
• Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Interface
• ITT IDL (OEM/Volume only, not single user)
• WaveMetrics IGOR Pro