In the effort to help our customers use our products more effectively, Sutter Instrument Company has begun developing software to interface with many of our computer controllable products. Below is a list of currently available sofware for immediate free download.

LAMBDA SOFTWARE (Windows)


UTILITY

NEW Sutter Instrument Universal Lambda Utility

LAMBDA TEST is a universal demo/test program for testing communications and performance of the numerous Lambda products. (Lambda 10-3, SC, XL, 10-B, DG, VF-5 & 10-2)

Lambda_Test.zip > Download


DRIVERS

NEW V2.08.00: Sutter Instrument Unified Lambda USB driver
This new unified driver works for the following products: Lambda 10-B / Lambda 10-3 / Lambda SC / Lambda XL / Lambda VF.

It will operate under the following Windows platforms:
Windows Server 2008 / Windows Server 2008 x64 / Windows 7 / Windows 7 x64 / Windows Server 2003 / Windows Server 2003 x64 / Windows Vista / Windows XP / Windows XP x64 / Windows 2000

SI Lambda USB Driver > Download
CDM Driver Installation Guide > Download

LAMBDA SC - Utility programs are available for both serial (RS-232) and USB interfaces. There are two versions of the utility depending on whether you have a new LAMBDA SC unit with a switch or an older LAMBDA SC unit without a switch.

NEW LAMBDA SC UTILITY: This utility program is for use with newer LAMBDA SC units. It can be used with either the USB or serial interface and offers additional functionality and a new user interface > Download

OLD LAMBDA SC UTILITY: This program is for use with older Lambda SC units.

        - for use with serial (RS-232) interface > Download
        - for use with USB interface > Download


LAMBDA DG-4 / DG-5

DG4_Program.zip - zip file containing a stand alone controller program for use with the Lambda DG4 product line > Download

DG4-LV.ZIP - a zip file containing four files which enable LabVIEW software to work with our DG-4 wavelength switcher. > Download


LAMBDA SOFTWARE for MacOS X

FTDI USB Serial Driver – USB device driver for use with our Lambda products equipped with a USB interface (Lambda 10-3, 10-B, and SC). This version works with MacOS X. > Download

MacOS X Installation Guide – USB device driver installation guide for MacOS X provided by FTDI. > Download (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Lambda USB Test.Application v1.2 – a sample USB communication program for use with our Lambda products equipped with a USB interface (Lambda 10-3, 10-B, and SC). This version requires MacOS X v10.2 and above.
> Download

Lambda USB Test.Application v1.1 – An earlier version of the program which works with MacOS X v10.1 and above. > Download

Installation notes for the Lambda USB test application for Mac OS X.
> Download

 
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS DRIVERS

Certified LabVIEW drivers for the Lambda 10-B / 10-2 / 10-3 / SC can be obtained from the National Instruments website directly.


MP-285 SOFTWARE

Wintel

MP285.ZIP - a stand alone program for use with our MP-285 micromanipulator. It allows for programming, movement and recording of the MP-285. Windows 95 or later is required to run this program.
> Download


Unix

285TEMPLATE.C - a simple c program for controlling the MP-285 manipulator. It was written on an SGI Indy, and should compile under most forms of unix. > Download

UNIX285.C - a communications program developed on an SGI Indy under Irix v. 5.3 for controlling the MP-285 manipulator via serial port. >Download

UNIX285PGM - the a.out from compiling UNIX285.c. >Download

LabVIEW

285LV.ZIP - a zipped LabVIEW driver for our MP-285 manipulator
> Download


MPC-200 SOFTWARE

The MPC-200 controller is used for the MPC-385, MPC-325 and other manipulator systems. It is equipped with a USB interface for computerized control.

NEW V2.08.00: Sutter Instrument Unified USB driver
USB driver for the MPC-200 controller

SI CDM Unified USB Driver > Download

SI CDM Driver Installation Guide for Windows XP > Download

SI CDM Driver Installation Guide for Windows 7 > Download

NEW USBtesterV3.zip - USB communications test program for use with the MPC-200 controller with firmware v3.12 or higher > Download

USBv3.pdf - Explains the command syntax used for programming the MPC-200 with firmware v3.12 or higher  > Download

USBtesterV1.exe - USB communications test program for use with the MPC-200 controller with firmware v1.11 or lower > Download

USBv1.doc - Explains the command syntax used for programming the MPC-200 with firmware v1.11 or lower  > Download


You can gain additional advanced capabilities with the MPC-200 controller by using MicroManager, a free software package that can be used to control a multitude of scientific devices.

Please reference the PDF documents below for instructions on how to download and install MicroManager and how to setup the MPC-200 within MicroManager.

How to Install and setup MicroManager for use with MPC-200 > Download

MPC-200 / MicroManager Quick Reference Guide > Download

MOM COMPUTER SYSTEM (MCS) SOFTWARE

MView
MView is a program used to analyze data collected with MCS. It is free to download and can be installed on multiple computers. If you are updating from an older version of MView, please uninstall any previous versions of MView and then run MVIEW.MSI to install. Installation must be done as an administrator.

If you do not have any data collected with MCS but wish to evaluate MView, please download the sample data file 'Pollen_Grain.MDF'.

MVIEW.MSI (30MB) -MSI installer package for MView > Download

Pollen_Grain.MDF (19MB) - a data file containing two-photon fluorescent images of a pollen grain recorded with a Movable Objective Microscope (MOM) using the MCS acquisition program MScan > Download