ASI294MC in Micro-Manager 2.0 - RGB48 mode does not display

DaJMasta

I recently got an ASI294MC-Pro camera to use with my microscope and have it recognized and taking images in Micro-Manager 2.0 using the 5.0.0.0 version of the plugin. The camera works fine in RGB24 mode and displays greyscale images in RAW8, 12, and 16 modes as well as Y8 mode (which doesn't sound correct...), but in full bit depth RGB48, the live display never loads and acquisitions stall before while acquiring the first image.

I've tried allocating more memory to the program in case it was that (as this seems to be a limitation with ImageJ using resolutions like this), but while I can get full bit depth images through ASI Studio, I'd like to be able to do the same within Micro-Manager so I can use it in conjunction with my microscope's motorized features.

Is there something in configuration that I'm missing, or is there perhaps a bug with the handling of the camera's output modes in the plugin?

Software@ZWO

Hi DaJMasta, we will test the issue as soon as possible. If there is any news, I will reply here immediately.

DaJMasta

Is there any ETA or update on this yet? I don't see any more recent versions available and while I've been making do with 8 bits per channel in micromanager, it would really be much simpler workflow to just be able to record the images directly there rather than externally.

Software@ZWO

DaJMasta I'm sorry that there has not made progress recently. I will give priority to this issue. Thank you.

Software@ZWO

Software@ZWO I haven't found the reason for this problem. Have you asked the author of MicroManager? Does he have any suggestions?
I will continue to find out why.

DaJMasta

I don't know if there's a specific person to ask - it's an open source collaborative project. There is a top contributor to the project, but I don't know of a way of contacting them or if they would be an appropriate contact for such a problem.

Perhaps either having access to the program's source code or access to other manufacturers' camera plugin source could help determine the problem? I also only have my camera and installation to test with, so perhaps another person could try the program with theirs and see if the same problem presents itself, in case it's something wrong with my installation or configuration.

Software@ZWO

DaJMasta I study the code of ASI camera about MicroManager plug-in. From the code, I can't find the problem. When MicroManager calls the ASI camera interface, our plug-in program seems to have passed the correct data. We tried to open source the code of the MicroManager plug-in to the MicroManager project on GitHub. The code has been submitted and has not been approved. I can send the source code to you.
Best Regards