The Direct Electron Panel is specific to only camera supported by Direct Electron. Currently this includes a direct detector(DE12) and a Lens coupled camera system (LC1100). The control of the camera is done via a Direct Electron Camera Server. This means that the machine you run SerialEM on and the Direct Electron Camera Server do not have to be on the same machine, but only connected through a network connection.
Name
The current name of the Direct Electron camera. Possibilities include: DE12, LC1100 and the DE12 Survey Sensor. This field will update when you select different Direct Electron cameras.
Temp (C)
The current temperature of the camera. Normally for the camera to be properly cooled it must be in the -30 to -60 degree Celcius range.
Water Line (C)
The readout temperature of the water line to cool the camera.
Image Acq Mode
Current options include UnCorrected and Dark Corrected. This option tells the DEServer what type of image to pull back. If you select "Uncorrected" you are essentially pulling back a raw image. This raw image is actually an average of several read out frames from the camera. If you select "Dark Corrected" then you are having the Direct Electron Camera Server perform the dark correction for you. Using Dark Corrected mode will provide a more accurate calcuation of the dark image.
Insert
The camera (if insertable) is inserted if it is checked. If this camera is not retractable then it will always be checked.
AutoSave Raw
Select this option to have all the raw image frames be saved on the server. This will simply set a flag to tell the Direct Electron Camera Server to begin saving all the frames. Note that the saving of the frames only occurs on the Direct Electron Camera Server.
AutoSave Sum Images
Select this option to have all the summed raw image frames be saved on the server. This will simply set a flag to tell the Direct Electron Camera Server to begin saving all the frames. Note that the saving of the frames only occurs on the Direct Electron Camera Server.
Max FPS
This represents the current frames per second that the camera itself is acquiring.
Options
Cool Cam
This will begin to cool down the camera to the desired temperature based on what has been set on the Direct Electron Camera Server.
Warm Cam
This will begin to cool down the camera to the desired temperature based on what has been set on the Direct Electron Camera Server.