Default Device Roles

• Micro-Manager treats one camera, shutter and focus stage as defaults for the main control window.
• Here you can choose the defaults for Micro-Manager startup.
• These default roles can be changed at any time while Micro-Manager is running through the Device Property Browser (as properties of the Core).

Autoshutter

• Choose whether or not the shutter, by default, should automatically open and close when acquiring images.
• This setting can be changed in the main control window at any time.

Stage Focus Directions

• Some functionality requires knowing whether increasing the Z position corresponds to moving the objective lens toward the sample or away from the sample.
• You can leave these "Unknown" for now if you are not sure which way your focus device moves. Also leave "Unknown" any stage devices that do not control the focus axis.