Component Cabling

Digital connections can suffer from interference that can eventually lead to communication issues with a device. To mitigate this and achieve high system stability the following connection scheme is recommended.

Computer

Insert USB connectors according to the following scheme:

FluidFM cabling guide

Furthermore, the USB cables should not be rolled up and placed on top of the controller box.

Don’t place cables on top of the box

Microscope

Olympus

Ensure there are ferrite beads on both ends of the firewire cable that connects the control unit with the firewire card in the computer.