Getting Started¶
Install¶
Run the full installer MIB_Studio_Qt_Setup_v<version>.exe (from the
GitHub Releases page or your team's distribution channel). It installs the
application, the required runtimes, and — when crash reporting is
configured — the crash handler.
Updates¶
The app checks for updates quietly on launch and only prompts when a new version is available. Updates download as a small update package, are checksum-verified, and install elevated.
- Help ▸ Software Updates… opens the update dialog: pick a channel (stable or beta) and any published version from the list — including older ones, so you can roll back (downgrades ask for confirmation).
- The default channel matches the build you are running (a beta build defaults to the beta channel); once you pick a channel explicitly, that choice sticks.
- If updates are disabled at boot (see Boot Service Toggles below), the Software Updates menu entry is greyed out.
The main window¶
The window is a fixed set of task tabs plus a collapsible sidebar:
- Connect — pick the camera (first tab on startup). See Connect a camera.
- Overview — raw live view with ROI drawing.
- Experiment — nested Preview and Monitoring pages, with Start/Stop Experiment buttons in the tab-bar corner.
- Review — open and inspect recorded HDF5 files.
- Start Camera / Stop Camera buttons sit in the corner of the main tab bar and control frame acquisition regardless of the current tab.
- Left sidebar (collapsible) — background image preview, capture statistics, nanopositioner controls, and syringe pump controls.
- Status bar — live capture/processing statistics (see Acquire & record) and the current ROI.
Menus¶
- File — Open Data Folder (
Documents\MIB_Studio_Qt), Open Logs Folder, Exit. - Settings — Processing, Monitoring, Pixel-to-Micron, Syringe Pump settings dialogs; Boot Service Toggles… (disable selected services on next launch, e.g. auto-update); Profiles… (jumps to the config/profiles editor on Experiment ▸ Preview).
- Help — About, Software Updates…, Documentation (opens the project page), Report a Problem (opens the issue tracker).
Where your data lives¶
| What | Where |
|---|---|
| Experiment recordings (HDF5) | The path you choose in the Save dialog when starting an experiment |
| Default data folder | Documents\MIB_Studio_Qt (File ▸ Open Data Folder) |
| Application logs | %LOCALAPPDATA%\MIB_Studio_Qt\logs (File ▸ Open Logs Folder) |
| Crash reports | %LOCALAPPDATA%\MIB_Studio_Qt\crashes |