If you’re editing this class - Microscope located at asyncroscopy/Microscope.py, you’re usually doing one of these:

1. Adding or modifying attributes of the base Microscope (Expose new device state that clients can read.)

2. Updating attribute read/write methods of the base Microscope (Control how attribute values are validated, stored, or synchronized with AutoScript.)

3. Adding or modifying commands

• get_image

• get_spectrum

3. ADD a new functionality pertaining to a microscope api - Adding Internal acquisition helpers in the base Microscope

• examples - already existing

  • _acquire_stem_image

  • _acquire_stem_image_advanced

  • _acquire_spectrum

5. Changing the transport format (Modify DevEncoded usage, metadata schema, caching policy, or multi-image retrieval semantics.)

6. Improving robustness (Handle connection failures, missing proxies, AutoScript errors, simulation fallback logic, or state transitions like FAULT, ON, OFF.)