diff --git a/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/LightSheetManagerPlugin.java b/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/LightSheetManagerPlugin.java
index 2e97db16..e918010a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/LightSheetManagerPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/LightSheetManagerPlugin.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public class LightSheetManagerPlugin implements MenuPlugin, SciJavaPlugin {
     public static final String copyright = "Applied Scientific Instrumentation (ASI), 2022-2026";
     public static final String description = "A plugin to control various types of light sheet microscopes.";
     public static final String menuName = "Light Sheet Manager";
-    public static final String version = "0.7.8";
+    public static final String version = "0.8.0";
 
     private Studio studio_;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/model/acquisitions/AcquisitionEngine.java b/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/model/acquisitions/AcquisitionEngine.java
index ead6517f..4f83970e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/model/acquisitions/AcquisitionEngine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/model/acquisitions/AcquisitionEngine.java
@@ -534,10 +534,20 @@ public void setPause(boolean b) {
 
     @Override
     public boolean abortRequest() {
-        if (currentAcquisition_ != null) {
-            currentAcquisition_.abort();
+        // read once: the acquisition thread clears this field as soon as finish() returns
+        final Acquisition acq = currentAcquisition_;
+        if (acq == null) {
+            return true; // nothing is running, so there is nothing to protect
         }
-        return true;
+        // always refuse while a run is live: Micro-Manager vetoes the close, and that veto is what
+        // keeps it from racing the abort into finish(), whose save closes the same datastore from
+        // the acquisition thread. answering yes only aborts, so the close succeeds on the next
+        // attempt. the display's abort button also lands here and ignores the result.
+        if (model_.logging().confirmOrDefault("Abort Acquisition",
+                "Abort the current acquisition task?", false)) {
+            acq.abort();
+        }
+        return false;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/model/devices/vendor/ASIPLogic.java b/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/model/devices/vendor/ASIPLogic.java
index 39607d53..cef28fd8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/model/devices/vendor/ASIPLogic.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/model/devices/vendor/ASIPLogic.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 public class ASIPLogic extends ASITigerBase {
 
     public static final int addrZero = 0;
-    public static final int addrEdge = 0;
+    public static final int addrEdge = 128;
     public static final int addrInvert = 64;
 
     // front panel BNC 1-8