Microscope system and device driving method

A microscope system (1) includes actuators (29 to 33) configured to cause components of a microscope (2) to operate, a plurality of power drivers (79a to 79e) configured to drive the actuators, respectively, an actuator controller (73) configured to control the actuators through the power drivers, and a control management unit (72) configured to control the actuator controller (73) to designate any one of the power drivers (79a to 79e) to output a start signal for allowing the designated power driver to start operation to the designated power driver, and to control the actuator controller (73) to stop outputting of the start signal to the designated power driver and the other power drivers other than the designated power driver until passage of a settling time in which driving of one of the actuators in response to the operation of the designated power driver is completed and then enabled again.