Basics Of Microscope Operation With Ds-L4; Powering On/Off The Devices - Nikon DS-L4 Instructions Manual

Chapter
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Basics of Microscope Operation with DS-L4

This chapter describes the startup and shutdown procedures for the DS-L4, as well as the composition of the screens
used for microscope operation.
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Powering On/Off the Devices

Powering ON the devices and displaying the MICROSCOPE CONTROL screen
1
Turn on the power on the microscope main unit and the motorized parts.
The motorized devices are initialized. For details on turning on the power, refer to the instruction manual provided
with your microscope.
2
Press the power switch of DS-L4 to turn on the unit.
The startup screen appears. The system configuration data and settings are acquired from the main body, and
then the following screen appears. The completion of the initial operations takes about 30 seconds, depending on
the configuration of the microscope system. If you want to use an application software on the connected PC, start
the application software last.
Shows or hides the
INFO window.
3
Press [MENU], and press [MIC CNTRL] button on the menu tab.
The [MICROSCOPE CONTROL] screen appears.
Note that if you are using microscope Ni-E or Ni-U, and a digital camera is not connected to DS-L4, the
[MICROSCOPE CONTROL] screen appears after the initialization is completed.
Shutdown
1
Press [SETTINGS] on the LIVE or VIEW menu.
2
Press [SHUT DOWN].
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[SETTINGS]
- MIC SETUP (see Chapter3 "Preparation for Microscopy"
and Chapter 6 "Settings.")
- SHUTDOWN
Shows or hides the menu tab.
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