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Summary of Contents for Scientifica PatchStar
- Page 1 PatchStar Micromanipulator 1 –...
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Page 2: Packing List
Packing list The Scientifica PatchStar is a piece of scientific equipment and as such requires care when handling. If the outside of the shipping packaging is damaged, notify your shipping department immediately. The shipping department may wish to notify the carrier at this point. - Page 3 Left Handed configuration Right Handed configuration The Patchstar is designed in a modular fashion in order to make the manipulator as flexible as possible. This ensures that changing the configuration from left to right handed is very simple: Firstly loosen the x stage dovetail screws as shown using a 3mm allen key.
- Page 4 Now slide the X / Z assembly back onto the Y axis. The vertical rotation stage locking knob can be located into the left hand side position. Finally, the head stage slide can be set to project on the left side of the manipulator.
- Page 5 Mounting the PatchStar The PatchStar is designed to mount to either a metric or inch spaced location using M6 or ¼”-20 socket head cap screws. The rotation base is used to secure the manipulator to the users table or platform. To do this; first remove the manipulator assembly from the rotary base by loosening the two dovetail locking screws using a 3mm allen key and sliding the assembly off the base.
- Page 6 Setting the rotation stages Each PatchStar manipulator includes two rotation stages which have user settable stops. The rotary base has two magnetic stops which allow the user to rotate the manipulator away from the experiment and then return to the original position without having to undo any locking mechanism or use any tools.
- Page 7 To set the stops for the vertical rotation stage; first ensure that the 2 set screws that fix the rotary stop ring are loose and that the thumb screw lock is loose thus enabling the front plate to rotate 360º. Rotate the front plate 1 full rotation (this has the effect of pushing the stop around with it).
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Page 8: Connecting The Cables
Never plug or unplug either end of the stage cable or joystick module to a rack controller with the power switched on. Connect the manipulator RJ45 connectors to the PatchStar breakout box aligning the colour of the connector boots with the reference dots on the breakout box. - Page 9 ACC. Virtual approach axis The PatchStar has the ability to be driven in a virtual 4 “approach” axis as opposed to 3 orthogonal axes. This is used to approach the sample on the axis of the pipette.
- Page 10 Momentarily depressing the M+ button will store the current position of the manipulator as a memory position. Moving the manipulator and pressing M+ again will store another position etc. Up to 25 memory positions can be stored. Momentarily depressing the MR button will recall the first memory position. If more than one position is stored, repeated button presses allow you to cycle through all of the memory positions.
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Page 11: Troubleshooting
Memory and Step The MEMORY key stores the current position of the stage. Pressing the STEP key changes the position of the stage to the stored memory points in a cyclic fashion. Therefore, if three different memory points were stored: A, B, and C using the MEMORY key, pressing STEP would drive the stage to position A, the next press of the step key would drive the stage to B, the next to C, and then the next would go back to A etc. -
Page 12: General Specifications
headstage and causes movement. There should be a soft loop on any wires from the manipulator, ideally anchored to a point close to the manipulator mount ie: the post from a post and platform. 5. Are the rotation locks tightened when in place – they should be lightly tightened.
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