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  • Page 1 DeltaPix Camera & Software Installation Manual DpxView LE & DpxView Pro DeltaPix Scientific Cameras...
  • Page 2 Part one begins with a description of DeltaPix software installation manual that will guide you through the installation process. Part two is the DpxView LE user and operational manual that invites you to learn how to manage and control DeltaPix cameras to the greatest advantage. The manual will help you learning the flexibility and user friendliness of DeltaPix software.
  • Page 3 2.1 mm. DeltaPix CCD cameras may require an external power supply with 5V regulated DC. Using a wrong power supply will result in burning the camera. Contact DeltaPix local distributor if you are in doubt of any aspect. 2.1 Software Installation The DeltaPix scientific USB 2.0 High-Speed camera you have just purchased is designed to operate out of...
  • Page 4 Continue Anyway to continue with the driver installation. Then click Finish to complete the installation of the drivers. 9. You should now be able to run the application software called”DeltaPix camera” from your Start menu and enjoy! Note: Windows will require you to re-run steps 8 & 9 each time you plug the camera into a new USB 2.0 port.
  • Page 5 DeltaPix camera. 3.1 Sequence to install the DeltaPix software 1. Detach any DeltaPix camera (and dongle – for DpxView Pro) from your PC. 2. Important: Uninstall any already installed DeltaPix software; use the 'Control Panel', 'Add or Remove Programs'.
  • Page 6 The CMOS cameras require a 6v regulated power and CCD cameras a 5v regulated power. Some combinations of PCs – especially laptops – and DeltaPix cameras may require an external power supply. • We always recommend use of external power supply for all CCD cameras.
  • Page 7 4 Using the viewer software After double clicking on the DeltaPix viewer icon, the viewer application starts, and if a camera is attached you should immediately be able to see live video from the camera on your screen. An on line help manual is...
  • Page 8 The contents of this document may not be copied nor duplicated in any form, in whole or in part, without prior written consent from DeltaPix. DeltaPix makes no warranties as to the accuracy of the information contained in this document or its suitability for any purpose. The information in this document is subject to change without notice.

  • Page 9: Table Of Contents

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE Table of Contents THE DELTAPIX VIEWER..........................5 INITIAL VIEW..............................6 MAIN MENU ..............................7 File Menu ..............................7 3.1.1 Save Snapshot........................... 7 3.1.2 Print Snapshot............................ 7 3.1.3 Work Space............................8 3.1.4 Exit ..............................8 View menu..............................9 Image menu ..............................
  • Page 10 DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE 4.3.1 Configuring Magnifications ......................26 4.3.2 Calibrate Objective........................... 28 Focus Tool .............................. 30 Camera Control Buttons........................31 Useful Buttons............................32 RIGHT CLICK MENU..........................34 Grab Image.............................. 34 Resolution............................... 34 Sensor Region............................34 Exposure Submenu..........................35 White Balance Submenu ........................
  • Page 11 DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE Camera Settings Bar ..........................42 STATUS BAR.............................. 43 HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE VIEWER ..................... 44 File Menu ..............................44 View Menu............................... 44 Zoom Menu ............................. 45 Effects Menu............................45 Batch Process Menu ..........................46 Undo Menu.............................. 46 Camera Window.............................

  • Page 12: The Deltapix Viewer

    In many cases this software is all you need to enter the world of digital microscopy. The DeltaPix Viewer allows the user to capture, view, manipulate, save and load images in various formats like windows bitmap, jpeg, jpeg2000, DICOM and TIFF. It allows complete camera control - settings as gain, exposure time, white balance, color correction and many more.

  • Page 13: Initial View

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE 2 Initial View When the DeltaPix viewer is started the first time after the program has been installed, your screen looks like this: Main menu. Windows Header. Can be enabled or disabled Can be enabled or disabled from e.g.

  • Page 14: Main Menu

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE 3 Main Menu The Main Menu, figure to the right, has the following functions: File, View, Image, Camera, Settings and Help. 3.1 File Menu Several functions are available in the File Menu: Save Snapshot, Print Snapshot, Workspace and Exit functions.

  • Page 15: Work Space

    All settings are stored with the profile. Because the visible buttons in the button toolbar are also saved, the look-and-feel is also stored with the profile. 3.1.4 Exit The Exit function will close the DeltaPix Viewer. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 8...

  • Page 16: View Menu

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE 3.2 View menu The following options are available in the View menu: • Set if the Camera Settings Toolbar should be displayed or hidden. • Set if the Video Capture Toolbar should be displayed or hidden.

  • Page 17: Camera Menu

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE 3.4 Camera Menu The Camera Menu shown to the right. 3.4.1 Sensor Size You can select the active sensor region. The selected region is always centred on the mid point of the sensor, leaving the outer parts unused.

  • Page 18: Exposure

    3.4.4 Snapshot Settings for “CCD cameras” DeltaPix CCD cameras offer snapshot capability. This means that exposure and gain snapshot settings different from the preview settings can be used. This is very useful e.g. for acquiring fluorescence images with long exposure. It is possible to have a relative quick - but lower quality - preview frame rate by setting the gain high and enabling binning.
  • Page 19 Please note that binning cannot be used when acquiring snapshots. The recommended way to use DeltaPix CCD cameras for fluorescence applications where it is possible to have both a high frame rate, and a high exposure time for still image capture at the same time: 1.

  • Page 20: Black Frame Compensation

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE 3.4.5 Black Frame Compensation There are two purposes for the Black Frame Compensation function. When extended exposure times (and high gain settings) are used, some of the pixels will show static “noise” spots, resulting in blue, green or red pixels being permanently turned on;...

  • Page 21: Shading Correction

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE 3.4.6 Shading Correction White shading can be a result of nonlinearities in the optic path of a microscope or a lens. The result is that, when pointing the camera at an evenly lit white object, the picture is not all at exactly the same signal level.

  • Page 22: Frame Average

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE Sample image (same image and illumination as before), now with Shading Correction enabled. Shade Correct Live Preview enables you to see the process of correcting the image. If the shading correction file has been saved, it can be automatically loaded a program start to make shading correction work immediately.

  • Page 23: Zoom

    With the resolution set to 640x480 you should be able to get over 50 frames per second, if the exposure time is faster than 20 ms. The actual frame rate is displayed in bottom of the DeltaPix software as shown below. 3.4.11 Frame Rate...

  • Page 24: Fast Focus Mode

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE 3.4.12 Fast Focus Mode Fast Focus Mode downloads the image data at a high speed and provides fast images for focusing and framing. In this mode no computer processing is required and the data is sent directly to the video RAM for display on the monitor.

  • Page 25: Reset Camera

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE 3.4.18 Reset camera If you want to restore the factory default setting or in the rare event of the camera locking up, select the Reset Camera option. Selecting the All option will reset the camera as well as the software. Note, that all settings will be lost.
  • Page 26 Disabling the Acquire automatic function, will allow the user of the third-party application to adjust the camera settings, before the capture process is started. Open and close silently will run the DeltaPix camera software in the background, when the Twain interface is activated in a third-party program.

  • Page 27: Advanced

    DeltaPix camera application in front of your windows screen. Use tray icon will install a small DeltaPix tray icon in the lower right corner of your Windows system. It is possible to start the capture process by right clicking the icon.
  • Page 28 3.5.2.3 How to upgrade the Infinity X camera DeltaPix is constantly developing new modes for the Infinity X camera. Cameras installed at an end-user can be upgraded in the field. The first time a not-up-to-date camera is used with DeltaPix software that supports new modes, a message box appears, figure to the right.

  • Page 29: Magnification

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE Press the button OK to download Descriptor table to Select yes if you would like to activate the new the camera. configuration. The last step is to unplug and plug the USB 2.0 from the camera. Pressing the button OK button will terminate the application.

  • Page 30: Windows

    • Support function enables you to write directly to DeltaPix in case you have any technical problems or if you have any question. Information about your camera will automatically be included in the mail. Please, don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions or comments you may have.

  • Page 31: Button Toolbar

    This solution is primarily designed to match your individual applications. In many applications you do not need to view a feature you do not use, that’s typically where DeltaPix software fits in. Therefore, go to your button menu, select the functions you need, and hide the functions you do not need.

  • Page 32: Exposure Bar

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE Exposure bar The Exposure bar enables you to control the camera exposure. When set to Auto exposure mode, the slider is set in accordance with the exposure function. Adjusting the slider, marked with the red color, to the right, will make the image brighter; dragging it to the left will turn the image darker.

  • Page 33: Calibration Bar And Magnification Control

    Configuring Magnifications First the magnifications to be used must be configured. Two files in the DeltaPix installation directory can change the default magnifications in the Optics definition fields. This allows display of all/only the magnifications available on the microscope. Total magnification. This is the product of the two magnifications.
  • Page 34 It is possible to customize the magnifications presented in the magnification drop-down menus by editing the files optics.path1.txt and optics.path2.txt. To use custom magnification options, these files should be located in the DeltaPix installation directory. Ask your DeltaPix distributor for more information on how to do this, or contact DeltaPix at support@deltapix.com.

  • Page 35: Calibrate Objective

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE The Ruler and Stamp Font option will enable you to choose your preferred color and font type and size. Select Embed DPI information in Image. It is important in order to keep your measurements values unchanged when saving the image.
  • Page 36 DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE Select File / Save and close the ASCII file. To make the changes to take effects, restart DeltaPix application (– or double click just outside the magnification combo boxes). For each microscope type you can change the default magnifications.

  • Page 37: Focus Tool

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE It is recommended to calibrate objectives individually and avoid interpolation. However if your objectives are close to their nominal magnification, or you don’t need high precision for your calibration bar and measurements, then use interpolation (and save some time avoiding calibration...

  • Page 38: Camera Control Buttons

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE Camera Control Buttons This button allows you to select the desired resolution. The first mode, 1280 x 1024 Demosaic; 1.3 Mega Pixels not using the DeltaVu Micro scanning Technology. The second modes from 1280 x 1024 DeltaVu color to 5120 x 4096 DeltaVu color permit you to select the resolution from 1.3 Mega Pixels up...

  • Page 39: Useful Buttons

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE The CPU usage when the video is OFF The CPU usage when the video is ON 4.6 Useful Buttons Save and Open Work Space function enables you to save the current camera configuration, such as exposure time, contrast, and brightness etc. for later use with a similar application.
  • Page 40 This button enables you to save a Snap Shot. This button enables you to print a Snap Shot. This button will open the installation and the user manual of the DeltaPix software. This button enables you to send mails directly from DeltaPix viewer to DeltaPix support team.

  • Page 41: Right Click Menu

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE 5 Right Click Menu Right clicking on the mouse, while positioning the mouse cursor anywhere on the preview image will activate the right click menu, shown in the figure to the right. 5.1 Grab Image This function helps you to capture a high resolution image at the preferred selected resolution.

  • Page 42: Exposure Submenu

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE 5.4 Exposure Submenu The Auto entry will toggle the exposure function from Automatic Manual exposure or vice versa. The Converge entry will initially set the exposure function to Auto, until the picture has settled, leaving the exposure function in Manual mode.

  • Page 43: Black Frame Compensation Submenu

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE With the Manual Fine Tune function the settings can be adjusted by means of three sliders from the Analog Gain and / or the Digital Gain. By moving the slider to the right the color values increase, and by moving it to the left, the color values will decrease.

  • Page 44: Camera Settings Toolbar Visible

    The Camera Setting Toolbar Visible enables or disables the toolbar. 5.9 Video Capture Toolbar Visible “Recording AVI” When recording AVI using the DeltaPix viewer (LE or Pro), some precautions can be made to ensure high quality of the video. •...
  • Page 45 DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE The AVI Recording Toolbar will appear when selecting the Video Capture Toolbar. The File button allows you to save your video file. By activating this button a new window will appear suggesting a default name, as shown in the below figure.

  • Page 46: Main Menu

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE The recorder is aimed at recording small videos. The AVI recorder uses high CPU resources, especially at combination of large images (e.g. above 800 x 600) and fast frame rates (e.g. above 10 frames/sec). If using large images and fast frame rates, frames may be dropped, resulting in flickering video or shorter play back time than expected.

  • Page 47: Zoom

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE 5.18 Zoom Zoom selection enables you to directly select different levels of zoom. Also the mouse scroll wheel may be used for the zoom function, however it may be needed to select the zoom function manually first, if the scroll wheel previously has been assigned to another function.

  • Page 48: Camera Toolbar

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE 6 Camera Toolbar The Camera Toolbar provides you with an easy access to commonly used adjustments on video and image view, such as contrast, brightness, gamma, hue, saturation and gain. The Camera Toolbar can be activated by the Right Click Menu, or in the View sub menu in the Main Menu.

  • Page 49: Capture Button

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE 6.1 Capture Button Pressing the Capture button will start the capturing process of a still image. The progress of this is indicated at the bar at the bottom of the window. Immediately following the capture process, the DeltaVu calculations will start automatically, and a new progress bar will be seen.

  • Page 50: Status Bar

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE 7 Status Bar The status bar shows miscellaneous camera and viewer information. Indicates whether a Progress Bar showing the DeltaPix camera is progress in image capture and Red, Green and Blue intensity attached or not.

  • Page 51: High Resolution Image Viewer

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE 8 High Resolution Image Viewer The High Resolution Image Viewer can be accessed from the camera toolbar or from the image menu. The Image Viewer will start, showing the latest captured image. Within the image viewer you will also see a new menu bar.

  • Page 52: Zoom Menu

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE ezDICOM is a small free viewer, find it at www.mricro.com DicomWorks is a comprehensive and free viewer. Find it at www.dicomworks.com DICOM Images comprises tags for e.g. patient and comments. The following tags can be directly attached to DICOM images from the DeltaPix Viewer.

  • Page 53: Batch Process Menu

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE 8.5 Batch Process Menu The Batch Process menu enables you to select a number of functions from the effects menu, to be activated automatically when High Resolution Image Viewer is opened. The selected functions will be processed according to the settings in the Effects menu.

  • Page 54: Black Level Clamp

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE The Color button allows you to select the desired font color on the image. The Font button permits you to select the desired font type and size. This button confirms your selected choices with annotation.

  • Page 55: Shortcuts

    DeltaPix Camera Manual DpxView LE 9 Shortcuts Many functions can be activated by shortcuts: 9.1 Camera Window Ctrl-Alt-A : Color Correction : Capture high resolution image Ctrl-Alt-B: Capture Black Frame : Open high resolution image window Ctrl-Alt-C: Snapshot Settings : Increase high-res resolution...
  • Page 56 The contents of this document may not be copied nor duplicated in any form, in whole or in part, without prior written consent from DeltaPix. DeltaPix makes no warranties as to the accuracy of the information contained in this document or its suitability for any purpose. The information in this document is subject to change without notice.

  • Page 57: Preface

    The second part is the DpxView Pro User and Operational Manual that invites you to learn how to manage and control DeltaPix cameras to the greatest advantage. The manual will help you to learn about the flexibility and user friendliness of DeltaPix software. Note: All camera specific functionality is described in the DpxView LE manual.
  • Page 58 Settings Panel ............................89 DpxView Pro AZ - Direct interface to Zeiss microscopes with USB-port...........90 6.2.1 Install the Microscope Driver .........................90 6.2.2 Installing the Carl Zeiss MTB 2004 .......................90 6.2.3 Configuring the Carl Zeiss MTB 2004....................92 © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 51...
  • Page 59 DPXVIEW PRO AZXY – “ZXY-STAGE CONTROL”................93 XY-Stage Control ............................93 7.1.1 Position Panel............................93 7.1.2 Acquisition Panel............................94 7.1.3 Image Settings Panel..........................95 7.1.4 Configuration Panel..........................95 Z-Stage Control ............................96 SHORTCUTS............................... 97 Camera Window............................97 Output Window ............................97 © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 52...

  • Page 60: Dpxview Pro - Image Management Software

    2.1 Initial View In the start menu you will find two icons; DpxView LE, the standard software, and DpxView Pro, the Still Image Management Software. This gives you the possibility to use both software versions.

  • Page 61: Dpxview Pro Button Menu Bar

    You can refer to the manual of the standard package DpxView LE for a detailed description of these. DpxView Pro has the advantage of being able to view the live image preview with the captured still images at the same window.

  • Page 62: Acquire Image Function

    You can save the captured image by selecting the “Save” button. A new dialog will open as shown to the right. Type the name for the image and press the “Save” button. Select Yes, to keep calibration on images. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 55...

  • Page 63: Change Image Directory

    Note that only TIFF, BMP, JPEG format are shown as thumbnails. Creating the thumbnail gallery may be time and memory consuming. It is recommended browse directories containing many images. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 56...

  • Page 64: Open Image Function

    The magnifier zooms in with a value of 100%, 200%, 300%, 400% or 500%. 2.2.6 Viewfinder Function The “Viewfinder” is the window, which the image is viewed through to compose the scene. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 57...

  • Page 65: Add Or Edit Comments

    Merge using the Sum function You can view the four images illustrated in the figure above in this way using the Tile function. This function is very useful to compare images before and after editing. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 58...

  • Page 66: Intensity Function

    'lines' mode. Select the function. The function will change to a series of line segments that connect the handles. Select the function to go back to 'spline' mode. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 59...

  • Page 67: Dpxview Pro Image Archive

    Thumbs as shown previously allows you to view images as Thumbnails. 2.3.2 Directory The “Directory” enables you to view the archived images in a directory as shown below. Splitter can be dragged Left / Right to make thumb area smaller or larger. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 60...

  • Page 68: Options

    2.4 Shortcut Buttons Activating the “Open Button” will open a new window, where you can select an image from your archive. Press the button open to browse an image. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 61...

  • Page 69: Annotation And Measurements

    To draw the ruler at an angle that is a multiple of 45 degrees, hold down the Shift key while drawing. These functions allow you to select the color, font type and size. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 62...
  • Page 70 Calculate Area and Perimeter are usually expressed in square centimeters and centimeters respectively. Refer to the DpxView LE manual for calibration of images. DpxView Pro has an additional type of calibration bar, Annotation Auto size Bar that enables you to resize and define the location of the calibration bar in the image.

  • Page 71: Reporting

    Annotation bar. A new window will start up with the selected measurements. Other options are available, like inserting the image in the report, type a header for the report and use DeltaPix excel template. DeltaPix template is located at DeltaPix folder.

  • Page 72: Measurements On Live Preview

    “Save File as” allows you to save images in various file formats like JPEG, BMP and TIF. “Convert File” enables you to convert the image from one format to other and the “Close” option will close the image window. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 65...
  • Page 73 PC. Note that the file format should be a bitmap file. “Image Info” displays information about your image. 2.6.1.7 Exit and Camera window “Exit” function ends the DpxView Pro application. “Camera Window” will shift the view to the live image window. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 66...

  • Page 74: Edit

    It is also possible to zoom in by pointing the mouse over an area and drag it. To fit the image to the window, just double click on the image. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 67...

  • Page 75: Image

    In other words, those images have a skew. The degree of the rotation might vary from image to image. “Reverse” tool is an image where the left and right have changed places. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 68...
  • Page 76 Too high a resolution adds to an image’s memory requirements without producing a proportional increase in its quality. In the Pixel Dimensions group box, enter the new Width and Height values. From the drop-down list, the values are entered as a percent of the original size. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 69...
  • Page 77 Select Files button will start a new dialog box that permits you to select the images to be stitched. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 70...
  • Page 78 A new image window will be created to hold the output panorama image. The output image copies the sampling intervals and magnification setting from the first input image from the Field Group. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 71...
  • Page 79 Adjacent images must not shift more rows (when stitching a row of images) or columns (when stitching a column of images) greater than that given by this parameter. When stitching a matrix of images, this parameter governs both each row and the first column of images © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 72...

  • Page 80: Effects

    Or, if you have blurred or painted a portion of an image that contains noise, you may need to add some noise back into the area that you have modified. Noise can also be used to add texture to an image. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 73...
  • Page 81 Please note that it takes few seconds to view the window shown to the right when the Effects > Calculations > Add Bitmaps function is selected. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 74...
  • Page 82 Use the “Polar Effect” dialog to convert the active image from rectangular to polar coordinates and vice versa. Take your image and turn it "end to end". It's a cool effect for morphing photos. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 75...
  • Page 83 Spatial Filters can be used for line detection, point detection or to smooth high spatial frequencies (low pass filter). Use one of several predefined spatial filters. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 76...
  • Page 84 This function allows you to add two images together. In “Add Thumb Images” at least two images have to be selected e.g. by keeping the Ctrl button down. This function allows you to add two thumbs together. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 77...

  • Page 85: Color

    The scroll bar command gives you enormous flexibility in changing the brightness of your image. Contrast, Hue, Saturation and Gamma can also be adjusted in the same way as the brightness. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 78...
  • Page 86 In BGR color order, adding blue to green yields Cyan, and adding cyan to the red yields white. “Grayscale color” converts image data to the Grayscale. “Colored Gray” is used to convert a colored image into same gray scaled. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 79...
  • Page 87 Click the button “OK” to modify the image and close the dialog, or click the button “Cancel” to close the dialog without modifying the image. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 80...
  • Page 88 'missing' pixels should appear, then filling them in with the appropriate color to smooth out the rough spots. Use the Bicubic Method to enlarge photographic type images. 2.6.6.9 Count Unique Colors “Count Unique Colors” command informs you about the number of the unique colors in an image. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 81...

  • Page 89: Post Acquire Process

    “Tile” command will size each open image so that all of the images are visible Main Window. This is a very useful function compare images before and after editing. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 82...

  • Page 90: Right Click Menu

    Right-click on the image and this menu displays when the annotation function is selected. Click on an item to define how the various options will be handled. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 83...

  • Page 91: Dpxview Pro Ef - Extended Depth Of Focus - "Manual

    The Extended depth-of-focus function in DeltaPix software, DpxView Pro EF, can combine those images into one single sharp image. If the images have different angle's to the optical axis, as it is the case in stereo microscopes, the software will automatically compensate for this.

  • Page 92: Dpxview Pro Ee - Extended Exposure ±Exp - "Manual

    Other images of different objects must be closed. Please note that extended exposure calculation takes some time before the output image is ready. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 85...
  • Page 93 Acquire and Process. This will make the software automatically capture images with the selected exposure times and combine them afterwards to one image. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 86...

  • Page 94: Dpxview Pro Az - "Automatic" Extended Focus & Extended Exposure

    The automation panel allows you to enable the extended exposure function in combination with the extended focus. Activating the Setup button will start the Z- control where there are three panels; • Position Panel • Configuration Panel • Settings Panel © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 87...
  • Page 95 Z-joystick. • The “Start up Calibrate and logon”, tipping these two options will make the system automatically log on to the Z-stage and calibrate it, when the software is started. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 88...

  • Page 96: Settings Panel

    Normally, the default mode is the best compromise. The “Allow Re-sampling” allows the software to automatically resample the image to a higher resolution, which sometimes can make the algorithm work better, but this will also increase the calculation time. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 89...

  • Page 97: Dpxview Pro Az - Direct Interface To Zeiss Microscopes With Usb-Port

    The Carl Zeiss driver CD may be required. The installation will run automatically, and may last a few minutes. 6.2.2 Installing the Carl Zeiss MTB 2004 In the MTB 2004 directory, run the setup. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 90...
  • Page 98 DpxView Pro Manual © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 91...

  • Page 99: Configuring The Carl Zeiss Mtb 2004

    Start the "MTB 2004 Configuration" program and configure the microscope interface. In the example below, the microscope Camera Port is defined to a 1x adapter. Note: It may be necessary to configure (or disable) internet security to make the Zeiss MTB 2004 server work. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 92...

  • Page 100: Dpxview Pro Azxy - "Zxy-Stage Control

    Double clicking at a position in the table (X or Y) will move the stage to the actual position. This is useful for inspecting, e.g. when acquisition is paused or stopped. • The small Z-button opens the Z-control panel. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 93...

  • Page 101: Acquisition Panel

    During acquisition, the countdown for start of next acquisition sequence is shown in the bottom of the panel. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 94...

  • Page 102: Image Settings Panel

    This allows for control and warm up time of any illumination. Y – This pin toggles on/off when the XY-stage is moving to a new position-index (i.e. also if the physical position is unchanged). The minimum duration of this pulse is 1000ms. © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 95...

  • Page 103: Z-Stage Control

    5. Then move the Z to the middle focus position, this will be used as centre-Z. 6. Select a row in the position table, push the green arrow button to read the XYZ position, and enter it in the table. 7. Select a new position, and so on… © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 96...

  • Page 104: Shortcuts

    Ctrl-Alt-S: Capture Shading Correction Frame Ctrl-Alt-T: Toggle 'TWAIN Data Source' on/off Ctrl-Alt-X: Exit Program : Increase Exposure : Decrease Exposure Carlines : Fast Increase Exposure Ctrl+Del : Fast Decrease Exposure Ctrl+F1 : Histogram and Profile © DeltaPix 2007 – VII Page 97...

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