V2.12 Nov-19-2009 Welcome Thank you for choosing PCE-MM200 digital microscope! The PCE-MM200 digital microscope is an exciting new device that let's you view clear many micro- objects with it, and has a wide scope of applications, such as, • Industrial Inspection •...
System Requirements ..............................4 Software Installation process............................. 5 Window XP OS Installation..........................5 Window Vista OS Installation.......................... 10 PCE-MM200 digital microscope Connectting ......................14 Operating PCE-MM200 digital microscope Process....................16 PCE-MM200 Application software ......................... 17 Tool Bar Description............................18 Thumbnails remark ..........................19 Take Photo .............................
PCE-MM200 Digital Microscope User Manual Product Specifications Operation system: Windows XP SP2/Vista PC interface: USB 2. 0 Image Sensor: 1. 3 Mega pixels Video Capture Resolution 1280x1024, 640x480, 320x240 Color: YUV or 24bit RGB Lens: Dual Axis 27X & 100X Microscope Lens...
CD ROM (Software) and Quick manual Stand (Plastic) 2pcs Cover System Requirements In order to install PCE-MM200 digital microscope, you will need the following minimal systems: ①. OS: Windows XP SP2 or Vista ②. CPU: Pentium IV 1.0G, Celeron, AMD Athlon ③. CD-ROM drive ④.
PCE-MM200 Digital Microscope User Manual Software Installation process The following instructions will guide you to through the process of installing the PCE-MM200 digital microscope: Power on PC and place installation CD into CD-ROM driver, do not connect USB Cable from PCE-MM200 Device to PC before software installation.
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PCE-MM200 Digital Microscope User Manual You will see the End User License Agreement. If you accept the License Agreement, then you can Click the “Next” button which is availability to process, or “Cancel” to abort installation. Page 6 of 32...
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PCE-MM200 Digital Microscope User Manual Click “Install” to start to install the application, click “Cancel” button to abort installation. Click on “Back” to back to read the End User License Agreement again. You will see the following progress bar below indicating that the installation is proceeding. If click “Cancel”...
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PCE-MM200 Digital Microscope User Manual Wait until you see the following popup and press “Finish” button. Page 8 of 32 PCE GROUP...
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PCE-MM200 Digital Microscope User Manual Please plug USB cable to PCE-MM200 digital microscope Device to connect with PC and power on. You will see the following popup window. Please select “No,not this time” and click “Next” to continue. Please select “Install the software automatically (Recommended)” and click “Next” to continue. It would popup the following window.
10. Please click “Continue Anyway” to continue till popup the following window. 11. Click “Finish” to finish all software installation. Now the software installation was completed, you can use free PCE-MM200 digital microscope. Window Vista OS Installation 1. Place the installation CD-ROM into CD-ROM drive, the installation program should be started automatically.
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PCE-MM200 Digital Microscope User Manual 2. Select “SOFTWARE” item, you will see a “User account control” popup. Please press “Allow” to continue or “Cancel” to abort installation. 3. You will see the following popup .Press “Next” to proceed or “Cancel” to abort installation.
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PCE-MM200 Digital Microscope User Manual 4. You will see the End User License Agreement. If you accept the License agreement, then you can Click the “Next” button which is availability to process, or “Cancel” to abort installation. 5. Click “Install” to start to install the application, click “Cancel” button to abort installation. Click on “Back”...
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PCE-MM200 Digital Microscope User Manual 6. You will see the following progress bar below indicating that the installation is proceeding. Click “Cancel” button to abort installation. Page 13 of 32 PCE GROUP...
7. Wait until you see the following popup and press “Finish” button. 8. Please plug USB cable to PCE-MM200 digital microscope Device to connect with PC and Power on. System will automatically search and install the driver. Wait until you see this message that system show “Your new hardware is installed and ready to use”.
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PCE-MM200 Digital Microscope User Manual The PCE-MM200 digital microscope has 1 switch for power on and LED adjusting on one side as shown: Page 15 of 32 PCE GROUP...
③. Adjust the focus: Use any finger to rotate the roller, till the image is clear. ④. The Zoom time will be larger as PCE-MM200 digital microscope is closer to the observed object. ⑤. When the observed object is located at the top of the transparent cover, there are two focus positions you can be found by rotating the roller: long cover—60X and 200X;...
Double-Click PCE-MM200 icon on desktop , the PCE-MM200 main screen will be shown as below: If PCE-MM200 digital microscope has not been found while opening the PCE-MM200 program, the message will be shown as below: Page 17 of 32 PCE GROUP...
PCE-MM200 Digital Microscope User Manual Tool Bar Description : Take Photo : Take Video : Take time lapsed Photos : Email : Save as--A took-Photo can be saved as “jpg” or “bmp” to your specified disk. Photo / Video Folder Photo/Video Folder is on the left side of the program, which contains the thumbnails of Photo or video captured by the program.
PCE-MM200 Digital Microscope User Manual Thumbnails remark The Photo or video has been saved The Photo or video has not yet been saved. The Photo or video is selected, the mouse stay there, then click the right key of mouse to pop a menu, or click the related buttons of tool bar ,it can be viewed by double-clicking、be saved、be...
PCE-MM200 Digital Microscope User Manual Take Video The Video can be taken by clicking icon on Tool bar. (Note: This is Video folder as below). Recorder setting: 1. Frame rate: it is the number of frames or images that are projected or displayed per second. The number range is 1~30 2.
PCE-MM200 Digital Microscope User Manual Take time lapsed Photos You can take time lapsed Photos by click the icon of Tool Bar as below shown. Page 21 of 32 PCE GROUP...
PCE-MM200 Digital Microscope User Manual Email You can send a selected Photo or video as email attachment to other guy by clicking the Icon of Tool Bar. Page 22 of 32 PCE GROUP...
PCE-MM200 Digital Microscope User Manual Save as You can select a Photo or video in Photo/Video folder, and then click the Icon of Tool Bar, the file can be saved as “jpg” or “bmp” Photo or video to your specified disk. As shown below.
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PCE-MM200 Digital Microscope User Manual Add in cross line/coordinates/circles/timer on preview area: click “Cross Line/Coordinates/Circles/Timer” on the drop-down menu or click the right key of mouse in preview area to pop a menu as below. Page 24 of 32 PCE GROUP...
Help Click “Help” on menu bar to pop-up the following message: 1. PCE-MM200 help: will instruct you how to use PCE-MM200 application software. 2. About PCE-MM200: you can check your present version as shown: Page 25 of 32 PCE GROUP...
PCE-MM200 Digital Microscope User Manual Rate For measurement, it was suggested that put the magnification before capturing on right-up side on the program , the magnification is the value on scale of Roller. Full Screen Display and return These displays of real time preview can be enlarged to full screen by clicking the icon on right-top of program screen or double-clicking the left key of mouse in a site of the preview area.
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PCE-MM200 Digital Microscope User Manual For measure, please put the magnification if there is not number. The number is the scale value of roller at the baseline you captured this image. Image file name: Still_yyyy-mm-dd_hhmmss_nnnx_Nxxxx is combined by date, time, magnification and serial number.
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PCE-MM200 Digital Microscope User Manual Points Circle, Angle and Four Points Angle”. :Pen setting for “Paint” and “Measure”. :Add text. :Delete the selected target. :Move the selected target. :Undo. :Redo. :Calibration :ongoing Operation. :Magnification Calibration manual 1. Select a known measurement standard as the to-be-observed object, such as a ruler, to be used for calibration.
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PCE-MM200 Digital Microscope User Manual 3. Now click the button of calibration to take a sample measurement of the selected calibration standard by clicking beginning and ending points across the known measurement value (such as 4mm). A measurement value before calibration will be displayed (3.847mm in the example below), and then enter the exact known value of the measurement sample (4mm in this example) when the window of Calibration pop-up and then click “OK”.
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PCE-MM200 Digital Microscope User Manual magnification at the right-hand box of calibration button, and also automatically adjust the scale of main program on this focus point. 5. Now the software is ready to take new images with the calibrated magnification at this focus point (Don’t adjust the “Focus &...
A. If PCE-MM200 device and PCE-MM200 application were working OK and suddenly stops working properly, Please try the following: 1. Unplug or Power off PCE-MM200 device from PC, close PCE-MM200 program. 2. After waiting for 1 minute, plug or power on PCE-MM200 device, open PCE-MM200 program Page 31 of 32 PCE GROUP...
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E. If USB PCE-MM200 microscope driver can’t be installed completely, maybe your pc OS is not XP SP2 or above, please update it. If you installed the driver and application completely, but there is a tips: please connect PCE-MM200 device after running the program, please uninstall PCE-MM200 and reboot PC, then re-install PCE-MM200 to try again.
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