Troubleshooting - Zeiss Axiovert 100 Operating Manual

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Troubleshooting

The monitor displays colored fringing or
several out-of-focus images:

Switch off MCU II;
switch it on again after 10 seconds
No 3D image is obtained:

monitor shutter does not function;
check switch for monitor shutter on the
control unit; the green lamp lights up only if
the switches are set correctly

parameters on the MCU II are not set
correctly;
check the parameters, mainly Time,
MEMORY IN, MEMORY OUT

camera not positioned correctly;
check whether the camera controls are
aligned perpendicular to the stand and
whether the monitor image follows the
stage motion;
if not, turn the camera

3D illumination shutter is out of alignment;
recenter aperture diaphragm,
recenter 3D illumination shutter

Knob of 3D-CONTROL DAS-3 control units
not set correctly;
check 3D setting of 3D-CONTROL DAS-3
The image flickers:

pulse rate is not set correctly;
set 3D VIS on the 3D CONTROL DAS-3 for
observation, and 3D VIDEO for monitor
observation
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Troubleshooting
A pseudostereoscopic image is displayed,
i.e. heights and depths in the image are
exchanged:

The toggle switch of the 3D CONTROL DAS-
3 is not set correctly;
set toggle switch to "STEREO"

For observation, exchange eyepieces for 3D
shutter

For monitor observation,
set toggle switch of 3D CONTROL DAS-3 to
"STEREO";
if required, change "Scope LCD" parameters
in the CONFIG menu of the MCU II

For monitor observation,
set the switch of the control unit for the
monitor shutter to "stereo mode"
Note:
If inverted microscopes are used in transmitted
light - e.g. the Axiovert 100/135/135 M -
remember that observation is made from the
opposite side of the instrument if manipulators,
needles and electrodes are used.
3D Microscopy
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