Before Microscopy - Nikon Eclipse Ni-E Instruction Manual

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Before Microscopy

Information for motorized operation of the microscope has been set upon shipment. If you start using the microscope with the
motorized settings of factory default, turn ON the switch of the Control Box A after the assembly of the microscope to use.
However, information on optical elements such as optional filter cube are not set a factory shipment. It is useful to have the
device information configured before the use of the microscope.
You can change the factory default motorized setting information according to your needs.
Configure these settings on the [SETUP MENU] screen of the DS-L3 DS Camera Control Unit.
The table shown below summarizes the contents of the SETUP MENU. Make necessary settings accordingly. (The items
marked with "*" are not applicable to the focusing nosepiece system.)
See Chapter 3, "20 Operation on DS-L3" - "20.1 Setting Up the Microscope" in this document for the summary of the
setting operation.
See "DS-L3 Microscope Operation" Instruction Manual provided with DS-L3 for details on using DS-L3.
Setting
Objective ＊
(motorized nosepiece/intelligent nosepiece)
DIC module, PH module, etc.
(motorized universal condenser)
Filter cube
(motorized/intelligent filter cube on the 1st.
and 2nd. layers)
Excitation filter
(motorized excitation filter wheel)
Barrier filter
(motorized barrier filter wheel)
Destination camera to output signal from the
DSC connector
(Connector DSC1: Rear of the microscope)
(Connector DSC2: Connector box)
Motorized shutter connected to a SHUTTER
connector
(Connector EPI SHUTTER: Rear of the
microscope)
(Connector DIA SHUTTER: Connector box)
Ni-E microscope
Functions of six FUNCTION buttons
Ni-E microscope
Motorized shutter controlled with the FL
SHUTTER button
Ni-E microscope
Digital camera controlled with the CAPTURE
button
Ni-E microscope
Motorized device operable with the FL CUBE
CW/CCW button
Ni-E microscope
Motorized device operable with the OBJ
CW/CCW button
Ni-E microscope
Enabling/disabling operation buttons
Ergo controller
Functions of operation buttons
Chapter 2
Microscopy Operations
Microscope Setup from DS-L3
Default setting
[COMPONENTS]
None
Address 1: Set to OPEN.
Other addresses: None
None
None
Address 1: Set to OPEN.
Other addresses: None
[CONNECTION]
Not connected
EPI SHUTTER:
Motorized shutter for the
epi-illumination
DIA SHUTTER:
DIA motorized shutter for
the dia-illumination
[BUTTON FUNC]
FUNCTION button
1, 2: Motorized universal
condenser
Reverse/forward rotation
3, 4: Motorized excitation filter
wheel
Reverse/forward rotation
5, 6: Motorized barrier filter
wheel
Reverse/forward rotation
Shutter built in the
motorized epi-fluorescence
cube turret on the 1st. layer
Camera controlled directly
with DS-L3 connected to a
USB connector
Motorized epi-fluorescence
cube turret on 1st layer
Motorized nosepiece
Enabled
Configured
(See Chapter 3 "20 Using
the Ergo Controller" in this
manual.)
Where to see in this manual (DS-L3 for details)
→Chapter 3 23.1-(1)
→DS-L3 Chapter 6 "2.1 Configuring the
Objective Information"
→DS-L3 Chapter 6 "2.2 Configuring the
Condenser Module Information"
→DS-L3 Chapter 6 "2.3 Configuring the Filter
Cube Information"
→DS-L3 Chapter 6 "2.4 Configuring the
Excitation Filter/Barrier Filter Information"
→DS-L3 Chapter 6 "2.4 Configuring the
Excitation Filter/Barrier Filter Information"
→Chapter 3 23.1-(2)
→DS-L3 Chapter 6 "3.1 Configuring the
Connection of Digital Camera"
→DS-L3 Chapter 6 "3.2 Configuring the
Connection of Motorized Shutter"
→Chapter 3 23.1-(3)
→DS-L3 Chapter 6 "4.2.1 Setting the Function of
the Function Buttons"
→DS-L3 Chapter 6 "4.2.2 Changing the
Motorized Shutter Operated with the FL
SHUTTER Button"
→DS-L3 Chapter 6 "4.2.3 Changing the Digital
Camera Operated with the Microscope's
CAPTURE Button"
→DS-L3 Chapter 6 "4.2.4 Changing the
Motorized Device to be Operated with
CW/CCW Button"
→DS-L3 Chapter 6 "4.2.4 Changing the
Motorized Device to be Operated with
CW/CCW Button"
→DS-L3 Chapter 6 "4.2.5 Enabling/Disabling the
Button Operation"
→DS-L3 Chapter 6 "4.3 Configuring the Function
of the Ergo Controller Buttons"
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