Controlling The Microscope - Nikon Eclipse Ni-E Instruction Manual

Controlling the Microscope

23.2
The microscope can be controlled from DS-L3.
See "Chapter 5 Individual Operations" in "DS-L3 Microscope Operation" Instruction Manual for the details of usage.
(1) What in Ni-E can be controlled by DS-L3
Device
ECLIPSE Ni-E main body
NI-TT-E motorized quadrocular tilting tube
NI-RPZ-E motorized DSC zooming port for
quadrocular tube
NI-N7-E motorized septuple nosepiece
NI-ND6-E motorized sextuple DIC nosepiece
NI-N7-I intelligent septuple nosepiece
NI-ND6-I intelligent sextuple DIC nosepiece
NI-FLT6-E motorized epi-fluorescence cube
*3
turret
NI-FLT6-I intelligent epi-fluorescence cube
*3
turret
NI-EXW-E motorized excitation filter wheel
NI-BAW-E motorized barrier filter wheel
C-HGFIE motorized HG precentered fiber
illuminator
NI-ND-E motorized ND filter wheel
*4
NI-SH-E motorized shutter
NI-CUD-E motorized universal condenser dry
NI-S-E motorized XY stage
*1: The microscope's elevating section lowers.
*2: DS-L3 cannot be used to move the elevating section or the motorized XY stage to an arbitrary position.
*3: Motorized/intelligent epi-fluorescence cube turret may be used in a single layer, or in two overlapping layers.
*4: Two motorized shutters can be operated.
*5: For details on changing the use of the motorized shutter to AUX (other than EPI/DIA), see DS-L3 Chapter 6 "3.2
Configuring the Connection of Motorized Shutter".
Chapter 3
Individual Operations
Operation available on DS-L3
ON/OFF and lamp brightness control of
dia-illumination
Adjustment of DIA field diaphragm
Retraction and restoration
*1
section
Parfocal correction
Output of capture trigger signal from
DSC connector
Optical path switching
Adjustment of zoom magnification
Switching of objective
Address detection for nosepiece in
optical path
Switching of filter cube, opening/closing
of internal shutter
Address detection for turret in optical
path
Switching of excitation filter
Switching of barrier filter
Switching built-in ND filters,
opening/closing the built-in shutter
Adjustment of ND filter transmittance
Opening/closing of EPI/DIA/AUX
motorized shutter
Switching of module
Adjustment of DIA aperture diaphragm
Movement to specimen replacement
*2
position
166
Required setting
(Reference in DS-L3
Instruction Manual)
None
*2
of elevating
Focus position
(See Chapter 6, "5.1.4 Configuring
the Parfocal Correction Function
(Auto Link Focus)".)
Information on camera connected
to DSC connector (See Chapter
6, "3.1 Configuring the
Connection of Digital Camera".)
None
None
Information on attached
objectives
(See chapter 6, "2.1 Configuring
the Objective Information".)
Information about the attached
filter cube (See Chapter 6, "2.4
Configuring the Excitation
Filter/Barrier Filter Information".)
Information of attached filters
(See Chapter 6 "2.4 Configuring
the Excitation Filter/Barrier Filter
Information".)
None
None
*5
None
Information of attached
condenser modules (See Chapter
6, "2.2 Configuring the
Condenser Module Information".)
None