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19. Move the stage downwards as far
as it will go.
Manual stage and motorized x/y-
stage: coarse and fine focus knobs at
the microscope (B/B’ and C/C’ in fig. 3.7)
Motorized x/y/z-stage: Joystick and cor-
responding stage control functions in
OPUS
☞ See OPUS/VIDEO Manual.
20. Bring the ATR crystal in the mea-
suring mode position (i.e. lower posi-
tion).
Note: Do not change the contact pres-
sure level you have set in step 4.
ATR objective
☞ See section 4.12.4.
21. Activate the measuring mode at
the microscope.
either using the IR button on the operat-
ing panel of the microscope (C in fig. 3.4)
or in the OPUS video wizard
☞ See OPUS/VIDEO Manual.
22. Move the stage slowly upwards
until the ATR crystal tip contacts the
sample and the ATR crystal is pressed
in the focus position.
Note: The focus position is indicated
acoustically by a beep and optically by
the In-focus LED
. When the ATR crys-
tal has reached the focus position, the
In-focus LED turns from red to green
for a short moment. Then it goes off.
Manual stage and motorized x/y-
stage: coarse and fine focus knobs at
the microscope (B/B’ and C/C’ in fig. 3.7)
Motorized x/y/z-stage: Joystick and cor-
responding stage control functions in
OPUS
☞ See OPUS/VIDEO Manual.
☞ See also section 4.12.6.
23. Start the sample measurement. OPUS software
☞ See OPUS/VIDEO Manual.
➣ Afterwards, OPUS calculates automatically the result spectrum of the sample and displays
the sample spectrum in the OPUS spectrum window.
Operating step Corresponding operating element(s)