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Axio Imager 2 Contents ZEISS
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3.37.2 Assembling mechanical stage 75 x 50 mot. CAN and connecting joystick / trackball ........... 79
3.37.3 Mounting the specimen holder on the mechanical stage .................................................... 80
3.37.4 CAN/USB converter .......................................................................................................... 80
3.37.5 Docking station ................................................................................................................ 81
3.38 Installing Polarizer D, fixed ................................................................................................ 82
4 OPERATION .................................................................................................................... 83
4.1 Coded Axio Imager 2, coded, operation and function controls ........................................... 83
4.2 Axio Imager 2 operation and function controls (motorized version) .................................... 89
4.3 Switching the microscope and HAL 100 illuminator on/off ................................................. 94
4.3.1 Switching on .................................................................................................................... 94
4.3.2 Switching off .................................................................................................................... 94
4.4 Switching the HBO 100 on/off .......................................................................................... 95
4.5 Binocular phototube 30°/25 mot. with two camera ports (2TV tube mot.) .......................... 95
4.6 The Light Manager ........................................................................................................... 97
4.6.1 Light Manager Mode: OFF ................................................................................................ 98
4.6.2 Light Manager Mode: CLASSIC ......................................................................................... 98
4.6.3 Light Manager Mode: SMART ........................................................................................... 99
4.6.4 Light Manager of the coded microscope.......................................................................... 100
4.6.5 Light Manager and Dazzle Protection control on manual stands ....................................... 100
4.6.6 Light Manager of motorized microscope ......................................................................... 101
4.7 The Contrast Manager .................................................................................................... 102
4.8 Operating the motorized microscope via the touchscreen of the TFT display ..................... 103
4.8.1 Screen layout ................................................................................................................. 104
4.8.2 Menu structure............................................................................................................... 107
4.8.3 Home page .................................................................................................................... 108
4.8.4 Favorite page ................................................................................................................. 111
4.8.5 Microscope page ............................................................................................................ 111
4.8.6 Config page ................................................................................................................... 126
4.8.7 User page ....................................................................................................................... 145
4.8.8 Display page ................................................................................................................... 153
4.9 Capturing large overviews (tiles or MosaiX images) on Axio Imager 2 ............................... 154
4.10 Relocate an event on a sample carrier ............................................................................. 156
4.10.1 Microscope equipment and basic settings........................................................................ 156
4.10.2 Calibration of the stage .................................................................................................. 156
4.11 Automatic component recognition and user-defined component equipment .................... 157
4.11.1 Programming of rewritable ACR reflector modules .......................................................... 158
4.11.2 Configuration of user-defined filter wheels ...................................................................... 159
4.11.3 Configuration of motorized condensers .......................................................................... 160
4.12 Illumination and contrast methods .................................................................................. 161
4.12.1 Setting transmitted-light brightfield according to KÖHLER ............................................... 161
4.12.2 Setting the transmitted-light darkfield ............................................................................. 164
4.12.3 Setting transmitted-light phase contrast .......................................................................... 167
4.12.4 Setting transmitted-light differential interference contrast (DIC) ....................................... 169
4.12.5 Setting transmitted-light polarization for orthoscopic observation .................................... 172
4.12.6 Setting transmitted-light polarization for conoscopic observation – determining the
optical character of crystals ............................................................................................. 180