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Microscope-to-PC Connection
The microscope application program comes with the microscope installation disk (CD), to allow you
delivery of images to your PC via USB port, or from your PC to the microscope. This application
program is compatible with Windows 2K, XP, and Vista.
Installation procedure:
1. Do not connect the microscope to PC.
2. Put the CD into CD player.
3. The installation screen will start automatically. If the installation screen does not appear,
please enter the root directory of the CD and execute “MicroscopeSetup.exe” for program
installation.
4. Install USB driver first, then install the application. After completion, remove the CD.
5. Whenever loading pictures to, or from, your microscope, it needs to be connected it to your PC
via the mini-USB cable. Click the icon on the desktop screen to execute.
The microscope uses a CP2102 USB to UART bridge chip for communications with PC. For more
information please refer to the website
www.silabs.com
. CP2102 is a product of SILICON LABS,
Inc.
** You may use the “add/remove programs” on the control panel to remove the application program
and USB driver.
Application Program Instructions
When starting the application program (see figure 1), click the “Language” to select your preference,
then click the
icon. A “Digital Microscope” dialog will appear on the screen , click “OK” to
continue.
When the microscope is connected to the PC (see figure 2), all functions and keys on the unit are
suspended from use, except variable magnification & LED brightness control.
Figure 1.
Click the
icon and the image inside the microscope will be copied to RAM memory on your PC.
Also, the file name and size will be indicated in the window. You can preview images in the mid-side
of the window, or you can save to permanent memory by clicking the
or the
icon. The
download procedure may take some time depending on the number and size of pictures committed
for storage.
Click the
icon, then the image will upload from PC to the microscope. The image size is limited
to 320x240 pixels standard jpg compressed format.
