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ROCK IMAGER User's Guide | Chapter 11: Manual Inspections
Well Control
Well Controls are found on the
Live Image sub-tab
of the
Imager tab
, at the top of the right-hand part of your screen.
Use the Well Controls to navigate around your plate to the
drop of interest.
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To move from well to well, click the radio button
next to Well and use the green control pad to
navigate.
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To move around within a drop, select the drop
number next to the Drop field and then click a radio
button next to either Fast, Medium, or Slow and
use the green control pad to navigate.
You can also navigate around your plate using the number pad on your keyboard.
4
and
6
move you
along the X axis,
8
and
2
move you along the Y axis, and
9
and
3
move you along the Z axis.
The default speed for keyboard controls is slow. Hold down the
Ctrl
key on your keyboard to change
the pan speed to medium. Hold down the
Alt
key to change the pan speed to fast.
Camera Controls
Camera Controls are used during manual imaging sessions to adjust the way your images appear on
the screen. Adjusting these controls does not affect the way your images are captured during
automatic scheduled imaging sessions, as those parameters are defined by the imaging setting(s)
selected in ROCK MAKER.
The Camera Control panel is found on the
Live Image
sub-tab of the
Imager
tab.
The contents of the Camera Control panel vary depending on the imaging method you are using.
There are three possible Camera Control panels, as shown in the figure on the following page. If you
have the SONICC ROCK IMAGER, for example, your Camera Control area will show one additional
field called Laser, and the Auto Focus and Locate Drop buttons are hidden.
There are three variations of camera controls (refer to Figure 10-5). See
information on how to use Camera Controls.
Optics Controls
The Optics Control panel contains controls that allow you to manipulate the microscope's optics while
manually inspecting a plate. The optics controls appear on the left-hand of the
Live Image
sub-tab
of the
Imager
tab, and vary based on the imaging methods you purchased.
There are six possible optics control panels, as shown on the following page. See
on page
107 to learn how to use the controls.
Well Control Panel
