A3 Installation
UltraScan Use
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’s Guide Reference Series Rev 1.0
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Place the black camera cable between the controller and the knee well
of the microscope.
Place with the male end towards the camera.
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Connect the female end of the camera cable to the controller.
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Connect the controller line cord to the power strip.
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Make sure that the controller is set to OFF.
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Connect the male end of the camera cable to the camera.
Warning: Do not connect or disconnect the camera cable with the controller
power on. Damage may occur.
A3.1 Pressure lines
The camera needs to be connected to the microscope’s pneumatic system
(Figure A9). This will allow controlling the insertion and retraction of the
camera. The camera head can be:
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Fully inserted
with the scintillator exposed to the electron beam and the CCD
inside the microscope vacuum.
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Partially retracted
with the scintillator out of the beam but the CCD still
under the microscope vacuum.
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Fully retracted
with both the scintillator and the CCD sealed inside a
separate vacuum enclosure.
The air kit, supplied with the camera, consists of three sets of tubes (two per
set), numbered 1 through 6 in Figure A9. Tubes 1 and 4 are green, 2 and 5 are
yellow, and 3 and 6 are red. Tubes 1 through 3 are thinner than tubes 4 through
6. All tubes have male quick-disconnect fittings except for 5 and 6, which have
female quick-disconnect fittings. Tube 6 has a pressure regulator along its
length. Three Ts are used to attach the tubes to the microscope’s pneumatic
system.
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Attach tubes 1 through 3 to the pneumatic inlets on the camera head.
(Going clockwise, the order of the tubes is 1,2, and 3).
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Cut the compressed-air line going to the diffusion pump gate valve of
the microscope pneumatic system.
The cut must be made as cleanly as possible. It can be made anywhere
along the compressed air line.
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Connect the two parts of the compressed-air line together in series with
a T.
The two inline fittings of the T must be of a compatible size to the air line.
As the lines of different microscopes may have different diameters, it is a
