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Apple iPhone or iPad
The iPhone or iPad app works with iOS 8.1 or higher. For iOS less than 12.4 some features are not available.
1.
Download the ioLight App from the App Store. If this is the first time you have used the App, you will
see instructions that take you through the following connection process:
2.
On your device, tap on Apple’s
Settings
App, which is normally on the device’s home screen (press
the Home button to get to the home screen).
3.
Scroll to the top of the settings menu and tap on
WiFi
.
4.
Wait for the device to find a list of WiFi networks, then tap on the
iolightxxxxxx
network (xxxxxx is
the serial number, which is printed on the bottom of the microscope).
5.
When connection to the microscope WiFi network is complete a tick will appear against the
iolightxxxxxx WiFi network.
6.
Tap the Home
button, to return to the home screen and open the ioLight App to use the microscope.
Android phone or tablet
The Android app works with Android version 4.4 or higher running on newer high performance devices from
Samsung, Sony, Google, Asus, Huawei and other leading manufacturers.
1.
Download the ioLight App from the Google Play store. If this is the first time you have used the App,
you will see instructions that take you through the following connection process:
2.
On your device, start the ioLight App by tapping it.
3.
Follow the prompts to connect your device to the iolightxxxxxx network (xxxxxx is the serial number
of your microscope, which is on the bottom of the microscope).
4.
After a few seconds you should see a live image from the microscope on the device screen
5.
Your device may tell you that there is no internet available on the iolightxxxxxx network. If it does,
choose to stay connected to this network.
Web Browser Interface (laptop, computer, smart TV, or other device with WiFi and a web browser)
1.
Most computers with WiFi and a web browser will work with the microscope. We recommend using
the Chrome web browser.
2.
Connect the computer to the WiFi network created by the microscope. The WiFi network will be
called iolightxxxxxx (xxxxxx is the serial number of your microscope, which is on the bottom of the
microscope).
3.
Open Google Chrome or another web browser. In the URL bar type the address 192.168.1.1 and
press enter. Do not type http:// or www, just 192.168.1.1.
4.
After a few seconds you should see a live image from the microscope.
3.
Your first image
1.
Place your sample on the stage aligned over the bottom illuminator.
You might find it helpful to place your sample on a blank microscope slide, since that makes it
easier to move around.
It is easiest to look at samples that are flat. When looking at thin samples, placing a cover slip
on top helps to keep the sample flat.
2.
Connect your device (phone, tablet or computer) to the microscope and get a live image from the
microscope as desc
ribed above in ‘Connecting to the microscope’
3.
Switch on the top and/or bottom illuminators using the on-screen controls.
4.
You can test that the image is live by waving your hand between the camera head and the stage, and
watching the image change.
5.
The image will be blurred at first. To focus the microscope, slide the camera head down the mast,
until the image is clear.
The image will be in focus when the lens is about 1mm above the sample for the 1mm
microscope and about 2.5mm above the sample for the 2mm microscope.
