Nikon ECLIPSE Ni-E, Instruction Manual

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Chapter 3
Individual Operations
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■ SLEEP Button
(See DS-L3 Chapter 6 “4.1.2 Showing/Hiding the [SLEEP] Button”.)
Set to show or hide the [SLEEP] button on the [MICROSCOPE CONTROL] screen to turn ON/OFF the sleep mode on
DS-L3. The sleep state is the state where the power supply to motorized devices is stopped to minimize the generation of
noise.
<Factory setting>
Set to “Hide”.
Driving the following motorized units is not available in Sleep
mode:

Motorized nosepiece

Motorized universal condenser

Motorized epi-fluorescence cube turret 1, motorized
epi-fluorescence cube turret 2

Motorized barrier filter wheel

Motorized excitation filter wheel

Motorized quadrocular tilting tube

Motorized shutter (DIA and EPI), motorized epi-fluorescence
cube turrets 1 and 2 and built-in shutters

Motorized aperture diaphragm built in the motorized universal
condenser

Motorized DSC zooming port

Motorized ND filter wheel
The following operation is not available in Sleep mode:

Loading MODE

Grouped operation of EPI side shutters
Showing/hiding the sleep button
The message “Sleep mode is active. Drive/operation not
available” as shown in the figure on the right side is displayed on
the Ni-E front display panel and you hear a buzz (beep) from the
microscope if the motorized units listed above were not driven
even if they were commanded so or manipulated in Sleep mode.
The warning disappears automatically approximately after 3
seconds. Reset the sleep mode before you continue the
operation.
_ _ _ _ _ * _ S L E E P _ M O D E _ *
[ E R 2 ] D e v i c e _ U n a v a i l a b l e .
Sleep mode is active. Drive/operation of motorized units
not available
Driving units after switching to SLEEP OFF
After the mode switches from Sleep ON to OFF, an initial
unit drive may be enabled (initialization) to detect an
origin.
In that case, drive it to your desired position again.