Axio Imager 2
OPERATION
ZEISS
Axio Imager 2 operation and function controls (motorized version)
01/2016
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Key to Fig. 80:
1
Binocular phototube with motorized eyepiece shutter – Button for opening/closing the eyepiece shutter
(see page 92)
2
Camera path deflection left, with interface 60N (built into stand) - Operation via TFT display (touchscreen)
(see page 92)
3
Slot F for stop slider with centerable luminous-field diaphragm
(see page 92)
4
Slot for double filter wheel, discrete, mot.: The filter wheels are not suitable for fluorescence applications.
(see page 92)
5
Slot A for FL attenuator, discrete, mot. (see page 93)
6
TFT display (touchscreen) for operation and adjustment of microscope (refer to Section 4.7)
7
Slot for double filter wheel, discrete, mot. (see page 92)
8
Motorized focusing drive coarse / fine (see page 93)
9
Motorized objective nosepiece
10
Motorized condenser
11
Motorized reflector turret
12
Button for opening the luminous-field diaphragm
13
Button for closing the luminous-field diaphragm
14
Button for quick-action lowering of stage LOAD POSITION (see page 93)
15
Button for quick-action lifting of stage OPERATING POSITION (see page 94)
16
Button (setting depends on stand type)
17
Button (setting depends on stand type)
18
Button (setting depends on stand type)
19
Button for rotating nosepiece anticlockwise by one position (factory-set)
20
Button for rotating nosepiece clockwise by one position (factory-set)
21
Button for quick-action stage lifting OPERATING POSITION (see page 94)
22
Button for quick-action stage lowering LOAD POSITION (see page 93)
23
Button (not used in factory setting)
24
Button (not used in factory setting)
25
Button (not used in factory setting)
26
Button for turning reflector turret clockwise by one position (factory-set)
27
Button for turning reflector turret anticlockwise by one position (factory-set)
28
Button LM-Set
The assignment of keys 10 to 23 can be changed individually on the TFT display (see
Section 4.7: Touchscreen -
Settings tab
).
Further motorized components (such as the motorized stop slider, motorized filter wheels,
motorized FL attenuator and the motorized tube lens turret) are operated using the buttons on
the respective components themselves.