Axio Imager 2
OPERATION
ZEISS
Automatic component recognition and user-defined component equipment
01/2016
430000-7544-001
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Automatic component recognition and user-defined component equipment
The ZEISS-patented automatic component recognition (ACR) system allows essential and frequently
changed microscope components such as reflector modules, objectives, filter wheels and condensers plus
their equipment (such as filter sets, specifications, LED modules, spectral information, etc.) to be
recognized when the system is switched on or when components are changed during operation of the
microscope, and for the system configuration to be updated accordingly.
Special ACR turrets are required in order to be able to read the information for objectives and reflector
modules. For filter wheels and condensers, the configuration is allocated to the microscope via the PC
application MTB 2011 config.exe.
ACR greatly simplifies microscope work because users can be sure at all times that the configuration
displayed on the microscope TFT corresponds to the actual equipment.
For the first time it is now possible to use custom filter sets for reflector modules. After the information
has been transferred to the component the user can also deploy this on other devices such as other Axio
Imagers and Axio Observers without having to make any adjustment to the configuration on the other
device.
Correct configuration of the microscope influences other functionalities such as the lighting and contrast
manager. Unless properly configured, the manager functions cannot guarantee reproducible settings.
The definition of component equipment is performed using the microscope configuration software MTB
2011 config.exe. User-defined filter sets, neutral density filters, etc. are first created in
Menu > Extras >
Options
and selected in the configuration section for the microscope.
