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ELYRA 7
Left Tool Area and Hardware Control Tools
ZEISS
03/2019 V_02
000000-2262-999
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Tube Lens
button:
The tube lens can be selected via a graphical pop-
up menu (Fig. 57).
Lens 1x
is used for ocular
observation and widefield imaging using an arc
lamp,
Lens LSM
is used for laser scanning imaging
and
Lens 1.6x
is used for widefield imaging using
a laser source as well as for superresolution
imaging. The tube lens for each application will be
automatically chosen, but the selection can be
overruled manually.
Excite On/Off
button for epifluorescence /
reflected light:
Clicking the button shows the control panel
(Fig. 58). Click
On
to open the shutter of the fiber
coupled lamp (Fig. 59). In parallel the shutter for
reflected light automatically opens. The light
intensity of the lamp can be varied via the input
box or slider (only if the lamp is controlled via SW) .
The light path will be highlighted in the diagram.
Press the
On
button again to shut down the light.
The button will go to the
Off
position and the
shutter closes automatically.
Excite Reflected Light
Open/Close Shutter
button:
The shutter for reflected epi-fluorescent light from
the lamp is switched on and off by repeated
pressing (Fig. 59). Note that it is equivalent to the
reflected light
On/Off
button from the
Light
control
field. Whenever one of the buttons is
pressed, the other buttons are updated The shutter
opens automatically, when the
On/Off
button is
switched to the
On
position, and closes
automatically if the
On/Off
button is switched to
the
Off
position. However, it can be independently
controlled, i.e. you can switch the shutter to the
Close
position with the lamp still being switched
on or vice versa you can open the shutter with the
lamp being switched off. The light path will be
highlighted.
Fig. 57
Microscope Control tool – Tube lens
control
Fig. 58
Microscope Control tool – Excite
control
Fig. 59
Microscope Control tool – Excite
control