Zeiss Lightsheet Z.1, Operating Manual

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CHAPTER 4 - SYSTEM OPERATION
Carl Zeiss Left Tool Area and Hardware Control Tools Lightsheet Z.1
46 000000-1790-528 02/2013
3.2.4 Setup Manager – Laser
Open the Laser tool (Fig. 56) by clicking the Laser
tab in the Setup Manager tool group. Close the
tool box by clicking again.
Lasers are listed with the
Laser names
, the
Laser
lines (nm) and the Power states. The Laser
names are a combination of laser line (nm) and the
power in mW.
All lasers of the Lightsheet Z.1 are solid state lasers
and are controlled by the software. To turn them
on, select the power state from the power state
switch box. The
Power state switch box shows the
state of the laser: On or Off . To switch a laser on,
select
On
from the respective pull down menu.
For each laser, the properties are displayed if the
Laser Properties window is opened. After turning
the Laser on, the Status will change from
connected, to Warming up, to Ready.
Upon exiting the Software, the Laser Off panel will be displayed - if the lasers off on exit checkbox in
the
Hardware
tab of
Systems Options
for the
Maintain
tab is not ticked -, showing the current power
state of the lasers (Fig. 56). The user has the possibility to manually switch off still active lasers before the
software closes.
After switching on the lasers in the laser control window and their status shows Ready, the system
can be used for imaging. However, for quantitative imaging it is recommended to let the system
warm up for at least 3 hours.
Fig. 56 Laser tool window