Zeiss LSM 880, Operating Manual

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CHAPTER 1 - SYSTEM OPERATION
ZEISS Left Tool Area and Hardware Control Tools LSM 880
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Fig. 84 Multidimensional Acquisition Tool group – all possible tool tabs displayed
Note that not all functions are available for all imaging modes. Only those functions that are
available can be activated; non-available functions are greyed out and inactive.
Note that some functions are mutual exclusive. In this case checking one function will inactivate
all other functions that are incompatible with the former.
Note that some functions need other functions for a useful experiment. In this case checking
that function will activate the other needed functions as well. The latter can be, however,
manually deselected, if required.
Pressing the
Start Experiment
button will trigger the image acquisition, taking into account all activated
functions. The progress of the experiment in regard to which image the system currently acquires will be
shown updated to the right of the functions if available (Fig. 85).
Fig. 85 Multidimensional input field – display of the current status 9 from 10 slices taken from the
5th of the 10 images
Upon pressing the
Start Experiment button it turns into a Finish current step button, whereas the
graphical display
field turns into a
Stop
button. Pressing the
Stop
button immediately finishes the
acquisition. Pressing the Finish current step button will interrupt the multidimensional acquisition after
the currently performed step; e. g. when performing a Z-Stack over time it will finish the current Z-Stack
and then stop the experiment.