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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5.3.6 Navigation – Stage
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Click on the Stage tool tab to open the Stage
panel (Fig. 296).
The
Compass Rose allows you to move the
scanning stage in the direction of the arrows that
will become visible, when the mouse moves over a
section (Fig. 297).
Clicking the arrow of the inner circle will cause the
stage to move with normal speed. If you press the
double arrow of the outer section the stage will
move with fast speed.
You can define the step size by using the tabs of
the
Step [µm] box or typing a number. You can
move with two speeds, fast with the outer rose
and slow with the inner rose. If the carrier was
moved by the compass rose or the joystick, the
calibration will be lost.
The
X [µm] and Y [µm] boxes display the current
relative x and y positions of the stage. If you type
in numbers in the boxes the first click on the
compass rose will move the stage to this defined
position. Further clicks will move the stage in the
direction of the arrow pressed with the step size
and speed selected.
You can stop the stage from moving to a defined position by pressing the
Stop
button. In this case the
orientation of the carrier will be lost.
If the
Set Zero button is pressed, the stage will be zeroed to the current position. You can move to the
zero position by pressing the
Move To Zero
button.
If the carrier is not oriented or positions are defined out of the range of the carrier, the stage might
move the sample carrier out of the objective field.
Marks is only available if Select all is active. It allows you to define positions in an image by pressing the
Mark
button. You can give a marked position a name by typing a name in the
Marks display
box. You
can move to a marked position by stage by selecting it from the drop down menu and pressing the
Move To button. You van remove a marked position by loading it and pressing the Remove button.
And you can remove all marked positions by pressing the
Remove All
button.
Fig. 296 Stage panel
Fig. 297 Compass rose with mouse pointing
to an inner (left) and outer (right)
section