ZEISS
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5.2.6
Acquisition Parameter –
Experiment Designer
Experiment Designer combines different multi-
dimensional acquisition parameters with each
parameter setting assigned to one imaging block in
one total experiment described as Multi Block
Experiment. Click the
Experiment Designer
tab
to open or close the tool window (Fig. 109).
There is
always
one blue Block (Active Acquisition
Block) present with the active acquisition
parameters assigned to it.
Changing acquisition parameters
always
effects acquisition parameters of the active acquisition block
even if the Experiment Designer tool is not open and/or not enabled.
When
Enable Multi Block Experiment
is checked, all functions within the tool become accessible.
The active acquisition parameters include all settings of the following tools:
−
Imaging Setup
−
Acquisition Mode
−
Channels
−
Focus Devices and Strategy
−
Z-Stack
−
Time Series
−
Tile Scan
−
Positions
−
Regions
−
Bleaching
The blue block is the active acquisition block. A Block can be activated (blue) and selected (enlarged) with
a right mouse click or choosing
Activate
from the context menu of the left mouse click. Hardware and
software is then changed to match the acquisition parameters of this activated (blue) block.
A left mouse click only selects a block (enlarged) but does not activate it (still grey). Hard- and software
settings are not changed, they still represent the settings of the blue block. Wait and Delay blocks can be
selected with a right or left mouse click. With a left mouse click a context menu opens which allows to
Disable/Enable
a block.
Disabled blocks are crossed out and will not be executed within the experiment. If only one acquisition
block is present it cannot be disabled. Disabled blocks have to be enabled first before they can be
activated.
Fig. 109
Experiment Designer tool