1 2 Minimum System Requirements Windows 7 / 8 Microsoft. Both 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows will work. Microsoft dotnet (normally already installed with Windows) 1.3 GHz Pentium III or higher (compatible) 1 GB RAM 5 GB free hard disk space USB 2.0 ports (USB 1 will not work!) System assembling DO NOT CONNECT ANY CABLES TO THE COMPUTER OR CONTROLLER YET Unpack all items (the actual number of parts will depend on specific configuration). Take care not to expose any parts to shock as it will damage the precision mechanics and optics.
Attach the track to the base: (standard, might not apply to all configurations) Add the X stage to the plate (any of the two equal stages can be used)
Gently turn the stage position manually so you get access to the two holes in each side and use the four enclosed screws to fix the stage. Make sure the stage front is 100% parallel to the front of the bottom plate. Add the Y stage to the top of the X-stage, and fix it in the same way, see the images. Remember that there must be fixed two screws on each side of the stage, four in all for each stage. Make sure the Y stage is attached in precisely 90 degrees angle to the X-stage.
If a cover plate for the XY stage and additional sample holder hardware is available, unpack it. See below image with cover plate, manual tilt/rotate stage and universal spring loaded sample holder. Remove the two screws holding the round adapter plate in the center of the Y-stage. Attach the four M6 screws to the cover plate.
Mount the rotate/tilt stage to the cover plate by use of one of the enclosed M6 screws. If a universal spring loaded sample holder is also enclosed, unscrew the center screw of the top plate of the rotate/tilt stage, hold the jaw teeth of the sample holder away from each other, in order to mount the sample holder on the stage with the same screw, which was removed. Mount the cover plate on the XY stage by tighten the four M6 screws gently.
Now it's time to attach the Z-focus motor to the Z-optics. WARNING: THE Zoom optics is sensitive to shock and make sure not to scratch the objective!!!! First attach the blank adapter plate to the focus motor, if not already done, by means of three of the enclosed M4 screws. Then attach the optics to the adapter plate by use of another three of the enclosed M4 screws. The three screws must be turned a little bit after each other, turning only one all the way, will damage the mechanics. Be patient. Before tightening the screws finally, make sure the adapter is carefully aligned to the Z-motor. After having attached the optics to the Z-motor, it's time to attach it to the stand, but first the adapter plate must be attached to the motor with two M6 screws: (never use screws longer than
the enclosed, it will damage the motor!!!), see the image, must be mounted in exactly the same position as shown: Attach the focus motor and optics to the stand by fixing the six enclosed screws. Attach the dome.
Attach the track with the zoom optics to the base, by screwing the four enclosed screws into the bottom of the base. Attach the camera to the zoom optics, by firmly screwing the camera onto the C-mount on top of the Zoom optics Attach the enclosed USB2 cable to the camera. (but NOT to the computer at this moment). Attach the enclosed zoom cable to the zoom-optics. Collect the cables from the zoom optic, camera, and focus (Z) motor and fix them with a cable strip (enclosed) as shown here: Collect all cables on the base in the two cable collectors (see image below). Make sure the Y motor cable has enough free cable to move.
3 Connect XY stage cables to the of the XY-collector cable, and attach the collector side (15P) to the controller. Connect also the Z and Zoom cables to the controller. NEVER connect or disconnect any cables to the controller while power is on! Connect the light sources, dome light, ring light and /or epi-coaxial light. DO NOT CONNECT ANY USB CABLES TO THE COMPUTER YET. Software Installation prerequisites Before software installation: a. Do not attach any camera or controller to the USB port. b. Do not attach any dongle to the USB port. c. You must be logged on the computer with administrator privileges. Installation procedure - for first time installation Insert the memory stick enclosed with the software package, and double-click on Setup_InSight_A.B.C.exe (the name on the setup program may vary depending on the A.B.C version number). A dialog box like shown to the right will appear. Follow the onscreen prompts to install the software: Application software, drivers for cameras, the.net framework and all needed software will be installed. Always click Next or Install. One exception from this is the dongle driver installation, like shown below, where you must click Close.
When all installation is complete, click Finish. After the software has been installed, plug the USB 2.0 Camera into a USB 2.0 High-Speed port. For Windows Vista and Windows 7 / 8 a. 4 Installation procedure - Reinstallation or Update 5 6 The hardware installation is done automatically and almost silently. It can take several minutes until it's finished. The installation software will automatically detect if a previous installation is present and automatically uninstall it before installing new software. If you are installing a software update downloaded from our website, please save the setup file in a directory of your choice and run it from there. Follow the instructions as Installation procedure - for first time installation Dongle Attach the dongle now (the green USB device), and let the hardware install. DeltaStep4 controller driver installation Download the appropriate compressed driver file CP210x_VCP_Windows.zip. The file can be downloaded from here: www.deltapix.dk/download/cp210x_vcp_windows.zip Extract the CP210x_VCP_Windows.zip file to a convenient directory, and run either CP210xVCPInstaller_x86 if your computer runs as 32bit CP210xVCPInstaller_x64 if your computer runs as 64bit Follow the prompts. When software installation is complete, attach the USB cable to the controller no need to attach power yet. Windows will announce that new hardware has been found, and will install the driver with little or no interaction required from you.
The device will install as Silicon Labs CP210x you can also check this in the Device Manager. You should end up having a virtual COM port, please remember the COM port number. In the below example the port is COM3, 7 8 9 DeltaStep4 controller 1. Attach the power supply to 100-240V and connect the 12V output cable to the controller 12V input. 2. Push the power on switch on the controller unit. Before Software start for the first time Attach the dongle now (the green USB device), and let the hardware install. Software start for the first time Start the application software. If this is the first time the software runs on your computer, a Quick System Configuration tool will show up. This allows easy set up of most things, e.g. for a Modus12Z system, and may save you a lot of time.
The Quick System Configuration shows up if the application: is run for the first time ever a new version of the application is run for the first time. If you do not want to use the tool, simply click Cancel, else Click Next >. Select the system that best matches your configuration. This example selects a Modus 12Z system. Click Next >. The application needs to know the COM port to use. The Modus12Z uses a DeltaStep4 controller that installs as a Silicon Labs CP210x. Select the associated COM port. Click Next >.
Maybe your system has been precalibrated at the factory, and calibration files delivered on a USB stick. If you want to load these calibration files, check the Load Calibration Files checkbox. Click Next >. To load the calibration files, navigate to the directory on e.g. the USB stick. Select the directory, click OK. The Optics Editor shows up with the new calibration you may close this now. The configuration is complete. Click Next >. Probably the application needs to be restarted it will then automatically close. Please start it again. Note: The Quick System Setup can be manually launched at any time by the shortcut Ctrl-ShiftW.
10 Calibrating the System In case your motorized zoom needs to be recalibrated (normally this is not needed!) put it in the highest magnification position (10x). Then carefully do a calibration as if it was a normal manual objective with a 1x objective. See the InSight manual for a detailed guide. 11 User guide The use of the M12Z system is covered by the general user manual for the InSight software. The manual is included on the memory stick enclosed with the system. Latest version can always be downloaded directly from within the program in the "file/help.." menu-tab.