Leica DMI4000B Operation Stages and Object Displacement, Object displacement using SmartMove

8. Operation

8.10 Stages and Object Displacement

Leica DMI3000 B and Leica DMI4000 B:

The motorized stages are controlled via a sepa- rate control unit.

Leica DMI6000 B:

Object displacement using SmartMove

The positioning of the stage is controlled by the knobs (116.1, 116.2) on the SmartMove remote control module.

Setting the step increments

The positioning speed of the stage can be varied by switching between the Fast and Precise step increments.

When selecting Fast, the positioning speed is the same for all objectives.

The Precise speed varies to suit the current ob- jective.

￿Switch between Precise and Fast via

￿variable function buttons on stand and SmartMove

￿Leica Application Suite (LAS) Software

Fig. 116 SmartMove remote control module

1travel in x

2Travel in y

3Focus

4Individual adjustment of button height

5Variable function buttons (factory preset)

Storing and restoring stage positions

A variety of stage positions can be stored tempo- rarily in the Leica Application Suite (LAS). The XY position is stored, not the Z position.

In addition to a loading position (Load), 5 stage positions can be set temporarily. When switch- ing the microscope on, the stage will travel to a previously-defined starting position.

￿Temporarily store and restore stage positions via

￿Leica Application Suite (LAS) Software

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