Zeiss AxioCam MRc5 Manuel de service

AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference - 10.2003 000000-1256-586 Number of this manual: B 48-0028 e Date of issue: 05.2003 Date of the last revision/

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 2 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 Limitation of liability No warranty shall be assumed by Carl Zeiss during the warranty period

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 3 General notes Please ensure the notes described below are adhered to when se

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 4 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 Backup copies We strongly recommend that all users save the data they create, such as images,

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 5 Recommended hardware and software  Xeon workstation 2 GHz or faster  1 G

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 6 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 Contents of Delivery  AxioCam MRc5 camera head  FireWire data cable (6-pin to 6-pin) for

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 7 1.3 Setting up the Camera System The standardized FireWire interface allows

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 8 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 The table below provides an overview of the order numbers of the accessories: Accessory Order

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 9 Operating the AxioCam MRc5 on a PC using the FireWire PCI bus interface card

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 10 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 FireWire PCI bus interface card To ensure that power is supplied to the AxioCam MRc5, n

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 11 Connecting the camera to the PC Lay the data cable carefully between the c

Carl Zeiss Vision draws the User's attention to the fact that the information and references contained in these documents may be subject to techn

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 12 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 Operating the AxioCam MRc5 on a PC with onboard FireWire interface Connecting the camera to

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 13  The AxioCam MRc5 has been designed for continuous operation. During opera

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 14 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 For installation of the FireWire PCcard (CardBus) interface card, please also take into acc

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 15 The following components are required:  FireWire hub with power supply (o

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 16 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 Operating the AxioCam MRc5 on a notebook with onboard FireWire interfaces Connecting the cam

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 17 Connecting the AxioCam MRc5 to the onboard FireWire interface of the n

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 18 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 Mounting the camera onto the microscope To mount the camera onto your microscope’s TV port,

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 19 Second FireWire socket This FireWire socket may be used to cascade FireWire

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 20 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 1.4 Installing the Driver Software In order to operate the AxioCam MRc5 the AxioVision softw

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 21  When installing the components it is possible that some of the files to b

Safety Refer to the safety notes and instructions in the manuals of all necessary devices (e.g. microscope peripherals, cameras, computers, computer

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 22 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 This section describes installation using the hardware wizard. If you want to update the cam

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 23 Select the option Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommende

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 24 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 Under Windows 2000 Professional this dialog window is displayed. Click Yes to continue. Un

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 25 Installing the camera driver using the setup program NOTE:  For installat

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 26 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 If the automatic start function has been switched off on your system (Autorun) you must star

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 27 Under Windows 2000 Professional this dialog window will be displayed during

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 28 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 Start the systems Device Manager to check the installation:  Click Start ⇒ Settings ⇒ Contr

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 29 How to correct the driver entry in the device manager NOTE:  In this chap

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 30 B 48-0028 e 10.2003  The property page General opens. In this case, reinstall the AxioCam MRc5 using the inst

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 31 After the camera driver has been installed and (depending on the operating

Revision / Update Information 27.10.2003 Installation adapted from Product CD 07.2003 to the installation of the product CD number 15 of October 2003

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 32 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 Resetting the AxioCam MRc5 firmware If the color of the LED on the back of the AxioCam MRc5

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 33 1.5 Notes on Maintenance Camera Electronic Camera, interface and power supp

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 34 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 2 Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 2.1 General The AxioCam MRc5 is a professi

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 35 2.2 Quick Guide to the First Image with AxioVision and AxioCam MRc5

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 36 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 The Workflow Standard Live starts and closes the live window. Show live window prope

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 37 Step by step to the first image  Select the camera you want to use

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 38 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 Here you can see the settings for the display of the image like Brightness, Contrast

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 39 Make changes for the camera settings on the following controls:  Th

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 40 B 48-0028 e 10.2003  Move the sliders GammaContrastBrightnessup or down to adjust the image. Good color

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 41  Captions and markings can be inserted using the Annotations window

Table of Contents AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference i Table of Contents IMPORTANT NOTE...

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 42 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 2.3 Adjust Property Page This property page contains a summary of the most important

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 43 Exposure The camera’s exposure time can be adjusted to the lighting

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 44 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 A setting of 200% means that 200% of the exposure time set in the display window or m

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 45 White Balance In order to achieve a color display which is neutral a

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 46 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 Color adjustment Clicking on the buttons and allows you to change the weighting o

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 47 If an image is underexposed, the histogram does not reach the right-

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 48 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 2.4 Frame Property Page The Frame property page can be used to select a frame for th

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 49 reduce the amount of data. The camera will always acquire a color im

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 50 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 Selectable resolution in "Quality" mode ("Iinterlaced") – recomme

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 51 Binning The process of Binning ensures that the information in neigh

Table of Contents ii B 48-0028 e 10.2003 Installing the camera driver using the setup program ... 25 How to correct the driver entry

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 52 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 Frame In this field you can specify whether the frame or the entire area of the senso

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 53 2.5 General Property Page On this property page you enter the basic

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 54 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 The disadvantage of this technique, however, is that noise is greatly intensified, an

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 55 For this calibration process make sure that the camera is viewing a

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 56 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 Shutter Control Via a supplementary cable the AxioCam MRc5 offers a TTL control pulse

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 57 Enhance Color: Activating this check box enables you to switch the c

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 58 B 48-0028 e 10.2003  Deactivating the focus bar.  Deactivating the live image scaling (1:1 representati

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 59 This adjusts the display characteristic curve automatically for an o

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 60 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 You can now select the area to be displayed by dragging the black rectangles along

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 61 Best Fit calculates in the current histogram the values which exclud

Table of Contents AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference iii Gamma setting ...

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 62 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 Recommended camera settings Activate the Enhance Color check box on the General prope

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 63 2.8 Background Information Gamma setting This setting is required to

Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 64 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 In the case of fluorescence, however, only very narrow-band light is emitted. This is

Trouble Shooting AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 65 3 Trouble Shooting If errors occur, check first the setup instructions of the camera. 3.1 S

Trouble Shooting 66 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 3.2 Image Quality  Sudden jolt, vibration or moving objects  If the microscope is jolted whilst you are t

Technical Data AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 67 4 Technical Data 4.1 AxioCam MRc5 Number of pixels: 2584 (H) x 1936 (V) = 5 Megapixels Digit

Technical Data 68 B 48-0028 e 10.2003 Pixel size: 3,4 µm x 3,4 µm Sensor size: 8,7 mm x 6,6 mm entspricht 2/3" CCD Sensor: ICX 282, Interlin

Technical Data AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 69 4.2 Spectral Sensitivity Standardized at maximum amplitude It does not make sense to operate

Index AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference I Index 1 12-bit images 59 A acquisition delay 56 acquisition modes 49 Adjust property page 42 automa

Index II B 48-0028 e 10.2003 How to correct the driver entry in the device manager 29 I image acquisition 34 image frame 48 image orientation 54

IMPORTANT NOTE FireWire (IEEE 1394) Interface The FireWire (IEEE 1394) interface is defined as a "hot plugging" interconnection, i.e. peri

Index AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference III system requirements 4 T technical data 67 toolbars 64 trouble shooting 65 U underexposure 47 W w

Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 AxioCam MRc5 Installation + Reference 1 1 Installation of the AxioCam MRc5 The AxioCam MRc5 is a professional camer