startup

• Turn on the scope (switch on base, toward back, on the right).

• Turn on the mercury lamp for the scope (small white box to the left of the scope).

• Turn on the green laser (far right) by pushing the red button, turning the key to the right, and turning up the power to about 10 o’clock on the dial.

• Turn on the red laser (next to green) and the blue/scanner which is on top of the red.

• Turn on the computer (never turn any light/laser source on/off when computer is on).

logon

• [Ctl][Alt][Del]; Logon: ; Password: .

• Connect to the Cepko computer "Eye" by double clicking on the Genetics Mac Server Icon.

• Logon: ; Password: .

• Start confocal software by double clicking on the TCSNT icon.

• [aquire image] FITC/TRITC.

• NOTE: the objective on the scope must match the objective selected in the software (usually 40X).

scope

• The mercury toggle switch is the small lever in the back on the upper right.

• 40X and 100X objectives are oil imersion.

• Filter 3 is red, Filter 2 is red+green, Filter 4 is confocal.

• NOTE: for confocal scans the rod on the upper left of the eyepiece must be pulled out.

trial scan

• Set the number of sections to 1 and the number accumulated to 1 and hit the [Scan] icon.

• Set the two laser settings with the knob on the right (one is brightness and the other is contrast).

• Then set the z factor which is the verticle plane that the sections will be collected from.

• To set the start and end-point for optical sections make sure the icons are shaded (reset) then click the [begin] icon and the [end] icon.

• When all the settings are adjusted, hit [stop].

aquire image

• Reset the resolution to 1024, the number of sections to 4-8, and the accumulations or passes per section to 8-16.

• Set the view to [gallery], [tiled], [Ch1], [Ch2].

• Press the [series] icon.

saving images

• To save images they must be in [tiled][gallery][Ch1][Ch2].

• Then perform a "save as" and "export file" to its own new folder within your personal folder.

• This should give a folder with 16-32 images in it. Check a few representative files to make sure that they were properly saved.