Configuring the system
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3. Configuring the system
3.1. Overview - System Configuration
After successfully installing your software you will need to first configure your
image analysis system, then calibrate it. Only when you have done this will you
have made the preparations that are necessary to ensure that you will be able to
acquire high quality images that are correctly calibrated. When you work with a
motorized microscope, you will also need to configure the existing hardware, to
enable the program to control the motorized parts of your microscope.
You will only need to completely configure and calibrate your system anew when
you install and start the software on your PC for the first time. When you later
change the way your microscope is equipped, you will only need to change the
configuration of certain hardware components, and possibly also recalibrate
them.
Process flow of the configuration
To set up your software, the following steps will be necessary:
Selecting the camera and the microscope
Specifying which hardware is available
Configuring the interfaces
Configuring the specified hardware
Calibrating the system
All these commands are only available to you when you start the software as
Administrator or Power User. Further information on user rights is available in the
online help.
Selecting the camera and the microscope
The first time you start your software after the installation has been made, a
quick configuration with some default settings will be made. In this step you need
only to specify the camera and microscope types in the
Quick Device Setup
dialog box. The microscope will be configured with a selection of typical
hardware components. Further information is available in the online help.
Specifying which hardware is available
Your software has to know which hardware components your microscope is
equipped with. Only these hardware components can be configured and
Why do you have
to configure the
system?
When do you have
to configure the
system?
