Zeiss LSM 510 Brief Operating Manual - page 9

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•  Select the appropriate filters and activate the 

channels. 

•  Click the Excitation button to select the laser 

lines and set the attenuation values 

(transmission in %) in the displayed window.  

For the configuration of the beam path, please 

refer to the application-specific configurations 

depending on the used dyes and markers and the 

existing instrument configuration. 

•  Clicking on the Spectr  button 

opens the Detection Spectra & 

Laser Lines … window (Fig. 13) to 

display the activated laser lines for 

excitation (colored vertical lines) and 

channels (colored horizontal bars). 

•  Clicking on the Config button 

opens the Track Configurations 

window (Fig. 14) to load, store or 

delete track configurations. 

•  For storing a new track configuration enter a 

desired name in the first line of the 

Configurations list box and click an Store. 

•  For loading an existing configuration select it in 

the list box and click on Apply. 

•  For deleting an existing configuration select it in 

the list box and click on Delete. 

Setting for multi track configuration in 

Channel Mode 

The  Multi Track function permit several tracks to 

be defined as one configuration (Channel Mode 

Configuration) for the scan procedure, to be 

stored under any name, reloaded or deleted.  

The maximum of four tracks with up to 8 channels 

can be defined simultaneously and then scanned 

one after the other. Each track is a separate unit 

and can be configured independently of the other 

tracks with regard to channels, Acousto-Optical 

Tunable Filters (AOTF), emission filters and dichroic 

beam splitters.  

•  Select Channel Mode if necessary (Fig. 15). 

Fig. 13 

Detection Spectra & Laser Lines … 

window  

Fig. 14 

Track Configurations window  

Fig. 15 

Configuration Control window for 

Multi Track