Motion Control

Practical Automation For Your Microscope

Software

The Motion Control extension allows IPLab to control motorized microscope hardware, letting you automate your experiments and image acquisition. Now you can conduct 3D imaging, time lapse imaging, multi-well plate analysis, multifluorescent image acquisition (FISH, gene mapping) and GFP studies, all within one unified software environment!

Hardware controlled by Motion Control includes XY stages and Z-axis focus motors, filter switchers and shutters, and motorized microscopes. Motion Control also drives other, not directly supported, hardware via powerful RS-232 and parallel-port commands. This can give IPLab control over all of your microscope's motorized hardware. Simple IPLab scripts can then automate your microscope to perform entire imaging experiments for you.

Shutters & Filters Control lets you automate motorized filter switchers and shutters, without requiring you to buy the entire Motion Control package. "Filter switchers" includes filter wheels, wavelength switchers using rotating gratings, and liquid crystal tunable filters.

Imagine being able to control and program repetitive and complex protocols while saving time and increasing quality control. Using IPLab scripts, a complex experiment that requires movement of your microscope's stage & focus motors, filters, and shutter in a precise manner can be completed easily and accurately with the push of a button. Not only does Motion Control give you faster performance, but it also gives you better accuracy and reproducibility in your experiment.

Hardware

Hardware controlled includes these devices and more

The Motion Control extension controls all of the following:

Automated Microscopes

• Leica DM 4000, 5000, 6000, DM RXA2, DM IRE2, DM IRB/E, DM RXA, and DM RA
• Nikon 90i, 80i, Eclipse E1000, TE2000
• Olympus BX51, BX61, IX81, AX70, AX80
• Zeiss Axio Imager, Axioplan 2ie, 2i, and 2;
  Axiovert 100M, 135M, 200M;
  and Axiophot 2
• BD Biosciences CARV II, Olympus DSU, Yokogawa CSU21, CSU22 Spinning Disk Confocal Systems

Stages: XY Stages and Z-axis Focus Motors

• Ludl XY stages and Z-axis Focus
• Prior XY stages and Z-axis Focus
• ASI XY stages and Z-axis Focus
• Physik Instrumente piezo-electric Z-axis Focus

The Shutters & Filters Control extension and Motion Control both control the following:

Shutters and Filter Switchers

• Ludl, Prior, Sutter shutters and filter wheels
• ASI filter wheel
• Vincent Associates Uniblitz shutters
• Sutter DG-4 wavelength switcher
• CRI Micro*Color RGB, VariSpec liquid crystal tunable filters

Continue Reading

Please continue reading about Motion Control:

• Functionality: Motion Control supports XY & Z stages; 3D images; multifluorescence and GFP
• Microscope Support: Motion Control drives the best microscopes from Zeiss, Olympus, Nikon, and Leica
• Device Support: Motion Control and Shutters&Filters controls XY Stages, Filter Wheels, Z-Axis Focus, Shutters and other devices