Automated Microscopes and Confocal Systems Supported in IPLab
IPLab, with the optional Motion Control software module, provides computer control of automated microscopes, including BD Biosciences CARV II, Leica, Nikon, Olympus, Yokogawa, and Zeiss.
| Automated Microscopes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win XP, 2000, 98SE | |||||
| Leica | Yes | ||||
| No | |||||
| Yes | |||||
| Yes | |||||
| No | |||||
| Yes | |||||
Leica DM 4000, 5000, 6000 | Analyzer | Yes | |||
| Aperture Diaphragm | Yes | ||||
| CCIC Constant Color Intensity Control | Yes | ||||
| Condenser Disk | Yes | ||||
| Condenser Head | Yes | ||||
| Condenser Polarizer | Yes | ||||
| Contrast Manager | Yes | ||||
| Field Diaphragm | Yes | ||||
| Filter Wheel Fluorescence Axis | Yes | ||||
| Filter Wheel RL Axis | Yes | ||||
| FIM Fluorescence Intensity Manager | Yes | ||||
| Light Intensity | Yes | ||||
| Objective nosepiece 6000 B, M | Yes | ||||
| SmartMove Programmable Function Keys | Yes | ||||
| XY Stage 6000 B, M | Yes | ||||
| Z-Axis Focus 6000 B, M | Yes | ||||
Leica DM RXA2 Leica DM RA2 | Aperture Diaphragm | Yes | |||
| Condenser | No | ||||
| Field Diaphragm | Yes | ||||
| Filter Cube Turret | Yes | ||||
| Lamp | Yes | ||||
| Magnification Changer | No | ||||
| Objective nosepiece | Yes | ||||
| Prisms (Ports) | Yes | ||||
| Shutter, Fluorescence | Yes | ||||
| XY Stage | Yes | ||||
| Z-Axis Focus | Yes | ||||
Leica DM IRE2 | Filter Cube Turret | Yes | |||
| Lamp | Yes | ||||
| Magnification Changer | No | ||||
| Objective nosepiece | Yes | ||||
| Prisms (Ports) | Yes | ||||
| Z-Axis Focus | Yes | ||||
Leica DM RXA | Filter Cube Turret | No | |||
| Objective nosepiece | No | ||||
| Shutter | No | ||||
| Z-Axis Focus | No | ||||
Leica DM IRE, IRBE | Objective nosepiece | No | |||
| Z-Axis Focus | No | ||||
| Nikon | Yes | ||||
| Yes | |||||
| Yes | |||||
| Yes* | |||||
| NOTES: *UniBlitz Shutter in Windows: The controller is connected directly to the computer and not to the Nikon hub. | |||||
Nikon 90i Nikon 80i-DIH-E (with Digital Imaging Head DIH-E, automated components, if installed, are the same as the 90i) | (Cube-ND) Link | Yes | |||
| Analyzer | Yes | ||||
| Aperture Diaphragm (Stop) | Yes | ||||
| Condenser | Yes | ||||
| Field Diaphragm (Epi Fluor Stop) | Yes | ||||
| Filter Cube Turret | Yes | ||||
| Lamp | Yes | ||||
| Neutral Density (ND) Filter | Yes | ||||
| Objective nosepiece | Yes | ||||
| Observation Mode | Yes | ||||
| Optical Path Switching | Yes | ||||
| Optical Zoom | Yes | ||||
| Shutter, Excitation | Yes | ||||
| XY Stage | Yes | ||||
| Z-Axis Focus | Yes | ||||
Nikon E1000 | Aperture Diaphragm | Yes | |||
| Condenser | Yes | ||||
| Cube Epi-Fluor Filter Slider | Yes | ||||
| Field Diaphragm | Yes | ||||
| Lamp | Yes | ||||
| Macro Slider | Yes | ||||
| Neutral Density Filter | Yes | ||||
| Objective nosepiece | Yes | ||||
| Shutter 1, Epi-Fluor | Yes | ||||
| Z-Axis Focus | Yes | ||||
Nikon TE2000 | Analyzer | Yes | |||
| Auxiliary Filter | No | ||||
| Barrier Emission Filter Wheel | Yes | ||||
| Condenser Turret | Yes | ||||
| Excitation Filter Wheel | Yes | ||||
| Filter Cube Turret | Yes | ||||
| Lamp | Yes | ||||
| Objective nosepiece | Yes | ||||
| Optical Path Beamsplitter | Yes | ||||
| Shutter UniBlitz #1 | Yes* | ||||
| Shutter UniBlitz #2 | Yes* | ||||
| Shutter, Fluorescence Excitation Path | Yes | ||||
| Z-Axis Focus | Yes | ||||
| NOTES: *UniBlitz Shutter in Windows: The controller is connected directly to the computer and not to the Nikon hub. | |||||
| Olympus | Yes | ||||
| Yes | |||||
| Yes | |||||
Olympus IX-81 | Bottom Port | Yes | |||
| Condenser Turret | Yes | ||||
| Filter Cube Turret (Mirror Unit) | Yes | ||||
| Filter Wheel | Yes | ||||
| Filter Wheel (1-2) Linked | Yes | ||||
| Focus Knob Sensitivity | Yes | ||||
| Lamp 1 Brightness | Yes | ||||
| Lamp 1 Switch | Yes | ||||
| Lamp 2 Brightness | Yes | ||||
| Objective Nosepiece | Yes | ||||
| OlympusIX-DSU Confocal Unit | Yes | ||||
| OlympusIX-Log | Yes | ||||
| Prism (Optical Path Switching) | Yes | ||||
| Shutter 1 (Fluorescence) | Yes | ||||
| Shutter 2 (Lamp) | Yes | ||||
| Z-Axis Focus | Yes | ||||
Olympus BX-51/61 | Aperture Diaphragm Stop (EPI Aperture) | Yes | |||
| Auto Focus (AF) | Yes | ||||
| Condenser Aperture (DIAA Stop) | Yes | ||||
| Condenser Top Lens | Yes | ||||
| Condenser Turret | Yes | ||||
| Filter Cube Turret | Yes | ||||
| Filter Wheel (1-2) Linked | Yes | ||||
| Filter Wheel 1 | Yes | ||||
| Filter Wheel 2 | Yes | ||||
| Filter Wheel 3 | Yes | ||||
| Focus Knob Sensitivity | Yes | ||||
| Lamp Selection | Yes | ||||
| Lamp Switch | Yes | ||||
| Lower Lamp Brightness | Yes | ||||
| Objective Nosepiece | Yes | ||||
| OlympusBX-DSU Confocual Unit | Yes | ||||
| OlympusBX-Log | Yes | ||||
| Shutter, Flourescence | Yes | ||||
| Upper Lamp Brightness | Yes | ||||
| Z-Axis Focus | Yes | ||||
Olympus AX-70/80 ProVis | Aperture Iris | Yes | |||
| Auto Focus | Yes | ||||
| Field Iris | Yes | ||||
| Filter Cube Turret | Yes | ||||
| Focus Mode | Yes | ||||
| IF550 FIlter | Yes | ||||
| Lamp | Yes | ||||
| LBD Filter | Yes | ||||
| Light Path | Yes | ||||
| Log On/Off | Yes | ||||
| Neutral Density Filter Wheel | Yes | ||||
| Objective nosepiece | Yes | ||||
| Observation Mode | Yes | ||||
| Shutter, Reflected Light Path | Yes | ||||
| Stage Retraction | Yes | ||||
| Z-Axis Focus | Yes | ||||
| Zeiss | Yes | ||||
| Yes | |||||
| Yes | |||||
| Yes | |||||
| Yes | |||||
| Yes | |||||
| Yes | |||||
| Yes | |||||
Zeiss Axio Imager | Aperture Stop, Reflected Light | Yes | |||
| Aperture Stop, Transmitted Light | Yes | ||||
| Condenser Lens | Yes | ||||
| Condenser Turret | Yes | ||||
| Dual Camera Tube | Yes | ||||
| Field Stop, Reflected Light | Yes | ||||
| Field Stop, Transmitted Light | Yes | ||||
| Filter Cube, Reflector Turret | Yes | ||||
| Filter Wheel 1, Reflected Light | Yes | ||||
| Filter Wheel 1, Transmitted Light | Yes | ||||
| Filter Wheel 2, Reflected Light | Yes | ||||
| Filter Wheel 2, Transmitted Light | Yes | ||||
| Lamp, Reflected Light | Yes | ||||
| Lamp, Transmitted Light | Yes | ||||
| Objective nosepiece | Yes | ||||
| Optovar | Yes | ||||
| Port Changer | Yes | ||||
| Shutter, Photo | Yes | ||||
| Shutter, Reflected Light | Yes | ||||
| Shutter, Transmitted Light | Yes | ||||
| Z-Axis Focus | Yes | ||||
Zeiss Axioplan 2 Imaging MOT Zeiss Axioplan 2 Imaging E | Arc Lamp | Yes | |||
| Camera Ports | Yes | ||||
| Condensers (Turret) | Yes | ||||
| External 8-pos Filter Wheel | Yes | ||||
| Field Diaphragm | Yes | ||||
| Filter Turret 1 (Neutral Density Filters) | Yes | ||||
| Filter Turret 2 (Neutral Density Filters) | Yes | ||||
| Filter Wheel 3 | Yes | ||||
| Halogen Lamp | Yes | ||||
| Light Path | Yes | ||||
| Luminous Field Diaphragm | Yes | ||||
| Objective nosepeice | Yes | ||||
| Optovar | Yes | ||||
| Reflector Turret (Filter Cube Turret) | Yes | ||||
| Shutter, Brightfield | Yes | ||||
| Shutter, Fluorescence, Fast 2ie | Yes | ||||
| Z-Axis Focus | Yes | ||||
Zeiss Axioplan 2 Zeiss Axiophot 2 Zeiss Axioplan (with the Zeiss Axioplan, automated componetns, if installed, are the same as the Axioplan 2) | Aperture Diaphragm, Reflected-Fluor | Yes | |||
| Arc Lamp | Yes | ||||
| Camera Choice | Yes | ||||
| Camera/Oculars | Yes | ||||
| Condenser Diaphragm | Yes | ||||
| Condenser Lens | Yes | ||||
| Condenser Shutter | Yes | ||||
| Condenser Turret | Yes | ||||
| Filter Cube Reflector Turret | Yes | ||||
| Filter Turret 1 (Neutral Density Filters) | Yes | ||||
| Filter Turret 2 (Neutral Density Filters) | Yes | ||||
| Halogen Lamp | Yes | ||||
| Luminous Field Diaphragm BF | Yes | ||||
| Objective nosepiece | Yes | ||||
| Optovar Turret | Yes | ||||
| Optovar Zoom | Yes | ||||
| Photo Shutter | No | ||||
| Shutter, Fluorescence | Yes | ||||
| Z-Axis Focus | Yes | ||||
Zeiss Axiovert 200M, 135M, 100M | Filter Cube Reflector Turret | Yes | |||
| Fluorescence Shutter | Yes | ||||
| Halogen Lamp Shutter | Yes | ||||
| Light Manager Diaphragms | Yes | ||||
| Objective nosepiece | Yes | ||||
| Optovar | Yes | ||||
| Ports | Yes | ||||
| Z-Axis Focus | Yes | ||||
Zeiss Axiovert | Objective nosepiece | Yes | |||
| Spinning Disk Confocal Systems | |||||
| Win XP, 2000, 98SE | |||||
| BD Biosciences | Yes | ||||
BD CARV II | Confocal Disk Slider | Yes | |||
| Emission Filter Wheel | Yes | ||||
| EPI Dichronic Wheel | Yes | ||||
| Excitation Filter Wheel | Yes | ||||
| FRAP Iris | Yes | ||||
| Linked Wheels | Yes | ||||
| Prism Slider | Yes | ||||
| Shutter | Yes | ||||
| Variable Int. Iris | Yes | ||||
| Olympus | Yes | ||||
Olympus DSU | Disk In/Out | Yes | |||
| Motorized Filter Changer | Yes | ||||
| Yokogawa Electric | Yes | ||||
Yokogawa CSU22 | BA Filter | Yes | |||
| Control Mode | Yes | ||||
| DM Filter | Yes | ||||
| EX Filter | Yes | ||||
| Filter Combo (Linked) | Yes | ||||
| Neutral Density | Yes | ||||
| Shutter | Yes | ||||
| Spinning Disk | Yes | ||||
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
