Stage settings
- A - Set Origin
Press this button to home the stage at startup of the user interface
- B - Manual Controls
Click this switch to enable or disable the joystick and Z-axis buttons on the system
- C - Generate XY
Options and parameters for generating multi-well positions based on the coordinates at position ‘A1’.
- D - Position list buttons
Current: Press this button to retrieve the coordinates of the current position where the stage is at. A new entry will be added into the position list below where it can be edited further
Replace: Press this button to replace the coordinates of the selected position with those at the current position of the stage. This can be used to update a position if an animal has moved or gone out of focus. Note that you must select a position in the position list via clicking on the circle icon in the second column of the position list for the position you’d like to replace.
- E - Position list table
Position list where coordinates are recorded. The first column is for removing position entries from the list, simply click the x icon for the position you’d like to remove. The second column is to permit selection of specific position entries for updating their coordinates. Finally, columns X, Y, Z and Label are all editable similar to an excel spreadsheet.
- E - Activate graph
Enabling this switch will allow you to click on positions on the graph and then the stage will move to the select position. This can be an easy way to double-check all you positions are correct whilst you have a live stream open.
- F - 2D/3D graph view
Enabling this switch can switch between 2D (as shown above) or 3D view, 3D view can be useful for checking the z axis positions.