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Configuration problem with Zeiss LSM 510

Dear listers,
 
We have a Zeiss LSM510 confocal microscopy system at our core facility. And I got some problems while writing new configuration.
Here is an example:
Single track configuartion for FITC, I used to use HFT 405/488/543/633,  NFT 545, NFT 490 and BP505-550. It works fine.  (Screen shot: http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss60/mizhzmkm/Q-1A.jpg)
 
But when I try to change the primary dichroic beam splitter to HFT 488/594 and keep everything else the same, the systme shows "Pinhole PH3 is not adjusted". (Screen shot: http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss60/mizhzmkm/Q-1B.jpg
 
Also if I change the NFT 545 to NFT 595, the system also shows "Pinhole PH3 is not adjusted" (Screen shot: http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss60/mizhzmkm/Q-1C.jpg)
I am still be able to take the images regardless the error window.
 
So does anyone here have the same problem? What does "Pinhole PH3 is not adjusted" mean, any reason for this?
 
Any suggestion will be appreciated.
 
Thanks,
 
Yi
 

G. Esteban Fernandez G. Esteban Fernandez
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You need to go into the Maintain > Pinhole menu and optimize the X/Y positions of pinhole 3.  The message means that has never been done for that particular configuration of dichroics.  The pinhole is probably not centered directly in front of the PMT so you don't get a good image if it is closed down, but you'll probably get an image if you open the pinhole to max.
 
-Esteban


 
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:54 AM, yee z <[hidden email]> wrote:
Dear listers,
 
We have a Zeiss LSM510 confocal microscopy system at our core facility. And I got some problems while writing new configuration.
Here is an example:
Single track configuartion for FITC, I used to use HFT 405/488/543/633,  NFT 545, NFT 490 and BP505-550. It works fine.  (Screen shot: http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss60/mizhzmkm/Q-1A.jpg)
 
But when I try to change the primary dichroic beam splitter to HFT 488/594 and keep everything else the same, the systme shows "Pinhole PH3 is not adjusted". (Screen shot: http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss60/mizhzmkm/Q-1B.jpg
 
Also if I change the NFT 545 to NFT 595, the system also shows "Pinhole PH3 is not adjusted" (Screen shot: http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss60/mizhzmkm/Q-1C.jpg)
I am still be able to take the images regardless the error window.
 
So does anyone here have the same problem? What does "Pinhole PH3 is not adjusted" mean, any reason for this?
 
Any suggestion will be appreciated.
 
Thanks,
 
Yi
 




--
G. Esteban Fernandez, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Molecular Cytology Core Facility
University of Missouri
120 Bond Life Sciences Center
Columbia, MO  65211

http://www.biotech.missouri.edu/mcc/

573-882-4895
573-884-9395 fax

Pascal Lorentz-2 Pascal Lorentz-2
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Re: Configuration problem with Zeiss LSM 510

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Hi Yi,

this is basically not a problem, it's normal behavior.
You have to adjust the pinhole for each configuration. As Esteban
already said this can be done in the Maintain > Pinhole menu. You have
to center the pinhole in front of the detector. In most of the cases you
will anyway get an image even if the pinhole is not adjusted but it
might be of uneven brightness.

Cheers

Pascal

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Pascal Lorentz
Department of Biomedicine
University of Basel
Mattenstrasse 28
4058 Basel
Switzerland


yee z schrieb:

> Dear listers,
>  
> We have a Zeiss LSM510 confocal microscopy system at our core
> facility. And I got some problems while writing new configuration.
> Here is an example:
> Single track configuartion for FITC, I used to use HFT
> 405/488/543/633,  NFT 545, NFT 490 and BP505-550. It works fine.  
> (Screen shot: http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss60/mizhzmkm/Q-1A.jpg)
>  
> But when I try to change the primary dichroic beam splitter to HFT
> 488/594 and keep everything else the same, the systme shows "Pinhole
> PH3 is not adjusted". (Screen shot:
> http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss60/mizhzmkm/Q-1B.jpg)
>  
> Also if I change the NFT 545 to NFT 595, the system also shows
> "Pinhole PH3 is not adjusted" (Screen shot:
> http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss60/mizhzmkm/Q-1C.jpg)
> I am still be able to take the images regardless the error window.
>  
> So does anyone here have the same problem? What does "Pinhole PH3 is
> not adjusted" mean, any reason for this?
>  
> Any suggestion will be appreciated.
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Yi
>  
>
>
Boswell, Carl A - (cboswell) Boswell, Carl A - (cboswell)
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All I can add to what Estaban said was be sure to Save the position after you have made the adjustments.  Adjust the image Gain using the Palatte>Range Indicator so there is some saturation in it so that you have an objective way to see if your changes are making things brighter or dimmer.  Adjusting the columator may also improve your image.
 
Carl
 
Carl A. Boswell, Ph.D.
Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Arizona
520-954-7053
FAX 520-621-3709
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Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: Configuration problem with Zeiss LSM 510

You need to go into the Maintain > Pinhole menu and optimize the X/Y positions of pinhole 3.  The message means that has never been done for that particular configuration of dichroics.  The pinhole is probably not centered directly in front of the PMT so you don't get a good image if it is closed down, but you'll probably get an image if you open the pinhole to max.
 
-Esteban


 
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:54 AM, yee z <[hidden email]> wrote:
Dear listers,
 
We have a Zeiss LSM510 confocal microscopy system at our core facility. And I got some problems while writing new configuration.
Here is an example:
Single track configuartion for FITC, I used to use HFT 405/488/543/633,  NFT 545, NFT 490 and BP505-550. It works fine.  (Screen shot: http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss60/mizhzmkm/Q-1A.jpg)
 
But when I try to change the primary dichroic beam splitter to HFT 488/594 and keep everything else the same, the systme shows "Pinhole PH3 is not adjusted". (Screen shot: http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss60/mizhzmkm/Q-1B.jpg
 
Also if I change the NFT 545 to NFT 595, the system also shows "Pinhole PH3 is not adjusted" (Screen shot: http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss60/mizhzmkm/Q-1C.jpg)
I am still be able to take the images regardless the error window.
 
So does anyone here have the same problem? What does "Pinhole PH3 is not adjusted" mean, any reason for this?
 
Any suggestion will be appreciated.
 
Thanks,
 
Yi
 




--
G. Esteban Fernandez, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Molecular Cytology Core Facility
University of Missouri
120 Bond Life Sciences Center
Columbia, MO  65211

http://www.biotech.missouri.edu/mcc/

573-882-4895
573-884-9395 fax

yee z yee z
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Re: Configuration problem with Zeiss LSM 510

Dear lister,

Thanks a lot for the feedback on my question.
From what you guys said, now I know I need to do pinhole adjustment for every new configuration. Learn something new everyday :-)

And I have another question regarding the pinhole adjustment.
Jean-Christophe suggested to use a mirror slide while Xuejun suggested to use Zeiss plant cross section slide, which one is better for this purpose?
I have a cross cut plant seed slice, can I use this one?

Thanks again!



--- On Tue, 2/10/09, Carl Boswell <[hidden email]> wrote:
From: Carl Boswell <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: Configuration problem with Zeiss LSM 510
To: [hidden email]
Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 12:16 PM

All I can add to what Estaban said was be sure to Save the position after you have made the adjustments.  Adjust the image Gain using the Palatte>Range Indicator so there is some saturation in it so that you have an objective way to see if your changes are making things brighter or dimmer.  Adjusting the columator may also improve your image.
 
Carl
 
Carl A. Boswell, Ph.D.
Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Arizona
520-954-7053
FAX 520-621-3709
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: Configuration problem with Zeiss LSM 510

You need to go into the Maintain > Pinhole menu and optimize the X/Y positions of pinhole 3.  The message means that has never been done for that particular configuration of dichroics.  The pinhole is probably not centered directly in front of the PMT so you don't get a good image if it is closed down, but you'll probably get an image if you open the pinhole to max.
 
-Esteban


 
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:54 AM, yee z <[hidden email]> wrote:
Dear listers,
 
We have a Zeiss LSM510 confocal microscopy system at our core facility. And I got some problems while writing new configuration.
Here is an example:
Single track configuartion for FITC, I used to use HFT 405/488/543/633,  NFT 545, NFT 490 and BP505-550. It works fine.  (Screen shot: http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss60/mizhzmkm/Q-1A.jpg)
 
But when I try to change the primary dichroic beam splitter to HFT 488/594 and keep everything else the same, the systme shows "Pinhole PH3 is not adjusted". (Screen shot: http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss60/mizhzmkm/Q-1B.jpg
 
Also if I change the NFT 545 to NFT 595, the system also shows "Pinhole PH3 is not adjusted" (Screen shot: http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss60/mizhzmkm/Q-1C.jpg)
I am still be able to take the images regardless the error window.
 
So does anyone here have the same problem? What does "Pinhole PH3 is not adjusted" mean, any reason for this?
 
Any suggestion will be appreciated.
 
Thanks,
 
Yi
 




--
G. Esteban Fernandez, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Molecular Cytology Core Facility
University of Missouri
120 Bond Life Sciences Center
Columbia, MO  65211

http://www.biotech.missouri.edu/mcc/

573-882-4895
573-884-9395 fax


Keith Morris Keith Morris
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Re: Configuration problem with Zeiss LSM 510

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Hi

Yes the 'pinhole not adjusted' warning always appears if you create a 'new'
optical filter configuration. Although you can manually adjust the confocal
pinhole [even incorrectly] to kill off the nagging & annoying message on the
LMS510, Zeiss do provide a utility to do this automatically for you for all
the filter configurations you have.

You do this while focused on the ‘mirrored’ slide Zeiss kindly gave you with
the confocal when you bought it, and you run a little program that
automatically aligns all the pinholes for all the optical configurations you
use [even all those that don't display the warning message]. You switch on
the 633nm laser select the 10x objective [always]. Leave the system to warm
up for at least a couple of hours. Put the mirrored slide under the 10x and
focus on it – normally you can see dust which helps or use the palettes to
show over exposure [red] and when it’s brightest you’ve hit the mirror.

You then run PHAdjust.exe from Zeiss’s AIM folder [C:\aim\hwt\PHAdjust.exe
on our PC]. This will automatically adjust all the available beam paths in
your filter config files. For any other users with unusual filter
configurations just ‘resuse’ the beam path from one of their images and save
it in your configs.

Generally I run PHAjust.exe. every month. It takes about an hour to
auto-adjust all the optics correctly and as a bonus gets rid of that
annoying message.

Regards

Keith
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dr Keith J. Morris,
Molecular Cytogenetics and Microscopy Core,
Laboratory 00/069 and 00/070,
The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics,
Roosevelt Drive,
Oxford  OX3 7BN,
United Kingdom.

Telephone:  +44 (0)1865 287568
Email:  [hidden email]
Web-pages: http://www.well.ox.ac.uk/cytogenetics/
________________________________________


From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]] On
Behalf Of Carl Boswell
Sent: 10 February 2009 17:17
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: Configuration problem with Zeiss LSM 510

All I can add to what Estaban said was be sure to Save the position after
you have made the adjustments.  Adjust the image Gain using the
Palatte>Range Indicator so there is some saturation in it so that you have
an objective way to see if your changes are making things brighter or
dimmer.  Adjusting the columator may also improve your image.
 
Carl
 
Carl A. Boswell, Ph.D.
Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Arizona
520-954-7053
FAX 520-621-3709
----- Original Message -----
From: G. Esteban Fernandez
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: Configuration problem with Zeiss LSM 510

You need to go into the Maintain > Pinhole menu and optimize the X/Y
positions of pinhole 3.  The message means that has never been done for that
particular configuration of dichroics.  The pinhole is probably not centered
directly in front of the PMT so you don't get a good image if it is closed
down, but you'll probably get an image if you open the pinhole to max.
 
-Esteban


 
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:54 AM, yee z <[hidden email]> wrote:
Dear listers,
 
We have a Zeiss LSM510 confocal microscopy system at our core facility. And
I got some problems while writing new configuration.
Here is an example:
Single track configuartion for FITC, I used to use HFT 405/488/543/633,  NFT
545, NFT 490 and BP505-550. It works fine.  (Screen shot:
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss60/mizhzmkm/Q-1A.jpg)
 
But when I try to change the primary dichroic beam splitter to HFT 488/594
and keep everything else the same, the systme shows "Pinhole PH3 is not
adjusted". (Screen shot:
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss60/mizhzmkm/Q-1B.jpg
 
Also if I change the NFT 545 to NFT 595, the system also shows "Pinhole PH3
is not adjusted" (Screen shot:
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss60/mizhzmkm/Q-1C.jpg)
I am still be able to take the images regardless the error window.
 
So does anyone here have the same problem? What does "Pinhole PH3 is not
adjusted" mean, any reason for this?
 
Any suggestion will be appreciated.
 
Thanks,
 
Yi
 




--
G. Esteban Fernandez, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Molecular Cytology Core Facility
University of Missouri
120 Bond Life Sciences Center
Columbia, MO  65211

http://www.biotech.missouri.edu/mcc/

573-882-4895
573-884-9395 fax
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Re: Configuration problem with Zeiss LSM 510

Dear Lister,
 
Thank you very much to all who have responded on- and off-line. It was very nice of you to share your own experience with me. I appreciate that.
The generosity of the confocal list consistently amazes me. Thanks again.
 
 
Best Regards,
 
Yi


--- On Thu, 2/12/09, Keith Morris <[hidden email]> wrote:
From: Keith Morris <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: Configuration problem with Zeiss LSM 510
To: [hidden email]
Date: Thursday, February 12, 2009, 5:14 AM

Hi 

Yes the 'pinhole not adjusted' warning always appears if you create a
'new'
optical filter configuration. Although you can manually adjust the confocal
pinhole [even incorrectly] to kill off the nagging & annoying message on
the
LMS510, Zeiss do provide a utility to do this automatically for you for all
the filter configurations you have.

You do this while focused on the ‘mirrored’ slide Zeiss kindly gave you
with
the confocal when you bought it, and you run a little program that
automatically aligns all the pinholes for all the optical configurations you
use [even all those that don't display the warning message]. You switch on
the 633nm laser select the 10x objective [always]. Leave the system to warm
up for at least a couple of hours. Put the mirrored slide under the 10x and
focus on it – normally you can see dust which helps or use the palettes to
show over exposure [red] and when it’s brightest you’ve hit the mirror. 

You then run PHAdjust.exe from Zeiss’s AIM folder
[C:\aim\hwt\PHAdjust.exe
on our PC]. This will automatically adjust all the available beam paths in
your filter config files. For any other users with unusual filter
configurations just ‘resuse’ the beam path from one of their images and
save
it in your configs. 

Generally I run PHAjust.exe. every month. It takes about an hour to
auto-adjust all the optics correctly and as a bonus gets rid of that
annoying message.

Regards

Keith
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dr Keith J. Morris,
Molecular Cytogenetics and Microscopy Core,
Laboratory 00/069 and 00/070,
The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics,
Roosevelt Drive,
Oxford  OX3 7BN,
United Kingdom.

Telephone:  +44 (0)1865 287568
Email:  [hidden email]
Web-pages: http://www.well.ox.ac.uk/cytogenetics/
________________________________________


From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]] On
Behalf Of Carl Boswell
Sent: 10 February 2009 17:17
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: Configuration problem with Zeiss LSM 510

All I can add to what Estaban said was be sure to Save the position after
you have made the adjustments.  Adjust the image Gain using the
Palatte>Range Indicator so there is some saturation in it so that you have
an objective way to see if your changes are making things brighter or
dimmer.  Adjusting the columator may also improve your image.
 
Carl
 
Carl A. Boswell, Ph.D.
Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Arizona
520-954-7053
FAX 520-621-3709
----- Original Message ----- 
From: G. Esteban Fernandez 
To: [hidden email] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: Configuration problem with Zeiss LSM 510

You need to go into the Maintain > Pinhole menu and optimize the X/Y
positions of pinhole 3.  The message means that has never been done for that
particular configuration of dichroics.  The pinhole is probably not centered
directly in front of the PMT so you don't get a good image if it is closed
down, but you'll probably get an image if you open the pinhole to max.
 
-Esteban


 
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:54 AM, yee z <[hidden email]> wrote:
Dear listers,
 
We have a Zeiss LSM510 confocal microscopy system at our core facility. And
I got some problems while writing new configuration. 
Here is an example:
Single track configuartion for FITC, I used to use HFT 405/488/543/633,  NFT
545, NFT 490 and BP505-550. It works fine.  (Screen shot:
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss60/mizhzmkm/Q-1A.jpg)
 
But when I try to change the primary dichroic beam splitter to HFT 488/594
and keep everything else the same, the systme shows "Pinhole PH3 is not
adjusted". (Screen shot:
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss60/mizhzmkm/Q-1B.jpg) 
 
Also if I change the NFT 545 to NFT 595, the system also shows "Pinhole
PH3
is not adjusted" (Screen shot:
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss60/mizhzmkm/Q-1C.jpg)
I am still be able to take the images regardless the error window.
 
So does anyone here have the same problem? What does "Pinhole PH3 is not
adjusted" mean, any reason for this? 
 
Any suggestion will be appreciated.
 
Thanks,
 
Yi
 




-- 
G. Esteban Fernandez, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Molecular Cytology Core Facility
University of Missouri
120 Bond Life Sciences Center
Columbia, MO  65211

http://www.biotech.missouri.edu/mcc/

573-882-4895
573-884-9395 fax

Csúcs  Gábor Csúcs Gábor
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Spinning disk systems with FRAP possibility

Dear List,

We are considering to purchase a spinning disk system with a
FRAP/photoactivation module. I'm aware of the systems offered by Andor,
PerkinElmer and Zeiss.
Are you aware of any alternative provider?

Thanks     Gabor

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Light Microscopy Centre, ETH Zurich
Schafmattstrasse 18, HPM F16
CH-8093, Zurich, Switzerland

Web: www.lmc.ethz.ch
Phone: +41 44 633 6221
Fax: +41 44 632 1298
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Re: Spinning disk systems with FRAP possibility

Gabor,

3I (Intelligent Imaging Innovations) once told me that they would also
be able to build such a setup. But I never had the chance to see it
working. But maybe it's an option for you.

Michael


Gabor Csucs wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> We are considering to purchase a spinning disk system with a
> FRAP/photoactivation module. I'm aware of the systems offered by Andor,
> PerkinElmer and Zeiss.
> Are you aware of any alternative provider?
>
> Thanks     Gabor
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Re: Spinning disk systems with FRAP possibility

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Hi Gabor

We are just installing two spinning disk systems running under
Metamorph here in Basel (Biozentrum and FMI), one of which will be
equipped with a MAG FRAP module later on. The (dis-)advantage is that
it is on open system, i.e. it is more flexible/extensible but
presumably less integrated than the other systems.

Let me know if you are interested.

Cheers,

Beat



At 11:36 18-02-2009, Gabor Csucs wrote:

>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>
>Dear List,
>
>We are considering to purchase a spinning disk system with a
>FRAP/photoactivation module. I'm aware of the systems offered by
>Andor, PerkinElmer and Zeiss.
>Are you aware of any alternative provider?
>
>Thanks     Gabor
>
>--
>Gabor Csucs Light Microscopy Centre, ETH Zurich
>Schafmattstrasse 18, HPM F16 CH-8093, Zurich, Switzerland
>
>Web: www.lmc.ethz.ch
>Phone: +41 44 633 6221
>Fax: +41 44 632 1298
>e-mail: [hidden email]
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Re: Configuration problem with Zeiss LSM 510

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Some additions to the well described pinhole alignment procedure for the Zeiss LSM 510 described by Keith:
- I typically have a much better success rate if I use a glass slide instead of the mirror slide. The reflected light from the mirror tends to saturate the detectors.
- PHAdjust adjusts only single tracks for the logged-in user. Thus we have one account where we collect all potential configurations and use this log-in to align the pinholes. We include reflected light configurations for the META detector to ensure proper alignment (they do not make any sense for normal imaging). Don't worry about duplicate configurations, PHAdust will care about them.
- Before saving a configuration, I make sure that detector gain and offset are in a reasonable range (e.g. using Find). Otherwise PhAdjust might crash because the signal is to high or low.

Hope this helps,
Winfried

=======================================
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Director, Stowers Microscopy Center
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
1000 East 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110

http://research.stowers-institute.org/wiw/index.htm
[hidden email]
816-926-4415

-----Original Message-----
From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Keith Morris
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 4:15 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: Configuration problem with Zeiss LSM 510

Hi

Yes the 'pinhole not adjusted' warning always appears if you create a 'new'
optical filter configuration. Although you can manually adjust the confocal
pinhole [even incorrectly] to kill off the nagging & annoying message on the
LMS510, Zeiss do provide a utility to do this automatically for you for all
the filter configurations you have.

You do this while focused on the 'mirrored' slide Zeiss kindly gave you with
the confocal when you bought it, and you run a little program that
automatically aligns all the pinholes for all the optical configurations you
use [even all those that don't display the warning message]. You switch on
the 633nm laser select the 10x objective [always]. Leave the system to warm
up for at least a couple of hours. Put the mirrored slide under the 10x and
focus on it - normally you can see dust which helps or use the palettes to
show over exposure [red] and when it's brightest you've hit the mirror.

You then run PHAdjust.exe from Zeiss's AIM folder [C:\aim\hwt\PHAdjust.exe
on our PC]. This will automatically adjust all the available beam paths in
your filter config files. For any other users with unusual filter
configurations just 'resuse' the beam path from one of their images and save
it in your configs.

Generally I run PHAjust.exe. every month. It takes about an hour to
auto-adjust all the optics correctly and as a bonus gets rid of that
annoying message.

Regards

Keith
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dr Keith J. Morris,
Molecular Cytogenetics and Microscopy Core,
Laboratory 00/069 and 00/070,
The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics,
Roosevelt Drive,
Oxford  OX3 7BN,
United Kingdom.

Telephone:  +44 (0)1865 287568
Email:  [hidden email]
Web-pages: http://www.well.ox.ac.uk/cytogenetics/
________________________________________


From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]] On
Behalf Of Carl Boswell
Sent: 10 February 2009 17:17
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: Configuration problem with Zeiss LSM 510

All I can add to what Estaban said was be sure to Save the position after
you have made the adjustments.  Adjust the image Gain using the
Palatte>Range Indicator so there is some saturation in it so that you have
an objective way to see if your changes are making things brighter or
dimmer.  Adjusting the columator may also improve your image.
 
Carl
 
Carl A. Boswell, Ph.D.
Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Arizona
520-954-7053
FAX 520-621-3709
----- Original Message -----
From: G. Esteban Fernandez
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: Configuration problem with Zeiss LSM 510

You need to go into the Maintain > Pinhole menu and optimize the X/Y
positions of pinhole 3.  The message means that has never been done for that
particular configuration of dichroics.  The pinhole is probably not centered
directly in front of the PMT so you don't get a good image if it is closed
down, but you'll probably get an image if you open the pinhole to max.
 
-Esteban


 
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:54 AM, yee z <[hidden email]> wrote:
Dear listers,
 
We have a Zeiss LSM510 confocal microscopy system at our core facility. And
I got some problems while writing new configuration.
Here is an example:
Single track configuartion for FITC, I used to use HFT 405/488/543/633,  NFT
545, NFT 490 and BP505-550. It works fine.  (Screen shot:
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss60/mizhzmkm/Q-1A.jpg)
 
But when I try to change the primary dichroic beam splitter to HFT 488/594
and keep everything else the same, the systme shows "Pinhole PH3 is not
adjusted". (Screen shot:
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss60/mizhzmkm/Q-1B.jpg
 
Also if I change the NFT 545 to NFT 595, the system also shows "Pinhole PH3
is not adjusted" (Screen shot:
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss60/mizhzmkm/Q-1C.jpg)
I am still be able to take the images regardless the error window.
 
So does anyone here have the same problem? What does "Pinhole PH3 is not
adjusted" mean, any reason for this?
 
Any suggestion will be appreciated.
 
Thanks,
 
Yi
 




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Re: Spinning disk systems with FRAP possibility

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Hi Gabor

We have such a system by Andor. It also has a spinning disk. I can certainly
provide you with feedback on our machine if you need it. As far I as know,
3I works in collaboration with Zeiss on their TIRF/FRAP but that was early
last year so it might have changed.

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> -----Original Message-----
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> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Spinning disk systems with FRAP possibility
>
> Dear List,
>
> We are considering to purchase a spinning disk system with a
> FRAP/photoactivation module. I'm aware of the systems offered by Andor,
> PerkinElmer and Zeiss.
> Are you aware of any alternative provider?
>
> Thanks     Gabor
>
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Re: Posting twice to Listserver. Posting twice to Listserver

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Hi all,

I notice that my messages are posting twice [and this is happening to other
Listserver posters].

When I send a reply to 'confocal listserver' I get two messages returned,
one saying OK distributed and one saying you have submitted the message
twice and it's being rejected [it's a lying weasel, I only submitted it
once]. Sometimes, sometimes not, the message appears twice on the list -
once two weeks later, with an email on the day to me saying 'successfully
listed' [again].

As the posting repeat is only happening to a few of us apparently, any ideas
on what is going wrong? Am I registered twice somehow? There doesn't seem to
be a God on this listserver [unlike microscopy.com] to chat to, and looking
though the Listserver website wasn't enlightening. Searching the list-server
archives only came up with old posters having the same problems, no answer
to stop it.

Thanks for your time.

Keith

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Molecular Cytogenetics and Microscopy Core,
Laboratory 00/069 and 00/070,
The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics,
Roosevelt Drive,
Oxford  OX3 7BN,
United Kingdom.

Telephone:  +44 (0)1865 287568
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Re: Posting twice to Listserver. Posting twice to Listserver

Same thing is happening to me.  Dave

On Mar 11, 2009, at 8:36 AM, Keith Morris wrote:

Hi all,

I notice that my messages are posting twice [and this is happening to other
Listserver posters].

When I send a reply to 'confocal listserver' I get two messages returned,
one saying OK distributed and one saying you have submitted the message
twice and it's being rejected [it's a lying weasel, I only submitted it
once]. Sometimes, sometimes not, the message appears twice on the list -
once two weeks later, with an email on the day to me saying 'successfully
listed' [again].

As the posting repeat is only happening to a few of us apparently, any ideas
on what is going wrong? Am I registered twice somehow? There doesn't seem to
be a God on this listserver [unlike microscopy.com] to chat to, and looking
though the Listserver website wasn't enlightening. Searching the list-server
archives only came up with old posters having the same problems, no answer
to stop it.

Thanks for your time.

Keith

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Dr Keith J. Morris,
Molecular Cytogenetics and Microscopy Core,
Laboratory 00/069 and 00/070,
The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics,
Roosevelt Drive,
Oxford  OX3 7BN,
United Kingdom.

Telephone:  +44 (0)1865 287568
Email:  [hidden email]
Web-pages: http://www.well.ox.ac.uk/cytogenetics/


Dr. David Knecht    
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
Co-head Flow Cytometry and Confocal Microscopy Facility
U-3125
91 N. Eagleville Rd.
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269
860-486-2200
860-486-4331 (fax)


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Re: Posting twice to Listserver. Posting twice to Listserver

Hello All,

The "real" administrator of the listserv (I'm the "adminstrator" insofar
as I can remove or add names) wrote this note to me in regard to the
message about posting twice in regard to an inquiry:

"I see mail coming in from [hidden email] to [hidden email]
and then 10 minutes later a mail coming into the [hidden email] from
[hidden email]

Is it possible that you are also sending to this list and then that list
is sending back to the [hidden email] ?"


It seems that if a subscriber was formerly subscribed to the server at Buffalo that hosted the listserv, then a second email gets bounced back from it because it is no longer operating.  The email reads as follows:

Your message  is being returned to  you unprocessed because it  appears to have already been  distributed to  the CONFOCALMICROSCOPY list.  That is,  a message with identical text (but possibly with  different mail headers) has been posted to the list recently,  either by you or by someone else. If  you have reason to resend this message to the list (for instance because you have been notified of a hardware failure with loss of data),  please alter the text of the message in some way  and resend  it to the  list. Altering the  "Subject:" line  or adding blank lines at the top or bottom of the message is not sufficient; instead, you should add a  sentence or two at  the top explaining why you  are resending the message. This explanation  will help the other subscribers  understand why they are getting two copies of the same message.

It is not possible to unsubscribe from the Buffalo list because it isn't operating as far as I know.  I will see if there is anything else I can do from my end.  In the meantime, ignore the message.

Jerry Sedgewick






David Knecht wrote:

> Same thing is happening to me.  Dave
>
> On Mar 11, 2009, at 8:36 AM, Keith Morris wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I notice that my messages are posting twice [and this is happening to
>> other
>> Listserver posters].
>>
>> When I send a reply to 'confocal listserver' I get two messages returned,
>> one saying OK distributed and one saying you have submitted the message
>> twice and it's being rejected [it's a lying weasel, I only submitted it
>> once]. Sometimes, sometimes not, the message appears twice on the list -
>> once two weeks later, with an email on the day to me saying 'successfully
>> listed' [again].
>>
>> As the posting repeat is only happening to a few of us apparently,
>> any ideas
>> on what is going wrong? Am I registered twice somehow? There doesn't
>> seem to
>> be a God on this listserver [unlike microscopy.com] to chat to, and
>> looking
>> though the Listserver website wasn't enlightening. Searching the
>> list-server
>> archives only came up with old posters having the same problems, no
>> answer
>> to stop it.
>>
>> Thanks for your time.
>>
>> Keith
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Dr Keith J. Morris,
>> Molecular Cytogenetics and Microscopy Core,
>> Laboratory 00/069 and 00/070,
>> The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics,
>> Roosevelt Drive,
>> Oxford  OX3 7BN,
>> United Kingdom.
>>
>> Telephone:  +44 (0)1865 287568
>> Email:  [hidden email] <mailto:[hidden email]>
>> Web-pages: http://www.well.ox.ac.uk/cytogenetics/
>>
>
> Dr. David Knecht    
> Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
> Co-head Flow Cytometry and Confocal Microscopy Facility
> U-3125
> 91 N. Eagleville Rd.
> University of Connecticut
> Storrs, CT 06269
> 860-486-2200
> 860-486-4331 (fax)
>
>


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Program Director, Biomedical Image Processing Lab (BIPL)
Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota
312 Church St. SE, 1-205 Hasselmo Hall
Minneapolis, MN  55455
(612) 624-6607
[hidden email]
http://www.bipl.umn.edu
Author: "Scientific Imaging with Photoshop: Methods, Measurement and Output."

Rawlight.com (dba Sedgewick Initiatives)
965 Cromwell Avenue
Saint Paul, MN  55114
[hidden email]
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Re: Posting twice to Listserver. Posting twice to Listserver

We are possibly getting close to the source of the problem.
There doesn't seem to be any evidence that it only happens to
people who were subscribed to the old list - I think it happens
to everyone so if there is anyone who has NOT had this double
posting problem could they please reply?  

The problem was already happening before the transfer of ownership
of the list.  But since an alias was created (I presume) so that
messages sent to the old list address would go to the new one (to
make the transition seamless) any problem that preexisted would
still be present ....

Can someone please check the list of subscribers to [hidden email]
to see if it contains [hidden email]  ?  This is a simple question
which can be answered in a minute or less.

I'll try a test to the latter address and see what happens.

                                             Guy





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Electron Microscope Unit, Madsen Building F09,
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-----Original Message-----
From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Jerry Sedgewick
Sent: Thursday, 12 March 2009 3:49 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: Posting twice to Listserver. Posting twice to Listserver

Hello All,

The "real" administrator of the listserv (I'm the "adminstrator" insofar as I can remove or add names) wrote this note to me in regard to the message about posting twice in regard to an inquiry:

"I see mail coming in from [hidden email] to [hidden email] and then 10 minutes later a mail coming into the [hidden email] from [hidden email]

Is it possible that you are also sending to this list and then that list is sending back to the [hidden email] ?"


It seems that if a subscriber was formerly subscribed to the server at Buffalo that hosted the listserv, then a second email gets bounced back from it because it is no longer operating.  The email reads as follows:

Your message  is being returned to  you unprocessed because it  appears to have already been  distributed to  the CONFOCALMICROSCOPY list.  That is,  a message with identical text (but possibly with  different mail headers) has been posted to the list recently,  either by you or by someone else. If  you have reason to resend this message to the list (for instance because you have been notified of a hardware failure with loss of data),  please alter the text of the message in some way  and resend  it to the  list. Altering the  "Subject:" line  or adding blank lines at the top or bottom of the message is not sufficient; instead, you should add a  sentence or two at  the top explaining why you  are resending the message. This explanation  will help the other subscribers  understand why they are getting two copies of the same message.

It is not possible to unsubscribe from the Buffalo list because it isn't operating as far as I know.  I will see if there is anything else I can do from my end.  In the meantime, ignore the message.

Jerry Sedgewick






David Knecht wrote:

> Same thing is happening to me.  Dave
>
> On Mar 11, 2009, at 8:36 AM, Keith Morris wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I notice that my messages are posting twice [and this is happening to
>> other Listserver posters].
>>
>> When I send a reply to 'confocal listserver' I get two messages
>> returned, one saying OK distributed and one saying you have submitted
>> the message twice and it's being rejected [it's a lying weasel, I
>> only submitted it once]. Sometimes, sometimes not, the message
>> appears twice on the list - once two weeks later, with an email on
>> the day to me saying 'successfully listed' [again].
>>
>> As the posting repeat is only happening to a few of us apparently,
>> any ideas on what is going wrong? Am I registered twice somehow?
>> There doesn't seem to be a God on this listserver [unlike
>> microscopy.com] to chat to, and looking though the Listserver website
>> wasn't enlightening. Searching the list-server archives only came up
>> with old posters having the same problems, no answer to stop it.
>>
>> Thanks for your time.
>>
>> Keith
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ------
>> Dr Keith J. Morris,
>> Molecular Cytogenetics and Microscopy Core, Laboratory 00/069 and
>> 00/070, The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Roosevelt
>> Drive, Oxford  OX3 7BN, United Kingdom.
>>
>> Telephone:  +44 (0)1865 287568
>> Email:  [hidden email] <mailto:[hidden email]>
>> Web-pages: http://www.well.ox.ac.uk/cytogenetics/
>>
>
> Dr. David Knecht    
> Department of Molecular and Cell Biology Co-head Flow Cytometry and
> Confocal Microscopy Facility
> U-3125
> 91 N. Eagleville Rd.
> University of Connecticut
> Storrs, CT 06269
> 860-486-2200
> 860-486-4331 (fax)
>
>


--
Jerry (Gerald) Sedgewick
Program Director, Biomedical Image Processing Lab (BIPL) Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota
312 Church St. SE, 1-205 Hasselmo Hall
Minneapolis, MN  55455
(612) 624-6607
[hidden email]
http://www.bipl.umn.edu
Author: "Scientific Imaging with Photoshop: Methods, Measurement and Output."

Rawlight.com (dba Sedgewick Initiatives)
965 Cromwell Avenue
Saint Paul, MN  55114
[hidden email]
(651) 308-1466
http://www.quickphotoshop.com
http://www.heartFROMstone.com
http://www.rawlight.com




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Re: Posting twice to Listserver. Posting twice to Listserver

On 12/03/09 7:12 PM, "Guy Cox" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> We are possibly getting close to the source of the problem.
> There doesn't seem to be any evidence that it only happens to
> people who were subscribed to the old list - I think it happens
> to everyone so if there is anyone who has NOT had this double
> posting problem could they please reply?


Doesn't happen to me, not for a long time....
cheers,
Rosemary

>
> The problem was already happening before the transfer of ownership
> of the list.  But since an alias was created (I presume) so that
> messages sent to the old list address would go to the new one (to
> make the transition seamless) any problem that preexisted would
> still be present ....
>
> Can someone please check the list of subscribers to
> [hidden email]
> to see if it contains [hidden email]  ?  This is a simple
> question
> which can be answered in a minute or less.
>
> I'll try a test to the latter address and see what happens.
>
>                                              Guy
>
>
>
>
>
> Optical Imaging Techniques in Cell Biology
> by Guy Cox    CRC Press / Taylor & Francis
>     http://www.guycox.com/optical.htm
> ______________________________________________
> Associate Professor Guy Cox, MA, DPhil(Oxon)
> Electron Microscope Unit, Madsen Building F09,
> University of Sydney, NSW 2006
> ______________________________________________
> Phone +61 2 9351 3176     Fax +61 2 9351 7682
> Mobile 0413 281 861
> ______________________________________________
>      http://www.guycox.net
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]] On
> Behalf Of Jerry Sedgewick
> Sent: Thursday, 12 March 2009 3:49 AM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: Posting twice to Listserver. Posting twice to Listserver
>
> Hello All,
>
> The "real" administrator of the listserv (I'm the "adminstrator" insofar as I
> can remove or add names) wrote this note to me in regard to the message about
> posting twice in regard to an inquiry:
>
> "I see mail coming in from [hidden email] to
> [hidden email] and then 10 minutes later a mail coming into
> the [hidden email] from [hidden email]
>
> Is it possible that you are also sending to this list and then that list is
> sending back to the [hidden email] ?"
>
>
> It seems that if a subscriber was formerly subscribed to the server at Buffalo
> that hosted the listserv, then a second email gets bounced back from it
> because it is no longer operating.  The email reads as follows:
>
> Your message  is being returned to  you unprocessed because it  appears to
> have already been  distributed to  the CONFOCALMICROSCOPY list.  That is,  a
> message with identical text (but possibly with  different mail headers) has
> been posted to the list recently,  either by you or by someone else. If  you
> have reason to resend this message to the list (for instance because you have
> been notified of a hardware failure with loss of data),  please alter the text
> of the message in some way  and resend  it to the  list. Altering the
> "Subject:" line  or adding blank lines at the top or bottom of the message is
> not sufficient; instead, you should add a  sentence or two at  the top
> explaining why you  are resending the message. This explanation  will help the
> other subscribers  understand why they are getting two copies of the same
> message.
>
> It is not possible to unsubscribe from the Buffalo list because it isn't
> operating as far as I know.  I will see if there is anything else I can do
> from my end.  In the meantime, ignore the message.
>
> Jerry Sedgewick
>
>
>
>
>
>
> David Knecht wrote:
>> Same thing is happening to me.  Dave
>>
>> On Mar 11, 2009, at 8:36 AM, Keith Morris wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I notice that my messages are posting twice [and this is happening to
>>> other Listserver posters].
>>>
>>> When I send a reply to 'confocal listserver' I get two messages
>>> returned, one saying OK distributed and one saying you have submitted
>>> the message twice and it's being rejected [it's a lying weasel, I
>>> only submitted it once]. Sometimes, sometimes not, the message
>>> appears twice on the list - once two weeks later, with an email on
>>> the day to me saying 'successfully listed' [again].
>>>
>>> As the posting repeat is only happening to a few of us apparently,
>>> any ideas on what is going wrong? Am I registered twice somehow?
>>> There doesn't seem to be a God on this listserver [unlike
>>> microscopy.com] to chat to, and looking though the Listserver website
>>> wasn't enlightening. Searching the list-server archives only came up
>>> with old posters having the same problems, no answer to stop it.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your time.
>>>
>>> Keith
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> ------
>>> Dr Keith J. Morris,
>>> Molecular Cytogenetics and Microscopy Core, Laboratory 00/069 and
>>> 00/070, The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Roosevelt
>>> Drive, Oxford  OX3 7BN, United Kingdom.
>>>
>>> Telephone:  +44 (0)1865 287568
>>> Email:  [hidden email] <mailto:[hidden email]>
>>> Web-pages: http://www.well.ox.ac.uk/cytogenetics/
>>>
>>
>> Dr. David Knecht
>> Department of Molecular and Cell Biology Co-head Flow Cytometry and
>> Confocal Microscopy Facility
>> U-3125
>> 91 N. Eagleville Rd.
>> University of Connecticut
>> Storrs, CT 06269
>> 860-486-2200
>> 860-486-4331 (fax)
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Jerry (Gerald) Sedgewick
> Program Director, Biomedical Image Processing Lab (BIPL) Department of
> Neuroscience, University of Minnesota
> 312 Church St. SE, 1-205 Hasselmo Hall
> Minneapolis, MN  55455
> (612) 624-6607
> [hidden email]
> http://www.bipl.umn.edu
> Author: "Scientific Imaging with Photoshop: Methods, Measurement and Output."
>
> Rawlight.com (dba Sedgewick Initiatives)
> 965 Cromwell Avenue
> Saint Paul, MN  55114
> [hidden email]
> (651) 308-1466
> http://www.quickphotoshop.com
> http://www.heartFROMstone.com
> http://www.rawlight.com
>
>
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