Intermittent down for both 405nm and 543nm lasers...time for replacement or other issue?

[G.Liu]

Dear all,

Our 10yr-old Zeiss 510 has encountered more frequent down times for laser 405nm (and 543nm) recently. Most of the time the laser(s) will restore after restart the program and/or microscope, sometimes will work simply after switching between different configs. I am wondering if this is due the aging lasers (break soon) or other problems such as software bugs?

Any advice/comment is greatly appreciated!

Guosheng

[mcfrain]

Hi Guosheng,

It seems to me more like a software/connection problem. It happened to our confocal before that the shutter control got a little loose and things like what you have encountered showed up. This kind of problems might well happen to old machines. Checking the connections and the laser shutter first and then considering update of your software and even OS might be helpful.

Best,
Ray

[Jerry (Gerald) Sedgewick]

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