http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/Problem-with-Olympus-ZDC1-tp7436919p7437093.html
Ask Andor to update (with a CD, not just downloading the file) the Olympus software which runs in the background of iQ. That solved it for us. Pity it took one year...
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> Dear Listers,
>
> We have an ongoing Olympus ZDC1 problem which has troubled us for nearly a
> month. I hope the list can help us identify the source of the problem and lead to a
> solution.
>
> We have an Andor Revolution spinning disk (Yokogawa) system connected to an
> Olympus IX81 inverted microscope stand with ZDC1 installed. The system works
> fine until about 4 week ago, the ZDC failed during a routine time-lapse scan and
> cause error indicator flashing on the Olympus UCB controller. We have to switch
> off the UCB control box to erase the error flag. Since then the ZDC kept failing
> under various conditions (listed below),
>
> A. We tested on oil and water objectives.
> B. We tested on different chamber temperature: 37C and room T.
> C. We tried different ZDC settings.
> D. It seems the failure of ZDC happened at random time point. Sometime it
> failed after 5 minutes of the start of a time-lapse scan; sometime it runs OK for an
> overnight scan then failed in the morning.
> E. We suspect it is caused by electronic interference with other equipment,
> so we grounded the UCB control box. We changed the cable coupling to put UCB
> on its own dedicated squid, but it didn't solve the problem.
>
> I wonder if any group with ZDC1 had experienced similar problem before, any
> suggestion are welcome.
>
> Best
>
> Lai