[lm-announce] gentle reminder about Deltavision log out

[Sam Swift]

Dear All,

Can I please remind everybody about the correct procedure when  
finishing a session on the deltavision:

1.  Check on the webcalendar (https://www.dundeemicroscopy.com/ 
webcalendar/FrontPage.html) to see if anybody is on after you.  If  
there is, leave the system running and the fluorescence lamp on,  
defocus the objectives, move your data to Zeus, delete data from the  
local drive and log off the acquisition workstation, fill in the log  
book as you go.  If you finish early, it would be nice if you also  
called the next user to tell them the scope is available - this is  
one of the many reasons you should book time on the scopes as your  
email address, group and extension number (e.g. s.swift at dundee.ac.uk,  
LMF, x86412) as opposed to "Sam".

2.  The spectris microscopes have cameras that need to be heat  
cycled.  If you are the last person on in the day, or the next user  
isn't starting for a couple of hours, you need to turn off the power  
strip at the bottom of the microscope unit.  You should all know what  
this is, but to remind you, it's usually at the bottom of the rack,  
is a thin black strip with one button on the right hand side (this is  
the on/off button) - turn it off and everything should get a lot  
quieter.

3.  You do not need to do this on the DV3s because they use different  
cameras.  For all scopes, do not turn off either of the PCs and don't  
EVER turn off a microscope heated chamber if there is one.

4. Do clean the lenses with lens tissue.  Do turn off the brightfield  
lamp.  Do put the dust cover on, making sure it doesn't cover any hot  
areas, such as the brightfield lamp housing.  When taking a dust  
cover off, please put them on a shelf rather than the floor.

5.  When arriving at a system that has been heat cycled you will need  
to turn on the power strip and go to the windows PC and launch the dv  
instrument controller software.  If using the LMF spectris, you will  
also need to turn the photometrics camera unit off and on, as  
previously explained (this is the beige box on the floor at the back  
right of the scope).

If you forget to heat cycle the cameras they will break.  It tends to  
take a couple of weeks to get a new one and we may be liable for  
their replacement (about £15000 a pop), so please do keep on top of  
this.  If you need a refresher, please come and ask.

Cheers!
Sam


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