AmScope HD408N, Manual

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Page 2: ...to the instrument or injury to yourself or others Only use the provided power adapter or authorized replacement Incompatible power sources can cause damage to the instrument If you should lose the included power adapter please contact AmScope for information about a replacement Do not dismantle Dismantling can result in damage to the instrument and potential exposure to dangerous materials or elec...

Page 3: ...ting with USB 8 Using on a Network 9 LAN 9 WLAN 10 AP Mode 10 STA Mode 10 User Interface 11 The Camera Control Panel 12 Image Exposure 13 Manual Exposure 13 Auto Exposure 13 Color 13 White Balance 13 The Measurement Toolbar 14 The Camera Control Toolbar 16 Settings 17 Network 17 Measurement 18 Magnification 19 Image Format 19 Video 20 Storage 20 Language 21 Miscellaneous 22 ...

Page 4: ...µm x 2µm Active Sensor Area 7 68mm x 4 32mm Shutter electronic rolling shutter Sensitivity 505mV 1 30s f 5 6 Video Resolutions 3840x2160 30fps File Formats JPEG TIFF photo MP4 video Recording Media Secure Digital up to 128GB I O HDMI video out USB 2 0 x 2 PC external media wi fi USB mouse LAN SD Wi Fi Standard 802 11ac 2 4GHz 5GHz Lens Mount C Mount Power Requirements DC 12V 1A ...

Page 5: ...sitivity 2188mV 1 30s f 5 6 Video Resolutions 3840x2160 30fps File Formats JPEG TIFF photo MP4 video Recording Media Secure Digital up to 128GB I O HDMI video out USB 2 0 x 2 PC external media wi fi USB mouse LAN SD Wi Fi Standard 802 11ac 2 4GHz 5GHz Lens Mount C Mount Power Requirements DC 12V 1A What s In The Box The HD408N and HD428N standard outfits include One camera One USB mouse One HDMI c...

Page 6: ...the camera s lens mount The other end would be cylindrical and would slide into one of the microscope s ocular ports or photo port The compensating lens will have a magnification such as 0 5X or 0 37X When the lens has a magnification below 1X it is referred to as a reduction lens since it reduces the size of the image projected onto the camera s sensor The magnification should roughly match the o...

Page 7: ...ut If so consult the video display s manual Connect the supplied USB mouse to the camera by attaching its USB plug to the camera s USB port labeled USB Mouse Next connect the supplied power adapter by inserting its barrel connector to the camera s power port labeled DC 12V The power indicator located above the power port should be red which indi cates the camera is receiving power Press the camera...

Page 8: ...lp file which can be accessed from the software s menu under Help The camera can be accessed from the computer using a USB connection wi fi or Ethernet When the proper connection is made the camera will be displayed in the software s list of available devices Connecting with USB The camera can be connected to a computer using the provided USB cable The cable has a type A USB connector on either en...

Page 9: ...ra must be connected to a network interface such as a switch using an Ethernet cable Prior to connection the camera will need to be configured With the camera connected to a video display use the mouse to move the cursor over the bottom of the screen to display the Camera Control Toolbar Click on the icon to open the Settings menu Select Network from the settings list then click on the LAN tab The...

Page 10: ...bar Click on the icon to open the Settings menu Select Network from the list then click on the WLAN tab The wi fi mode can be selected from a drop down selector AP Mode When AP mode is selected settings specific to this mode will be available The Frequency setting allows you to select either 2 4GHz or 5GHz to match the wireless devices you will be using The Channel option allows you to switch thro...

Page 11: ...panel on the left side of the window the measurement toolbar on the top and additional display controls and settings are on the bottom By default the panels will only display when the mouse cursor is hovering over the appropriate area Left clicking on the pin icon will maintain the panel s visibility but will prevent other panels from opening ...

Page 12: ...re time but will result in increased noise levels Red Manually adjust the proportional Red level of the RGB video Green Manually adjust the proportional Green level of the RGB video Blue Manually adjust the proportional Blue level of the RGB video Auto White Bal ance Continuously adjusts RGB levels automatically based on the overall video content Manual White Balance Enables the manual RGB control...

Page 13: ...ope to the subject changes the amount of light collected will also change Auto exposure can continuously compensate for these changes This method assumes that the optimal amount of light would create an image with levels which would average to a middle tone Because of this images of light subjects may appear too dark and images of dark subjects may appear too bright For this reason adjustment can ...

Page 14: ...ettings for performing measurements Icon Function Pin the Measurement Toolbar Show Hide Measurement Objects Select Measurement Unit Select Magnification requires calibration process Object Selector Angle 4 Point Angle Point Arbitrary Angle Line 3 Point Lines Horizontal Line Vertical Line Parallel 3 Points Vertical Line Rectangle Ellipse 5 Point Ellipse Circle 3 Point Circle Annulus Concentric Circ...

Page 15: ...of a micrometer slide Export measurement information to CSV file Access the camera s settings Delete measurement object Exit measurement mode Left clicking on a measurement object will open the Object Location Properties Con trol Bar The icons on the control bar Move Up Move Down Move Left Move Right Adjust Color Delete When the Pin icon is clicked to lock the Measurement Toolbar the Camera Contro...

Page 16: ...X increments Horizontal and Vertical Flip are used to reorient the on screen image due to image inversion caused by a microscope s optics or the camera s physical orientation Color Grayscale can be used to switch between the camera s normal color image and a desaturated image Freeze Video will pause the live video A Crosshair or Grid can be displayed to assist with segmenting and counting image al...

Page 17: ...a s name which will appear on the network Wi Fi AP Frequency Select the wi fi band 2 4GHz or 5GHz Channel Select the wi fi channel to use Password Edit the password other devices will use to connect to the camera STA SSID Password LAN DHCP Select to allow the network s DHCP server to manage this device s network address Transfer Unicast Sends data to one network device Mulicast Sends data to multi...

Page 18: ...int Calibration Line Width Sets the width of lines used for calibration Color Sets the color of lines used for calibration Endpoint Sets the shape used at each endpoint of a line Includes null or rectangle Angle Point Line Parallel Line Vertical Line Rectangle Ellipse Circle Annulus Two Circles Arc Text Polygon Curve Scale Bar Arrow Each shape or element can be customized using attributes such as ...

Page 19: ...ns used and additional information pertaining to the microscope or camera used Resolution The number of pixels per meter Clear All Clears all saved calibration data Delete Clears the selected calibration data Image Format Image Format settings allow you to determine whether measurement objects will be merged into saved images or em bedded as a separate layer Image Format Choose the file type to be...

Page 20: ...codec with better compatibility across multimedia de vices but less efficient compression compared to H265 H265 Newer HEVC video codec with improved compression while retaining high quality Storage Storage displays the format of any recognized storage media including Secure Digital cards and USB flash drives If com patible media is recognized the media s file system will be shown such as FAT32 exF...

Page 21: ...8N User Guide 21 amscope com Language Language setting selects which language will be displayed Options include English Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Korean Thai French German Japanese Italian and Russian ...

Page 22: ...HD408N HD428N User Guide 22 amscope com Miscellaneous Miscellaneous settings include additional helpful settings ...

Page 23: ...urements Overlay Grids USB video output switch back to mouse operation ROI Color Select the color of the Region of Interest ROI frame Synchronized display as Camera Control Panel Cursor Size Auto Exposure Maximum expo sure time Set the maximum exposure time for the Auto Exposure mode Setting a lower number can improve the frame rate Auto Exposure Region Camera Parameters Import Import previously s...