Rock Imager Software Tour

Imager, Scheduling, and Plates Tabs

These three tabs are the main navigational components of Rock Imager. You can:

• View the Live Image from the microscope, manually inspect plates or drops, and see Drop Location or Auto Focus information with the Imager Tab

• See the entire automatic imaging schedule on the Scheduling Tab

• Locate and interact with specific plates with the Plates Tab (Rock Imagers 1000, 182 and 54 only)

Menu Bar

All commands are available through various lists from the menu bar.

Manual Imaging Controls

Manual Imaging Controls are found on the Live Image sub-tab of the Plates tab, which is the default view when you start Rock Imager. For more information about what you can do with these controls, see Using Well Controls, Using Camera Controls, and Using Optics Controls.

Sub-Tabs

The sub-tabs change based on whether you are working on the Imager tab or the Plates tab (Rock Imagers 1000, 182 and 54 only). The Scheduling tab does not have any sub-tabs.

• The Imager tab consists of the Live Image sub-tab, the Drop Location sub-tab, and the Focus sub-tab.

• The Plates tab consists of the Storage sub-tab, the Search sub-tab, and the Load Port sub-tab.

Status Bar

The Status Bar provides at-a-glance information about all of Rock Imager's important components. For more information, see Status Bar.