Using the Trackball

The trackball is an input device provided with the Dimension Icon system that enables the user to move ('drive') the XY and Z stages. The stage motions implemented with the trackball are the same as the Navigate controls in the NanoScope software interface. The trackball has the advantage of enabling the user to move close to the microscope and watch the stage motion directly while commanding moves.

Trackball functions:

• Lock buttons
  • The top left and top right buttons
  • Hold either lock button down and move the track ball. The stage will continue to travel in the direction you spun the trackball until you release the lock button.
• Focus button
  • The bottom left button
  • Enables motion in the Z axis
  NOTE: When the Setup view is activated, the focus buttons move the optics in Z. When the Navigate view is activated, the focus buttons move the scanner in Z.
• Center trackball
  • Moves the stage in X and Y
  • If the bottom left button is depressed, moves the stage in Z

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