Index 109
Indicators
ERROR, 17
POWER, 17
STATUS, 17, 33, 34, 73
Installation
interface
PCI, 30
Intensifier
alarm, 36, 50
description of, 9
EBI, 62
MCP, 62
overview of operation, 49
Interface
board, 26
Interface card
driver installation, 30
ISA, 30
PCI, 30
High Speed PCI, 31
PCI(Timer), 31
troubleshooting, 74
Interrupt conflicts, 74
I-PentaMAX system
camera description, 9
components of, 9, 25
features and benefits, 10
IR, ICCD sensitivity to, 48
IR blockers, 48
ISA serial card
I/O address, DMA channel, and interrupt
level, 74
Kinetics mode, 91
Koehler illumination, 46
kT noise, 63
Latency, 55
Lens mount housing, 12
Light throughput, 43
Line voltage
autosensing, 26
fuse requirements, 26, 77
LOGIC 0 signal, 15
LOGIC 1 signal, 15
LOGIC OUT BNC connector
CLEANING signal, 15
FT IMAGE SHIFT signal, 15
LOGIC 0 signal, 15
LOGIC 1 signal, 15
NOTREADY signal, 15
NOTSCAN signal, 15
SHUTTER signal, 15
Maintenance
air filter, 19, 22
Temperature/Power Supply unit, 19
MCP, 9
composition, 62
operation, 50
MCP GAIN
electron gain, 50
precautions, 20
relative gain report, 39
MCP-100, 12
Microchannel plate. See MCP
Microscopy
arc lamp EMF spike damage warning, 35,
46
focusing, 46
IR blockers, 48
light throughput, 43
mounting camera with C-mount, 43
mounting camera with F-mount, 44
mounting the camera, 43
parfocality, 47
Xenon or Hg lamp EMF spike, 35, 46
Mounting the camera to a microscope, 43
C-mount, 43
F-mount, 44
Neutral density filters, 47
NOTREADY signal, 15
NOTSCAN BNC connector. See LOGIC
OUT BNC connector
NOTSCAN signal, 15
On/Off ratio, 37
ON-OFF temperature control switch, 17
Operating modes, 36
Overexposure protection
changing illuminated region of
photocathode, 36
HV pulser is OFF, 36
lens capping, 36
MCP POWER set to OFF, 36
neutral density filters, 36
SHUTTER/GATE set to GATE, 36
small lens aperture, 36
Parfocality, 47
PCI
bus, 30
diagnostics software, 76
driver installation, 30
non-conforming peripheral cards, 76
serial buffer board, 26, 30
Peltier effect device, 33
Photodamage, 47
POWER indicator, 17
power input assembly, 18
Power Macintosh, 21
Power ON-OFF switch, 18
Power requirements, 26
