1. On the panel below the computer monitor, turn on the buttons for Photomanipulation, Lamp, Microscope, Confocal and Lasers
   
2. Switch on the computer at the bottom of the 3i tower
   
3. There are individual switches for each laser on the laser stack. Turning on only the ones you need will preserve the life of the other lasers. Make sure all the lasers you need are switched on.
   
4. You must turn off the Laser Safety Shutter key at the top of the laser tower and immediately turn it back on again to open the shutter (1/4 turn anti-clockwise), otherwise the lasers will be blocked. If you are trying to image but no laser light is coming out of the objective lens, you may have forgotten to do this.
   
5. When the computer starts up, Windows will usually automatically log you into the last user account.  At the moment this is standard practice, however we may introduce individual user accounts sometime in the future.  Open SlideBook 6 software to begin using the microscope.

Temperature and CO₂

1. If you need temperature control, switch on the OKO Touch chamber by pressing down the 'on' switch for 2 seconds (black arrow).  Set the temperature by touch-tapping the temperature box (yellow arrow) and using the + and - buttons (magenta arrow).
   
2. You can turn off temperature control by holding down the same power button for 2 seconds and selecting 'OK' when the system asks if you want to switch it off.
3. If you need CO2, the manual switches are behind the computer.  You'll have to go round the back and manually toggle the flow switches into the off or on positions. The wall mixer dispenses both 5% CO2 and 10% CO2.  If the flow controller is perpendicular to the tubing, the flow is off and if it is in-line with the tubing, the flow is on. 
   
4. You can check that the flow is really on by checking if the indicator is floating in the flow regulator.
   

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You must turn off the key at the top of the laser tower and immediately turn it back on again to open the laser safety shutter. The lasers will be blocked if you don't do this. If you are trying to image but no laser light is coming out of the objective lens, you may have forgotten to do this.

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To shut down : first shut down windows on the computer.  Next turn off all the switches.  

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