ioLight IOINV1MM-PM User manual

Quick Start Guide
Press power switch to switch on microscope. Wait 20 seconds until blue light flashes.
iPhone and iPad:
1. Download and install the ioLight app from the App Store
2. Connect iPhone / iPad to ioLightxxxxxx WiFi network
3. Start the ioLight app
Android:
1. Download and install the ioLight app from the Play Store
2. Start ioLight app & follow the on-screen instructions to connect to the microscope’s WiFi network
3. Your device may tell you that there is no internet available on the iolightxxxxxx network, if it does,
choose ‘Stay connected to this network’
4. Wait a few seconds for live image from the microscope
Web Browser:
1. Connect your device’s WiFi to the iolightxxxxxx WiFi network
2. Open a web browser and type the address 192.168.1.1 into the URL bar
Switch on top and / or bottom illuminators using the onscreen controls
Place sample on stage above the objective lens
Focus the image using the knob
Adjust fine focus using ‘thumb wheel’ on screen
Save a high quality image by pressing the camera icon on screen –the images are saved to your
photos app or in your web browser’s downloads directory
Switch microscope off - press and release the power button on microscope. NOTE: it takes 10 sec
for the microscope to switch off and the blue light to go out
Blue
connection
light
Continuously
lit
Microscope is starting up or shutting
down. Or microscope is streaming live
images to a device
Flashing
Microscope is on and ready to stream
live images to a device
Flashing
long-short-
long
Microscope battery is <20%
Flashing fast
Microscope is in recovery mode (see
trouble shooting)
Green
Charging
light
On
USB charger is connected and battery is
charging
Off
Battery has finished charging or no USB
charger is connected
Power
Switch
Switch on
A short press switches the microscope
on.
Note: after pressing the power switch it
takes approx. 20sec for the blue light to
start flashing which signifies that the
microscope is now on and read to use.
Switch off
A short press switches the microscope
off.
Note: switch off takes approx. 10secs then
the blue light goes out
Press power switch and hold it for 5
seconds to reset the microscope (blue
light goes out). Only do this if the
microscope is not responding.
Power switch
Objective
lens
Course
focus
Serial number
on base
Green light
Blue light
Charging lead

Apps (Android and iOS)
Web Browser
For full user guide go to https://iolight.co.uk/user-guide/
Illumination from above sample
0 –Off
1 –Brightfield
2 –Low NA Brightfield
3 –Darkfield
4 –All on
Illumination from below sample
Save image
Record video
Settings menu (scale grid & power off)
Fine focus. Tap the white triangle on the
left hand side of the fine focus thumb-
wheel to centre focus
Microscope battery charge level (not on
iOS lower than 12.4)
Pinch on image - zoom (iOS 12.5 and above)
Web browser only:
Microscope power off
Save 12 images for Z-Stack
Pinch, or mouse thumb wheel to
zoom

Android –additional features
Time-lapse imaging
Tap the icon in the bottom left hand corner of the screen to set-up and run time-lapse imaging
Time-lapse imaging can run for a very long time so it is recommended that you:
Connect your microscope and Android device to their chargers
Ensure that there is sufficient storage space on your Android device for the images (approx. 1Mb per
image)
Leave the ioLight app visible for the duration of time-lapse
Scale Grid
Tap the settings menu icon (gear icon) to reveal the settings menu. Switch the Screen Grid on and the
settings for the grid appear.
There are 4 pre-set settings –1mm, 2mm, Fluorescence and Inverted which set the grid for the
corresponding ioLight microscope. 1 square for the grid represents approx. 0.1mm on the object. You can
set a custom grid size either be dragging the slider, or tapping on the number. The number is the number of
grid squares across the width of the image.