JEOL 7000 F Exploring the JEOL Control Program

JEOL 7000 F Exploring the JEOL Control Program

Goals • Look at all of the menu items and their functions. – Note where icon brings up the same function. • Look at any items not in menu but brought up by icons and vice versa. • Other items of interest?

Basic Screen

Title Bar

File Menu - 1 • User Login • Image File Handling – We will look at elsewhere • • • Image Save As … Quick Save Options Auto Batch Export Print - NO PRINTER Exit

File Menu - User Login • Advantage is storage of your individual image observation conditions. • List of users. • Login as user brings up password.

File Menu – Quick Save Options

File Menu - Image Save As … • Brings up the fairly typical “Save As” Dialog Box.

File Menu - Auto Batch Export • Allows transfer of image files in a batch. • Non-exported files do not contain associated text and scale bar on the image.

Edit Menu • Copies the image to the clipboard. • Example, the can be pasted to MS Paint

Control Menu • Column • Contrast/Brightness – Need live image – Use knobs on JEOL Operation Pad • Add Images • Alignment – See JEOL Operation Pad – We will discuss later

Control Menu – Column 1 • Column Control can be reached either through the Control Menu pull down or, • Clicking the Column Icon on the Tool Bar.

Control Menu – Column 2 • Accelerating Voltage • High-light and type in new value • Click arrows – From 0. 5 – 2. 9 k. V steps are 0. 01 k. V – From 3. 0 – 30 k. V steps are 0. 10 k. V • OL Aperture – Set to the same value as the OL Aperture on column – For most users, almost always “ 4”

Control Menu – Column 3 • SEI Detector • Usually On (green) • Mode • Sets the bias on the Faraday cage in front of the SE scintillator. • Normally at “ 3” but set to a lower value if using high beam currents (Large spot sizes).

Control Menu – Column 4 • Column Mode: • SEM - Leave it here (green) • ECP – Electron channeling - No body does this now. • ALP – Alignment usage for service engineer. • Focus: • Can course focus using the numbers and slide • Probe (beam) current: • Higher the number the more current in the electron beam hitting the sample.

Control Menu – Column 5 • Scan Rotation: – Normally this is OFF (0) • DFC – Almost always OFF

Control Menu – Add Images • Allows mixing of different signals. • For example, backscattered and secondary electron. • Not often used.

Image Menu – General – 1 • Image File Handler … • Display Thumbnails – Self explanatory • Use 24 Bits for Export – Self explanatory • Save to Analy. SIS – Analy. SIS is an imaging database program. • Select SIS Database

Image Menu – General – 2 • Show Pan Window with 2 K Image – Opens pan window with large 2 k x 2 k images • Overlap … – Overlaps 2 images • Contrast/Brightness/ Gamma … • Image Processing – Various image filters

Image Menu – Image File Handler • Several ways to get there: – Icon on Tool bar – Image menu – File Menu

Image File Handler – 1 • Select a folder for saving images, • Print - No printer • Export – Adds scale bar and other information to stored image – Much easier to use the Auto Batch Export in the File Menu drop down if you have many images you want to export. • Other options are generally self explanatory

Image File Handler – 2 • Saw this window before in looking at the File Menu. • You see the same thing if you go to File Menu, then Image Save As

Image Menu – Contrast/ Brightness/Gamma • Tool bar icon • Histogram – Gray scale – Gain adjustment slider • Correction curve • Hi – Lo Thresholds • Linearize – Equalize – Invert • Contrast/Brightness/ Gamma Sliders

Tools Menu • Annotate and Measurement – Add and edit text – Measure distance between two arbitrary points • Cursor Measurement – Measures distance between two points specified by the cursor.

Tools Menu – Annotate and Measurement • Append Annotate and Measure – USE ICON • Load Annotate and Measure – Loads saved text • Save Annotate … – Saves the text created • Delete All Annotate … – Deletes all text and figures on the screen • Set Measurement …

Append Annotate and Measurement

Append Annotate and Measurement Example

Set Measurement Magnify Parameters

Measurement Using the Cursors

Stage Menu • • Exchange Control Map Control Motion Abort – ESC Key stops movement of the stage. • Alarm Recovery – If specimen holder comes in contact with a detector then Alarm Sounds; holder stops. Alarm Recovery frees stage to move

Stage Menu – Exchange • Described previously • Specimen Exchange operations

Stage Menu – Control • Step Movement of the stage • Relative position indicator • Stage movement operation • STOP & Center buttons – Stop – stops stage movement – Center – moves to specimen exchange

Stage Menu – Control (Detail)

Stage Menu – Map Control • Snap Shot – Designate an observation range on a saved image, then move the stage to the range • Stage Map – Movement of stage through Points File or Stage Map

Snap Shot (Detail)

Stage Map (Detail)

Setup Menu • Recipe Setup • Operation • Stage • User Login – Sets user login conditions

Setup Menu – Recipe

Setup Menu – Operation

Setup Menu – Stage

Maintenance Menu • Normally these should not be altered. • Gun • Stage • JEOLS … – for JEOL engineer only

Tool Bar

Other Items • • • REPLACE ALL TOOLS Dispose of trash Leave the lab in good order. LOG IN / LOG OUT Note any problems