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This Leica TCS SP 2 Confocal Microscope System was removed from a university lab due to a fault.
The university reported "Apparently it was a computer issue, in that the computer failed and would no longer talk to the confocal and nothing could be done to remedy the issue since Leica wont support it, I’m told the actual microscope and lasers are fine (if old!)"
From our assessment, the microscope appears to be fully working and it could be split from the main system and used on its own. The controllers etc for the automated stage also appeared to work fine. It is just the AOBS head and control system that doesn't want to communicate with the PC.
The system has been fully connected up at our facility. We have replaced the PCi card but that did not generate any success either.
When starting the Leica PC program it shows the following message:
"AOBS Crystal Ctrl (2)" reports 0 unlocked PLL channel(s)! Please lock channel(s) or reset controller.
The AOBS is the scanner head which is attached to the main control desk. We have also tried the system with another identical head that we have in stock. That gave us exactly the same result.
It is sold for spares/repairs.
Please note that the marble table in the photos was retained by the lab.
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