Navigation Settings

Available Options:

Joystick Controls Viewing Area Instead Of Sample

By default, the joystick moves the stage/sample in the specified direction.  Selecting this option will reverse the joystick, so that you can think of it as moving the viewing area around the stage.

Default: Off

Invert On-Screen/Software Joystick X-Axis

Invert On-Screen/Software Joystick Y-Axis

Set if the joystick movement is inverted along the specified axis.  For ease of use, it is recommended to set these options so that the direction of physical movement using the software joystick matches that resulting from your hardware joystick.

Default: Off

Speed Limit Factor

Sets the fraction of the speed limit to move the stage. This is on a scale 1-10 (max).

Default: 10

Fine Speed Limit Factor:

Sets the fraction of the speed limit to move the stage in fine movements. This is on a scale 1-10 (max).

Default: 10

Joystick Drag Sensitivity

Set the sensitivity of mouse drag on the XY joystick. This is on a scale 1-16 (highest).

Default: 5

Sensitivity of the Ref Z control

Set the sensitivity of the handle on the ref Z control. This is on a scale 1-40 (highest).

Default: 20

Small nudge amount for Ref Z control

Set the sensitivity of the small nudge amount for the ref Z control. This is on a scale 1-10 (highest).

Default: 1

Large nudge amount for Ref Z control

Set the sensitivity of the large nudge amount for the ref Z control. This is on a scale 10-100 (highest).

Default: 10

Ref Z Velocity Refresh Interval

Sets the Ref Z velocity rocker refresh interval. This is on a scale 10-100 (milliseconds).

Default: 25

Auto scale the joystick sensitivity based on current magnification.

Automatically scales the joystick speed based on the current optical magnification of the system

Default: On

Percentage of the image to move for a large nudge when auto scaling

When auto-scaling the scale movement, this value determines how much of the current image should be scrolled when using the large nudge button. A small nudge will be 1/5th of this value.

Default value: 50 %

Note that some changes made in preferences will not take effect until the application has been restarted.

For further information on how to use the navigation functions, please refer to the section Specimen Navigation.