Component Cabling

Digital connections can suffer from interference that can eventually lead to communication issues with a device. To mitigate this and achieve high system stability the following connection scheme is recommended.

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FluidFM PC components (HP Elite Tower G9 PC)
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FluidFM PC components (HP Z2 G9 Tower Workstation)
Connection Description
1 Screen (Audio)
2 Primary Screen
4 Mouse
4 Keyboard
5 Microfluidics Control System (v1/v2, if available)
5 Omnium Control System
5 Barcode Reader
7 LAN Cable (uplink/internet)
8 Power Supply Cable
9a (Network interface card) LAN camble (Omnium network)
9b (USB) System Camera
9b (USB) Touchscreen
9c (Firewire) Microscope Control Unit


Furthermore, the USB cables should not be rolled up and placed on top of the controller box.

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Don’t place cables on top of the box

Microscope

Olympus

Ensure there are ferrite beads on both ends of the firewire cable that connects the control unit with the Firewire card in the computer.