Andonstar 246S, 249S Digital Microscope User Manual

Digital Microscope 246S、249S
Users Manual (plastic stand)

Safety and maintenance

1. Please read this user’s manual carefully before using the device. It may cause permanent damage to the device to not follow the operation guide listed in this manual.
2. This product contains tiny parts and components that are NOT edible. Please let children and teens use this device under the proper guide and supervision by adults. Disabled, patients and people with allergies should not use this product.
3. We do not recommend using this product outdoors. It is not waterproof, and can not be placed in extreme environments: heat, high pressure, etc.. Please keep and use it in a safe, clean and dry environment. Stay it away from oil, gas, water and corrosive potions. Storage method refers to other electronic products, such as a computer.
4. Clean the lens when the image goes blurry: cut the power supply first, wipe the lens with a soft clean cloth moistened with alcohol, and make sure the whole device is dry before powering it on again. Users should follow these steps for daily cleaning as well, remember to ONLY wipe the INSULATED part of the monitor.
5. The screen of the monitor is very fragile, please use it with care. Do not drop, hard press or leave it with a sharp object. Hold the frame of the monitor to adjust its orientation. The monitor is not waterproof, please clean it with soft and dry material.
6. Please be aware that this microscope is not for medical use.

Specifications

Video resolution| UHD 2880×2160 24fps; FHD 1920×1080 60fps/30fps ; HD 1280×720 120fps
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Video Format| MP4
Frame rate| Max 120fps (600 Lus illumination &HDP120）
Magnification ratio| Lens A: 18-720x; Lens B: 1560-2040x; Lens C: 2760-4080x （with3 times digital zoom, output to 28inch HDMI monitor)
Focus range| Lens A: 12mm-320mm; Lens B: 7mm-8mm; Lens C: 3mm-4mm
Photo resolution| Max 56004200 (24M 56004200)
Photo Format| JPG
Storage| Micro-SD card, up to 32G (not included)
Video-output| HDMI
PC Support| Windows XP/7/8/10, PC software with measurement (gift)
Power supply| 5V 2A and above
Stand size| 20cm19cm30cm
Package include| Microscope, Metal stand, 3 Lenses(A,B&C), Remote, Dimmer cable, HDMI cable, USB cable, Slides kit, Tweezers, Bug box, USB LED lights2, Backdrop board3

Package includes

①Microscope
②Plastic Stand
③Lens A(has been fixed)
④Lens B&C
⑤USB spot lights2
⑥Remote
⑦Dimmer cable| ⑧HDMI cable
⑨USB cable
⑩Screw driver
⑪Slides kit
⑫Tweezers
⑬Backdrop board3
⑭Bug box
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Video demonstration: Please find the video demo from the link(Please type all letters properly capitalized)/QR code below,

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①Product installation： https://bit.ly/377KDSc| ②How to choose a different lens： https://bit.ly/3DwPfgY

Button &Connection

①Power on/off
②Mode/Menu
③Up/Digital zoom in
④Down/Digital zoom out
⑤OK/Start recording| ⑥Take pictures (while the device is recording)
⑦Remote signal receiver
(where you aim remote to)
⑧Focusing tube| ⑨Lens fixing screws
⑩Reset
⑪HDMI port
⑫USB port
⑬SD card slot
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Bracket installation
Please see the attached installation diagram.
Bracket instructions

①Arm locker
②Monitor Fixing Screws
③USB spotlights
④Stage height controller
⑤Mechanical stage| ⑥Clips
⑦Loophole
⑧Bottom light
⑨light socket
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Quick Start

1. Connect the device to the power supply as followed pic 4 to power on the microscope.
2.  Press and hold the Power button (pic 2 #①) until the monitor lights up. (device may switch on automatically when you power it on, and its totally normal)
   *Troubleshooting
   When the monitor image stops or froze, please pin the Reset hole (pic 2 #⑩) to reset the device first, then power on the device again. (Reset hole is very tiny, located at the back of the monitor. You may need to use the help of other tools with this process. All settings of the microscope will be back to factory setting after this, but it won’t delete any files saved in the memory card).

How to choose lens Lens A：

| Focus range：12mm-320mm， Magnification：60-240x（with3 times digital zoom, output to 28inch HDMI monitor) Applications： observe whole size or part of coins, stones/stamps collect, circuit board observe etc.
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Steps： In pic 5 it marked out which parts of the microscope are involved to each step.

1. Install and fix lens A to the bottom of the focusing tube.
2. Place the black or white backdrop board to the loophole on the stage, then place the coin on the stage.
3. Bend the two goose-neck spotlights, and make sure the light shines on the coin.
4. Lose the arm locker, located the whole monitor part to the desired height, meanwhile adjust the height of the mechanical stage, and make sure the final object distance is within 12mm to 320 mm. The shorter the= object distance is, the bigger magnification is.
5. Turn the focusing tube to get a clear image. Turn it clockwise to zoom in and the other way to zoom out.
   In order to observe part of the coin, please lower the arm height to shorten the object distance, then turn the focusing tube, get a clear image.
   Steps above can also be applied to observe plants, stones etc.

Lens B&C：

| Lens B: Focus range: 7mm-8mm，Magnification: 1560-2040x (with3 times
digital zoom, output to 28 inch HDMI monitor)
Lens C: Focus range: 3mm-4mm，Magnification: 2760-4080x (with3 times
digital zoom, output to 28 inch HDMI monitor)
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Applications: Microscope slides etc.

Steps： In pic 6 it marked out which parts of the microscope are involved to each step.

1. Install and fix the nosepiece set with Lens B&C to the bottom of the focusing tube.
2. Place the translucent backdrop board to the loophole on the stage, and place slides on it.
3. Remove the two USB spotlights.
4. Lose the arms locker, located the whole monitor part to the desired height, meanwhile adjusting the height of the mechanical stage, and make sure the final object distance is within 7-8mm(lens B). The shorter the object distance is, the bigger magnification is. Or if you want to zoom in even more, revolve the nosepiece to lens C and make the object distance within 3-4mm. The shorter the object distance is, the bigger magnification is.
5. Turn the focusing tube to get a clear image. Turn it clockwise to zoom in and the other way to zoom out. Or, we recommend users to gently adjust the stage height to get a clear image, this way causes less shake.
   *Lens B&C’s magnification is quite big, which requires a short object distance. Meanwhile, any tiny movement or shake of a specimen would be displayed as huge on the monitor, which requires user to operate very carefully and patiently.

Digital zoom
Press “up” button on the monitor (pic 2 #③) to apply digital zoom in, and “down” to zoom out( pic 2#④)
Save files to a micro SD card
To save images and videos to a memory card, please insert a card into the TF slot at the back of the monitor before powering on the device.
Attention:

1. TD cards are not included in the standard package. Please purchase it from quality suppliers. We recommend a 10-grade high-speed TF card.
2. The metal strip side of the card faces outward.
3. Push the card deeply into the card slot until you hear a clicking sound. Otherwise, it would bounce back.
4. When the monitor shows “card error” or “card is full”, please format the card first before taking pics. Format steps are: Press and hold button “M” until it shows a menu→press “M” button again to get into the Setting menu→Press up or down button to select→choose” Format” and confirm
5. Do not insert a card while the microscope is working. If you do, the microscope would switch off automatically. And you will have to turn it on again.
   In order to take videos, pictures, or playback files we have taken, we need to get into different modes first. The MODE button（pic 4 #②， marked as“M”）can be used to select among three modes, video( ), photo( ) and playback( ).

Record videos
In video mode( ) and photo mode( ) press “OK” button to start recording. Press it again to stop.
It works the same way with the “OK” button on the remote.
In video mode, on the right upper corner of the monitor shows time and “1080FHD”(white font).
Time here shows how long a video the memory card is capable to record, and “1080FHD” shows the current video resolution.
Take photos
In video mode( ), photo mode( ) and while the microscope is recording, press capture button( ) to take photos
The button marked as a camera on remote(pic 2 #⑥) works the same way.

• In playback mode the microscope can not take photos or videos
  Playback & manage files
  Use button “M” to get into Playback mode, press “up” or “down” to browse files.
  In order to play videos, press “OK” to play it, “OK” to pause, “M” to stop.
  Remote
  Freeze: Stop the image on the display, works in video mode, photo mode and while recording.
  Illumination+ & -: exposure compensation from +2.0 to -2.0.
  Sharpness up&down: three levels of sharpness: Soft/Normal/Strong. Those two buttons are both used to switch the levels, but in different orders.
  Contrast up down: same principle as Sharpness|
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Settings

In any mode, press and hold M button until it shows video/photo/playback menu, press M again, get into Setting menu.
For example. In video mode, press and hold M button, it would show video menu as left below: And then, press M again to get into settings menu,as right below：

Gridline Settings (remote needed)
Use “Up” and “Down”to choose among “Cross Line” “Line” “Direction” “Location” “Color”and “Wide”. Use “Left”and “Right”(marked as a brightness +&- in pic 8) to change settings. The microscope can’t do this mission stand along, The remote is needed. A Cross line as its name says, it’s a pair of vertical and horizontal lines located in the very middle in the image.

When you turn on the function“Line”, there will be 8 lines showing up automatically(named as 1 to 8).
For each one, you could change its direction (“HOR”or“VER”, stand for “horizontal”and “vertical”), position, color and width.
To delete an unnecessary line from the view, change its color to “TRANSPARENT”see the following pic.

Date/Time Setting
Select “Date/Time” in the setting menu, and press OK button to get in the time setting. Use the “up” and “down” buttons to select the correct number, OK to confirm and jump to the next one. After it’s all done, press M to back to the setting menu.
Save Setting
In order to let the microscope memorize the setting changes, please turn off the microscope by PRESSING THE POWER BUTTON ON THE MONITOR (press and hold until it switches off). Setting changes won’t be saved if you switch off the device in other ways.

Output to external devices

◆HDMI output

• firstly, make sure the external device is an actual real FHD 1080P HDMI monitor, otherwise, the display resolution can not reach to 1080P.
• Power on the microscope, and connect it to the HDMI monitor. The microscope has no built-in battery, so please make sure the microscope stays powered on the whole time.
• Switch on the microscope, place the specimen on the base or the slide holder, and adjust the object distance and focus distance.
• When the microscope is connected to external devices, image data would transfer to the external device, so the microscope monitor display no image.
• HDMI output supports photo capture, but not video recording.

◆USB Output
Software installation
Where to download the software: https://bit.ly/3xCRDPL
Currently software“Microscope Measure” only supports the Windows system.
The system requires： Windows XP SP3、 Windows 7、Windows8、Windows10
Runtime：Microsoft.Net Framework 4.0
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010
If there isn’t complete either of runtime mentioned above in your computer system, it would report wrong during the installation process.
If you couldn’t open the download link above, contact our customer service. After downloading, open the zip file and run it.

＊Icons definitions

| Distance between parallel lines(Length)
**-**| Zoom out| | Distance from a point to a line (Length)
| Undoes the last action| | Distance between 2 circles (Radius, length)
| Crosshairs (crosier,4 grid, 8 grid)| | Distance from a line to a circle(Radius, length)
| The horizontal distance of 2 points| | Add a square mark
**I**| The vertical distance of 2 points| | Add a circle mark
| distance of 2 points| A| Add text

| Measure a rectangular (width,height, circumference &area)|

| Distance between 2 lines(Length)

| Measure an ellipse(Long-axis radius, short-axis radius, circumference &area)| ****| 3 points circle (radius, circumference &area)
| Measure a radius circle(radius, circumference&area)| V| Edge detection
| Measure a diameter circle (diameter, circumference&area)| | Brightness increase/decrease
| Measure a 3 points circle(radius,| | Flip horizontal
| Measure a 3 points arc| | Sharpen
| Measure a polygon (circumference&area)| | Smooth
| Measure fold-lines (length)| | Take a picture
| Measure a 4 points angle (degree)| | Take a video

＊Interface Definitions and Functions

1. Main menu: Where users to open different devices or import pictures to observe or edit, do video settings or save settings, choose which windows to show or hide etc.
2. toolbar: Where show tools that are used to do measuring and image analysis. The definition and function of different tools has been given in the chapter “Icons definitions”. Users can choose to hide or show this toolbar window following path: ‘View→Toolbars and Docking Windows→Standard’.
3. Pictures browser: Where users review all pictures they’ve captured. Users can also edit the picture by right-clicking the picture and open it in the main operating window. Choose ‘View→Toolbars and Docking Windows→Picture browser’ to show or hide this window.
4. Secondary operating window: This window is to digital zoom in the area around the cursor. With help of this window, the result of measuring can be much more precise.
5. Main operating window: This window shows the full view from the microscope. And it is also the place where users do measuring and image analysis.
6. Calibration Management and Measuring Results: These two windows show at the same place, users can switch them by clicking.

Operating Steps

1. Material: A computer (Windows system, with software ‘Microscope Measure’); USB microscope (device name: ‘USB CAMERA’), A ruler.
2. Steps
   1， Connect the microscope to the computer via the USB cable included. After the microscope monitor
   displays few options, choose “USB camera”by pressing buttons “down”&” OK” or using the remote.
   2， Open software“Microscope Measure”.
   3， Click “File”→ “Open”→ “Open Device”→ “USB MODE” → “USB CAMERA”.

Functions

1）Calibration

1. Put the ruler under the digital microscope, adjust the focusing tube and the height of the stand, to get the best clearance and desired magnification. (After its done, keep the object distance for the rest steps)
2. In the ‘Calibration management,’ set the name and unit length of the new calibration(refer the picture on the right). Then, click ‘Calibration’, meanwhile, the ‘ ‘ in the toolbar should have been chosen automatically. If no, please choose it yourselves.
3. Move the cursor to the main operation window, draw a unit length line with help of the ruler(it doesn’t matter if the length result shows differently). After these, click the ‘Finish’ button in the bottom of the ‘Calibration Management’ window.
4. Check. The length of the line you draw in step 3 should now appear as the unit length. The name of the new calibration should have shown in the list of calibrations.

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2. Measuring

1. Choose the tool you need to do measuring in the toolbar.
2. Click dots or draw lines that you need to measure in the main operating window.
3. Place the results of measuring in a proper place around the target.

3) Special Effect
·Includes: Edge detection, Inverse color, Flip horizontal, Relief, Sharpen and Smooth. ·Steps:

1. Choose the special effect you need in the toolbar.。
2. Move your cursor to the main operating window, Left-click and hold to draw a rectangle to cover the whole target area, release your mouse, get the special effect result.
3.  Left-click again, end the special effect.PS: Not like another special effect, “Flip horizontally” would apply to the whole view, instead of the target rectangle.
4. Capture and Recording

·Capture

1. Click ‘ ‘ to capture.
2.  The result of capture can be reviewed and deleted in the ‘Picture browser’ window.
3. Check and change the save path: “File→Save Setting→Path”.

·Recording

1. Choose the video resolution as 640*480 following path “File→Video Setting→Video Capture Pin→Output size(S)”
2. Click “ ”， finish the other settings and start to record.
3. Once it starts to record, it would show a timer on the upper left corner.
4. Check and change the save path: “File→Save Setting→Path”.

FAQ

1. Why it says ‘missing files’ during installation or initiator procedure?****

– Please confirm that in the system there are Microsoft. Net Framework 4.0 and Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 runtime.

2. The software works fine, but the software can not recognize the microscope.****

– Firstly, please make sure that you have connected the microscope to the PC properly and have chosen a ‘USB camera’ on the microscope monitor. Secondly, if there is still no image, please check the ‘Device Manager of your PC, delete the previous USB camera from “image devices”, then rescan the device changes. Let the system identifies again. After its done, in the ‘Imaging devices,’ there should have shown the current USB camera device name, which is “USB Camera”. Then reboot the software.

3. Why there is a measurement error?****

– In order to get a more precise measure result, you would need a more precise calibration. And when you apply a calibrator to measure a length, you need to keep the magnification still, which means you need to keep the object distance still as when you set the calibration.

4. Why the microscope can’t be switched on？****

– Please connect the microscope properly as pic 4, and make sure it has a stable and strong 5V 2A power supply. If it doesn’t work, pin the reset hole at the back side of the
monitor.

5. Why can’t I get a clear image?****

– Please confirm the illumination work properly, and shine directly to the surface of the specimen. Adjust the height of the boom arm, or the secondary bracket lift to change the
distance from the lens to the specimen, and turn the focusing tube properly. If the image is still blurry, please clean the bottom of the lens use a piece of a clean and soft cloth.

6. Why the setting changes can’t be memorized?****

– After changing settings, press and hold the button on the monitor to switch off the device. DO NOT cut off the power supply directly or use the dimmer cable to switch
off the device.

7. Why the microscope reboots repeatedly?****

– Please check if the cable connection is firm and if the power supply is stable and strong enough. Please check your power adapter is high-quality 5V 2A.

8. Why it shows “card error” or“card is full” after inserting the memory card to the device?****

– Please format the card after inserting it into the device. （Format steps refer to chapter “Save files to micro SD card”)
– PS：If there are other questions or problems, please contact us as soon as possible, we will do our best to help! Thanks for your support!

Warranty

Warranty

Name：| Address：
Phone number：| Postcode：| Email：
Model name：| Purchase date：
Fault details：
Date：| Fault description：
Notice：
Our warranty does not cover:
1| If the purchaser can not provide purchase proof, or it shows the product was bought a second-hand condition
2| If the product has been placed or used in an improper environment, such as heat, wet, wrong power supply environment etc.
3| If the fault is caused by accident, oversight, faulty operation or natural disasters etc.
4| If the fault is caused by people who do not belong to authorized organizations of our company during repacking, repair, or dismantling, Or if users repack, repair or dismantle the device not follow our advice.
5| Out of warranty period.

References

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• Product Installation-Plastic Stand.mp4 - Google Drive
• How to use different lens-Plastic Stand.mp4 - Google Drive
• Microscope Measure V3.6.1.exe - Google Drive

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