Wiki how-to equipment

How to edit & add equipment

This manual explains how to modify the equipment list. Remember that you have to log in to apply changes of any kind to that wiki.

Light Microscopes

Edit an existing system

Each light microscope is represented by a wiki page. Editing such a page is facilitated by a so called form. You can access the page for a particular system...

1. from the full list of light microscopes or
2. via the light microscope query.

Once you are on the page, click on the tab on top of the page which is named edit with form. This loads the form for light microscopes which contains the data that got add for the particular system. Modify the entries you want and click on Save page below the form. The button Show changes brings up a page which illustrates the changes you did compared to the last saved version.

Add a new system

Go to the full list of light microscopes and scroll down to very end. There you will find a field with a button called add/edit microscope next to it. Type in a name for the new page. Remember that the name of this page has to be unique and should follow certain naming conventions, which are:

• id - name, whereas id = facility shortcut + unique number (i.e. MPI01)

The length of id is limited to 5 digits, 3 for the facility shortcut and 2 for the unique number.

FAQ

• Q: How do I add more objectives, light sources and types of incubation to the predefined lists in the form?
  A: The content of each of these dropdown lists gets generated from a -db category: category:objective-db, category:illumination-db. Each page in this category represents one entry in the dropdown list. In order to add an entry, you just have to create an according page:
  • New objective: Type the name for the new objective in the sidebar's search field. Follow these naming conventions to keep a certain order:
    • manufacturer name magnification NA immersion PhX
    • air objective: leave out [immersion], no phase contrast: leave out [PhX]
    • example: Zeiss EC Plan-Neofluar 100x 1.3 Oil

    Click the button Go. On the next page, click the link create this page. Enter

    [[category:objective-db]]

    and click the button Save page. Done!

  • New light source:
  • New type of incubation:
• Q: How do I remove a system from the list which does not exist anymore?
  A: In the equipment form, go to the field category and select Not listed from the dropdown menu.
• Q: How can I bring back a system that I removed?
  A: Follow the link to the removed systems at the very end of the full list, select the system of interest and put the category back to Microscope.