Remote Microscopes

Location Contact Microscope URLs
Collections Lab, Ecosciences Precinct
41 Boggo Road
Dutton Park QLD 4102		 Dean Beasley
Phone: (07) 3255 4369
Email: dean.beasley@daf.qld.gov.au		 DNS: microscope-espcollections.daff.qld.gov.au
IP address: 10.000.100.103

General Microbiology Lab, Ecosciences Precinct
41 Boggo Road
Dutton Park QLD 4102

 Mark Schutze
Phone: (07) 3708 8337
Email: mark.schutze@daf.qld.gov.au		 DNS: microscope-espmicrobiology.daff.qld.gov.au
IP address: 10.000.100.91
Tor Street Complex
203 Tor Street
Toowoomba QLD 4350		 To be confirmed
 DNS: microscope-toowoomba.daff.qld.gov.au
IP address: microscope offline
Cairns District Office
21-23 Redden Street
Cairns QLD 4870		 Steven Gregg
Phone: (07) 4241 8222
Email: steven.gregg@daf.qld.gov.au		 DNS: microscope-cairns.daff.qld.gov.au
IP address: 10.13.212.112
Mareeba District Office
28 Peters Street
Mareeba QLD 4880		 Jodie Cheesman
Phone: (07) 4017 0763
Email: stefano.defaveri@daf.qld.gov.au		 DNS: microscope-mareeba.daff.qld.gov.au
IP address: 10.12.52.60
Centre for Wet Tropical Agriculture
24 Experimental Station Road
South Johnstone QLD 4859		 Ceri Pearce
Phone: (07) 4091 8156
Email: ceri.pearce@daf.qld.gov.au		 DNS: microscope-southjohnstone.daff.qld.gov.au
IP address: microscope offline

Tropical Weeds Research Centre
27-43 Natal Downs Road
Charters Towers QLD 4820

Kelli Pukallus
Phone: (07) 4761 5711
Email: kelli.pukallus@daf.qld.gov.au

 DNS: microscope-twrc.daff.qld.gov.au
IP address: microscope offline

The microscopes above are connected to the departmental network via a web-enabled camera and control unit. A basic web server integrated into the control unit provides real-time access to the camera via a web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer). The remote microscopes are accessible by arranging a time via email or phone with one of the contacts listed above.

To access these microscopes remotely:
1. First ensure the remote microscope and the DS-L2 control unit are switched on.
2. Enter one of the addresses listed above into your web browser (e.g. http://10.34.132.45).
3. Click on Room 1.

Once logged in you should be able to view the real-time images from the remote microscope. The menu above the main image window allows adjustment of the refresh rate and image resolution. Images can be captured by right clicking on them and selecting 'Save Picture As' from the menu, alternatively accessing the Control Pad in the top left hand corner allows you to save the image in other file formats (e.g. BMP, TIF).

The DS-L2 control unit can also capture images to a Compact Flash Card or USB Memory Device, these images can then be hosted on the in-built web server and downloaded remotely via a web browser.

To access files remotely:
1. First ensure the DS-L2 control unit is switched on.
2. Enter one of the addresses listed above into your web browser.
3. Click on Room 2.
4. A list of image files saved onto the storage devices (e.g. CF Card, USB) will be displayed.
5. Click on an image file to download it from the control unit to your local computer.

Images are saved in the following file structure:
- Folders are named with the date of image capture (i.e. IMYYMMDD).
- Image files are named with the time of image capture (i.e. DDhhmmss).
Where IM = image, YY = year, MM = month, DD = day, hh = hour, mm = minute, ss = second.