Initial Setup

Hardware

• Device Compatibility
• Oculyze External Camera – Mounting & Setting
• Oculyze External Camera – Calibration

Software

• Installing & Accessing the Oculyze Better Brewing Mobile App
• Accessing the Oculyze Better Brewing Web App
• General Settings

Sample preparation

• Diluting the Sample for Yeast Cell Counting
• Staining the Sample for the Viability Test
• Recipe: Alkaline Methylene Violet 0.01%
• Recipe: Alkaline Methylene Blue 0.01%

Measuring

• Loading the Sample Chamber
• Preparing the Oculyze Microscope for a Yeast Analysis
• Taking a single measurement
• Recording the Images with the Oculyze Microscope
• Recording the Images with the Oculyze external camera
• Entering Sample Data
• The Results Page
• Fermentation Tracking
• Pitch Rate Calculator
• Manual Counting

interpreting the Results

• Yeast Cell Concentration
  
• Yeast Viability
  
• Budding Index
  
• Cell Size Histogram
  
• History of analyses

Maintenance & disposal

• Cleaning the Sample Chamber
• Cleaning the Oculyze Microscope
• Rules for Proper Disposal

Safety

• Safety Sheet Glycine
• Safety Sheet Methylene Blue
• Safety Sheet Methylene Violet

Troubleshooting

• Problems During Login
• Problems During Sample Preparation
• Problems During an Analysis
• Oculyze BB Mobile App Shutting Down
• Microscope Isn’t Powering On
• Warning Messages

 

More Information

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Useful resources:

• How to Reuse Beer Yeast – 3 Steps to Repitching Yeast: Manual
• Oculyze Better Brewing: Customer Reviews