Know your LENS unit

Meet the five main parts of your LENS — the probe, power source, fiber optic cable, scanning surface, and reference cap — and how they work together.

Your LENS unit has five parts you'll touch every session. Knowing what they do makes setup, calibration, and troubleshooting much faster.

The five parts

LENS probe assembly with components A, B, C, D and E labelled — probe head, power source, fiber optic cable, scanning surface, and reference cap

Part A — Probe. The optical head you press against a leaf to take a scan. It ships with a white reference cap that stays on whenever you're not actively scanning.

Part B — Probe power source. Provides the main power to the probe. The light at the probe tip should be visible when this is on.

Part C — Fiber optic cable. Connects the probe (Part A) to the spectrometers. The 45° screw-in connector is hand-tightened — never use tools.

Part D — Scanning surface. The flat reference platform used as a surface for tissue samples. Keep it clean with a lint-free cloth between samples.

Part E — Reference cap. Used to calibrate the LENS before scanning.

Works offline by design

LENS is built to work without Wi-Fi. Scans taken offline get a "cached" status and sync automatically the next time you connect to the internet. Your data is safe locally either way.