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  • Page 1

    #61 - 846 ND -752 1-1 Page 1 of 25 ® HeatSeeker 160 Du al V iew Thermal Ima ging Camer a Instru ction Manual Saf ety Warn ing: The equ ipment described i n this document uses a Class 2 lase r. Und er no a ccount should anyone look d irectly into the laser beam or the laser beam e xi t apertu re, irreversible damage to the e ye may oc cur. The lase[...]

  • Page 2

    #61 - 846 ND -752 1-1 Page 2 of 25 Conte nts Page 1. CONTE NTS OF TH E CASE .................................................................................... 3 2. MAI N CONTR OLS ................................................................................................... 4 2.1. B ACK .......................................................[...]

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    #61 - 846 ND -752 1 -1 Page 3 of 25 1. Co nten ts of th e C ase Carry i ng Case. Camera. USB PS U and I nter n at i o nal Adaptors. CD – 61 -8 4 6 I n s truct i on M anua l and Therm a l V i si o n ™ 16 0 Software and Softwar e I nstruct i on Ma n u al USB Cab l e ( C amera to PC). Qu i ck St art Gu i d e.[...]

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    #61 - 846 ND -752 1 -1 Page 4 of 25 2. Ma in Con tro ls 2.1 . Back 2.2 . Front 2.3 . Fun cti o n Keys Mi cro phone Speaker Power Button Center Nav igation Key 4 Navi g ation K eys Function K e ys 1 to 4 Capture Button Laser Light Visible c a mera Infrared len s Laser b u tt on The F unct ion Key f unctio ns are indica t ed by t he icons o r t e xt [...]

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    #61 - 846 ND -752 1 -1 Page 5 of 25 3 . G et ting st art ed 3.1 . Swit ching the c a mer a on / off After sw i t ching o n, i t will take up to 30 se c o n ds fo r th e i nfrared i m a ge to appear. T he i mage w i ll per i od i cally fr eeze for o ne or two seconds w hile the camera re -ca l ibr ate s i t self. Th i s is norma l operation, an d t [...]

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    #61 - 846 ND -752 1 -1 Page 6 of 25 3.4 Focusing Focu s B ar O ut of Focus Foc us ed When fo cus i ng a f ocus bar appear s on th e scree n to a ss is t i n focu sing the i mag e. I t ind i c ates the app rox i mat e d is ta nce i n feet (i n met ers wh en °C is se l e cted ) of a focused target from the camer a . 3.5 . Saving an im age To s a v e[...]

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    #61 - 846 ND -752 1 -1 Page 7 of 25 4. Function butto n s Press i ng any o f t h e F u n c t i o n Ke y butto n s revea ls the ic o ns which ind ic ate th e f u n ctions of these button s. A bo x around the i con for F u n c t i o n K e y 1 o r Fu nc t i on K e y 2 i nd ic at e s th a t th is opti o n is s ele c ted a n d th is def i nes the operat[...]

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    #61 - 846 ND -752 1 -1 Page 8 of 25 4.2 . Image align ment As the visi b le and th e rma l camera s ar e not co -ax i a l t he visi b le and the rma l i mage m ay need to be a l i g ne d. Th is i s usually r equi r ed when m oving to view obj ec t s a t d i ffe re nt d is ta n ces. 4.2.1. Pre ss F unct i on Ke y 1 to togg l e to the a l ignm en t i[...]

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    #61 - 846 ND -752 1 -1 Page 9 of 25 4.3 . Tu rning the visible ima ge off and on 4.3.1. Pre ss F unct i on Ke y 2 to togg l e to th e V i s i b l e O n icon . 4.3.2. Pre ss t he c enter n a vi gat i on button to togg le to V i sib l e Off . 4.3.3. Pre ss t he c enter n a vi gat i on button aga i n to togg l e to V isi b le O n . 4.4 . Th ermal and [...]

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    #61 - 846 ND -752 1 -1 Page 10 of 25 4.5 . Manual contro l The therma l image ga i n and off s e t are norm ally co n tro l led automat ica ll y i n ord e r to g i ve a meaningfu l d isp l a y o n the s c reen. Ho wever, Fu n c t i o n K ey 2 off e rs the op ti on of sw i tc hing to manual c ontr ol i f de si red: 4.5.1. Pre ss F unct i on Ke y 2 t[...]

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    #61 - 846 ND -752 1 -1 Page 11 of 25 5. Menu stru ct ure. Se l e ct the m enu by pres si ng F unct i o n Key 4. Navi g ate throug h the me n u using t he n a vi gat i on button s a n d p re ss F u n ction Key 3 to select th e req ui r e d op t i on . T he h i gh lighted i t e m w i ll ha v e a b ox around i t. Use the up /down bu ttons to mo v e in[...]

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    #61 - 846 ND -752 1 -1 Page 12 of 25 5 .1 . Infra red se ttings Em i s sivi t y Set the em i ssivity v a l u e betw e e n 0.10 and 1. 00 using the l eft/r i g ht navi g ati o n buttons. Press i ng Funct i on Ke y 3 ( Tab l e ) g iv es a tab l e of emis si vity va l ues o f common mater i a l s f rom whic h a se l ect i on c an b e made. Note that i[...]

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    #61 - 846 ND -752 1 -1 Page 13 of 25 5.2 . Measure men t op tions Th i s m en u en ab les th e s e l ect i on of opt i ons for temper atu r e measur e ment s . The s ymbo ls shown be low i nd ic at e t he i cons shown for F u n c t i o n K ey 1 w hen th e v ari o u s opt i ons ar e selected. Cursor s . C hoose from one to four curs ors. When more t[...]

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    #61 - 846 ND -752 1 -1 Page 14 of 25 Isotherm s .Se l e c t “H igh ” , “L ow ” , or “H i g h & L ow ” i n ord er to hi g hli ght a re as of t he sc e ne w i th temp erature s with i n a h i gh (red) or l o w (b l ue) temp e rat ure band. T he te mp e r atu r e bands ar e ad ju stab l e by m eans of Function K ey 1 a nd the n avi ga [...]

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    #61 - 846 ND -752 1 -1 Page 15 of 25 5.3 . Came ra set tings Capt i o n mode Se l e c t “ On” to enab l e the a dd i t i on of a t e xt c apt i on whe n s a vi ng an i m age. Opti o ns will then be d i s p layed when sav i ng an i m age, to be selected b y means of Func t ion Key 2 an d Fu n ct i on K e y 3. Auto o ff Se l e c t “5 Mins”, ?[...]

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    #61 - 846 ND -752 1 -1 Page 16 of 25 5.4 . Audio sett in gs I m ager sound s Se l e c t “Off” to mute a ll a ud i b l e outp u ts. Vo i c e a n notat i on Se l ect “ In d ivi du al ” t o a dd a v o i ce me ssage to e a c h sa v ed i m age. Se l e c t “ S ess i on” to add a v o i c e mes s age at the s tar t of a se t of im ages ( A sess[...]

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    #61 - 846 ND -752 1 -1 Page 17 of 25 5. 5. Image browse r The saved i mag es are shown on t h e s creen w i th th e mo st recent ly s aved i mage first. Se l e c t t h e de sired i mag e by m eans of t he na vi gat i o n keys. To disp l ay t h e se l e c ted i m age pre s s Funct ion K ey 3. To de l et e the s e lected i m a ge pre s s Fun c t i o [...]

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    #61 - 846 ND -752 1 -1 Page 18 of 25 5.7 . Langu age sele ction To sel ect a l a n guage mov e to the releva nt f l a g. When th e l a nguage i s hi gh l i g hte d p ress Func t ion Key 3 to select. 5.8 . D isp la y Sett ings LC D br i ghtne s s Se l e c t from 1 (l o w) t o 9 (hi g h ) t o contro l the sc r e e n br i g ht n ess to save battery po[...]

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    #61 - 846 ND -752 1 -1 Page 19 of 25 6. Add i ng ca ptions when sav ing images 6 .1 . Vo ic e mes sage When s aving an i mage with I nd ivi du al V oi ce A nnotat i on tur n ed o n, there i s the opt i on of sa vi ng a voice me ssage w i th ea c h i mage . The scre e n shots be l ow d escr i be the procedure: a) Do you wish to atta ch a v o i ce m [...]

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    #61 - 846 ND -752 1 -1 Page 20 of 25 6.2 . Text caption s When s aving an i mage w i th C a pt i on Mode turned o n, there i s th e opt i on of a tta c hing a text capt i o n to e a c h imag e. Th e s cree n shot s be low describ e t h e pro c edu re : b ) Start Capt i on E n tr y c) Examp le o f a Capt i on. Captions can not be viewe d w i th the [...]

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    #61 - 846 ND -752 1 -1 Page 21 of 25 Appendix A1. Emiss ivi ty Tables Emiss ivity Loo k-up T abl e s i n C amer a 1. 00 0.98 = Human skin 0.95 0.94 = Pai nt , oil 0.93 = Brick red 0.92 = Concrete 0.90 = Pl aned Oak W ood 0.85 0.80 0.79 = Ox i d i zed steel 0.78 = Oxidiz ed Copper 0.76 = Sand 0.75 0.70 = Red Rust 0.67 = Water 0.65 0.64 = Oxidiz ed C[...]

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    #61 - 846 ND -752 1 -1 Page 22 of 25 A2 . Full Icon List. Function K e y one Cursor one. Cursor two. Cursor th re e Cursor Four Alignment. Tracking. Area. Isotherm hi gh Isotherm l ow. Profil e hori zontal . Profil e ver tical. Al ar m hi g h. Al ar m low. . Function K e y t wo Camera off. Camera on. Auto tempe rat ure range. Manual temperatur e ra[...]

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    #61 - 846 ND -752 1 -1 Page 23 of 25 A3. Techn ica l spe cif ication Pe r formance Fiel d o f V i ew: 20° X 1 5° Focus: Man u a l Minimum F ocus: 30c m Spectra l respon s e : 8µm to 14µm Therma l Sens i t ivi ty: NETD 8 0 mK ( 0.08°C) @ 23° C amb i ent a nd 30°C scene t emperature. Detector: 160× 12 0 Pixels un c oo l ed m ic robo l om e te[...]

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    #61 - 846 ND -752 1 -1 Page 24 of 25 • I sotherm s with temp era t ure d i fferenc e . • Voi c e and or te x t an n ota t ion . • I m age c aptur e ; t i me and dat e. • Vi sua l /aud i o a l arm for abo ve/ be low s e t tempe rature values. • P a l et te sele c t i o n. • U ser s electab l e i nteg ra t ion . • I m age f u sion c ont[...]

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    #61 - 846 ND -752 1 -1 Page 25 of 25 Warran t y S t ate m ent Thi s tester is warrante d to t he original pur chaser agai n st d efects in material a nd workmanship fro two years from the d ate of pur c hase. Dur i n g t hi s warranty p eriod, IDEAL I N USTRI E S, INC. will, at its op tion, rep l ace or repai r the d e fective unit, subject to ve r[...]