FLIR T530 User manual

User’s manual
FLIR T5xx series

User’s manual
FLIR T5xx series
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Table of contents
1 Disclaimers ........................................................................................1
1.1 Legal disclaimer .........................................................................1
1.2 Usage statistics .......................................................................... 1
1.3 Changes to registry .....................................................................1
1.4 U.S. Government Regulations........................................................1
1.5 Copyright ..................................................................................1
1.6 Quality assurance .......................................................................1
1.7 Patents.....................................................................................1
1.8 EULATerms ..............................................................................1
1.9 EULATerms ..............................................................................2
2 Safety information ...............................................................................3
3 Notice to user .....................................................................................7
3.1 User-to-user forums ....................................................................7
3.2 Calibration.................................................................................7
3.3 Accuracy ..................................................................................7
3.4 Disposal of electronic waste ..........................................................7
3.5 Training ....................................................................................7
3.6 Documentation updates ...............................................................7
3.7 Important note about this manual....................................................8
3.8 Note about authoritative versions....................................................8
4 Customer help ....................................................................................9
4.1 General ....................................................................................9
4.2 Submitting a question ..................................................................9
4.3 Downloads .............................................................................. 10
5 Quick start guide ............................................................................... 11
5.1 Procedure............................................................................... 11
5.2 To keep in mind ........................................................................ 11
6 Register the camera........................................................................... 12
6.1 General .................................................................................. 12
6.2 Procedure............................................................................... 12
7 A note about ergonomics ................................................................... 17
7.1 General .................................................................................. 17
7.2 Figure .................................................................................... 17
8 Camera parts ....................................................................................18
8.1 View from the rear..................................................................... 18
8.1.1 Figure.......................................................................... 18
8.1.2 Explanation................................................................... 18
8.2 View from the front .................................................................... 19
8.2.1 Figure.......................................................................... 19
8.2.2 Explanation................................................................... 19
8.3 View from the bottom................................................................. 20
8.3.1 Figure.......................................................................... 20
8.3.2 Explanation................................................................... 20
8.4 Laser distance meter and laser pointer .......................................... 20
8.4.1 General........................................................................ 20
8.4.2 Laser transmitter and receiver........................................... 21
8.4.3 Difference in position ...................................................... 21
8.4.4 Laser warning label......................................................... 22
8.4.5 Laser rules and regulations .............................................. 22
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9 Screen elements ............................................................................... 23
9.1 General .................................................................................. 23
9.2 Menu system ........................................................................... 23
9.3 Soft buttons ............................................................................. 24
9.4 Status icons and indicators ......................................................... 25
9.5 Swipe-down menu .................................................................... 25
9.6 Image overlay information........................................................... 25
10 Navigating the menu system............................................................... 27
10.1 General .................................................................................. 27
10.2 Navigating using the navigation pad.............................................. 27
11 Handling the camera.......................................................................... 28
11.1 Charging the battery.................................................................. 28
11.1.1 General........................................................................ 28
11.1.2 Using the stand-alone battery charger to charge the
battery......................................................................... 28
11.1.3 Using the USB battery charger to charge the battery when
it is inside the camera...................................................... 28
11.1.4 Charging the battery using a USB cable connected to a
computer...................................................................... 29
11.2 Installing and removing the camera battery..................................... 29
11.2.1 Installing the battery........................................................ 29
11.2.2 Removing the battery ...................................................... 30
11.3 Turning on and turning off the camera............................................ 30
11.4 Adjusting the angle of lens .......................................................... 31
11.4.1 Figure.......................................................................... 31
11.4.2 Procedure .................................................................... 31
11.5 Adjusting the infrared camera focus manually ................................. 32
11.5.1 Figure.......................................................................... 32
11.5.2 Procedure .................................................................... 32
11.6 Autofocusing the infrared camera ................................................. 32
11.6.1 General........................................................................ 32
11.6.2 Figure.......................................................................... 33
11.6.3 Procedure .................................................................... 33
11.7 Continuous autofocus ................................................................ 33
11.7.1 General........................................................................ 33
11.7.2 Procedure .................................................................... 34
11.8 Operating the laser distance meter ............................................... 34
11.8.1 General........................................................................ 34
11.8.2 Procedure .................................................................... 35
11.9 Measuring areas....................................................................... 35
11.9.1 General........................................................................ 35
11.9.2 Procedure .................................................................... 35
11.10 Connecting external devices and storage media .............................. 36
11.10.1 General........................................................................ 36
11.10.2 Figure.......................................................................... 36
11.10.3 Explanation................................................................... 36
11.11 Moving files to a computer .......................................................... 37
11.11.1 General........................................................................ 37
11.11.2 Procedure .................................................................... 37
11.12 Assigning functions to the programmable buttons ............................ 37
11.12.1 General........................................................................ 37
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11.12.2 Procedure .................................................................... 39
11.13 Using the camera lamp as a flash ................................................. 39
11.13.1 General........................................................................ 39
11.13.2 Procedure .................................................................... 39
11.14 Changing camera lenses ............................................................ 40
11.15 Neck strap............................................................................... 43
11.16 Hand strap .............................................................................. 44
12 Saving and working with images ......................................................... 45
12.1 About image files ...................................................................... 45
12.1.1 General........................................................................ 45
12.1.2 File-naming convention ................................................... 45
12.1.3 Storage capacity ............................................................ 45
12.1.4 About UltraMax.............................................................. 45
12.2 Saving an image....................................................................... 46
12.2.1 General........................................................................ 46
12.2.2 Procedure .................................................................... 46
12.3 Previewing an image ................................................................. 46
12.3.1 General........................................................................ 46
12.3.2 Procedure .................................................................... 46
12.4 Opening a saved image.............................................................. 47
12.4.1 General........................................................................ 47
12.4.2 Procedure .................................................................... 47
12.5 Editing a saved image................................................................ 47
12.5.1 General........................................................................ 47
12.5.2 Procedure .................................................................... 47
12.5.3 Related topics ............................................................... 48
12.6 Zooming an image .................................................................... 48
12.6.1 General........................................................................ 48
12.6.2 Procedure .................................................................... 49
12.7 Deleting images ....................................................................... 49
12.8 Resetting the image counter........................................................ 49
12.8.1 General........................................................................ 49
12.8.2 Procedure .................................................................... 49
13 Working with the image archive........................................................... 50
13.1 General .................................................................................. 50
13.1.1 Managing folders via soft button ........................................ 50
13.2 Opening image and video files..................................................... 51
13.3 Creating a new folder................................................................. 51
13.4 Renaming a folder..................................................................... 51
13.5 Changing the active folder .......................................................... 51
13.5.1 General........................................................................ 51
13.5.2 Procedure .................................................................... 52
13.6 Moving files between folders ....................................................... 52
13.7 Deleting a folder ....................................................................... 52
13.8 Deleting an image or video file ..................................................... 53
13.8.1 General........................................................................ 53
13.8.2 Procedure .................................................................... 53
13.9 Deleting multiple files................................................................. 53
13.9.1 General........................................................................ 53
13.9.2 Procedure .................................................................... 53
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13.10 Deleting all files ........................................................................ 54
13.10.1 General........................................................................ 54
13.10.2 Procedure .................................................................... 54
14 Achieving a good image ..................................................................... 55
14.1 General .................................................................................. 55
14.2 Adjusting the infrared camera focus .............................................. 55
14.2.1 Manual focus ................................................................ 55
14.2.2 Autofocus..................................................................... 55
14.2.3 Continuous autofocus ..................................................... 55
14.3 Adjusting the infrared image........................................................ 56
14.3.1 General........................................................................ 56
14.3.2 Manual adjustment by touching the screen .......................... 57
14.3.3 Manual adjustment by using the navigation pad .................... 58
14.3.4 Manual adjustment in Level, Span mode ............................. 58
14.3.5 Manual adjustment in Level, Max, Min mode ........................ 59
14.4 Changing the camera temperature range ....................................... 59
14.4.1 General........................................................................ 59
14.4.2 Procedure .................................................................... 59
14.5 Changing the color palettes......................................................... 60
14.5.1 General........................................................................ 60
14.5.2 Procedure .................................................................... 61
14.6 Changing the measurement parameters ........................................ 61
14.7 Performing a non-uniformity correction (NUC) ................................. 62
14.7.1 Performing an NUC manually............................................ 62
14.8 Hiding all overlay ...................................................................... 62
14.8.1 General........................................................................ 62
15 Working with image modes................................................................. 64
15.1 General .................................................................................. 64
15.2 Image examples ....................................................................... 64
15.3 Selecting an image mode ........................................................... 66
16 Working with measurement tools ........................................................ 68
16.1 General .................................................................................. 68
16.2 Adding/removing measurement tools ............................................ 68
16.3 Editing user presets................................................................... 68
16.3.1 General........................................................................ 68
16.3.2 Procedure .................................................................... 69
16.4 Moving and resizing a measurement tool ....................................... 69
16.4.1 General........................................................................ 69
16.4.2 Moving a spot................................................................ 69
16.4.3 Moving and resizing a box or circle tool ............................... 70
16.5 Changing the measurement parameters ........................................ 70
16.5.1 General........................................................................ 70
16.5.2 Types of parameters ....................................................... 70
16.5.3 Recommended values..................................................... 71
16.5.4 Procedure .................................................................... 71
16.5.5 Related topics ............................................................... 73
16.6 Displaying values in the result table............................................... 73
16.6.1 General........................................................................ 73
16.6.2 Procedure .................................................................... 73
16.7 Creating and setting up a difference calculation............................... 74
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16.7.1 General........................................................................ 74
16.7.2 Procedure .................................................................... 74
16.8 Setting a measurement alarm ...................................................... 75
16.8.1 General........................................................................ 75
16.8.2 Types of alarm ............................................................... 75
16.8.3 Alarm signals ................................................................ 75
16.8.4 Procedure .................................................................... 75
17 Working with color alarms and isotherms............................................. 78
17.1 Color alarms ............................................................................ 78
17.1.1 General........................................................................ 78
17.1.2 Image examples ............................................................ 78
17.1.3 Setting up above, below, and interval alarms ........................ 79
17.1.4 Building isotherms.......................................................... 80
18 Annotating images ............................................................................ 82
18.1 General .................................................................................. 82
18.2 Adding a note .......................................................................... 82
18.2.1 General........................................................................ 82
18.2.2 Procedure .................................................................... 82
18.3 Adding a text comment table ....................................................... 83
18.3.1 General........................................................................ 83
18.3.2 Procedure .................................................................... 83
18.3.3 Creating a text comment table template .............................. 84
18.4 Adding a voice annotation........................................................... 86
18.4.1 General........................................................................ 86
18.4.2 Procedure .................................................................... 86
18.5 Adding a sketch........................................................................ 87
18.5.1 General........................................................................ 87
18.5.2 Procedure .................................................................... 87
19 Programming the camera (time-lapse) ................................................. 89
19.1 General .................................................................................. 89
19.2 Procedure ............................................................................... 89
20 Recording video clips ........................................................................ 90
20.1 General .................................................................................. 90
20.2 Procedure ............................................................................... 90
20.3 Playing a saved video clip........................................................... 90
21 Screening alarm ................................................................................ 92
21.1 General .................................................................................. 92
21.2 Procedure ............................................................................... 92
22 Pairing Bluetooth devices................................................................... 94
22.1 General .................................................................................. 94
22.2 Procedure ............................................................................... 94
23 Configuring Wi-Fi .............................................................................. 95
23.1 General .................................................................................. 95
23.2 Setting up a wireless access point (most common use) ..................... 95
23.3 Connecting the camera to a WLAN (less common use) ..................... 95
24 Fetching data from external FLIR meters .............................................. 96
24.1 General .................................................................................. 96
24.2 Technical support for external meters ............................................ 96
24.3 Procedure ............................................................................... 97
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24.4 Typical moisture measurement and documentation procedure ............ 97
24.4.1 General........................................................................ 97
24.4.2 Procedure .................................................................... 97
24.5 More information ...................................................................... 98
25 Changing settings ............................................................................. 99
25.1 General .................................................................................. 99
25.1.1 Connections.................................................................. 99
25.1.2 Camera temperature range .............................................. 99
25.1.3 Save options & storage.................................................... 99
25.1.4 Device settings ............................................................ 100
26 Cleaning the camera ........................................................................ 103
26.1 Camera housing, cables, and other items..................................... 103
26.1.1 Liquids....................................................................... 103
26.1.2 Equipment.................................................................. 103
26.1.3 Procedure .................................................................. 103
26.2 Infrared lens .......................................................................... 103
26.2.1 Liquids....................................................................... 103
26.2.2 Equipment.................................................................. 103
26.2.3 Procedure .................................................................. 103
26.3 Infrared detector ..................................................................... 104
26.3.1 General...................................................................... 104
26.3.2 Procedure .................................................................. 104
27 Technical data................................................................................. 105
27.1 Online field-of-view calculator .................................................... 105
27.2 Note about technical data ......................................................... 105
27.3 Note about authoritative versions................................................ 105
27.4 FLIR T530 24°........................................................................ 106
27.5 FLIR T530 42°........................................................................ 112
27.6 FLIR T530 24° + 14°................................................................ 118
27.7 FLIR T530 24° + 42°................................................................ 124
27.8 FLIR T530 24° + 14° & 42°........................................................ 130
27.9 FLIR T530 42° + 14°................................................................ 136
27.10 FLIR T540 24°........................................................................ 142
27.11 FLIR T540 42°........................................................................ 148
27.12 FLIR T540 24° + 14°................................................................ 154
27.13 FLIR T540 24° + 42°................................................................ 160
27.14 FLIR T540 24° + 14° & 42°........................................................ 166
27.15 FLIR T540 42° + 14°................................................................ 172
28 Mechanical drawings ....................................................................... 178
29 Application examples....................................................................... 182
29.1 Moisture & water damage ......................................................... 182
29.1.1 General...................................................................... 182
29.1.2 Figure........................................................................ 182
29.2 Faulty contact in socket ............................................................ 182
29.2.1 General...................................................................... 182
29.2.2 Figure........................................................................ 183
29.3 Oxidized socket...................................................................... 183
29.3.1 General...................................................................... 183
29.3.2 Figure........................................................................ 183
29.4 Insulation deficiencies.............................................................. 184
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