IDEAL 61-844 HeatSeeker User manual

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Instruction Manual
Safety Warning:
The equipment described in this document uses a Class 2 laser. Under no account should anyone
look directly into the laser beam or the laser beam exit aperture, irreversible damage to the eye
may occur. The laser should not be operated when there are personnel in the imager’s field of
view
Caution –use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified
in this document may result in hazardous laser radiation exposure.
© 2009 No part of this publication may be reproduced without prior permission in writing from IDEAL. Whilst IDEAL will endeavor to ensure that any
data contained in this product information is correct, IDEAL does not warrant its accuracy or accept liability for any reliance on it. IDEAL reserves the
right to change the specification of the products and descriptions in this publication without notice. Prior to ordering prod ucts please check with IDEAL
for current specification details. All brands and product names are acknowledged and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
holders.

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Contents Page
1. Contents of the Case. ........................................................................................... 3
2. Main Features and Controls. .................................................................................. 4
3. Getting Started.................................................................................................... 5
4. Thermal and Visible Image Blending ....................................................................... 7
5. Menu Structure.................................................................................................... 9
5.1 Infrared Settings ..................................................................................... 10
5.2 Measurement Options .............................................................................. 11
5.3 Camera Settings ..................................................................................... 12
5.4 Audio Settings ........................................................................................ 13
5.5 Image Browser ....................................................................................... 14
5.6 Date & Time Settings ............................................................................... 14
5.7 Language Selection................................................................................. 15
6. Adding Captions when Saving Images.................................................................. 16
6.1 Voice message ........................................................................................... 16
6.2 Text Captions................................................................................................ 17
APPENDIX ................................................................................................................ 18
A1. Emissivity Look up tables................................................................................ 18
A2. Full Icon list .................................................................................................. 19
A3. Technical Specification ................................................................................... 20

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1. Contents of the Case.
1. Case.
2. Camera.
3. PSU and International adaptors.
4. CD –User manual and Software.
5. USB cable (camera to PC).
6. Handle.
7. Quick Start Guide

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2. Main Features and Controls.
Laser Button
Capture
Button
Microphone
Speaker
Power
Button
Navigation Keys
Function
Key 4
Function
Key 3
Function
Key 2
Function
Key 1
Capture Button
Laser
Light
Visible Camera
Infrared Lens

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3. Getting Started.
a) Switching the Camera on/off
b) Charging the internal battery
c) Focusing
Focus bar Out of focus Focused
The focus distance bar appears on the screen when the lens is turned slightly. It indicates the
approximate distance in meters or feet to the target.
Press the Power Button to
switch the camera on.
Press and hold for a few
seconds to switch the camera
off.
Gently rotate the lens clockwise and counter-
clockwise to focus the image.
Remember to remove the lens cap.
The camera’s built in battery is charged via
the charging port. A fully charged battery
will last approximately 6 hours. A green
LED indicates charging which turns red
when the battery is charged.
Note: When the camera is
connected to a PC via the USB
cable the camera will charge
but extremely slowly.

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Function Key Buttons
Icons or text displayed on the screen above the Function Keys describe the actions. These
functions vary according to the options chosen by the user.
A yellow box around the icon for Function Key 1 or Function Key 2 indicates that this option
is selected and this defines the operation of the navigation and toggle buttons.
In normal imaging mode, Function Key 3 may be used to freeze the image; pressing it again
returns the camera to live operation. Function Key 4 is used to enter and exit the menu. See
appendix A2 for a full icon list.
d) Menu
Function Key 4 selects the Menu. Use the Navigation buttons to move around and use
Function Key 3 to select a menu function. Full details of menus are listed in section 5.
e) Saving an Image
To save a live or frozen image, press the Capture Button once. If Caption Mode or Voice
Annotation has been turned on, a text caption or voice annotation can be attached to the image
(see section 6)
Function Key 1 Function Key 2 Function Key 3 Function Key 4.
Capture Button

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f) Temperature Measurement
Temperature readings are displayed at the top of the display. In the default mode, a single
temperature in F is of the center point of the cursor. The other readings at the top of the
display are Emissivity settings and reflected temperature setting. Two cursors or a
measurement area may alternatively be selected from the measurement options menu (see
section 5). A scale on the right hand side of the display indicates the temperature range within
the scene.
4. Thermal and Visible Image Blending
The camera can show a thermal image or a visible image of the scene, or a mixed blend of both,
or a Thermal image within the visible, also known as Picture in Picture(PiP).
a) 100% Thermal only.
b) 100% Visible only.
c) 50% Thermal and
50% Visible
Function Key 1 Function Key2 Function Key 3 Function Key 4.
Center navigation key
Up/Down, Left/Right
navigation keys
Temperature
range for the
scene
Temperature
difference
between cursors
One cursor
Two cursors

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1. Press Function Key 2 until the camera on/off icon appears
2. If off press the center navigation key to toggle to camera on .
3. Use either the up/down, or left/right navigation keys to blend the visible
and thermal images. Blend options are 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100% and PiP.
Image Alignment
As the visible and thermal camera lenses are not co-axial the visible and thermal image often
need to be aligned. This is usually required when moving to view objects at different distances.
1. Press Function Key 2 to toggle through to the camera on/off icon .
If off toggle the center navigation key to turn the camera option on .
2. Press Function Key 1 to toggle through to the alignment option .
3. Press center navigation key again to select the closes preset alignment
distances
4. Use the up/down and left/right navigation keys to fine-tune the alignment
of thermal and visible images.
5. The alignment facility is only available when the camera is on and in live mode
Note the visible image is moved during alignment, the Thermal
Image remains fixed.
Examples of alignment:
Fully Aligned Align left Align right
Align up Align down
*Four pre-programmed alignment distances are included. These are at 1.5 feet, 3
feet, 6 feet, and 12 feet. . With the alignment option selected by Function Key ,
pressing the toggle button multiple times cycles through the selection.

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5. Menu Structure.
a) Select the menu by pressing Function Key 4 .
b) Navigate through the menu using the navigation keys and press Function Key 3
to select the required option. The highlighted item will have a yellow box around
it.
c) Use the up/down buttons to move in the selected list and select the required item.
d) Use the left/right keys to change values and options for the specific item.
e) Press Function Key 4 to exit or Function Key 1 to go back to the previous
menu.
Measurement
Options
Infrared
Settings
Image
Browser
Date & Time
Settings
Audio
Settings
Language
Selection
Camera
Settings
Function Key 1 Function Key2 Function Key 3 Function Key 4.
Center navigation key
Up/Down, Left/Right
navigation keys

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5.1. Infrared Settings
See frequently asked questions for more details of each item.
Emissivity
Set emissivity value between 0.10 and 1.00 for measuring temperature.
Pressing Function Key 3 ( Table) gives a table of emissivity values of common
materials from which a selection can be made.
Palette
Display in image using different color palettes.
1. Ironbow 5. High Contrast
2. Rainbow 6. Rainbow 16
3. Isotherm Style 7. Black Hot
4. Hot Metal 8. White Hot
Reflected Temp
Usually set to the ambient temperature, or room temperature.
Applies only when emissivity of less than 1 is selected.
Temp units
Choose between C and F.
Integration
Chose an integration period from 1 (fast) to 9 (slow).
This determines the trade off between display speed and noise.
Interpolation
Choose Off or On.
This shows or hides the thermal image pixelation.

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5.2. Measurement Options
This menu enables the selection of options for temperature measurements. The symbols shown
below indicate the icons shown for Function Key 1 when the various options are selected.
See frequently asked questions for more details of each item.
Cursors
Choose between one or two cursors. When two cursors are chosen, the
temperatures at both cursors and the temperature difference between them
will be displayed. Use Function Key 1 to select one of the cursors, which can
then be moved around on the display by the navigation buttons.
Tracking
Select “High”, “Low”, or “High & Low” in order to track and measure the hottest
point, the coldest point, or both hottest and coldest points in the image.
Area
If this option is turned on, the highest, lowest, and average temperatures within the
designated area will be displayed. Three different area size boxes can be selected via
Function Key 1
Note that the above three items are mutually exclusive, i.e. when one is turned on the other two
are disabled.
Isotherms
Select “High”, “Low”, or “High & Low” in order to highlight areas of the scene
with temperatures within one or two temperature bands. The temperature
bands are adjustable by means of Function Key 1 and the navigation Keys.
Temp. Profile
Select “Horizontal” or “Vertical” to enable a histogram of temperature values
along a horizontal or vertical cross section to be displayed on the right hand
side of the display. The position of the cross section is indicated by small
arrows at the left and right or top and bottom of the image and can be
adjusted by means of Function Key 1 and the navigation buttons.
Temp alarms
Select “High”, “Low”, or “High & Low”. Visual and audio alarms will be
triggered if either cursor or a point within the designated area is higher or
lower than a set temperature. The high and low set temperatures may be
adjusted by means of Function Key 1 and the navigation keys.

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5.3. Camera Settings
LCD Brightness
Select from 1 (low) to 9 (high) to control the screen brightness to save battery
power.
Caption Mode
Select “On” to enable the addition of a text caption when saving an image. Options
will then be displayed when saving an image, to be selected by means of Function
Key 2 and Function Key 3.
Auto Off
Select “5 Mins”, “10 Mins”, “20 Mins” to allow the camera to switch itself off after a
defined period of inactivity in order to save power.
Camera Reset
Select with Function Key 3 to restore the factory settings.
Sequence record
This option allows the user to save images to the Micro SD card. When sequence
recording is selected. It gives a choice of saving images every 10 seconds, 20
seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 20 minutes, 30
minutes and 1 hour or on alarm condition. When Alarm is selected as a sequence
record option, then an image is saved to the Micro SD card every time the user set
threshold temperature is exceeded.
Sequence capture
Once sequence record has been selected the user can then choose how many
images to save from a choice of: 10, 50, 100, 500 or 1000

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5.4. Audio Settings
Imager Sounds
Select “Off” to mute all audible outputs.
Voice Annotation
Select “Session” to add a voice message at the start of a set of images (A session
ends when the imager is switched off).
Select “Individual” to add a voice message to each saved image.
Select “Ind. and session” to add a common voice message at the start of a set of
images and add additional comments for each image.
Voice Playback
Select “Speaker” or “Headset” for the desired method of audible outputs.
Volume
Select the volume of the audible outputs from 0 to 9.
If session is selected the voice message is recorded in the audio settings by pressing
Function Key 3. Pressing Function Key 3 again stops recording. Function Key 2 can
be used to play back the recorded message. Function Key 3 can be used to re-record
if necessary.

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5.5 Image Browser
The saved images are shown on the screen with the most recently saved image first.
Select the desired image by means of the navigation Keys.
To display the selected image press Function Key 3.
To delete the selected image press Function Key 2, to confirm deletion press Function Key
3.
When a stored image is displayed, press Function Key 3 to return to live imaging.
5.6. Date & Time Settings
a) Use the left/right keys to navigate in this menu; the item that can be changed is
highlighted in red. In the picture above the day (DD) 14 is highlighted.
b) Use the up/down keys to change the value.

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5.7. Language Selection
When the language is highlighted (shown by a yellow box around it) press Function Key 3
to select.
The language selection is a combination of the country flag and the language in its native
alphabet.
French German Italian
Spanish Portuguese Chinese
Korean Japanese

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6. Adding Captions when Saving Images
6.1 Voice message
When saving an image with Individual Voice Annotation turned on, there is the option of saving a
voice message with each image. The screen shots below describe the procedure:
a) Do you wish to attach a voice message to
this saved image?
Function Key 2 for no . Function Key 3 for
yes .
b) Start voice recording? Function Key 3
for yes.
c) Stop Recording Function Key 3 to stop.
d) Option to Re-record the voice message?
Function Key 2 for Yes Function Key 3 for
No
e) If caption mode is selected this option will
now be offered to save a text caption. (See
6.2)
f) Image with voice message is being saved.
Playback
The voice recording can be played back when viewing saved images in the browser.
Note: The abort Icon on Function Key 4.
Pressing Function Key 4 at any stage aborts the saving process.

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6.2 Text Captions
When saving an image with Caption Mode turned on, there is the option of attaching a text
caption to each image. The screen shots below describe the procedure:
b) Start Caption Entry
c) Example of a Caption.
Captions cannot be viewed with the saved images in the browser due to display
constraints. The captions can be viewed using the ThermalVision™ software.
a) Do you wish to attach a text caption message to this image?
Function Key 2 for No Function Key 3 for Yes
1. Use the up/down arrow keys to cycle
through letters and numbers until the one
required appears. The available symbols
are:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefg
hijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789
2. Use the left/right arrow keys to
move to the next space and repeat the
above step until the caption is completed.
3. Press Function Key 2 to clear the
whole message.
4. Press Function Key 4 to exit and
save the image and caption.

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Appendix
A1. Emissivity Look up tables.
Emissivity look up tables in Camera
1.00
0.95
0.98 = Human skin
0.94 = Paint, oil
0.93 = Brick red
0.92 = Concrete
0.90 = Planed Oak Wood
0.85
0.80
0.79 = Oxidized steel
0.78 = Oxidized Copper
0.76 = Sand
0.75
0.70 = Red Rust
0.67 = Water
0.65
0.64 = Oxidized Cast Iron
General Emissivity Look up tables
0.98 = Carbon filed surface
0.98 = Frost crystals
0.98 = Human skin
0.97 = Slate
0.96 = Water distilled
0.96 = Ice smooth
0.95 = Soil saturated with water
0.95 = Carbon candle soot
0.94 = Glass polished plate
0.94 = Paint, oil
0.93 = Brick red
0.93 = Paper white bond
0.92 = Concrete
0.92 = Soil dry
0.91 = Plaster rough coat
0.90 = Wood planed oak
0.90 = Glazed earthenware
0.89 = Snow, granular
0.88 = Glazed Silica
0.87 = Cuprous Oxide at 38°C
0.86 = Emery Corundum
0.85 = Snow
0.85 = Stainless oxidized at 800°C
0.84 = Oxidized Iron at 500°C
0.83 = Cuprous Oxide at 260°C
0.82 = Snow, fine particles
0.81 = Brass, unoxidized
0.80 = Glass, convex D
0.79 = Steel oxidized
0.78 = Copper heavily oxidized
0.77 = Cotton cloth
0.76 = Sand
0.75 = Unglazed silica
0.74 = Oxidized iron at 100°C
0.73 = Coating No. C20A
0.72 = Basalt
0.71 = Graphitized carbon at 500°C
0.70 = Red Rust
0.69 = Iron sheet heavily rusted
0.67 = Water
0.66 = Black Loam
0.65 = White cement
0.64 = Iron cast oxidized
0.63 = Lead oxidized at 1100°F
0.62 = Zirconia on inconel
0.61 = Cu-Zn, brass oxidized
0.58 = Inconel sheet at 760°C
0.56 = Smooth white marble
0.55 = Al anodized chromic acid
0.21 = Iron cast polished
0.20 = Brass rubbed 80 grit emery
0.16 = Stainless steel 18-8 buffed
0.09 = Aluminum as received
0.07 = Steel polished
0.05 = Aluminum polished sheet
0.05 = Copper polished
0.03 = Brass highly polished

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A2. Full Icon list.
Function Key One
Cursor one.
Cursor two.
Alignment.
Tracking.
Area.
Isotherm high.
Isotherm low.
Profile horizontal.
Profile vertical.
Alarm high.
Alarm low.
Playback.
Function Key Two
Camera off.
Camera on.
Auto temperature range.
Manual temperature range.
Light off.
Light on.
No.
Yes.
Function Key Three
Live.
Freeze.
No.
Yes.
Function Key Four
Menus.
Abort.
Other Icons
Level Down
Level Up
Level Maximum
Level Minimum
No Memory Card
Span Out
Span In
Span Maximum
Span Minimum
Not saved.

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A3. Technical Specification
Performance
Temperature range: 14°F to 660°F (-10 C to +350 C)
Field of view (FOV): 20 x 20
Spectral Response: 8 m to 12 μm
Sensitivity: 0.3 C @ 30 C
Detector: 47 x 47 pixel array
Frame rate: 8Hz
Focus Range: 0.5m to infinity
Image Storage
Number: Up to 1000 images on Micro SD card supplied
Medium: Micro SD Card
Display
3½” color LCD with LED Backlight /8 color palettes / Blended or discrete thermal and visible
images / Picture in Picture
Laser Pointer
A built in Class 2 laser is supplied to highlight the centre of the thermal image. (Aligned at 2
meters or 6 feet)
Beam Divergence <0.2mrad
Maximum Output <1mW
Measurement
Temperature range: 14°F to 660°F (-10 C to +350 C)
Radiometry: Two moveable temperature measurement cursors
Temperature difference measurement
Emissivity Correction: User selectable 0.10 to 1.00 in steps of 0.01 with reflected ambient
temperature compensation
Accuracy: The greater of ±2 C or ±2% of reading in C
Imager Power Supply
Battery: Lithium-ion field rechargeable.
Operation time: Up to 6 hours continuous operation
AC operation: AC adaptor supplied
Mechanical
Housing: Impact Resistant Plastic with over-molded soft plastic and detachable
handle
Dimensions: 130mmx95mmx90mm (excluding handle)
Weight: 0.70kg
Mounting: Handheld & tripod mounting 1/4" BSW
Settings and Controls
• On/Off soft power control
• User selectable span control
• User selectable level control
• Auto adjust span and level