IriSys IRI2010 User manual
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IRI2010 Thermal Imaging Camera
User Manual
Safety Warning:
The equipment descri ed in this document uses a Class 2 laser. Under no account should
anyone look directly into the laser eam or the laser eam exit aperture, irreversi le damage
to the eye may occur. The laser should not e 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.
InfraRed Integrated Systems Ltd
Park Circle, Tit e Barn Way, Swan Valley, Nort ampton, NN4 9BG, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1604 594200 Fax: +44 (0) 1604 594210
Email:
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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
. Adding captions when saving images .................................................................... 1
6.1. Voice message ............................................................................................. 16
6.2. Text captions ............................................................................................... 17
APPENDIX ................................................................................................................ 18
A1. Emissivity tables .......................................................................................... 18
A2. Full icon list. ................................................................................................. 19
A3. Tec nical specification .................................................................................... 20
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1. Contents of the case.
1. T e 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 utton
Save utton
Microphone
Speaker
On/Off
utton
Toggle
utton
4 Navigation
uttons
Hotkey 4
Hotkey 3 Hotkey 2
Hotkey 1
Save
utton
Laser
Light
Visi le
c
amera
Infrared lens
Laser utton
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3. Getting started.
a) Switching the camera on/off
) Charging the internal attery
c) Focusing
Focus ar Out of focus Focused
W en focusing a focus bar appears on t e screen to assist in focusing t e image. It
indicates t e approximate distance in metres (in feet w en °F is selected ) of a focussed
target from t e camera.
Press t e on/off button
to switc t e camera on.
Press and old for a few
seconds to switc t e
camera off.
Gently rotate t e lens clockwise and
anti-clockwise to focus t e image.
♦Remember to remove the lens cap.
T e camera’s built in battery is c arged via
t e c arging port. A fully c arged battery
will last approximately 6 ours. A red LED
indicates c arging w ic turns to green
w en t e battery is c arged.
Note: When the camera
is connected to a PC via
the USB cable the camera
will charge but extremely
slowly.
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Hotkey uttons
T e Hotkey functions are indicated by t e icons or text displayed on t e screen above t em.
T ese functions vary according to t e operating options c osen by t e user. A yellow box
around t e icon for Hotkey1 or Hotkey2 indicates t at t is option is selected and t is defines
t e operation of t e navigation and toggle buttons. In normal imaging mode, Hotkey 3 may
be used to freeze t e image; pressing it again returns t e camera to live operation. Hotkey 4
is used to enter and exit t e menu. See appendix A2 for a full icon list.
d) Menu
T e Menu is selected by Hotkey 4. Use t e Navigation buttons to move around and use
Hotkey 3 to select a menu function. Full details of menus in section 5.
e) Saving an image
To save a live or frozen image, press t e Save button once. If Caption Mode or Voice
Annotation as been turned on, a text caption or voice annotation can be attac ed to t e
image (see section 6). Please note t at Hotkey 3 can be used to toggle between a live image
and a frozen image.
Hotkey1
Hotkey
2
Hot
key3
Hotkey4
Save image b
utton
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f) Temperature measurement
Temperature readings are displayed at t e top of t e display. In t e default mode, a single
temperature in °C is of t e centre point of t e cursor. T e ot er readings at t e top of t e
display are emissivity settings and reflected temperature setting. Two cursors or a
measurement area can be selected from t e measurement options menu (see section 5).
T e temperature range wit in t e scene is indicated by a scale on t e rig t and side of
t e display.
4. Thermal and visi le image lending
T e camera can s ow a t ermal image or a visible image of t e scene, or a mixed blend of
bot .
1. Press Hotkey 2 until t e Visible On/Off icon appears
2. If off press t e centre toggle button to toggle to Visible On .
3. Use eit er t e up/down, or left/rig t navigation buttons to merge
(blend) t e visible and t ermal images. Blend options are 0%, 25%, 50%
75% and 100%.
a) 100% Thermal only ) 100% Visi le only
c) 50% Thermal and
50% visi le
Centre toggle utton
Up/Down, Left/Right
navigation
uttons
Temperature
range for t e
scene
Temperature
difference
between cursors
Hotkey1
Hotkey
2
Hot
key3
Hot
key4
One cursor Two cursors
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Image alignment
As t e visible and t ermal camera are not co-axial t e visible and t ermal image often need to
be aligned. T is is usually required w en moving to view objects at different distances.
1. Press Hotkey 2 to toggle t roug to t e Visible On/Off icon . If
off toggle t e centre button to turn t e visible option on .
2. Press Hotkey 1 to toggle t roug to t e alignment option .
3. Use t e up/down and left/rig t navigation buttons to align t e t ermal
and visible images.
4. T e alignment facility is only available w en t e camera is on and in live
mode.
♦Note the visual image is moved during alignment.
Examples of alignment.
Fully Aligned
Align left Align right
Align up Align down
5. Four pre-programmed alignment distances are included. T ese are at 0.5m,
1m, 2m and 4m ranges. Wit t e alignment option selected by HK1, pressing
t e toggle button once aligns at 2 metres. Pressing t e toggle button again
allows you to cycle t roug to 4m, 0.5m and 1m. T ese values appear in
feet if °F is selected.
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5. Menu structure.
a) Select t e menu by pressing Hotkey 4 .
b) Navigate t roug t e menu using t e navigation buttons and press Hotkey 3
to select t e required option. T e ig lig ted item will ave a yellow box
around it.
c) Use t e up/down buttons to move in t e selected list and select t e required
item.
d) Use t e left/rig t buttons to c ange values and options for t e specific item.
e) Press Hotkey 4 to exit or Hotkey 1 to go back to t e previous menu.
Measurement
options
Infrared
settings
Image
rowser
Date & Time
settings
Audio
settings
Language
selection
Camera
settings
Centre toggle utton
Up/Down, Left/Right
navigation
uttons
Hotkey1
Hotkey
2
Hot
key3 Hotkey4
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5.1. Infrared settings
See frequently asked questions for more details of eac item.
♦Emissivity
Set emissivity value between 0.10 and 1.00 for measuring temperature.
Pressing Hotkey 3 (ε Table) gives a table of emissivity values of common materials
from w ic a selection can be made.
♦Palette
Display in image using different colour palettes.
1. Ironbow 5. Hig Contrast
2. Rainbow 6. Rainbow 16
3. Isot erm Style 7. Black Hot
4. Hot Metal 8. W ite Hot
♦Reflected Temp
Usually set to t e ambient temperature.
Applies only w en emissivity of less t an 1 is selected.
♦Temp units
C oose between °C and °F.
♦Integration
C ose an integration period from 1 (fast) to 9 (slow).
T is determines t e trade off between display speed and noise.
♦Interpolation
C oose Off or On.
T is s ows or ides t e t ermal image pixelation.
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5.2. Measurement options
T is menu enables t e selection of options for temperature measurements. T e symbols
s own below indicate t e icons s own for Hotkey 1 w en t e various options are selected.
See frequently asked questions for more details of eac item.
♦Cursors
. C oose between one or two cursors. W en two cursors are c osen, t e
temperatures at bot cursors and t e temperature difference between t em will be
displayed. W en one of t e cursors is selected by Hotkey 1, it can be moved around on
t e display by t e navigation buttons.
♦Tracking
.Select “Hig ”, “Low”, or “Hig & Low” in order to track and measure t e ottest
point, t e coldest point, or bot ottest and coldest points in t e image.
♦Area
.If t is option is turned on, t e ig est, lowest, and average temperatures wit in
t e designated area will be displayed. T ree different area size boxes can be selected
via Hotkey 1.
Note that the above three items are mutually exclusive, i.e. when one is turned on the
other two are disabled.
♦Isot erms
.Select “Hig ”, “Low”, or “Hig & Low” in order to ig lig t areas of t e scene
wit temperatures wit in one or two temperature bands. T e temperature bands are
adjustable by means of Hotkey 1 and t e navigation keys.
♦Temp. profile
.Select “Horizontal” or “Vertical” to enable a istogram of temperature values
along a orizontal or vertical cross section to be displayed on t e rig t and side of t e
display. T e position of t e cross section is indicated by small arrows at t e left and
rig t or top and bottom of t e image and can be adjusted by means of Hotkey 1 and
t e navigation buttons.
♦Temp alarms
.Select “Hig ”, “Low”, or “Hig & Low”. Visual and audio alarms will be
triggered if eit er cursor or a point wit in t e designated area is ig er or lower t an a
set temperature. T e ig and low set temperatures may be adjusted by means of
Hotkey 1 and t e navigation buttons.
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5.3. Camera settings
See frequently asked questions for more details.
♦LCD brig tness
Select from 1 (low) to 9 ( ig ) to control t e screen brig tness to save battery
power.
♦Caption mode
Select “On” to enable t e addition of a text caption w en saving an image.
Options will t en be displayed w en saving an image, to be selected by means of
Hotkey 2 and otkey 3.
♦Auto off
Select “5 Mins”, “10 Mins”, “20 Mins” to allow t e camera to switc itself off after
a defined period of inactivity in order to save power. T ere is also an “Always On”
option.
♦Camera reset
Select wit Hotkey 3 to restore t e factory settings.
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5.4. Audio settings
See frequently asked questions for more details of eac item.
♦Imager sounds
Select “Off” to mute all audible outputs.
♦Voice annotation
Select “Session” to add a voice message at t e start of a set of images (A
session ends w en t e imager is switc ed off).
Select “Individual” to add a voice message to eac saved image.
Select “Combined” to add a common voice message at t e start of a set of
images and add additional comments for eac image.
♦Voice playback
Select “speaker” or “ eadset” for t e desired met od of audible outputs.
♦Volume
Select t e volume of t e audible outputs from 1 to 9.
If session is selected t e voice message is recorded in t e audio settings by
pressing Hotkey 3. Recording is stopped by pressing Hotkey 3 again. Hotkey 2 can
be used to play back t e recorded message. Hotkey 3 can be used to re-record if
necessary.
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5.5.
Image rowser
T e saved images are s own on t e screen wit t e most recently saved image first.
Select t e desired image by means of t e navigation keys.
To display t e selected image press Hotkey 3.
To delete t e selected image press Hotkey 2, to confirm deletion press Hotkey 3.
W en a stored image is displayed, press Hotkey 3 to return to live imaging.
5.6.
Date & Time settings
a) Use t e left/rig t buttons to navigate in t is menu, t e item t at can be c anged
is ig lig ted in red. In t e picture above t e day (DD) 14 is ig lig ted.
b) Use t e up/down buttons to c ange t e value.
c) T e date formats can be c anged by pressing Hotkey 2 to cycle t roug DD-MM-YYYY,
MM-DD-YYYY and YYYY-MM-DD options. Pressing Hotkey 4 will select t e option on t e
display.
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5.7.
Language selection
W en t e language is ig lig ted (s own by a yellow box around it) press Hotkey 3
to select.
Frenc German Italian
Spanis Portuguese C inese
Korean Japanese
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6. Adding captions when saving images
6.1. Voice message
W en saving an image wit Individual Voice Annotation turned on, t ere is t e option of saving
a voice message wit eac image. T e screen s ots below describe t e procedure:
a) Do you wis to attac a voice message to
t is saved image?
Hotkey 2 for no . Hotkey 3 for yes .
b) Start voice recording? Hotkey 3 for yes.
c) Stop Recording Hotkey 3 to stop.
d) Option to Re-record t e voice message?
Hotkey 2 for Yes Hotkey 3 for No
e) If caption mode is selected t is option will
now be offered to save a text caption.(see
6.2)
f) Image wit voice message is being saved.
Play ack
T e voice recording can be played back w en viewing saved images in t e browser.
Note: The abort Icon on Hotkey4.
Pressing Hotkey 4 at any stage aborts the saving process.
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6.2. Text captions
W en saving an image wit Caption Mode turned on, t ere is t e option of attac ing a text
caption to eac image. T e screen s ots below describe t e 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 PC so tware.
a) Do you wis to attac a text caption message to t is image?
Hotkey 2 for No Hotkey 3 for Yes
1. Use t e up/down arrow buttons to
cycle t roug letters and numbers until t e
one required appears. T e available
symbols are:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefg
ijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789
2. Use t e left/rig t arrow buttons to
move to t e next space and repeat t e
above step until t e caption is completed.
3. Press Hotkey 2 to clear t e w ole
message.
4. Press Hotkey 4 to exit and save
t e image and caption.
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Appendix
A1. Emissivity ta les
Emissivity look up ta les in Camera
1.00
0.98 = Human skin
0.95
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 ta les
0.98 = Carbon filed surface
0.98 = Frost crystals
0.98 = Human skin
0.97 = Slate
0.96 = Water distilled
0.96 = Ice smoot
0.95 = Soil saturated wit water
0.95 = Carbon candle soot
0.94 = Glass polis ed plate
0.94 = Paint, oil
0.93 = Brick red
0.93 = Paper w ite bond
0.92 = Concrete
0.92 = Soil dry
0.91 = Plaster roug coat
0.90 = Wood planed oak
0.90 = Glazed eart enware
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 = Oxidised Iron at 500°C
0.83 = Cuprous Oxide at 260°C
0.82 = Snow, fine particles
0.81 = Brass, unoxidised
0.80 = Glass, convex D
0.79 = Steel oxidised
0.78 = Copper eavily oxidised
0.77 = Cotton clot
0.76 = Sand
0.75 = Unglazed silica
0.74 = Oxidised iron at 100°C
0.73 = Coating No. C20A
0.72 = Basalt
0.71 = Grap itised carbon at 500°C
0.70 = Red Rust
0.69 = Iron s eet eavily rusted
0.67 = Water
0.66 = Black Loam
0.65 = W ite cement
0.64 = Iron cast oxidised
0.63 = Lead oxidised at 1100°F
0.62 = Zirconia on inconel
0.61 = Cu-Zn, brass oxidised
0.58 = Inconel s eet at 760°C
0.56 = Smoot w ite marble
0.55 = Al anodised c romic acid
0.21 = Iron cast polis ed
0.20 = Brass rubbed 80 grit emery
0.16 = Stainless steel 18-8 buffed
0.09 = Aluminium as received
0.07 = Steel polis ed
0.05 = Aluminium polis ed s eet
0.05 = Copper polis ed
0.03 = Brass ig ly polis ed
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A2. Full icon list.
Hotkey one
Cursor one.
Cursor two.
Alignment.
Tracking.
Area.
Isot erm ig .
Isot erm low.
Profile orizontal.
Profile vertical.
Alarm ig .
Alarm low.
Playback.
Hotkey two
Camera off.
Camera on.
Auto temperature range.
Manual temperature range.
Lig t off.
Lig t on.
No.
Yes.
Hotkey three
Live.
. Freeze.
No.
Yes
Hotkey Four
Menus.
Abort
Other Icons
Level Down
Level Up
Level Maximum
Level Minimum
No Memory Card
Span Out
Span In
Span Maximum
Span Minimum
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A3. Technical specification
Performance
Temperature range: -10°C to +350°C
Field of view (FOV): 20°x 20°
Spectral Response: 8µm 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 SD card supplied
Medium: Micro SD Card
Display
3½” colour LCD wit LED Backlig t. 8 colour palettes. Mixed t ermal and visible images.
Laser pointer
A built in Class 2 laser is supplied to ig lig t t e centre of t e t ermal image. (Aligned at 2
metres)
Beam Divergence <0.2mrad
Maximum Output <1mW
Measurement
Temperature range: -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 wit reflected
ambient temperature compensation
Accuracy: T e greater of ±2°C or ±2% of reading in °C
Imager power supply
Battery: Lit ium-ion field rec argeable.
Operation time: Up to 6 ours continuous operation
AC operation: AC adaptor supplied
Mechanical
Housing: Impact Resistant Plastic wit over moulded soft plastic and
detac able andle
Dimensions: 130mmx95mmx90mm (excluding andle)
Weig t: 0.70kg
Mounting: Hand eld & tripod mounting 1/4" BSW
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