Ofil luminar User manual

lUMINAr
GUIDE
2013
VER 4.9.12 2013

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FEATURES
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PAGE
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OPERATION SETTINGS
FRONT VIEW 3
SIDE VIEW 4
OSD 5
OSD - TOP 6
OSD - LEFT 7
OSD - BOTTOM 8
POWER 10
GENERAL 12
GAIN 13
VISIBLE ZOOM 14
FIELD OF VIEW 15
COLOR 16
FOCUS 17
COUNTING 18
MODE 19
SNAPSHOT 20
VIDEO 21
PLAYBACK 22
AUDIO 23
TEXT SUBTITLES 24
GPS 26
DISPLAY 28
STATUS BAR 28
TITLE 28
GPS 28
TEMP SENSOR 28
LANGUAGE 28
DISPLAY MODE 29
VIDEO OUT 29
EXPOSURE 30
COLOR ADJ 30
SYSTEM INFO 31
DATE/TIME 31
DEFAULT SETTING 32

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1 Adjustable LCD
2 Keypad
3 Exit from menu
4 Hotkey [Σ] - Provokes Counting
5 Navigation arrows
6 Menu & Selector
7 Stills capture
8 Video recording
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front view
FRONT VIEW
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9 Power on/off
10 Aux / Temperature & Humidity inlet
11 SD card
12 Video out
13 AC/DC inlet
14 Mic inlet
15 Earphone inlet
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ne inlet
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side view
SIDE VIEW

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Top OSD Left Side OSD
16 Power source 23 Menu
17 Corona color Bottom OSD
18 GPS signal 24 Camera Mode
19 Date & Time 25 Focus
20 GPS Data 26 Field of View
21 Temp & Humidity 27 Gain
22 Video/Stills on 28 Counting
first line
second line
OSD
OSD - ON SCREEN DISPLAY

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16 Power source - Battery or AC
17 Corona color - Hue
18 GPS signal - Red no | Green on
19 Date & Time - Day: MMDD,YYYY hh:mm
20 GPS Data - Latitdue & Longtitude
21 Temp & Humidity - if sensor is attached
22 Video recording - Red | Stills - Yellow
16 17 18 19
OSD - top line
OSD - TOP LINES 1 &2

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23 Gain - page 13
24 Zoom - page 14
25 FOV (field of view) - page 15
26 Corona Color - page 16
27 Focus - page 17
28 Settings - page 28
29 Playback - page 22
30 Exit
Triggered by 
menu
OSD - LEFT - MENU

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31 Camera Mode - Visible | UV | Combined
32 Auto Focus - AF | Manual Focus - MF
33 Wide FOV - W-FOV | Narrow FOV N-FOV
34 Gain value
35 Counting
31 32 33 34 35
OSD - bottom
OSD - BOTTOM

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OPERATION
1 Power 9 Mode
2 General 10 Snapshot - stills
3 Gain 11 Video recording
4 Visible Zoom 12 Playback
5 Field of View 13 Audio recording
6 Corona color 14 Text subtitles
7 Counting 15 GPS
8 Focus 16 Settings
operation

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1. POWER
• Short press on the power butten to turn on,
long press to turn off
• A green LED turns on for a couple of seconds
• Wait 2 minutes while the systems initializes
POWER SOURCES:
• Rechargeable Battery
• AC/DC input 5V, 6A
• Plug in/out the AC/DC when the camera is
off
power

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1. Detach the battery from the Luminar: press on
the top & bottom seats and pull
2. First connect the battery to the charger
3. Then, connect the charger to a power source
4. Full charge takes about 12 hours
AC/DC INPUT 5V, 6A
1. Plug in the AC/DC cable to the Luminar
2. Connect to a power source
3. The camera gives priority to electricity supply
1. POWER
BATTERY:
A full battery can last about 3 hours.
CHARGING THE BATTERY:
1 2 3
1 2 3
power

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2. GENERAL
1. Functions are listed in the on-screen menu
2. The menu appears when clicking on the SELEC-
TOR and is removed by pressing on or
on the exit icon
3. To select/disselect a function item from the
menu use the UP/DOWN/SELECTOR buttons
4. A green frame indicates which function is in
focus
5. The UP/DOWN button arrows move the green
frame
6. The SELECTOR button changes the color of an
icon white/yellow yellow/white
7. A yellow icon indicates a selected function.
A white icon indicates an idle function
8. Some functions have a sub-menu. The green
frame will indicate which sub-menu item is in
focus
9. The green frame can be moved when all
main menu icons are white
general
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3. GAIN
• Gain controls the sensitivity to UV and
is manifested graphically as the size
and number of UV spots on the screen
• With a higher gain it is easier to
detect corona sources. With a lower
gain the emitting source is better
conceived
• Gain values start at 0 and end at
250
• Default value is 150
• Move the green frame to the Gain
icon
• Click on the SELECTOR button to turn on
the Gain Function
• Use the
UP/DOWN arrows to control
the gain values
gain

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5. VISIBLE ZOOM
• Zoom is used to magnify the visible
image
• Once corona is detected, zoom-in to
get more detailed data
• While zooming the camera enters
automatically the VISIBLE-MODE (no UV
displayed and no counting). When
exited the COMBINED-MODE is restored
• Move the green frame to the visible
zoom icon
• Click on the SELECTOR button to turn on
the visible zoom function
• Use the
UP/DOWN arrows to zoom in
and out
• A long press on either arrows acti-
vates the fast zoom. Maximum zoom
is attained within one second
visible zoom

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5. FOV - FIELD OF VIEW
• Affects the working distances & the
resolution of the image. Wider FOV
is used for shorter distances from the
target object. Narrower FOV provides
higher image resolution
• Move the green frame to the FOV
• Click on the SELECTOR button to turn on
the FOV function
• A sub menu with 2 options of narrow
and wide views appears
• Move the green frame to the desired
view
• Click on the SELECTOR to select the view
• The status line will read: W-FOV for
wide FOV and N-FOV for narrow
• NOTE: narrow 5ox 3.75o
wide 10ox 7.5o
field of view

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6. CORONA COLOR
• Select from a palette of 5 colors to
make the corona signal conspicious
• Move the green frame to the color
icon
• Click on the SELECTOR to turn on the
color function
• A sub menu with 5 color swatches
appears: Red, Green, White, Black,
Yellow
• Use the
UP/DOWN arrows to move the
green frame to the preferred color
• Click on the SELECTOR to make a selec-
tion
• An indication of the selected color is
displayed on the screen
corona color

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7. FOCUS
• The focus mechanism manages simul-
taneously both visible & UV channels
• By default the camera is in auto focus
(AF) mode
• Switch to manual focus when the
corona source is behind a fence or
during poor lighting conditions
• Move the green frame to the focus
• Click on the selector to turn on the
FOCUS function
• A sub menu with 2 options: AF (Auto
Focus) MF (Manual Focus) appears
• Move the green frame to the desired
focus mode and click on the SELECTOR
• In MF change the focus with the UP/
DOWN arrows
• The OSD bottom status line will dis-
play the selected mode as MF or AF
focus

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8. COUNTING
• Counting displays the counted de-
tected UV signals and is available
while in combined mode. Counting is
unavailable during zooming
• The counting value represents an aver-
age of a couple of measurements. It is
therefore advised to wait for the result
to become stabilized
• Counting values are qualitative indica-
tion of the corona in an area en-
closed by a square frame. Values are
displayed in the OSD bottom status line
with a preceeding “c:”
• To change the size of the counting
frame click on the hotkey [Σ]
• Each click changes the size of the
frame
counting

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9. MODE
• Display modes: COMBINED | UV | VISIBLE
• COMBINED - both visible & UV spectral
ranges are deployed
• VISIBLE - only the visible spectral range
is deplyed - no corona
• UV - if corona is detected it will be
displayed, else the display is black
• Select the
SETTINGS icon
• Select the
DISPLAY button
• Click on the SELECTOR to open a list
• Move the green frame to a mode
• Click on the SELECTOR to enable the
selected mode, move to OK and click
on the SELECTOR to save and leave
• Move to EXIT and click on the SELECTOR
• The
OSD bottom status line will display:
Combine or Visible or UV
mode

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10. SNAPSHOT - STILL
• To capture a still picture click on the
PICTURE button
• A yellow circle will be displayed on
the montior during recording
• The picture format is “bmp”
• Pictures are stored in the SD card
• To preview a stored picture navigate
to PLAYBACK (P. 22)
NOTE: corona is a flashing phenom-
enon and can be evasive. To ensure
corona has been captured take mul-
tiple pictures per scene
snapshot
ENSURE SD CARD IS INSERTED
DO NOT EJECT SD CARD WHEN THE CAMERA IS ON