RayTek MX6 User manual

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Basic Mode
This chapter is dedicated
to explore the unit and the
software and to get fami-
lar with its basic functions.
It helps to get first results
fast and easy.
It explains the software
installation and how to use
the unit with factory defaults.
Please take a bit time and
follow up carefully.
Once you feel trained
enough go to the
“Expert Mode”to find out
what else this unit can do for
you.

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Before Starting
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Requirements
To use the unit and the software you need a
Windows compatible PC with a minimal config-
uration:
•200 Mhz processor (400 Mhz recommended)
•CD/DVD drive
•USB 1.1 - port
•15 MByte free diskspace on the hard drive
The software works with
Windows®98, ME, XP and 2000.
Note! With a fresh set of batteries,the unit can
store photographs for up to 2,000 hours.
However, we recommend that you download
photographs soon after you have taken them.
To avoid the loss of photos you should change
the batteries within two minutes after the unit
has shut down completly.

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Signs and Icons in the Manual
Introduction
We hope that you enjoy using your photographic
infrared thermometer!
It measures the amount of infrared energy emit-
ted by a target object, and calculates the
temperature of that object´s surface.In addition,
it takes a photo of the measured spot highlight-
ed by a bright laser circle.In a few easy steps
you can create reports that incorporate the
photo of the target and also the temperature,
location, date/time, and a description - all this
can be customized by using the software
delivered with the unit.
Your unit includes:
-Adigital camera synchronized with the
temperature measurement
-True Spot laser Sighting
-Nameable locations
-Adjustable emissivity
-High/Low alarm
-Data logger
-...and a lot more!
Features
Delivery Content
If you see this icon, use the unit to follow the
steps described.
If you see this icon, you should have started
your PC and the companion Software delivered
with your unit.
If you see this icon, the unit is connected
to the PC.
Software descriptions appear in a grey textbox
This icon shows that
you can adjust values
with these buttons on
the unit.
To store these values
press the ENTER but-
ton on the unit.
This icon shows that there are additional options
related to the DIP-switch settings.
The unit • Thermocouple Type K probe • Win-
dows-based software on CD • USB cable • Two
AA batteries • Manual on CD • Quick start

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Configuration of the PC Installing the software
Hardware Setup
Connect the unit to the PC via USB.
New hardware will be found. You have to
install three different device drivers - two
for USB ports and one for the USB camera.
A device driver is software needed by your
PC to communicate with the unit. You will
be asked three times to install a driver.
Note! During driver installation, a message
window could appear, indicating that a particu-
lar driver is not supported or authorized by
Microsoft. Please ignore this message and con-
tinue with the installation.
The Windows Hardware Assistant will guide
you through the installation process. If you are
asked where to look for the drivers, choose
CD-ROM.
In most cases Windows will find the drivers
automatically. It could happen, that Windows
asks for the file STV680u.dll. This file is located
in the drivers folder on the CD.
Software Setup
1. Insert the CD into your CD drive.
2. Double click on setup.exe.
3. Follow the instructions, shown on the
screen.
4. Launch the software.
The software is now ready to use.
Plese read the following information first and
configure language, time, and date if
necessary.
This configuration can be repeated at any time.
Software Language
To choose one of the available languages of the
software, go to “Setup”.
Click on “Language” in the Pull Down menu.
Then make your selection.

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Configure Date and Time
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Configure Date and Time
Set Date and Time of the unit
To get the right date and time stamp in your
picture, proceed with the following steps:
1. Choose “Setup” in the software’s menu bar.
2. Go to “Device Alarm and Display”
3. Look for “Date and Time” and verify that the
correct values are shown (these values
depend on your computer system settings)
4. Enable the checkbox to the right of the val-
ues.
5. Click on “OK”.
6. Disconnect the unit from the PC.

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Basic Mode
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Simply turn the lens focus ring depending on
the distance of your target.
How to focus the camera
Between
0.2 m
(8 in) and
0.3 m
(12 in.)
adjust the
lens to the
flower
symbol.
Between
0.5 m (19 in)
and infinity
adjust the
lens to the
mountain
symbol.
This is a simple aid to understanding the
camera’s field of view. The opening angle of the
lens is approximately 40°.
Rotate the cap up to a horizontal position and
look over it, as shown below. The embossed
triangle will show you the approximate width of
the photo.
The view finder guide
Laser ON and OFF
laser ON
symbol
The laser circle shows the
spot size that includes the
measured target. To turn
the laser On or Off, press
the LASER button when
the trigger is pulled.
A laser symbol appears
when the laser is on. The
laser automatically turns
off if you release
the trigger.
CAUTION!
Do not stare into beam!
Avoid indirect exposure via reflective materials!
Laser Warning Label
Basic Mode
40°
Between 0.25 m
(10 in.) and 0.6 m
(23 in.) adjust the
lens in the middle of
both symbols

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Basic Mode
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Basic Mode
1. To switch on the unit, pull the trigger.
2. Press the “Enter” button to activate the
camera while the display is active.
3. First the word “LOG”flashes and then the
camera icon appears.
The unit is ready to use now! It is preset to
take 26 pictures!
4. Pull the trigger and hold it. The laser circle
shows where you are measuring.
5. Aim at the target.Be sure that the laser
circle is inside the target.
6. Gently release the trigger to record the
photo and the temperature. Successful
recording of picture and temperature is indi-
cated by two short beeps and a green
shining LED above the display.The next
location will be shown on the display.
Caution:
If you hear a longer beep and the LED
above the display is shining red, look at the
display.If you see “Use Flash!” and a flash
symbol, repeat your last measurement. A
small green LED above the camera icon
signals: “Flash has charged”. The flash will
now fire automatically.
7. For the next measurement repeat points
5 and 6.
8. Once you have taken all your photos,
connect the unit to the PC via USB.
9. Start the software on your PC. After a few
seconds, the data download begins. Click on
“OK” if a message about logger file and unit
configuration incompatibility appears.Click
on “Yes” if you are asked to download all
images
10. See your pictures and data as a thumbnail
collection.
11. If this doesn’t happen automatically, toggle
to this button.

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Basic Mode
Basic Mode
Once you have downloaded all data from the
unit to the PC, save the data as library.lgg file.
To edit a picture, click on it once with the left
mouse button. It will be enlarged.
Now you are able to add discriptions to the
photo or to insert a drawing of the laser circle.
This may be necessary, if the ambient light was
too bright while taking the photo and the laser
circle is hard to see.
Right clicking on the photo will open a menu,
where you can choose what you want to do.
Additional software features If you choose “Paint circle” the following window
appears.
With the distance slider you could adjust the
size of the laser circle drawing corresponding to
the original size of the real laser circle.
NOTE: This feature will only work properly, if
you have adjusted once the circle drawing
to the camera with the following procedure:
Ta ke a photo - enlarge it in the software - draw
a laser circle - adjust the size with the distance
slider as shown above - adjust the place of the
circle by using “Adj.” and then these sliders.
The drawing will be stored within the photo. The
same happens with the description function.
With the “Copy image” function you can create
a report easily by pasting the photo into a pro-
gramme of your choice.
“Print Image” starts the printers dialog of your
standard printer. Now you can print out a single
photo.

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Expert Mode Expert Mode
This chapter is dedicated
to the advanced user and
based on the
“Basic Mode” part of this
manual.
We recommend to going
through this part step by
step to get the most benefit
out of the unit.
For additional information
contact the manufacturer or
refer to its website.
(See back page of the cover
of the printed manual.)
In the “Basic Mode” chapter you have seen how
easy it is to use this unit and to store photos
and data.
A special file has been created automatically by
the unit, based on the factory defaults. This file
is called “Logger” and has the extension “lgg”.
Under special circumstances it may happen,
that the factory default settings don’t match your
needs. In that case, it is possible to customize
the factory default logger file.
You may wish, for instance, to name the loca-
tions where you want to measure or to add dif-
ferent emissivity values or special materials.
Additionally it may necessary to add more than
just temperature, location, date and time infor-
mation to the photos.
All this is possible and explained in the next
few pages

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Expert Mode
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Expert Mode
How to create a logger file?
Note! The following operation will
change the current settings in the
unit!
Configure an inspection table using the menu
SETUP/DEVICE LOGGER. The following screen
display will appear.
Continue by setting the desired number of the
inspection points to be measured in the table at
the lower right. In our example it is 5. Choose
the desired image resolution. “High” means a
resolution of 640x480 pixels, “Low” is
320x240 pixels.
Please note! In both modes you could confi-
guere up tp 100 positions. If you have chosen
“High” the maximum number of photos is 26.
In the “Low” resolution mode, you can take
more than 100 photos. The camera memory-
can store up to 106 photos. This could be hel-
pful, if you want to repeat a photo at a previous
position.
Next, enter the name of the location and insert
the related material from the material table by
clicking here. For a known emissivity enter the
value in the column EMS. In the column “Image”
you could enable or disable taking a photo by
checking the appropriate box
The material names are stored in a material
table file. This can be customized. See chapter
“How to create a material table?”
Save this logger file with a new name by
clicking on the “Save as” button. With a click on
“OK” transfer the table to the unit.
Now go to the Logger view by clicking here and
open the file you have just saved

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Expert Mode
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Expert Mode
Examples
Disconnect the unit from the PC and begin your
inspection.
Once the inspection has been done, transfer
data and photos to the PC. Connect the unit via
USB to the computer, while the software is run-
ning. The data transfer begins automatically
when the message “Connected” appears.
Now you can set up which data fields should be
inserted in the photos after you have taken
them. All columns you choose here will be inclu-
ded in the final photo. You can’t delete any infor-
mation from the photo itself. To open the sub-
menu simply right click into the table
With the following dialog choose and order the
columns.
Note! The more data you insert in the photo the
more these data will hide the picture. Especially
if your working in the low resolution mode, we
recommend to choose only a few columns.
See the examples!
Many columns
chosen
Fewer columns
chosen

Ta ke your photos and data as described above
and save them by pressing disc buttoninto the
same file as before.
The number of inspections is shown in the bot-
tom line of the window
To see changes of the temperature over time,
you can create a routing graph.
This feature is very useful to monitor measure-
ment points over time and identify problematic
trends.
For instance, in electrical panels, it is difficult to
find out that something is outside the normal
temperature range, especially if the panel has
live voltage. If you monitor the panel over time,
you find out, where the problems are, before
they become dangerous.
Go to
and then open the logger file you have just
created.
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Expert Mode
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Expert Mode
The photos and data appear in a thumbnail pre-
view. To see the table click here.
With a right click into the table you open a sub
menu.
By choosing “Columns” you can add or delete
columns to show all the data you have saved.
Save the data. This will delete the unit’s
memory and the unit is now ready for the next
inspection.

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Expert mode
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The result.will look as follows:
The routing graph
Expert Mode
The following dialog appears:
Now select in the curves menu up to five
objects measured and set up their appearance
in the graph.
Then choose the time frame of the measure-
ment.

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Expert Mode
How to create or edit a material table?
This function enables you to easily create
customized material / emissivity tables that
meet your requirements.You can then transfer
the table, online, to your thermometer. Proceed
as follows:
Choose the item DEVICE MATERIAL TABLE
from the menu SETUP.
The following screen display appears.
Creating a New Material Table
The cursor is located in the first line under the
entry MATERIAL. Enter the name of the first
material here. In the same line enter the asso-
ciated emissivity under EMS. To access the
other fields, use the keyboard or the mouse and
fill in the complete table. Now save the table by
clicking the button SAVE TO FILE. In the subse-
quent window (see next page) enter the file
name; the file suffix "mat" is automatically
appended.
Save the file in a directory on the drive of your
choice. We recommend the directory name
"Material."
Default Material Table
For your convenience we have provided a selec-
tion of 30 common materials. To access these,
simply click FACTORY DEFAULT with the pri-
mary mouse button or choose a material table
in the language you need by selecting
LOAD FROM FILE.
A complete table will appear as shown above.
By clicking OK you transfer this table to the unit.
Editing an Existing Material Table
Just as easily you can edit a material table. To
call up the table, choose the function LOAD
FROM FILE in the editing window.
By selecting and overwriting, you can modify the
list as you prefer and then save it again.

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Expert Mode
Temperature Monitoring mode
Using the software, the unit can monitor
temperature and take photos automatically.
This happens when the temperature exceeds
the preset values for high or low alarm.
Proceed as follows:
Install the unit on a tripod.
Adjust the measurement direction with the help
of the live video window of the software.
Then go to “Setup” menu in the software and
choose “Device Alarm and Display...”
Choose the alarm values for which you want
the unit to take a photo when exceeded. If
necessary, choose the material of the target or
emissivity value.
Then click “OK”.
Now go to “Recording setup” in the setup
menu.Mark when the snapshot should be taken
- at high alarm or low alarm.
The “min. interval(s)” setting means that the unit
only checks after this interval for the alarm val-
ues exceeded.
A photo will only be taken if an alarm is newly
exceeded.
The snapshots will be taken in the measure-
ment and recording mode.
But you can only save the data for later docu-
mentation in the recording mode.
The “Max. number of images” is limited only by
hard disk space. The file size of a low resolution
photo is approxomate 30 kB and for high reso-
lution 60 kB.
The live video window appears in both modes.
Please do not close it. Otherwise the snapshot
mode will not work.
To resize the live video window, simple click the
right mouse button and choose another size.
When you press the recording or measuring
button again to stop the process, you will be
prompted for a file in which to save the
temperature data.

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Expert Mode
After taking the snapshot, you can see the
photos by clicking on the square markers in the
graph.

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Appendix A - Unit functions Appendix A - Unit functions
Selecting a function
1. To switch on the unit pull and release
the trigger.
2. While the display is active, push the button
of the desired function.
3. Many of the functions are adjustable by
using the Up and Down keys.
For storing, press ENTER.
1
2
3
The DIP switches
Some functions of the unit be changed by using
the DIP switches. These switches are located in
the Battery compartement of the unit.
Lock
°C/°F
Auto/All
Laserflash
Ltd. Access
Set Default
Backlight
Buzzer
TC-J/TC-K
NTC/TC
Time/Date
Photoflash
ON
ON
Sets the unit into con-
tinuous measuring mode
Switches between
degrees Celsius and
Fahrenheit
Switches acoustic
signals On or Off
Switches the backlight of
the display On or Off
Sets the unit’s values to
default, if On
If On, the function
buttons are blocked
If On, the laser will flash
when temperature val-
ues exceed alarm
If On, photoflash is
activated
Auto = automatic flash use
All = every photo is taken
with flash
Time or Date will be
displayed
Thermocouple settings -
refer to the
corresponding
chapter

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Appendix A - Unit functions
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Appendix A - Unit functions
The Data button
Press Data once to activate the log
mode of the thermometer and the
camera. With the right logger file
configuration, you can store
temperature values and photos.
The configuration of the logger file
is performed by the companion
software.
By pressing the Data button twice, one of the
following four displays appears.
“RCL” is displayed for the recall mode.
A photo and
a tempera-
ture value
have been
stored at this
Logger posi-
tion.
Only a
temperature
value has
been stored
at this logger
position.
Camera is
active at this
logger posi-
tion. Nothing
has been
stored.
Camera is
inactive at
this logger
position.
Nothing has
been stored.
The Display button
The last ten measurements are
shown in the bar graph on the
unit’s display. Auto Range of the
bar graph is automatically defined
by the measured maximum and
minimum value. Manual Range
(Man Range) is user defined.
CYCLE allows the adjustment of
the display interval of the bar
graph.
Press Display once to see how
many photos are already taken.
This sets up the BEGIN value for
the graphic display of the bar
graph. The graphic display shows
the temperature as a picture.
This sets up the END value for the
graphic display of the bar graph.

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Appendix A - Unit functions
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Appendix A - Unit functions
The Setup button - HiAL, LoAL, Time...
High alarm (HiAl)
generates an audible and visual
(flashing LED and laser) alarm if
the temperature is above the
setpoint.
Low alarm (LoAl) generates an
audible and visual (flashing LED
and laser) alarm if the
temperature is below the setpoint.
This function is used with a selected
emissivity to add or subtract an offset
value (±10°C/±18°F) to the temperature
value.
The OFFSET feature allows the
temperature values for several units to be
matched, correcting for the allowed
temperature tolerance difference between
units. The OFFSET function can also be
used to increase the accuracy for a narrow
temperature range.
Change the time using the Up and Down
keys.Then press ENTER for each time
segment to activate this time setting. The
segment flashes whilst being set. The
time is stored within the data logger.
Change the date using the Up and Down
keys.Then press ENTER for each date seg-
ment to activate this date setting. The seg-
ment flashes while being set. The date is
stored within the data logger.
...Date, Offset, Clear Images
This feature deletes all
photos from the unit’s
memory.
“Clear Image Press
Enter” is shown as a run-
ning string in the bottom
line of the display
BE CAREFUL if you use
this function. The pictures
cannot be restored.
Back to the
Setup Button
The configuration of the alarm values can
also be performed by the companion
software.