RS PRO RS-988 User manual

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Instruction Manual
RS-988/ RS-9887
Stock No: 230-9295, 227-5213
Thermal Imager
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Operating Instruction for Thermal Imager / English
1. Introduction
• The Thermal imager is handheld imaging camera used for predictive maintenance, equipment
troubleshooting and verification.
• Focus the lens to the object, then the thermal and visual images are displayed on the LCD and can be
saved to a Micro SD Memory card.
• Transferring images to a PC is accomplished by removing the SD memory card and connecting it to a
PC through the included card reader, or transfer the images and video stream to the smart device with
"Thermoview Pro" apps installed.
• In addition to the features mentioned above, the Thermal imager provide video recording and play back.
2.Safety Information
• To prevent eye damage and personal injury, do not look into the laser. Do not point laser directly at
persons or animals or indirectly off reflective surfaces.
• Do not disassemble or do a modification to the Thermal imager.
• Do not point the Thermal imager (with or without the lens cover) at intensive energy sources, for
example devices that emit laser radiation, or the sun.
• This can have an unwanted effect on the accuracy of the camera. It can also cause damage to the
detector in the Thermal imager.
• Do not use the Thermal imager in a temperature higher than 50°C (122°F), lower than-20°C (-4°F). High
temperature or low temperature can cause damage to the Thermal imager.
• Only use the correct equipment to charge the battery.
• If you do not use the correct equipment, you can decrease the performance or the life cycle of the
battery, If you do not use the correct equipment, an incorrect flow of current to the battery can occur,
This can cause the battery to become hot, or cause an explosion and injury to persons.
• Do not pull out the battery when the thermal imager is working.
• If you pull out the battery when the thermal imager is working, it may cause the thermal imager work
unnormal.
• Do not disassemble or do a modification to the battery.
• The battery contains safety and protection devices which, if they become damaged, can cause the
battery to become hot, or cause an explosion or an ignition.
• If there is a leak from the battery and the fluid gets into your eyes, do not rub your eyes, Flush well with
water and immediately get medical care.
• Do not make holes in the battery with objects, Do not hit the battery with a hammer, Do not step on the
battery,or apply strong impacts or shocks to it.
• Do not put the battery in or near a fire, or in direct sunlight, or other high-temperature locations, Do not
solder directly onto the battery.
• Always charge the battery in the special temperature rang.

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• The temperature range through which you can charge the battery is 0 to 50°C (32 to 122°F), If you
charge the battery at temperatures out of this range, it can cause the battery to become hot or to break,
It can also decrease the performance or the life cycle of the battery.
• Do not get water or salt water on the battery, or permit the battery to get wet.
• Clean the case with a damp cloth and a weak soap solution. Do not use abrasives, isopropyl alcohol, or
solvents to clean the case or lens/screen.
• Be careful when you clean the infrared lens, Do not clean the infrared Lens too vigorously, This can
damage the anti-reflective coating.
• Take the Thermal imager from cold to hot, it will appear condensation in thermal imager, To protect the
Thermal imager, you should turn on the Thermal imager, wait until the Thermal imager has become warm
enough for the condensation to evaporate.
• If you do not use the Thermal imager, put the Thermal imager in cool and dry environment, if you store
Thermal imager equipped with the battery, the power of the battery will be exhausted.
Operating Instruction for Thermal Imager / English
Operating Instruction for Thermal Imager / English
Imaging and Optical Data
Field of View (FOV)/Minimum Focus Distance RS-988: 20.7°x15.6°/0.5m
RS-9887: 41.5°x31.1°/0.5m
Spatial Resolution (IFOV] RS-988: 2.26mrad
RS-9887: 1.89mrad
Thermal Sensitivity/NETD <0.05°C at 30°C (86°F)/50mK
Image Frequency 50Hz
Focus Mode Manual
Zoom 1-16x continuous, digital zoom.
Focal Length 9mm
Focal Plane Array (FPA)/ Spectral Range Uncooled microbolometer/8-14um
IR Resolution RS-988: 160x 120 pixels
RS-9887: 384x 288 pixels
Image Presentation
Display 3.5in, LCD, 640x480 pixels, Touch screen
Image Modes IR image, Visual image, Picture in picture, Auto fusion, zoom.
Color Palettes IRON, Rainbow, Grey, Grey Inverted, Brown, Blue-red, Hot-
cold, Feather, Above alarm, Below alarm, Zone alarm, Vision
zone.
Measurement
Object Temperature Range -20 to 150°C (-4 to 302°F)/ 0 to 650°C (32 to 1202°F)
Temperature Accuracy ±2°C (3.6°F) or ±2% of reading (Environment temperature
10 to 35°C, Object temperature >0°C),
Measurement Analysis
Spot Center Spot, Three manual spots
Automatic Hot/ Cold Detection Auto hot or cold markers
Line Two lines analyse
Area Three areas analyse
Measurement Corrections Emissivity, Reflected temperature
Storage of Videos
Storage Media 8Gbytes Micro SD card or 3.4GB internal EMMC.
Video Storage Format Standard MPEG-4 encode, 640x480 at 30fps, on memory
card >60 minutes.
Video Storage Mode IR/ visual images; simultaneous storage of IR and visual
images.
Storage of Images
Image Storage Format Standard JPEG, or HlR files including measurement data, on
memory card >6000 pictures.
3.Specications

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Operating Instruction for Thermal Imager / English
Image Storage Mode IR/ visual images; simultaneous storage of IR and visual
images.
Image Analyse Internal image analyse tools, Complete function.
Set-Up
Set-up commands Local adaptation of units, language, date and time formats,
information of camera
Languages Multinational
Digital Camera
Built-in Digital Camera 2 Megapixels
Built-in Digital Lens Data FOV 65°
Data Communication Interfaces
Interfaces USB-Type C
USB Data transform between camera and PC; Live video between
camera and PC
Wifi 802.11, transfer images and realtime video stream
Power System
Battery Li-ion battery, 4 hours operating time
Input Voltage DC 5V
Charging System In camera (AC adapter)
Power Management Automatic shutdown
Environmental Data
Operating Temperature Range -15 to 50°C (5 to 122°F)
Storage Temperature Range -40 to 70°C (-40 to 158°F)
Humidity (Operating and Storage) 10% to 90%
Drop Test 2m
Bump 25g (1EC60068-2-29)
Vibration 2g (IEC60068-2-6)
Physical Data
Camera Weight, Incl. Battery <500g
Camera Size(L x W x H) 224 x 77 x 96mm
1. Visual Camera
2. Infrared Camera Lens
3. Focus Ring
4. Dust Cover Lanyard Hole
5. Trigger
6. Interface and Cover
6.1 Type-C USB/Charge
6.2 Micro SD Card Slot
7. LCD Display and Touch Screen
8. Images Browse Button
9. Power/Lock Button
4.Structure Description
10. Menu/Select Button
11. Up/Down/Right/Left Button
12. Battery
13. Triangular Bracket Fixed Hole

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5-1.How to Charge the Battery
• Before you use the Thermal Imager for the first time, charge the battery for three and three-half hours.
• The battery status shows on the six-segment charge indicator.
• To charge the battery, use follow before:
1. Connect the ac power adapter into an ac wall outlet and connect the dc output to the
Thermal Imager's ac power socket, the charge light is on, The battery indicator becomes “
” while the battery charges with the ac power adapter.
2. Charge until the charge indicator becomes" ”, the charge icon not changed.
3. Disconnect ac power adapter when the battery is full charged.
Note: Make sure that the Thermal Imager is near room temperature before you connect it to the charger.
Do not charge in hot or cold areas. When you charge in extreme temperature, battery capacity may be
decreased.
5-2.Power On
To turn the Thermal Imager on, push the Power/Lock " " Button about 2 seconds.
5.Before You Start
Operating Instruction for Thermal Imager / English
Operating Instruction for Thermal Imager / English
Note: After power on the device, the thermal Imager needs sufficient warm-up time for the most accurate
temperature measurements and best image quality. So the visible image will first appear, and the thermal
sensor will calibrate internal for sevearal seconds. After that the thermal image will be displayed on the
screen.
5-3.Power Off
• When Thermal lmagers power on, Push and hold the Power Lock " " Button for two seconds, then
popup the power off menu, press "OK" to power off the device.
• Push and hold the Power/Lock " " Button for twelve seconds, the device will be forced power off
directly
5-4.Desktop
The Desktop is as follow:
1. Temperature Unit
2. Distance Unit
3. Emissivity
4. Zoom Indicator
5. SD Card
6. Wifi Status
7. Battery Capacity Status
8. Time
9. Main Menu
10. Centre Point Temperature Readings
11. Video Recording Indicator
12. AGC Mode Status
13. Max Temperature of Current Scene
14. Centre Point Cross
15. Value Adjustment for High Alarm
16. Value Adjustment for Low Alarm
17. AGC Mode Select Button
18. Min Temperature of Current Scene
19. Color Bar

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5-5.Focus
• To adjust focus, clockwise or Anti-clockwise rotates the IR Lens.
• When target comes into focus, it shows a sharper image.
• When the target moves out of focus, the thermal image becomes blurry.
Note: Correct focus is important in all imaging applications. Correct focus makes sure that the infrared
energy is correctly directed onto the pixels of the detector. Without the correct focus, the thermal image
can be blurry and the radiometric data will be inaccurate. Out-of-focus infrared images are frequently
unusable or of little value.
5-6.Shutter
• The thermal image of the Thermal lmager becomes blurry, when the Thermal Imager no correcting after
some minutes or the Thermal Imager changes target.
• To get fine thermal image, the Thermal Imager need be corrected. The Thermal lmager has two mode for
correcting. Manual and Auto mode.
• In Manual Mode, long press the down arrow button, the Thermal Imager will correct.
• In Auto Mode, the Thermal Imager can correct automatically white The thermal image of the Thermal
lmager becomes blurry.
5-7.Temperature Measurement
• All objects radiate infrared energy.
• The quantity of energy radiated is base on the actual surface temperature and the surface emissivity of
the object.
• The Thermal Imager senses the infrared energy from the surface of the object and uses this data to
calculate an estimated temperature value.
• Many common objects and materials such as painted metal, wood, water, skin, and cloth are very good
at radiating energy and it is easy to get relatively accurate measurements.
• For surfaces that are good at radiating energy (high emissivity), the emissivity factor is >0.90.
• This simplification does not work on shiny surfaces or unpainted metals as they have an emissivity of
<0.6, These materials are not good at radiating energy and are classified as low emissivity.
• To more accurately measure materials with a low emissivity, an emissivity correction is necessary.
• Adjustment to the emissivity setting will usually allow the Thermal Imager to calculate a more accurate
estimate of the actual temperature.
• More information please see Emissivity Adjustment to get the most accurate temperature measurements.
Operating Instruction for Thermal Imager / English
Operating Instruction for Thermal Imager / English
Focus to get
clear image
5-8. Emissivity Adjustment
• The correct emissivity value is important to make the most accurate temperature measurement.
• Emissivity of a surface can have a large effect on the apparent temperatures that the Thermal Imager
observes.
• Understanding the emissivity of the surface, but may not always, allow you to obtain more accurate
temperature measurements.
Note: Surfaces with an emissivity of <0.60 make reliable and consistent determination of actual
temperature problematic. The lower the emissivity, the more potential error is associated with the
Imager’s temperature measurement calculations. This is also true even when adjustments to the
emissivity and reflected background adjustments are performed properly.
• Emissivity is set directly as a value or from a list of emissivity values for some common materials. The
global emissivity displays in LCD Screen as E=x.xx.
• The following table gives typical emissivity of important materials.
Material Emissivity
Water 0.96
Stainless steel 0.14
Aluminum plate 0.09
Asphalt 0.96
Concrete 0.97
Cast iron 0.81
Rubber 0.95
Wood 0.85
Brick 0.75
Tape 0.96
Brass plate 0.06
Human skin 0.98
PVC plastic 0.93
Polycarbonate 0.80
Oxidized copper 0.78
Rust 0.80
Paint 0.90
Soil 0.93

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Operating Instruction for Thermal Imager / English
5-9.Reflected Temperature
• Using the offset factor, the reflection is calculated out due to the low emissivity and the accuracy of the
temperature measurement with infrared instruments is improved.
• In most cases, the reflected temperature is identical to the ambient air temperature.
• Only when objects with strong emissions with much higher temperature are in the proximity of the object
being measured should be determined and used.
• The reflected temperature has only little effect on objects with high emissivity.
• The reflected temperature can be set individually.
• Follow these steps to get the right value for the reflected temperature.
1. Set the emissivity to 1.0.
2. Adjust the optical lens to near focus.
3. Looking in the opposite direction away from the object, take a measurement and freeze the image.
4. Determine the average value of the image and use that value for your input of reflected temperature.
5-10.Thermal Imager Reporter Software
• Thermal Imager Reporter software is supplied with the Thermal Imager.
• This Software is intended for Thermal Imager and contains feature to analyze images, organize data and
information, and make professional reports.
• Thermal Iimager Reporter software allows audio annotations and commentary to be reviewed on a PC.
6.Menus
The menus, together with buttons, are access for image, measurement, Emiss, Palette, temperature
measurement range, take photo and video, review, and settings.
6-1.Main Menu
• Press "Menu/OK" Button or touch the screen, the main menu will be poped up.
• Main Menu is the main interface of the Thermal Imager's menus.
• It contains five items such as Measure parameters, Measure tools, Image mode, Palette, system Settings.
Alarm: Set alarm temperature
Paramters: Parameters set for the calculation temperature.
Measure Tools: Set for the calculation and display of radiometric temperature measurement data
related to the thermal images.
Image Mode: Set image source for the display on the Thermal Imager's LCD. It contains five items
such as infrared image, visual image and fusion.
Palette: Set the type of color bar.
Settings: Set for the user preferences such as language, unit of temperature measurement, date,
time;restore factory setting and display product information.
6-2.Image Mode
1. ln main menu, press "Image Mode" icon button, highlight "Image Mode".
2. Press "Up" button, popup Image submenu which contains five image modes.
3. Press "Left" or "Right" button, or touch the image mode icons, highlight the Image mode which you
want to choose.
4. The image mode will change after you choose it.

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Operating Instruction for Thermal Imager / English
Thermal lmager has 5 kinds of image modes for display: Thermal, Picture in Picture, Camera, Auto Fusion,
Measuring Distance.
Thermal: Displays only infrared image.
Visible: Displays only visible image.
Picture in Picture: Display fusion image of infrared and
visible images.
AUF: Auto Fusion mode, compare the centre area
temperature with full screen, the machine will calculate
the mix ratio of infrared and visible images automaticly.
Zoom Mode: In this mode, the image can be zoom in/out continuously.
In the Zoom mode, Press Left key or slide the zoom bar to zoom in the image: Press right Key or slide the
zoom bar zoom out the image.

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6-3.lmage Palette
• The Image Palette lets you change the false-color presentation of the infrared images on display or
captured.
• A variety of palettes are available for specific applications.
• The standard palettes offer an equal, linear presentation of colors that allow for best presentation
effect.
Standard Palette
1. In main menu, press "Palette" icon button, highlight "Palette".
2. Press "Up" Button, popup Image submenu which contains 8 kinds of color palettes and 4 kinds of
special palettes.
3. Press "Left" or "Right" Button or touch the image mode icons, highlight the palette which you want to
choose.
4. The palette mode will be changed after you choose it.
Iron Rainbow Grey Grey invert Brown hot Blue red Hot cold Feather
High Alarm: The temperature higher than the high alarm
set value will be colored to red.
Low Alarm: The temperature lower than the low alarm
set value will be colored to blue.
Zone Alarm: The temperature between the high alarm and the low alarm set value will be colored to
orange.
Visible Zone: The temperature between the high alarm and the low alarm set value will be colored to
the palette, other part of the image will displayed as visible image.
6-4. lmage Adjustment
There are three kinds of mode for image adjustment: histogram, Auto and Manual.
6-4-1.Lock Operation
• Touch the AGC Mode Button to switch to Manual mode, lock the current scene temperature range.
• " " means Manual, touch the lock temperature value button to adjust the lock value.

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Operating Instruction for Thermal Imager / English
• Lock the low level and adjust the high level of the temperature range:
• Lock the high level and adjust the low level of the temperature range:
6-4-2. Histogram Mode and Auto Mode
• Auto Mode: level and span are decided by the thermal image of minimum temperature and maximum
temperature,The relationship between temperature and color is linear.
• Histgram Mode: the thermal image is enhanced by histogram algorithm, The relationship between
temperature and color is not linear, Some part of the image is enhanced.
• Touch the icon "HG" or "AUTO" below the colorbar to change the mode.
6-5.Measurement Menu
1. In main menu, press "Measurement" icon button, highlight "Measurement".
2. Press "Up" button, popup Image submenu which contains 5 kinds of Measurement tools.
3. Press "Left" or "Right" button, or touch the Measurement tools icons, highlight the Measurement tool
which you want to choose.
4. The Measurement tool will be enabled after you choose it.
Center Spot: Measure the center point temperature.
Manual Spot: Measure the manual point temperature, There are three manual analyse points.
Line Analysis: Measure the line temperature, There are two analyse lines, One for horizontal, the
other is vertical line.
Area Analysis: Measure the area temperature, There are three analyse areas.
Hi/Lo Spot Analysis: Capture max/minimum temperature.
Delete all Analyses: Delete all analyse tools.
6-6.Parameter Menu
1. In main menu, press "Up" and "Down" button, highlight "Emiss", press "Select" button, popup object
parameter submenu.