Triplett IRTC600 User manual

User Manual
IRTC600
Thermal Imaging Camera
Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of the Triplett
IRTC600 Thermal Imaging Camera. This instrument
is useful in many applications such as preventative
maintenance, troubleshooting of electrical and
HVAC systems, mechanical breakdowns, water leaks
and moisture buildup, heat loss from missing
insulation and faulty windows/doors, automotive
repair, and other places to find leaks and hot spots.
With proper care the instrument will last for many
years of accuracy and service.
Safety
Please read the safety information carefully before attempting to
operate the meter. Failure to do so could cause personal injury
or damage to the meter. Please read this manual carefully to
ensure safe and correct use.
Do not attempt to repair this device:
Please contact Triplett Technical Support for any issues
Product Support —Triplett Test Equipment & Tools
Considerations
Please observe the following guide in order not to damage the
product:
Don’t assemble or dismantle the product without permission.
The product is a type of super precise equipment. Don’t
try to dismantle, assemble, or remodel any part of the
product. Repair of the product should be made by
technical personnel designated by Triplett service
technicians only.

Avoid damage to probe of the product
Note: don’t put the product close to strong heat source directly **NOTE:
** Product Clicking –Sensor is automatically calibrating for
image,
When the product works, there is light sound of clicking
every several seconds. This is normal and is calibrating
when the lens captures images and senses temperature
changes.
Charging –Avoid overcharging (over 24 hours) the battery
and remove Power Adaptor when not charging. Use only the
charging cable and adaptor that the unit is shipped with or
make sure it is the same 5 V/2A max spec.
Water and Condensation –It is best to avoid water and
condensation when storing the unit.
Cleaning –It is best to use water-based soap to clean and
not abrasive solutions.
Lens Maintenance and Cleaning –Take care and be gentle
when cleaning the lens as it is treated with an anti-reflection
coating. Use an alcohol-based cleaning solution and a lint
free soft cloth to remove dust and dirt. Compressed air is also
an alternative that works well.
Charging Battery
Use USB data line to charge:
The product has built-in chargeable 26650 lithium batteries.
When the battery level is low, the top right of the screen will display
“ ”. Please charge in time through Micro USB interface
When the product is off, you can charge）.
Pull off the USB line after fully charging.
To make the lithium-ion battery can play the perfect performance:
Don’t place the battery on the charger exceeding 24 hours.
The thermal imaging device should be charged for two hours
at least every three months so as to extend the battery service
life to the greatest extent.
Don’t try to charge the battery in extremely cold environment.

Meter and Keypad Description Specifications
Model
IRTC600
Display screen
3.5 ″full angle TFT
display screen
Infrared image resolution
220×160
Field angle
35°×26°
Visible image resolution
300,000 pixels
LCD resolution
320×240
Shortest focus length
0.15M
Thermal sensitivity
0.07℃
Temperature
-20℃to 300℃(-4°F to 572°F)
measurement range
Measurement accuracy
±2℃/±2%
Emissivity
Adjustable from 0.01 to 1.00
Frame rate of
9Hz
thermal images
Wavelength coverage
8-14um
Focus mode
Fixed
Color palette
Rainbow, iron oxide red, cold color,
black & white, white & black
Storage capacity
Built-in 3G (above 20 thousand
image stored)

File format
JPG
USB
Micro USB 2.0
Power supply
Built-in chargeable 26650 battery
Working time
2-3 hours
Automatic power-off time
Selectable: 5 minutes/20 minutes/
not power off automatically
Setting command
Unit, Language, Date, Time, Information
Language
English, Chinese, Italian, German
Product size
248mm×97mm×112.8mm
Product weight
588 g
Work temperature
0℃to 45℃
Storage temperature
-20℃to 60℃
Relative humidity
< 85%RH

Operation
POWER ON/OFF
•Press and hold the “ ” button for more than 3
seconds to turn the Thermal Imaging on or off.
Main Display
•After powering on the power, open the lens protection
cover, the screen shows the thermal imaging status.
•
**Note: Time adjustment may be required when you move the
camera between environments with widely varying ambient temperatures.
Visible, Fused and Thermal Image Modes
Switching between infrared thermal image and visible image
Press “ ” or “ ” key to switch the degree of fusion between inferred
thermal images and visible images (the degree of fusion is 0%, 25%, 50%,
75% and 100%)
Maximum and Minimum Temperature
Display
The highest/ and lowest temperature is shown at the bottom
of the screen over the image
after normal start up, pressing the “ ” button will toggle
between displaying and hiding this information.
Image capture
•Quick pull of the image capture trigger to capture.
When the capture is successful, the screen will
show the prompt “Save image?”. If you want to
save the image, select “Yes” and press the
“SELECT/ENTER”button. The image will be
stored. If you do not want to save the image you
can select “No”and the image will be deleted.

Recording Video
Long press or pull of the image capture trigger the screen will
prompt “record video?”, if you select “Yes” at this time, please press
the SELECT/ENTER button and video will start to be recorded.
Transferring Saved Images and Video
The saved images can be transferred and viewed by connecting
with a computer through Micro USB.
Recalling Stored Images
Open the USB protective cover. Use USB cable to connect the USB
port and then computer to read the images or save it into computers.
The supported operating system through verification includes:
winxp, win7, win 8, win10, Apple system.
It is suggested to use the attached USB line or USB line with
higher quality.
Note:
When connecting with a computer, pull off the data line after
selecting “pop out device safely” to avoid causing file system
damage and other problems. If “unable to save” and other problems
occur, you may find the hard disc in the computer and fix it.
Press the left of “MENU” key and the menu bar appears. They are “Image
registration”, “Images”, “Videos”, “Color palette”, “Emissivity” and
“Settings” submenus.
Image Alignment (Submenu)
Description of Image Overlapping (Fusion)
Image overlapping makes it easier for users to understand the infrared
images by using aligned visible images and infrared images. The use
of image overlapping can capture the visible image of every infrared
image so as to display the temperature distribution in the target region
correctly and share with other people more effectively.
Adjusting of Image Overlapping (Visible and
Thermal Cameras)
Press the button to enter the main menu and select “
” (Image registration) in the main menu.
Press the “SELECT/ENTER” button to enter the image overlap adjustment
mode. Press the navigation keys (up, down, left and right buttons) to perform
the visible image shift operation.
Press the “SELECT/ENTER” button to exit the image blending mode (Note: If
there is no operation for more than 6 seconds, the image blending mode will
be automatically exited).

Images (Submenu)
View image
Press the button to enter the main menu and select “
” (images) in the main menu.
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As shown in the figure, then press “ ” key to enter image list.
Press “ ”or “ ” key in navigation to select the image. Then
press “SELECT/ENTER” key to view image.
When viewing the images, press “ ” key to view the precious
image, Press “ ” to view the next image.
Press “SELECT/ENTER ” key to return. Press “ ” key to exit from the
menu.
Deleting Images
When viewing the images, the screen will show the prompt of “Delete
photo” by pressing “ ” key. If “Yes” is selected now, press
“ ” key to determine to delete the image. If “No” is selected,
press “SELECT/ENTER” key to determine not to delete the image.
Video (Submenu)
View video
Press the “ ” button to enter the main menu and select “
” (videos) in the main menu.
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Press the “ ” key to enter the video list, press the “ ” “ ”
keys in the navigation keys to select a video, and then press
the “SELECT/ENTER” key to view the video.
When viewing a video, press the “ ” button to view the previous
video, and press the “ ” button to view the next video. When
playing a video, press the “SELECT/ENTER” button to pause
playback, and press the “SELECT/ENTER” button again to resume
playback.
Deleting Video
When viewing the video, press the “ ” button, and the prompt
“Delete video?” will appear on the screen. If you want to select “Yes”
at this time, please press the “ ” key to confirm the deletion of
the video. If you want to choose “No”, please press the
“SELECT/ENTER” button to confirm not to delete the video

Color Palette (Submenu)
Color palette Description
The palette can be used to change the pseudo-color display of the
infrared image on the display. Some tune Swatches are better suited
for specific applications and can be set up as needed. The palette is
divided into rainbow, iron red, cool, white hot, black hot, five palettes.
These palettes work best with high thermal contrast and provide
additional color contrast between high and low temperatures.
Suitable selection of color palette displays the details of the target
objective better. Rainbow, iron oxide red and cold color palettes focus
on display of color. Such color palettes are very suitable for high heat
contrast and are used to improve the color contrast between high
temperature and low temperature. But the black & white and white &
black color palettes provide even linear color.
The following is the image of the same object with selection of
different color palettes.
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Rainbow Iron oxide red Cold color White heat Black heat
Selecting Color Palette
Color palette
Spectra
Iron
Cool
White
Black
As shown in the figure, press “ ” key to enter the main
menu
and select “ ” (color palette) option and press “ ” key to
enter the color palette list. Press “ ” and “ ” keys in
navigation to select the color palette. Then press “SELECT/ENTER”
key to
select the color palette. Press “ ” to return. Press “ ” key
to exit from the menu.

Emissivity (Submenu)
Emissivity description
The emissivity of the product can be adjusted from 0.01 to 1.00 with the
default value of 0.95. Many common objects and materials (such as
timber, water, skin and textile fabric) can reflect the heat energy
effectively. So it is easy to obtain relatively correct measurement value.
The emissivity is usually set as 0.95 when the coarse objects that are
easy to give out energy. For semi-matte objects that give out less
energy, the emissivity is usually about 0.85 and the emissivity of semi-
gloss objects is 0.6. The shiny objects are divided into materials with low
radiation coefficient. The emissivity is usually set as 0.3 at the time of
measurement. Correct setting of the value of emissivity is very important
for you to carry out the most correct temperature measurement. The
surface emissivity will produce giant impact on surface temperature
measured by the product. Understanding the surface emissivity will
enable you to obtain correct temperature measurement result.
Emissivity Setting
The product is provided with four types of object measurement modes:
Matt (0.95)
Semi-matt (0.85)
Semi-glossy (0.60)
Glossy (0.30)
According to the characteristics of the measured objects, users may set
the emissivity value through the “self-define” option (please refer to the
table of “emissivity of common materials”).
The operating step is as the following:
Emissivity
Matt (e=0.95)
Semi-matt (e=0.85)
Semi-glossy (e=0.60)
Glossy (e=0.30)
Custom
0.95
As shown in the figure, press “ ” key to enter the main menu
and select “ ” (emissivity) option and press “ ” key to enter
the emissivity lists.
Press “ ” and “ ” keys in navigation key to select the
emissivity. Then press “SELECT/ENTER” ” key to determine selection of
the
emissivity. Press “ ” key again to return.

If you select "self-defined" emissivity, press the “SELECT/ENTER” ” button to
enter the editing state. Press “
” / “
”Keys to select the
number to be changed, press “
” “
” Keys to change the
value. After the selection is completed, press “SELECT/ENTER” ” to confirm,
then press “ ” to return. The “ ” button exits the menu.
Settings (Submenu)
Press “ ” key to select the “ ” (Settings) option in the main
menu. Press “ ” key again to enter the “setting” sub-menu.
The emissivity value of common materials
Substance
Thermal radiation
Substance
Thermal radiation
Bitumen
Black cloth
Concrete
Human skin
Cement
Foam
Sand
Charcoal dust
Earth
Paint
Water
Matte paint
Ice
Black rubber
Snow
Plastic
Glass
Timber
Ceramics
Paper
Marble
Chromium
hemi trioxide
Gypsum
Copper oxide
Mortar
Ferric oxide

Auto Power OFF (APO) Setting
After entering the “Settings” Submenu Select “Auto Shutdown”. The selections
available are No, 5 mins or 20 minutes. Select the desire APO time with the Up
or Down arrow buttons and press “Select/Enter” button to confirm and save
setting.
Intensity Setting
After selecting “ ” (intensity), press the “ ” button in the
navigation key to enter the brightness setting. Can be set to low
or medium or bright.
Language Setting
After selecting “ ” (language), press the “ ” button in the
navigation key to enter the language setting.
Available in 4 languages: English, Chinese, Italian, German.
Unit Setting
After selecting °“” (unit), press the “ ” button in the navigation key
to enter the temperature unit setting. Can be set to Celsius or
Fahrenheit.
Time Format Setting
After you select “24 h”( time format), press the “ ” key in the
navigation key to enter the time format setting. Can be set to 24
hours or 12 hours.
Time Setting
As shown in the figure, after selecting “ ” (set time), press “ ”
in the navigation key to enter the setting time.
Set time
Year 2020
Month
10
Day
26
24hHour
03
Minute
10
Second
54
Press “ ”/“ ” to select year/month/day/hour/minute.
After selecting, press “SELECT” key to enter the edit state.
Press“ ” and “ ” keys to select the figure to be changed.
Press“ ” /“ ” key to change the value. After completing the
change, press “ENTER” to enter.
After the time setting is completed, press “ ”key to return.

Thermal Analysis Software
Software Installation and Operation
1. Connect the product with a USB cable, and then connect to the computer
Open the removable disk in the computer, find the "INSTALLATION PACKAGE"
folder and open it, and click to install the software.
2.After installation, open Enter the picture analysis software interface
3., Click "Open File", and select the picture to be analyzed, as shown in the figure:

Software User Interface Introduction
1. Select the language in the upper right corner of the interface, you can
choose Chinese, English, and switch between the two languages.
2. On the right are shown as: fusion rate, color palette, temperature
unit, picture information.
Fusion rate: Moving the slider can realize the fusion of visible light image
and infrared thermal image. The left end is a visible light image, and the
right end is an infrared thermal image.
Palette: In the palette, click the " " icon to choose from five color
palettes: rainbow, iron red, cold, white hot, black hot.
Temperature unit: In the temperature unit, click the " " icon to select
three temperature units: Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Kelvin.
Picture information: display file name, emissivity, capture time,
maximum temperature, minimum temperature, center point temperature,
original thermal image.
3. "Open File" in the upper left corner of the interface, open the thermal image
to be read. When you need to save the picture after the operation, click "Save"
(Note: the saved picture cannot be opened again with this software).
Icon Introduction
1. " " icon, take the temperature of the thermal image.
2. " "icon, select the maximum temperature and minimum temperature
of the thermal image in a straight line.
3. " "icon, select the thermal imaging map to select the
maximum temperature and minimum temperature.
4. " " icon, circle the thermal imaging map to get the maximum
temperature and the minimum temperature.
5. " "icon, arbitrarily circle the thermal imaging map to take the maximum
temperature and the minimum temperature.
6. " "Return icon, when an operation error occurs, you can click this icon
to return to the previous operation.
7. " "Delete icon, when you select multiple temperature values and need
to cancel all of them, click Delete.

Warranty
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to the original purchaser for use that the products sold by it will be free from defects in workmanship and material for a
period of (1) one year from the date of purchase. This warranty does not apply to any of our products which have been
repaired or altered by unauthorized persons in any way or purchased from unauthorized distributors so as, in our sole
judgment, to injure their stability or reliability, or which have been subject to misuse, abuse, misapplication, negligence,
accident or which have had the serial numbers altered, defaced, or removed. Accessories, including batteries are not
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