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IC-Report DuoVision
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B - 1 Operating manual – IR Software G
CONTENTS
1.0 Installation........................A-011.1 SystemRequirement................A-011.2 InstallIC-ReportDuoVision............A-021.3 UninstallIC-ReportDuoVision.........A-03
2.0 Gettingstarted......................A-042.1 LaunchApplication .................A-042.2 TerminateApplication................A-04
3.0 Introduction.........................A-043.1 Interfaces .......................A-043.2 Functions ........................A-04
4.0 ThermalAnalysis....................A-154.1 OpenIRFile........................A-154.2 OpenImage........................A-154.3 CloseImages......................A-154.4 Drawing..........................A-154.5 Temperature........................A-184.6 Chart.............................A-19
5.0 ImageProcess ....................A-225.1 OpenIRFile .......................A-225.2 IsothermalArea ....................A-225.3 ImageAdjustment...................A-235.4 AreaAdjusting......................A-235.5 IRImageSwitch ....................A-245.6 Fusion ............................A-245.7 Snapshot..........................A-25
6.0 Report........................... A-256.1 GeneratingReport....................A-256.2 ReportBuild .......................A-256.3 SaveReport .......................A-266.4 OpenIRTFile.......................A-266.5 SaveIRTFile.......................A-266.6 Print..............................A-26
7.0 FileProcessing ...................A-267.1 Preview ..........................A-267.2 Merge............................A-277.3 Edit.............................. A-27
8.0 Monitoring............................. A-278.1. USB-Monitoring......................A-278.2. NET-Monitoring......................A-288.3. MonitoringScreen....................A-28
9.0 IRrecording...................... A-29
10.0Recordplay...................... A-29
11.0Imagemerging.................... A-30
12.0Systemsettings................... A-3112.1SaveFile..........................A-3112.2Snapshot..........................A-3112.3Record............................A-3112.4Re-record.........................A-3212.5DataExport........................A-3212.6OpenFile..........................A-3312.7System............................A-3312.8TemperatureCalibration...............A-33
13.0Versioncomparsion................ A-35Thispublicationreplacesallpreviousannouncements.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,processedusingelectronicsystems,replicatedordistributedinanyform,withoutourwrittenauthorisation.Subjecttotechnicalchanges.Allrightsreserved.Namesofgoodsareusedwithoutguaranteeoffreeusagekee-pingtothemanufacturer‘ssyntax.Thenamesofgoodsusedareregisteredandshouldbeconsideredassuch.Wereservetherighttomodifydesignintheinte-restofongoingproductimprovement,suchasshapeandcolourmodifications.Thescopeofdeliverymayvaryfromthatintheproductdescription.Allduecarehasbeentakenincompilingthisdocument.Weacceptnoliabilityforerrorsoromissions.©TROTEC®
1.0 INSTALLATION
1.1 SystemRequirement
Windows-XP(only32Bit-Version):
SP2above,Memory512MBabove,CPU700Hzabove,Framework2.0above,MonitorResolution1024x768above
Windows-Vista(only32Bit-Version):
SP1 above, Memory 1GB above, CPU 1GHz above,Framework2.0above,MonitorResolution1024x768above
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m The IC-Report DuoVision does not support USB real time monitoring on Vista currently
1.2 InstallIC-ReportDuoVision
-Findtheinstallationprogramanddoubleclick theprogramfileicon.
-ClicktheNextbuttontocontinuetheinstallationor
Cancelbuttontoterminatetheinstallation.
-OntheLicenseAgreementscreen,clickYesbutton tocontinuetheinstallationorNobuttontoterminatetheinstallation.
-Chooseaninstallationharddriveandfilepathby clickingtheBrowsebuttonorusethedefaultdriver andfilepath(Pleaseensurethereisenoughspace ontheselecteddrive).
-ThenclicktheNextbutton.
-ConfirmtheprogramfolderandclickNext.
-ThiswilltakeyoutotheStartCopyingFilesdialogue box.ClicktheNextbutton.
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-Click the Finish button. If your computer does nothaveMicrosoftFramework2.0(oralaterversion)ins-talled,theprogramwillpromptyouwithamessagetoinstallFramework2.0.ClicktheOkbuttonandfollowthe installation instruction on the screens to installFramework2.0software.
If you see “Setup cannot continue because this version of the .Net Framework is in-compatible with a previously installed one” message during the Framework installation, please go to Control Panel, double click Add or Remove Programs in XP or Programs and Features in Vista to remove previous versi-on of the Framework and uninstall the IC-Report DuoVisionXXX software (See section 1.2, where XXX is version name, such as Std, Pro, USB, NET). Follow the above steps to re-install the application.
-ClicktheYesbuttontorestartyourcomputerafter theinstallationiscompleted.
1.3 UninstallIC-ReportDuoVision
-ClickStartatthebottomleftoftheWindows’s desktop.UndertheIC-ReportDuoVisionXXXof AllProgramsclickUninstallIC-ReportDuoVisi onXXXandfollowingtheinstructionstoremove theIC-ReportDuoVisionXXXsoftware.
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2.0 GETTING STARTED
2.1 LaunchApplication
Therearetwosimplewaysyoucanlaunchthepro-gram.ClickStartatthebottomleftoftheWindows’sdesktopandundertheIC-ReportDuoVisionXXXoftheAllProgramsselectIC-ReportDuoVisionXXX.YoucanalsosimplydoubleclicktheIC-ReportDuoVisionXXXicononyourWindowsDesktop.
Note:For theprofessionalversion,usermustplugadongleassociatedwiththesoftwareontothecompu-ter.Otherwise,theprogramwillbeterminated.
2.2 TerminateApplication
Usercan terminate theapplicationbyselectingExitfromtheFilemenuorclickingthetoprightbutton.
3.0 INTRODUCTION
3.1 Interfaces
TheFigureshowsthemaininterfaceoftheapplication,whichhasmenus,atoolbar,anIRanalysisarea,andin-formationareas.Operationalfunctionscanbeselectedusingthemenus,toolbar,orbyrightclickingthemouseontheimageitself.TheIRanalysisareaisacontainerfordisplayinganalysisofthermaland/orCCDimages.Theinformationareasdisplayanalysisdata,status,andresults.
3.2 Functions
- Filter Setatemperaturerangeasafileopenfilter,whichonlyopensthermalimagesinwhichthe maximumtemperaturevaluefallsintoaspecified temperaturerange.
Examples: -Openthermalimagefile(s)inwhichthemaximum temperatureislessthanorequalto60degreeCel sius.
-Openthermalimagefile(s)inwhichthemaximum temperatureisgreatthanorequalto60degree Celsius.
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-Openthermalimagefile(s)inwhichthemaximumtemperaturesisbetween40and60degreeCelsius.
-Openthermalimagefile(s)inwhichtheminimum temperatureisgreatthanorequalto40degreeCelsius.
-Openthermalimagefile(s)inwhichthemaximum temperatureislessthanorequalto40degreeCel- sius.
- Open IR File YoucanopenoneormultiplethermalimagesinSAT, JPGwiththermaldata,andBMPwiththermaldatafor- matfiles.Youcanalsoopenassociateddigitalimage inCCDformatforfusionwork. Action:menuFile=>OpenIRFileorclicktheOpen IRFileshortcut.
- Open Image OpenoneormultipledigitalimageinJPGorBMP format.Thedigitalimagecanbeusedforanalysis reportingandimagefusionwithathermalimage. Action:menuFile=>OpenImageorclicktheOpen Imageshortcut.
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- Save Report InReportMode,savethecurrentanalysisresults intoaWordformatfile(.doc). Action:menuFile=>SaveReport=>selectfile nameandpath=>ClickSavebutton.
- Batch Report ForPro,USB,orNETversion,usercanselecta reporttemplateandmultiplethermalimagestogenerateWordformatreports(.doc)ornewreport templates(.irt).BatchReportusesselectedthermal imagestoreplacethethermalimage(s)inthereport templateandrecalculateanalysisresults.
Action:menuFile=>BatchReport
-SelectSingleFileorSeparateFileforthereport generating.SingleFilewillsaveallreportsintoa
singleWordfileandSeparateFilewillsavethe reportsintoseparatefiles.
-Choosereporttemplatemethods:1)searchatem- plate(.irtfile)fromfilebrowseofleftside,drag anddropthethumbnailofthetemplateintothe TemplateNameboxontherightside,2)directly typethepathandtemplatenameintothe TemplateNameboxontherightside,3)click BrowsebuttonontherightofTemplateNamebox, selectatemplate.
-Choosethermalimagemethods:searchthermal images(.sator.jpgwiththermaldatafile)from filebrowseofleftside,1)draganddropthesel- ectedthumbnailsofthermalimagefilesintothe SelectedImageboxontherightside,2)clickAdd button.Theprogramusestheselectedthermal imagesinone-by-oneordertoreplacethermal imagesinthetemplate.Whenthelastthermalimage isreplaced,anewpageorreportwillbe generated.Ifresidueislessthanthenumberof imagesinthetemplate,therestthermalimages willkeepunchanged.
- Choosepathandfilenamethatthereportwill besaved;
- Selectfiletypeofthegeneratedreport;
- ClickGeneratebutton
- Open IRW File -Openananalysisworkingfile(.irw).TheIRW includesallanalysisobjectsandresultssaved fromananalysissession,whichallowyouto continuelastanalysissession.
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IRW File is available for the PRO, USB, or NET version.
Action:menuFile=>OpenIRWFile=>select aworkingtemplatefileinExplore=>ClickOpen button.
- Save IRW File -Inanalysismode,youcansaveallanalysis contentsexceptFusionandImageMerging windows/containersintoaworkingfile(.irt)and openitlatertocontinueanalysis.
IRW File is available for the PRO, USB, or NET version
Action:menuFile=>SaveIRWFile=>specify workingtemplatefilename=>ClickSavebutton
- Open IRT File -Openareporttemplatefile(.irt)intoreportmode forediting.TheIRTisaformattedreporttemplate filethatcanbeusedtogeneratebatchreports(see 3.2.5BatchReport). Action:menuFile=>OpenIRTFile=>selecta reporttemplatefileinExplore=>ClickOpenbutton.
- 9. Save IRT File -Inreportmode,youcansavethecurrentformatted contentsexceptFusionandImageMergingwindows/ containersasareportingtemplateintoafile(.irt). Thetemplateisusedtogeneratebatchreport,which usesselectedthermalimageandanalysisdatainthe templateformattoformanalysisreports(see3.2.5 BatchReport). Action:menuFile=>SaveIRTFile=>specify reporttemplatefilename=>ClickSavebutton.
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- 10. Save IR As -Yousaveanopenedthermalimageormultiple thermalimagesintofile(s)inaspecifiedformat. Action:menuFile=>SaveIRAs=>specifyimage(s), type,temperaturescale,temperaturedata,path =>ClickOK.
ChoosingtheCurrentImagemeanstosavethe currentselectedthermalimageintoafi le. ChoosingtheAllImagesmeanssaveallthermal imagesinAnalysisorReportwindowintofiles. Youcanspecifyafiletype(JPG,BMP,orSAT).For JPGandBMPtypes,youcanspecifywhetheror notincludesthetemperaturescaleofthethermal image.ForJPGtype,youcanspecifywhether ornotincludestemperaturedataofthethermal image.IfanimageissavedinJPGformatwith temperaturedata,youcanopenitasathermal imageandperformanalysisasanimageinthe SATformat.
No Temperature Data option for Standard ver-sion.
SpecifyfilepathandnamethroughtheBrowse andclickOK.ClickCanceltoaborttheoperation. UncheckShowThisDialoguemeansthisdialogue windowwillnotbeshownwhenyouperformSaveIR Asoperation.Youcancheckoruncheckthisoptionbox inSystem=>Settings=>SaveFileaswell- Print Preview Underreportmode,previewformatofthecurrent reportbeforeprinting. Action:menuFile=>PrintPrevieworclickprint previewshortcut.- Print Underreportmode,sendthecurrentreportto printerdirectly. Action:menuFile=>Printorclickprintshortcut.- 13. Exit Terminatetheapplication. Action:menuFi le=>Exit orcl icktopr ight button.- Restore Tools InAnalysisMode,youcanrestoredeleteddrawings/ toolsinabackwardorder.Thatmeanslastdeleted andfirstrestored. Action:menuAction=>RestoreToolsorclickthe RestoreToolsshortcut.- Undo InReportMode,youcanrestoredeleteddrawings andanalysiscomponentssuchaschart,table, andtextinabackwardorder. Action:menuAction=>UndoorclicktheUndo shortcut.
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- Redo InReportMode,youcanrestorelastUndowork. Forexample,afteryouundoadeletedchart,the redowilldeletethischartagain. Action:menuAction=>RedoorclicktheRedo shortcut.- Zoom out Enlargethecurrentthermalimage.Youcanuse mousetodragedgeofathermalimagetochangeits size. Action:menuAction=>ZoomoutorclicktheZoom outshortcut.- Zoom in Reducesizeofthecurrentthermalimage.Youcan usemousetodragedgeofathermalimagetochange itssize. Action:menuAction=>ZoominorclicktheZoom inshortcut.- Original SizeRestorethecurrentthermalimagetooriginalsize. Action:menuAction=>OriginalSizeorclickthe OriginalSizeshortcut.- Data Export Exporttemperaturevaluesofaselectedthermal imageinamatrixofrowsandcolumnsintoTxt, CSV,orMicrosoftExcelformatfile.Youcanspecify atemperaturerange,whichexportdatawillbe blankifatemperaturevalueisoutofthetempera- turerange.
A file in CSV format can be opened by a text edit tool and Microsoft Excel. Ex-porting data into CSV file is much faster than into Excel file. Therefore, using CSV file for data export is recommended.
Action:menuAction=>DataExport.
- Distribution Aftergenerateadistributionchart,youcanright clickonthedistributioncharttoexportthedistribu- tiondataintoafileinCSVformat.
- Trend ForthePRO,USB,orNETversion,youcanexporttrend dataofarecordorrealtimemonitor. Fortherecord,rightclickontherecordwindowand selectTrend.YoucanrightclickonTrendchartand selectStartExportDataandclickPlaytobegindata export.AndrightclickontheTrendchartandselect StopExportDatatoendofdataexport.Whenstopdata export,youcanspecifyaf i lenametostore exporteddata.TheexportdataissavedintheCSV formatthatcanbeopenedbytextedittoolorMicrosoft Excel.DataExportgeneratestwofilesthatoneis maximumtemperaturetrendandanotherisminimum temperaturetrend..
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Fortherealtimemonitor(USBandNETversions only),rightclickonthemonitorwindowandselect Trend.YoucanrightclickonTrendchartandselect StartExportDatatobegindataexport.Andright clickontheTrendchartandselectStopExportData toendofdataexport.Whenstopdataexport,you canspecifyafilenametostoreexporteddata.The exportdataissavedintheCSVformatthatcanbe openedbytextedittoolorMicrosoftExcel.Data Exportgeneratestwofilesthatoneismaximum temperaturetrendandanotherisminimumtempe- raturetrend.
- Partial Trend ForthePRO,USB,orNETversion,youcanexport wholeorpartialtrenddataofarecord.Rightclick ontherecordwindowandselectPartialTrend. Youcanexportthewholetrenddatabyrightclick andselectDataExportonthelefttrendchart.You canspecifyexportdata,minimumand/ormaximum. TheexportdataissavedintoaCSVformatfilethat canbeopenedbytextedittoolorMicrosoftExcel.
Youcanexportthepartialtrenddatabyrightclick andselectDataExportontherighttrendchart. Youcanspecifyexportdata,minimumand/or maximum.TheexportdataissavedintoaCSV formatfilethatcanbeopenedbytextedittoolor MicrosoftExcel.
- Snapshot Takeasnapshotofthecurrentthermalimageand saveitasanewimagefileinSAT,BMP,orJPGformat. YoucanopentheJPGsnapshotfileusingOpenIR FileasathermalimageorOpenImageasadigital image. Action:menuAction=>Snapshotorclickthesnapshotshortcut =>specifytypeandfile name=>Save
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- File Processing ForthePRO,USB,orNETversion,youcaneditther- malrecordfile,suchasconcatenatefilesordelete selectedimages. Action:menuAction=>FileProcessingorclickthe FileProcessingshortcut .- Play Audio Listentovoicerecordinathermalimagefile.If thethermalimagedoesnothavevoicerecord,the shortcutisdisabled. Action:menuAction=>PlayAudioorclickthePlay Audio shortcut .- Fusion BlendathermalimagewithaBMP,CCD,orJPG image. Action:menuAction=>FusionorclicktheFusion shortcut =>selectthermalandCCDimage =>Ok.- Image Subtraction ForthePRO,USB,orNETversion,calculatetempera- turevaluedifferenceatthesamepointoftwother- malimagesandgenerateatemperaturedifference image.Imagesubtractioncanbeusedtoanalyze temperaturechangesofthesameviewofthermal imagesthatistakenatdifferenttime. Action:menuAction=>ImageSubtraction=> selectthermalimages=>OkorApply.
Forexample,therightimageshowstemperature differenceoftwoleftthermalimage.Theimage generatedbysubtractionisathermalimageas well.Therefore,youcandoanalysisonit.
- 26. Image Merging ForthePRO,USB,orNETversion,Adjoinspecified thermalimageand/orareaintoonethermalimage. Action:menuAction=>ImageMergingorclick imagemergingshortcut .- Close current IR image ClosethecurrentIRimagewindow. Action:menuAction=>ClosecurrentIRimage orclicktopright buttonoftheIRimagewindow.- Close All Analysis Windows Closeallopenedanalysiswindows. Action:menuAction=>CloseAllAnalysisWindows orclickCloseAllAnalysisWindowsshortcut- Tools Plotapoint,line,vernier,circle,rectangle,polygon, orpoly-lineonthecurrentthermalimageformore detailedanalysis. Action:menuTools=>selectadrawtypeorclick oneofdrawingshortcuts- Max Temperature Showthemaximumtemperatureandcoordinateof thecurrentthermalimage Action:clicktheMaxTemperatureshortcut- Min Temperature Showtheminimumtemperatureandcoordinateof thecurrentthermalimage. Action:clicktheMinTemperatureshortcut
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- Cursor Showthetemperatureandcoordinateatthecursor pointofthecurrentthermalimage. Action:clicktheCursorshortcut- Isothermal Area Paintanimage’spixelsthatdenotetemperatures fallingwithinaspecifiedtemperaturerangeusinga selectedcolor. Action:menuTools=>IsothermalAreaorclick IsothermalArea shortcut orrightclickmouse andselectathermalimage=>IsothermalArea- Delete tool Deleteaselecteddrawing Action:menuTools=>Deletetoolorclickthe DeleteDrawingsshortcut ,thenclickaselec- teddrawing.- Clear all tools Clearalldrawingsonthecurrentthermalimage window. Action:menuTools=>Clearalltoolsorrightclick mouseonathermalimage=>Clearalltools.- Temperature Range FortheUSBorNETversion,youcanselecta calibratedtemperaturerangeforcalculation.When thetemperaturerangechange,systemwillalso sendacommandthroughRS232lineorEthernetto changeIRcamera’stemperaturemeasurement range(PleasecheckIRcamera’susermanualto seeifyourIRcamerahasswitchingtemperature rangefunction). Action:menuMonitororrightclickmouseonathermal image=>TemperatureRange=>selectarange
- USB Monitor FortheUSBversion,throughUSBtoconnectanIR camera,performrealtimemonitorandanalysisof thermalimage.ThefunctionisavailableforUSB versiononly.SeeIRcameramanualaboutUSB connection. Menü Monitor => USB Monitor or left click USB- MonitorIcon- NET Monitor FortheNETversion,throughEthernettoconnect oneormultipleNetIRcameras,performrealtime monitorandanalysisofthermalimage. Note:thefunctionisavailablefornetworkversion only.SeeIRcameramanualaboutEthernetconnection. Menü Monitor => NET-Monitor or left click the NET-MonitorIcon-IRCameraModel SelectanIRCameraModelifyoupurchasesoftware versionthatsupportsmultipletypesofcameras.-DualVisionPlayer FortheNETversion,theplayercanplaydualvision (CCDandIR)recordfile. GehenSiewiefolgtvor:MenüMonitor=>IRKamera Modell oder klicken Sie auf das Symbol => öffnen SieeineDuoVision-Aufnahme.
Opendualvisionrecordfile First Previous Play Next Last Replay- Language
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Allowusertoselectanavailablelanguageforthe applicationinterface. Action:menuSystem=>Language- Temperature Scale SelecttheCelsiusorFahrenheittemperaturescale. Action:menuSystem=>TemperatureScale- Temperature Settings Setparametersoftemperaturecalculationfora thermalimageoraselectedarea. Action:menuSystemorrightclickmouseona thermalimage=>TemperatureSettingsorclick TemperatureSettingsshortcut
- Palette Selectapalettetomaptemperaturevaluesofa thermalimage.Theapplicationprovidesseven palettesandeachonecanbereversed. Action:menuSystemorrightclickmouseona thermalimage=>PaletteorclickPaletteshortcut- Image Adjusting Specifyatemperaturevaluerangeofthecurrent imageasacolormappingspan.Ifthetemperature valuesoftheimagefalloutsidethisrange,theywill bemappedtoeitherupperorlowerendofthe palette.Theimageadjustmentcanhighlightordetail certainpartsofthethermalimage.
When you see, for example, >> 19.2, or << 3, on the palette scale, it means that the tem-perature values of the image that are greater than >> 19.2, or less than << 3, are mapped with upper end or lower end colors.
Action:menuSystemorrightclickonathermal image=>ImageAdjustingorclickImageAdjusting shortcut- Initial Settings Setsysteminitialparameters. Action:menuSystem=>InitialSettings- Emissivity Allowusertomanageemissiondatausedfor temperaturecalculation. Action:menuSystem=>Emissivity- Generating Report Enterfreestylereportingmode.Youcanbuildor editatemplateforbatchreport. Action:clickReportshortcut
- Analysis Mode EnterAnalysisModefromReportMode. Action:clickAnalysisModeshortcut
When you click Analysis Mode shortcut, the Report Mode window is minimized. You can go back to the Report Mode by click Maximize button on top right of the Report Mode win-dow.
- Area Adjusting For the PRO, USB, or NET version, use temperature valuerangewithinaselectedareaascolormapping-
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span.Ifthetemperaturevaluesoftheimagefallout- sidethisrange,theywillbemappedtoeitherupper orlowerendcolorofthepalette.Theimageadjust- mentcanhighlightordetailcertainpartsofthe thermalimage. . Action:rightclickmouseonathermalimage =>AreaAdjusting- Three Dimension Showthecurrentthermalimageinathreedimensionview. Action:rightclickmouseonathermalimage =>ThreeDimension- Copy to Clipboard Copythecurrentthermalimageintosystem’sclip- boardsoyoucanpastetheimageintootherapplica- tionsuchasWorddocument. Action:rightclickmouseonathermalimage =>CopytoClipboard- IR Image Switch Youcanreplacethecurrentthermalimagewithano- therthermalimage. Action:rightclickmouseonathermalimage=> IRImageSwitch.- Temperature Label Enableordisabletemperaturevalueand/orcoordi- natedisplayatthecursorpoint,maximumtempera- turepoint,minimumtemperaturepoint,and/ortem- peraturedifference. Action:rightclickmouseonathermalimage =>TemperatureLabel- Histogram Displayastatisticalgraphofafrequencydistribution oftemperaturetakenfromaselectedcircle,rectangle, orpolygonareaofathermalimage. Action:movemousecursorontoanarea=> rightclickmouseonathermalimage=> Histogram
-Distribution Displaydistributionoftemperaturesofaselected lineorploy-lineofathermalimage. Action:movemousecursorontoalineorpoly-line =>rightclickmouseonathermalimage=> Distribution- Partial Trend ForthePRO,USB,orNETversion,youcangenerate wholetrendswithitspartialtrendsofmaximumand minimumtemperaturefromathermalrecordor monitor. Action:rightclickmouseonathermalimage=> PartialTrend- Trend ForthePRO,USB,orNETversion,youcangenerate trendsofmaximumandminimumtemperaturefrom asequentialthermalimages,record,ormonitor. Youalsocangeneratetrendsofmaxandmintem- peratureofawholeimages,points,lines,orareas fromathermalrecordormonitor. Action:rightclickmouseonathermalimage =>Trend- Multiple Trends ForthePRO,USB,orNETversion,youcangenerate trendsofmax,min,and/oraveragetemperature usingsequentialthermalimages.Youalsocange- neratetrendsofmax,min,and/oraveragetempe- ratureofawholeimages,points,lines,orareasfrom multiplethermalrecordormonitorwindowsintoone trendchart. Action:menuAction=>MultipleTrendsorclick shortcut
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- Multiple Distributions ForthePRO,USB,orNETversion,youcanproduce temperaturedistributionsoflinesorpoly-linesfrom multiplethermalimageswindowsintoonedistribu- tionchart. Action:menuAction=>MultipleDistributionsor clickshortcut-Apply ClickingApplybuttonmakessettingseffectiveand staysinthesamewindow.-OK ClickingOkbuttonmakessettingseffectiveand exitsthecurrentwindow.-Cancel ClickingCancelbuttoncancelsasettingoroperati- on.
4.0 THERMAL ANALYSIS
4.1 OpenIRFile
Byclicking theOpen IRFileshortcut orOpen IRFilefromthemenu,youcanexploreandopenoneormulti-plethermalimagefilesatonce(SeeFig.4.1.1).Theap-plicationsupportsSAT(.sat),JPGwiththermaldata,andBMPwiththermaldataformatfiles.ItcanalsoopenCCDformat(.ccd)imagefiles.
Fig.4.1.2showsopenedthermalimagesintheanaly-sisarea.Theinformationareaontherightsideoftheanalysisareawilllisttemperatureinformationofeachthermal image and associated drawings displayingfile or drawing name, maximum temperature, mini-mum temperature, average temperature, emissivity,ambienttemperature,relativehumidity,effectivedis-tance,andtemperaturecorrection.
4.2 OpenImage
By clicking the Open Image shortcut or OpenImage from themenu,youcanexploreandopenoneormultipleimagefilesatonce.TheapplicationsupportsJPGandBMPimagefiles.
4.3 CloseImages
Youcanclick onthetoprightofadisplaywindowtocloseanimageorclicktheshortcut to close allopenedimagewindowsintheanalysisarea.
4.4 Drawing
Youcanusedrawing toolplot linesorareas toanaly-ze temperature changes at certain parts of a thermalimage.
- Point
Click the short- cuttobeginplottingpoint(s)on a thermal image.Click the shortcut againorright clickmouseonthethermalimagetoendthedrawing function(SeeFig.4.4.1).
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- Line
Click the shortcut tobegindrawingline(s)on
athermalimage.Toendthedrawingfunction,clickthe shortcut againorrightclickmouse.
- Vernier
Click the shortcut to begin drawing a vernier on aselectedlineinathermalimage.Clicktheshort-
cutagainorrightclickmousetoendthedrawing function.You can change the vernier locationby placinglocationbyplacingyourcursoratadesired locationonthelineandclicking,whichisusefulwhen youwanttoviewtemperatureatdifferentpointona lineinthedistributionchart.
- Circle
Click the shortcut toplotcircle(s)onathermal image.Toturnoffthisfeature,clicktheshortcutagainor rightclickbutton.
- Rectangle Click the shortcut toplotrectangle(s)onathermal image.Click theshortcut againorrightclick mousetoendthedrawingfunction.
- Polygon Clicktheshortcut tobeginplottingpolygon(s)on athermalimage,singleclickingtocompletetheedges ofapolygonandfinallydoubleclickingtocompletethe lastedgeandclosethepolygon.Youcanclickthe
shortcutagainorrightclickmousetoendthe drawingfunction.
- Poly-line Clicktheshortcut toplotpoly-line(s)ona thermalimage,singleclickingtocompletealine ofapoly-lineanddoubleclickingtocompletethe last l ineof thepoly- l ine.Youcancl ickthe shortcut againorrightclickmousetoendthe drawingfunction.
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- Changes Placecursoronadrawing(e.g.point, l ine, circle,rectangle,polygon,orpoly-line)toresizeit orchangeitslocationwhennodrawingshortcutis selectedorclicked.Thefollowingshapesofmouse cursorindicatewhatoperationyoucanperformon aselecteddrawing.
MovePoint–pressandholdleftbuttonofmousetomovetheselectedpoint.Releasethebuttonwhenthepointismovedtodesiredlocation.
MoveLine–pressandholdleftbuttonofmouseto move the selected line. Release the buttonwhenthelineismovedtodesiredlocation.
Rotate/ResizeLine–pressandholdleftbuttonof mouse to rotate or resize the selected line.Releasethebuttonwhenthechangeisdone.
MoveRectangle–pressandholdleftbuttonofmousetomovetheselectedrectangle.Releasethebuttonwhentherectangleismovedtodesi-redlocation.
ResizeRectangle–pressandholdleftbuttonofmousetochangetheselectedrectanglesizeinthearrowpointeddirection.Releasethebuttonwhentheoperationisdone.
Move Circle – press and hold left button ofmousetomovetheselectedcircle.Releasethebuttonwhenthecircle ismovedtodesired lo-cation.
Resize Circle – press and hold left button ofmouse to change the selected circle size inthearrowpointeddirection.Releasethebuttonwhentheoperationisdone.
Move Polygon – press and hold left button ofmouse to move the selected polygon. Releasethebuttonwhenthepolygonismovedtodesiredlocation.
MoveVertex of Polygon – press and hold leftbuttonofmousetomovetheselectedvertexofthepolygon.Releasethebuttonwhenthevertexismovedtodesiredlocation.
AddVertextoPolygon–pressandholdleftbut-tonatapointof theselectededgewhereyouwanttoaddanewvertex,movecursortomovethenewvertextoadesiredlocation.Releasethebuttonwhenthevertexissettled.
Move Poly-line – press and hold left button ofmouse to move the selected poly-line. Releasethebuttonwhenthepoly-lineismovedtodesiredlocation.
MoveVertex of Poly-line– press andhold leftbuttonofmousetomovetheselectedvertexofthepoly-line.Releasethebuttonwhenthever-texismovedtodesiredlocation.
AddVertextoPoly-line–pressandholdleftbut-ton at a point of the selected edge where youwanttoaddanewvertex,movecursortomovethenewvertextoadesiredlocation.Releasethebuttonwhenthevertexissettled.
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- Entfernen Click the shortcut andusethecursortoselect adrawing.Whenthecursorischangedtoadeleting shape ( Point, L ine, Circle, Rectangle, Polygon, Poly-line),leftclickyourmouse to remove the drawing. Click the shortcut a secondtimetoendthedeletingoperation. OR Rightclickmouseonathermalimageandclick ClearAllDrawingsfromthepopupmenu,which allowsyoutoremovealldrawingsontheimageat once.
- 5. Restore Tools C l ick the shortcut to restoredeleted drawingsonthecurrentthermalimagewindow. Thedrawingswillberestoredinreversechronology (“lastdeletedfirstrestored”).
4.5. Temperature- Range Calibratedtemperaturerangeprovidedbythema- nufacturerisoneoftheparametersfortemperature calculationofinfrareddata.Aninfraredcameracan havemultiplecalibratedtemperaturerangesifitis equippedmultiplelensesand/orfilters.Forexample, ifaninfraredcameraisequippedwithonelens andhastwoembeddedfilters,itwillhavethreeca libratedtemperaturerangeswherethefirstrangeis forthelensonly,thesecondisforthelenswithone filtercovered,andthethirdisforthelenswithtwo filterscovered.Ifaninfraredcamerahasnofilter, thesecondandthirdrangeforalenswillbeassig- nedwiththefirstone(SeeexampleofFig.4.5.1).Du- ringrealtimemonitoring,youcanmeasuredifferent temperaturerangesbyselectingacalibratedtem- peraturerange. Rightclickmouseonathermalimage,click TemperatureRangefromthepopupmenu,andchoo- seacalibratedtemperaturerangebyclickingthe radiobuttoninthetemperaturerangelist(SeeFig. 4.5.1).Pleasereferenceinfraredcamerauserma-
nualabouthowtoselectacalibratedtemperature range.
Temperature Range feature is only available for the USB or NET version.
- Label First,rightclickmouseonathermalimageandclick TemperatureLabelfromthepopupmenu.Youcan setlabelswithtemperaturevalueandcoordinates forthemaximumtemperaturepoint,minimumtem peraturepoint,andcursorpointonathermalimage bycheckingorun-checkingoptionboxes(SeeFig. 4.5.2).Youcanalsoassignacommentasapartofa label. TempDiffshowsthedifferencebetweenmaximum andminimumtemperaturesofalineoranarea. TempDiffofEndsshowsthetemperaturedifference betweentwoendpointsofaline. YoualsocandoubleclickonthePointLabel,TempDiff,orTempDiffofEndstochangelabel’scolor.
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For the STD version, you can only label tem-perature values for the whole thermal image. For the PRO, USB, or NET version, you can label temperature for the whole thermal image and analysis tools (e.g. point, line, etc.).
- Settings Besidesthecalibratedtemperaturerange,theemis- sivityofmaterial,ambienttemperature,relativehumi- dity,effectivedistance,andtemperaturecorrectionare parametersofthetemperaturecalculation.Youcan setparametersbyrightclickingonathermalimage andchoosingTemperatureSettingsfromthepopup menu.Youcansetparametersofthewholeimageand anyspecifieddrawing(e.g.point,line,circle,rectangle, poly-line,andpolygon).
Youcanenteremissionvalueorclick toselecta system provided value. Each material in the list has a range of emissivity and default emission value.When you select a row andclick Ok or Apply,thedefaultemissionvaluewillbeused. Whenyoudoubleclickanemissionvalue inaco- lumnofarow,thatvaluewillbeused.
4.6Chart
- Histogram Thechartcanshowtemperaturestatisticsofaspe- cifiedthermalarea.Forgeneratinghistogram,move cursorontoaselectedcircle,rectangle,orpolygon; rightclickmouseandclickHistogramfromthepo- pup menu. You can right click mouse on a chart windowtosetnumberoftemperaturesegmentsfor statistics and color scheme of the histogram (See Fig).You can move the area to view the statistics results.
For the PRO, USB, or NET version, you can edit Emissivity table and add emission data.
- Distribution Thechartshowstemperaturedistributionofaselec- tedlineorpoly-line.Forgeneratingdistributionchart, trghtclickmouseonaselectedlineorpoly-lineand choose Distribution Chart from the popup menu. showstemperaturedistributionchartsoflineL1with avernier,lineL2,andpoly-lineCur1.Ifavernieris onalinelikeL1,youcanmovetheverniertosee temperaturevalueandcoordinateofvernierposition.
Youalsocanviewthedistributionchangesbymoving alineorpoly-line.
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- Multiple Distributions ForthePRO,USB,orNETversion,youcangenerate multipledistributionsofdifferentlinesfromthe sameordifferentimagesintoasingledistribution chartforanalysisorcomparison.
Steps:MenuAction=>MultipleDistributionsor click shortcut .
RightclickontheMultipleStaticImageAnalysiswin- dow,chooseDistributionConnect.
Selectlinesfordistributioncharts,clickOK;
RightclickontheMultipleDistributionschartand selectDeletetoclosethechart.
- 6. Partial Trend
ForthePRO,USB,orNETversion,youcangetpartial trendsofminimumandmaximumtemperaturesof thecurrentthermalrecord.
Rightclickonathermalrecord=>selectPartial Trend.
InPartialTrendchartwindow,theleftchartshowsthe trendoftherecord,therightshowsapartialtrendbet- weentwoverticallinesintheleftchart.Youcanmove twoverticallinesintheleftcharttoselectasegment toviewpartialtrend.Thisfeatureisveryusefulfor trendanalysisofalengthyrecord.Youcanviewthe wholetrendanddetailsinpartialtrend.
Youcanmovetheverticallineintherightchartto viewsequentialnumber,maximumtemperature, andminimumtemperatureofarecordedimage.
- Trend
ForthePROversion,youcangettrendsofminimum andmaximumtemperaturesofathermalrecord.
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FortheUSBorNETversion,youcangettrendsof minimumandmaximumtemperaturesofareal timemonitor.
Rightclickonathermalrecordormonitorwindow =>selectTrend=>ifitisrecord,clickPlay.
- Multiple Trends ForthePRO,USB,orNETversion,youcangenerate multiplemaximum,minimum,and/oraveragetempe- raturetrendsofdifferenttools(e.g.point,line,circle, rectangle,poly-line,andpolygon)andthermalimages intoasingletrendchartforanalysisorcomparison. ForthePROversion,onlycansequentialthermalima- gesandthermalrecordsbeusedtoproducemultiple trendanalysis.FortheUSBorNETversion,youcando multipletrendanalysisfromrealtimemonitors.
MenuAction=>MultipleTrendorclickshortcut =>rightclickontheTrendwindow=>clickTrend Connect.
Ifthecurrentwindowisastaticthermalimage,you cangeneratetrendsofminimum,average,and/or
maximumtemperatureofthewholeimageortools fromsequentialthermalimages.Forstaticimage trend,theremustbeatleasttwothermalimagesope- ned.Youcanarrangeorderofthestaticthermalima- gesandchooseatoolofonethermalimageasabase tocreatetrends.
Forexample,youopenedthermalimages(IR2–IR13) andsetinanorderofIR5,IR2,IR3,IR4,IR6,IR13,IR7, IR8,IR9,IR10,IR11,andIR12.UselineL1ofIR13asa trendbasetogeneratemaximumandaveragetem- peraturetrends.Inthiscase,thetrendsareproduced bythefollowingsteps: 1. GetL1positionoftheIR13image; 2. Calculatemaximumandaveragetemperatureva- luesforeachIRimagesintheorderbasedonthe L1position; 3. LinkmaximumtemperaturevalueoftheL1inor- derofIR5,IR2,IR3,IR4,IR6,IR13,IR7,IR8,IR9, IR10,IR11,andIR12; 4. LinkminimumtemperaturevalueoftheL1inor- derofIR5,IR2,IR3,IR4,IR6,IR13,IR7,IR8,IR9, IR10,IR11,andIR12.
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Thetrendofstaticimageallowsyoutoanalyzetem peraturechangesofthesameobjectfromimages thathavethesameviewbutweretakenatdifferent times. Iftheselectedwindowisathermalrecordormonitor, trendsofminimum,average,andmaximumtempera- turesofthewholeimageorselectedtoolsarepro- ducedbychoosingthermalimagesand/ortoolswith temperaturetype.
5.0 IMAGE PROCESS
5.1Palette
YoucanchangecolorschemeofwholethermalimagebyrightclickingonathermalimageordrawingareaandclickingPalettefromthepopupmenu.(SeeFig.)shows,beforeandafter,thechangesofcolorschemesfromaGreypalette.
Thesystemprovidessevenpalettesandtheirreversedsettings.YoucanchecktheReverseboxtogetacom-plementarypalettescheme.For thePRO,USB,orNET
version,youcansetapaletteforindividualtoolarea(e.g.circle,rectangle,andpolygon).
5.2IsothermalArea
Youcanmarkaspecifiedtemperaturerangebysettingisotherm.Two isothermal areas canbe set per image(SeeFig.).
Thefollowingisothermalsettingsareavailable.
• PaintObject–Selectthewholeimageoradrawing areatoperformisothermalanalysis(Note:forprofessi- onalversiononly).• Preview–Selectanisothermalrange1or2.• Color–Selectacolorfortheisothermalareaby doubleclickingcolorbox.• Top–Movetheisothermalrange1or2uptotop oftemperaturescale.• Bottom–Movetheisothermalrange1or2down tobottomoftemperaturescale.
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• Semi-Trans–Painttheisothermalarea1or2 usingsemi-transparentcolorscheme.• Ratio–Displaypercentageoftheisothermalarea intheimage(SeeFig.5.2.1topleftcornerofthe rightthermalimage).• Select–Leftclickmouseontheisothermalrange boxtodisplayloweranduppertemperaturevalues.• Move–Movetheisothermalrangealongthetem- peraturescaleupanddownbyclickingandhol- dingtheleftbuttonofmouseontheisothermal rangebox.• Resize–Clickandwhileholdingdowntheleft buttonofmouseontheedgeoftheisothermal range,moveupordowntochangetherange. Youcanalsochangetherangebyenteringtempe- raturevaluesdirectlyintotheupperandlowertem- peratureboxes.
For the PRO, USB, or NET version, you can performisothermalanalysisonindividualtoolarea(e.g.circle,rectangle,andpolygon).
5.3 ImageAdjustment
Youcanchangethecontrastofthethermalimagebychoosingthetemperaturerangeasamappingrangeorspanontoapalette(SeeFigure).RightclickmouseonaselectedthermalimageandclickImageAdjustingfromthepopupmenu.IntheImageAdjustingwindow,clicktheManualradiobutton,adjustingthebluebuttononthescrollbartoselectthetemperaturerangethatyouwouldliketouseasthecolormappingspan.
Theimageadjustingwindowshowsthetemperaturedistributionofathermalimagewithaspecifiedpalettescheme,inwhichyoucanchooseatemperatureran-gebasedonthedistribution.Thehalvedbluetriangle
buttoncanbemovedindependently.Thebluetrianglebuttonisusedtomovetheentirespanleftorright(itmovestherangesetbybothendsofthehalvedbluetriangle buttons). You can also move Brightness orContrastbuttontoadjustimagecolormapping.
5.4 AreaAdjusting
For the PRO, USB, or NET version, you can changebrightness or contrast of a thermal image based ontemperature range within a tool area. (See Fig.) isbasedonarectangletomapcolorscheme.TheAreaadjustingallowsyoutogetaclearerviewofaselectedareayouaremostconcernedwith.
Fortheareaadjusting,rightclickmouseonaselecteddrawing area (e.g. circle, rectangle, or polygon) andclickAreaAdjustingfromthepopupmenu.RightclickmouseonaselecteddrawingareaandclickAreaAd-justingagaintoremovetheareaadjusting.
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5.5 IRImageSwitch
Youcanreplacethecurrentthermal imagewithano-ther thermal imageby right clicking on it and select“IRImageSwitch”.Thisfeatureisusefulforanalyzingdifferentthermalimageswiththesamesetofanalysistools.
5.6 Fusion
Thefusionfunctionallowsyoutoblendadigitalimage(BMP,CCD,orJPG)withaninfraredimage,whichcanassistinidentifyingobjectsofinfraredimages.
Stepsofmakingfusion:
1.Openathermalimage(.satfile)andadigitalimage (.bmp,.ccd,orjpgfile).
• Click the short- cut;
• Inthefusionsettingwindow,selectathermalimage andadigitalimage.
2.ClicktheOkbutton;
3.Adjustsizeofthedigitalimagewindowtomakeits objectmatchingthermalimage’sobject;
4.Movethethermalimagetomatchtheobjectofthe digitalimage.
5.Adjusttheblendingratiobymovingthescrollbar button;
6.Whenfusioniscompleted,youcansavetheblended imagebyclickingSavebutton.
IfclickYes,youcansavetheblendedimageasa BMPorJPGformatfileandtheblendedimageis showninanalysisorreportwindow.SincetheJPG fileissavedwithtemperaturedata,youcan analyzeitasathermalimageinthePRO,USB,or NETversion.IfclickNo,theblendedimageisshown inanalysisorreportwindow.
ClickCancelbuttontoterminatefusingoperation.
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5.7 Snapshot
Youcantakeasnapshotonthecurrentthermal imageandsaveitasanewimagefileinSAT,BMP, orJPGformat.SincetheJPGfileissavedwith temperaturedata,youcananalyzeitasathermal image.
Stepsofsnapshot: - Movemousecursorontothethermalimage andleftclickmousetoselectitascurrent thermalimage; - Clicktheshortcut ; - Choosefiletype(.bmp,.jpg,or.sat)andfile path(SeeFig.5.6); - Giveafilename; - ClicktheSavebutton.
6.0 REPORT
6.1 GeneratingReport
Clicking the Generating Report shortcut entersreportmode.The reportmodeallowsyou tobuild re-portand/ortemplateinanA4papersizearea.Youcanaddthermalimages(.sator.jpgwithtemperaturedata),digitalimages(.ccd,.jpg,or.bmp),tableswithanalysisresults,textcomments,andsoon.
ForthePRO,USB,orNETversion,youcanrightclickandselectpageoperationfunctiontoaddordeleteapage.Note:theDeletePagefunctioncannotdeleteapageifthereisonlyonepage.
YoucanclicktheGeneratingReportshortcut againtoopenmultipletemplates.
Click the button onthetoprightofthedisplaywindowtoclosethereportmode.
6.2 ReportBuild
- Image Addthermalimagesand/ordigitalimagesintothe templateusingOpenIRFileandOpenImagefunctions.
- Text Youcaninserttextintothetemplateasatitleorcomment by clicking shortcut .Youusethe followingtoolstoedittexts.
- Table Clickshortcut toinsertatableintothetemplate. Youcanrightclickonthetabletodothefollowingoperations:
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a. Delete–deletethecurrenttable b. InsertRowAbove–insertarowabovethecurrentrow c. InsertRowBelow–insertarowbelowthecurrentrow d. DeleteCurrentRow–deletethecurrentrow e. InsertColumntotheLeft–insertacolumntothe leftofthecurrentcolumn f. InsertColumntotheRight–insertacolumntothe rightofthecurrentcolumn g. DeleteCurrentColumn–deletethecurrentcolumn h. AddFreeFormatData–addselectedanalysis dataintothecurrentcell.Afteraddedthedata,you canrightclicktochooseshowingdatavalueor formulafromthepopupmenu.
i. AddFixedFormatData–addselectedanalysis dataofaspecifiedIRimageintothetable.You canchoosetypesoftheanalysisresults.
- IR Image Switch Youcanreplaceaselectedthermalimageusinga newthermalimagebyrightclickingmousebuttonon
athermalimageandselect“IRImageSwitch”fromthe popupmenu.Thenewthermalimagewilluseprevious analysistools.Thisisveryhelpfulforanalyzing differentimageswiththesameanalysismethod.
6.3 SaveReport YoucansavethecurrenttemplatetoaWordformatfile byselecting“SaveReport”inFilemenu.
6.4 OpenIRTFile Openareporttemplatefile(.irt)intoreportmodefor editingorreporting.
6.5 SaveIRTFile Inreportmode,youcansavethecurrentformatted contentsexceptFusionandImageMergingwindows/ containersasareportingtemplateintoafile(.irt). Thetemplatecanbeusedtogeneratebatchreport.
6.6 Print ClickPrintPreviewshortcut topreviewandprint thecurrentreport.
Click Print shortcut toprintthecurrentreport.
7.0 FILE PROCESSING
7.1 Preview Bysingleclickingonathumbnailofathermalrecord file,previewallimagesofthethermalrecord.Bydouble clickingathumbnailoffile,openthethermalimageor recordintoanalysismode.
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7.2 Merge
Click Merge shortcut intofilemergingmodeto concatenatethermalrecordfiles.
Youcanselectthermalrecordfilesinordertoconca- tenatethemintoonenewrecordfile.Note:sincethe maximumfilesizeofWindowsXPis2GB,thesoftware willautomaticallysplitthemergingfileintoseveralse- quentialfilesifthemergedfilesizeisgreaterthan2GB. Thesoftwarecanplaythesplitrecordfilesasonefile, whichitcanautomaticallyplaythesplitfilesinorder.
7.3 Edit
ClickEditshortcut intofileeditmode.
You remove unwanted images by selecting imagesandcreateanewthermalrecordfile.
8.0 MONITORING
Real time monitoring is available for USB and NETversion.
8.1 USBMonitor
FortheUSBversion,throughUSBtoconnectanIRca-mera,performrealtimemonitorandanalysisofther-malimage.ThefunctionisavailableforUSBversiononly.See IR cameramanual aboutUSBconnection.Action: menu Monitor => USB Monitor or click theUSBMonitorshortcut:
If theapplicationcannotfindacorrespondingcalib-ratedtemperaturetablefile,itwillaskifyouwanttoaddone.YoucannotconnectaUSBcamerawithoutselectingacalibratedtemperaturetablefile.Choosecamera type and calibrated temperature table filepath,clickOK:
ConnectoneendoftheUSBcabletoyourPC.
PowerupthecameraandwaitseveralsecondsuntiltheverticalcolourbarsappearontheLCD.
ConnecttheotherendofyourUSBcabletotheUSBportofyourinfraredcamerawhilethecolourbarsarestillonthedisplay.
Assoonasthecamerahasbeenidentifiedyouwillbeautomaticallyrequestedtoinstallthedrivers.Proceedasdescribed in thecamera’sUser’sManual.Pleaserefer to your handbook to find more information onyourinfraredcamera.
Proceed as follows once the installation has beensuccessfullyperformed.
Menu Monitor => USB monitor or click on thesymbol
Iftheapplicationisunabletofindafilewithacorre-spondingcalibratedtemperaturetable,thenyouwillbeaskedifwishtoaddone.Thisisnormallyalwaysthe casewhen real-timesoftware is being installedfort hefirst time.You cannot connect aUSBcame-rawithoutfirstassigningittoafilewithacalibratedtemperaturetable.
Youwillfind thecorrespondingcalibrationcurve foryourcameraonthereal-timeCD.OperatingManual
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SaveontoyourPCandrememberthefilepathwhereitwasplaced.SelectthecameratypeandthefilepathforthecalibratedtemperaturetableandclickonOK.
You can update the calibrated temperature table filethroughSystem=>InitialSettings=>Systemtab
USB real time monitor only support Windows XP operation system. You only can connect one USB camera at one time.
8.2 NET-Monitor
For the NET version, through Ethernet to connect oneormultipleNet IRcameras,perform real time monitorandanalysisofthermalimage.Note:SeeIR cameramanualaboutEthernetconnection.
Action:menuMonitor=>NETMonitororclick the NETMonitorshortcut
EnterorselectIPaddressofaNetcameraandselect correspondingcalibrateddatafile,thenclickConnect.
YoucanconnectmultipleNetcamerasatthesame time.Theapplicationsupportssingleanddualvision IRcamera.
8.3 MonitoringScreen
On the monitoring screen, you can control focus andshutterworksthroughRS232orEthernet,take snapshot,adjustspeed,andrecord.
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AutoFocus
Focusin
Focusout
ShutterWorks
Record
Stop
Snapshot–savecurrentimageintoaJPG,BMP,orSATfile.
Settings
Setplayspeed
9.0 IR RECORDING
ThisfeatureisonlyavailableinUSBandNET version.Recordingsteps: a. ClickSettingsshortcuttosetrecordingparameters.
Youcanspecifyrecordingtime,speed,temperature parameters,andfileformat(SATorAVI).ForAVIformat, youcandecideiftheanalysistoolsarerecorded.You canspecifyrecordingintervalandcycle. b. AdjustIRcamerafocus c. Click Record shortcut tostartrecording. YoucanclickStopshortcut toterminaterecord.
10.0 RECORD PLAY
ThisfeatureisonlyavailableinthePRO,USBand NETversion
Click Open IR File shortcut andselecta thermalrecordfile.
First
Previous
Play
Pause
Next
Last
Setplayspeed
Snapshot–savecurrentimageintoaJPG,BMP,orSATfile
Repeat
Re-record–editandrecordanewfile
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You can specify file format, compression, and seg-ment
11.0 IMAGE MERGING
TheImageMergingfunctionisavailableinthePRO, USB,andNETversion,whichyoucanmergemultiple thermalimagesortoolareas(e.g.rectangle,circle, andpolygon)intoasinglethermalimage.This functionisusefulforthermalanalysisofalargesite (i.e.wideview)orequipment(e.g.360degree).
Mergingsteps:
• Openthermalimagesthatyouwouldliketo performimagemerging.
• InmenuAction,selectImageMergingorclick Image Merging shortcut ;
• SelectIRcameratypeandmergingcontainersize;
• Onasourcethermalimage,selectthewhole imageoranarea(e.g.rectangle,circle,or polygon),rightclickmousebuttonandselect AddintoMergingFile,whichcopiestheselected wholeimageorareaintothemergingcontainer. Inthecontainer,youcanleftclickmousebutton onanareaandholdmousetomovearound thearea.
• RightclickinthecontainerandselectLayer Adjusting.UseTop,Up,Down,orBottombuttonto adjusttheorderoflayersoftheoverlappedimage areas.
• Todeleteanareafromthecontainer,clickDelete Toolsshortcut selectanareaandleftclick.
• Themergingcontainercannotbeusedforthermal analysis. For thermal analysis, you can save the mergedimageintoaSATorJPGwithtemperature dataformatfile. Rightclickonthemergingcon- tainerandselectSaveMerged Image,whichyou canchooseaSAT,JPG,orBMPformat.
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12.0 SYSTEM SETTINGS
12.1SaveFile
- Default Parameters Objectisusedtoselectsavingthecurrentthermal imageorallopenedthermalimagesintofile(s). Temperature Data is for saving temperature data intoJPGformatfileifYesisselected.Italwayssaves thermaldataintoSATformatfile. AnalysisToolsisdeterminedwhetherornottosave analysistoolsordrawingsonthethermalimageinto theJPGandBMPformatfile.Youcannotsaveanalysis toolsintotheSATformatfile. ShowSavingDialogueWindowindicatesthesystem willpopupasavingdialoguewindowforspecifying filenameandpathifitischecked. SaveSettingsistospecifysavingpathforeachfile typeanddefaultfiletype. Default saves the parameters as permanent initial defaultvaluesifitischecked.
12.2Snapshot- Default Parameters:
ObjectofSnapshotchoosestakingsnapshot(s)either from the current thermal imageor fromall opened thermalimages.
NumberofSnapshotchooseshowmanysnapshots totakeononeclick.Thisfunctionisusefulforthermal analysisofrealtimemonitor.
Temperature Data determines whether or not save temperaturedataintoJPGformatfile.Italwayssaves thermaldataintoSATformatfile.
AnalysisToolsdetermineswhetherornotsaveanalysis toolsordrawingsonthethermalimageintotheJPG andBMPformatfile.Youcannotsaveanalysistools intotheSATformatfile.
ShowSavingDialogueWindowshowsasavingdia- loguewindowforspecifyingfilenameandpath.
SaveSettingsspecifiessavingpathforeachfiletype anddefaultfiletype.
Defaultsavestheparametersaspermanentinitialde- faultvaluesifitischecked
12.3Record- Default Parameters:
RecTimesetsdefaultoftotalrecordingtime.
RecSpeedspecifiesnumberofframespersecondto record.
AVISettingsetsdefaultofrecordingformatasAVIformat andfilepath.IfSaveToolsischecked,theanalysistools onthethermalimagewillbesavedintotherecord.
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SATSettingsetsdefaultofrecordingformatasSATfor-mat,defaultfilepath,andparametersoftemperaturecalculation.
Defaultsavestheparametersaspermanentinitialde-faultvaluesifitischecked.
12.4Re-record- Default Parameters:
AVISettingsetsdefaultof recording formatasAVI formatandfilepath.IfSaveToolsischecked,save analysistoolsintotherecord.IfCompressionische- cked,recordedfilewillbecompressed.
SATSettingsetsdefaultofrecordingformatasSAT format,defaultfilepath,andcompressionoption.
Default saves the parameters as permanent initial defaultvaluesifitischecked.
12.5DataExport- Default Parameters: ExportSettingspecifiesdefaultoffiletypeandpath.
Show Saving Dialogue Window shows a dialogue windowforspecifyingpathandfilename.Otherwise, export data will be saved into a file that name is generatedusingsystemdateandtime. Default saves the parameters as permanent initial defaultvaluesifitischecked.
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12.6OpenFile- Default Parameters: Enable Filter set default that enables filter feature whenopenthermalimages. FilterTypespecifiesaruletofilteropenedfiles.
Temperature Setting specifies a temperature range ofthefilter. AdvancedSettingspecifiesadefaultofimageadjust- mentmethod,whetherdisplayminimumormaximum temperatureonthescreen,anddefaultpalette. Defaultsavestheparametersaspermanentinitialde- faultvaluesifitischecked.
12.7System- Default Parameters: SystemSettingspecifiesdefaultofworkingdirectory andcolors. Defaultsavestheparametersaspermanentinitialde- faultvaluesifitischecked.
12.8TemperatureCalibrationEach IRcamerahas its calibrated temperature table.Thetableisrequiredfortemperaturecalculation.Thetablefile(dataload.bin)isprovidedonthesoftwareCDprovidedbyIRcameramanufacturer.ForUSBmonitor, ifthetableofthecurrentcameraisfound,youneedtoaddthetablebeforeyoucanper-formmonitoring.
- Default Parameters: ForNETmonitor,anIPaddressisassociatedwithanIR Camera.ForeachIRcamera,youmustspecifyitstem- peraturecalibrationtablefile.
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- Default Parameters: UpdateCalibrationallowsusertoupdatetemperature calibrationtableifitischecked. CameraTypespecifiesanIRcameratypeforupdating calibrationtable. CalibrationPathspecifieslocationofacalibrationfile. Applyusesselectedcalibrationtabletoreplacecur- rentone. Defaultsavestheparametersaspermanent initialde- faultvaluesifitischecked.
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13.0 VERSION COMPARISON
VERSION FEATURE
PRE STD PRO USB NET
Add into Merging File
Area Adjusting
Batch Report (Using IRT template to generate reports)
Copy to Clipboard
Cursor (Temperature)
Data Export (Trend chart)
Data Export (Whole IR Image)
Distribution (Line)
Drawings (Point, Line, Vernier, Circle, Poly-line, Polygon, Rectangle)
Emissivity (Customize)
Emissivity (List)
File Processing (IR record file merging and editing)
Filter (File open)
Fusion (IR image and digital image)
Generating Report (Single page for STD version)
Histogram (Drawing area)
Image Adjustment
Image Merging
Image Subtarction
IR Camera Model
IR Image Switch
Isothermal Area (Drawing area)
Isothermal Area (Whole IR Image)
Language
Max Temperature
Min Temperature
Multiple Distributions
Multiple Trends
NET Monitor
Open Image (JPG, BMP)
Open IR File (CCD, JPG, SAT)
Open IRT File (Open a report template)
Open IRW File (Open a saved analysis working space)
Original Size
Partial Trend (Record)
Palette (Drawing area)
Palette (Whole IR image)
Play (Record)
Play Audio
Record (SAT, AVI)
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13.0 VERSIONSVERGLEICH
VERSION FEATURE
PRE STD PRO USB NET
Add into Merging File
Area Adjusting
Batch Report (Using IRT template to generate reports)
Copy to Clipboard
Cursor (Temperature)
Data Export (Trend chart)
Data Export (Whole IR Image)
Distribution (Line)
Drawings (Point, Line, Vernier, Circle, Poly-line, Polygon, Rectangle)
Emissivity (Customize)
Emissivity (List)
File Processing (IR record file merging and editing)
Filter (File open)
Fusion (IR image and digital image)
Generating Report (Single page for STD version)
Histogram (Drawing area)
Image Adjustment
Image Merging
Image Subtarction
IR Camera Model
IR Image Switch
Isothermal Area (Drawing area)
Isothermal Area (Whole IR Image)
Language
Max Temperature
Min Temperature
Multiple Distributions
Multiple Trends
NET Monitor
Open Image (JPG, BMP)
Open IR File (CCD, JPG, SAT)
Open IRT File (Open a report template)
Open IRW File (Open a saved analysis working space)
Original Size
Partial Trend (Record)
Palette (Drawing area)
Palette (Whole IR image)
Play (Record)
Play Audio
Record (SAT, AVI)
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