Chauvin Arnoux C.A 1954 DiaCAm2, User Manual

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1.4. Organization of the display
In principle, the camera starts up:
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in its main display,
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in continuous acquisition mode,
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with the setup loaded when it was last switched off.
However, after the batteries have been withdrawn, when the camera is started up, a " Battery Management " menu is displayed.
It can be displayed on demand, by keeping the F2 key pressed when the camera is started up.
Information messages may be superimposed on this screen ( example: messages for reconnection of the Bluetooth peripherals if
they had been used, or error/information messages, as the case may be ).
The system date and time entry menu is displayed if the power supply to the internal clock has been interrupted. It is
recommended in this case to update this information, which is used in the names of the image files.
1.4.1. Battery management
To inform the operator of the state of the batteries during operation, the camera has a battery indicator in the status bar of the
main screen (see § 1.4.2.1.
Status bar ). The battery manager can be controlled in two ways:
1.
default mode
the operator is not required to enter any information, but is informed when the charge level of the batteries is low:
- no display before this low level is detected,
- display of approximately 30 minutes before automatic shutdown of the instrument.
2.
advanced mode
This allows precise tracking of consumption, provided that the necessary data are correctly entered, namely:
- the type of batteries used,
- their theoretical capacity.
This battery manager assumes that the batteries inserted before the data are entered are fully charged.
The "Battery Management" menu selects the operating mode:
F1 confirms the information entered, closes the window
and initializes the battery manager with these settings.
F2 edits and confirms entry of the selected item.
F3 cancels an entry or closes the window without resetting
the battery manager.
The "Advanced" item determines whether the advanced mode is
active or not:
- Pressing F2 edits the value of the item.
- The Up/Down arrows select a value and F2 confirms entry.
Type of batteries : The camera is delivered with low-self-discharge Ni-MH rechargeable batteries with a capacity of approx.
2500 mAh. These are the default parameters.
If the user always uses the same set of rechargeable batteries, it may be useful to operate until the camera
automatically switches off because the batteries are low. In this case, the theoretical capacity of the batteries
entered at the outset is automatically adjusted in light of the actual discharge. This new capacity is proposed
by default the next time the menu is displayed.