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May 2015
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Basic Operation and Configuration
Toggle PC/Camera time
Use this button to display either the PC time or the camera time.
Temperature—FC-Series R camera only
The FC-Series R camera can provide temperature measurements, the precision of which depend on
many factors, including the ambient temperature, the distance to the object, and emissivity, an
indication of how well a particular material radiates energy. By default, box and spot measurement
regions are setup near the center of the video image to alarm near 90 °F (body temperature). Refer to
Temperature Monitoring Setup (FC-Series R camera only), pg. 3-10
.
Camera Control and Status
In the lower left of the screen are two indicator “lights”: Control and Status.
Initially the Control light is off, as in the image above, indicating the user is not
able to control the camera immediately. When multiple users are connected to
a camera, only one user at a time can issue commands to the camera. If
another user has control of the camera, the Control light is yellow.
A user is able to request control of the camera by clicking on the yellow or
black “light”, or simply by sending a command to the camera. For example,
move the cursor over the video and select the “Zoom In” control (magnifying
glass with “+”) that appears in the lower left of the screen. The Status light may
turn off temporarily while waiting for the response from the camera. After a
short pause, the Control light should turn green. Observe what happens to the
image when the “Zoom In” control is clicked several times. Be patient, there
may be a slight delay between each command while the browser waits for a response from the
camera.
If a command is sent to the camera when the user does not have control, the command will not be
executed, and it is necessary to send the command again once the light is green.
In addition, when the cursor is moved over the video, a snapshot button also appears in the
upper right of the screen. After clicking the snapshot button, the video image is saved as a
jpg file and the browser will provide prompts depending on which browser is being used.
Web Control Panel
The control buttons on the right side of the page provide a way to control
the camera in a limited number of ways. When the mouse cursor is
positioned over a button, a tool tip is displayed.
This same web interface is used with various FLIR thermal cameras—
some are fixed, such as the FC-Series cameras, and some are pan/tilt
cameras. As a result, different buttons in the control panel will appear for
different FLIR cameras.
The following buttons appear for the FC-Series cameras:
Digital Zoom
These buttons zoom the displayed video. The zoom state (and other camera settings)
can be saved in the IR Setup page (refer to
Save Settings, pg. 3-3
). This will allow the
camera to retain the desired zoom state (field of view) after the power is cycled.
