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NOVO-GLOSS

™ 

60° 

20/60/85° Trio  

20/60/85° with Haze 

Thank you for purchasing this Rhopoint product. 
Please read these instructions carefully before operating this product and retain them for 
future reference. 
The images shown in this manual are for illustrative purposes only. 

English 

Operating Instructions 

Summary of Contents for NOVO-GLOSS 20 Trio

Page 1: ...nk you for purchasing this Rhopoint product Please read these instructions carefully before operating this product and retain them for future reference The images shown in this manual are for illustra...

Page 2: ...ve the right to change information included in this document without prior notice Copyright 2013 Rhopoint Instruments Ltd All Rights Reserved Rhopoint Novo Gloss and Rhopoint are registered trademarks...

Page 3: ...Data 13 Setup Screen 14 Data Batch Screen 15 Calibration Screen 16 Measurement Screen 17 Pass Fail Setup Screen 19 IQ Screen 20 Instrument Setup Screen 27 About Screen 29 Why is reflected appearance...

Page 4: ...emperature Ensure that the instrument is not exposed to moisture chemicals or to any corrosive vapours Do not interfere or place any objects inside the measuring aperture as damage to the measuring sy...

Page 5: ...Glossmeter High gloss calibration tile including certificate Cleaning cloth for calibration tile NIST traceable instrument certificate USB Mains Charger with four selectable mains input connectors UK...

Page 6: ...tionality is dependent on whether the instrument is in menu or operate mode as detailed in the operation sections that follow Label No Function 1 USB Connector 2 High Resolution Graphic Display 3 Up D...

Page 7: ...and charged using the USB cable attached to any compatible USB host e g laptop etc however due to the lower current available from these devices the charge time will be a minimum of 6 8 hours Do not o...

Page 8: ...g of the instrument all instrument functions are available Do not operate the instrument whilst it is connected via USB and or charging Switching the instrument on To switch the unit on press the On O...

Page 9: ...her to Calibrate the instrument on the calibration tile before making the measurement or to Measure without performing a calibration Using the Left Right 3 and Enter 4 buttons on the keypad the requir...

Page 10: ...thin specification the angle header will be displayed in Green If the reading falls outside the tolerances the header is marked in Red Press the Right button in the Home screen to access the gloss sta...

Page 11: ...ives a graphical representation of the statistics data Measurements can be taken whilst in this screen and the graph will be updated after each reading Press the Left button to return to the statistic...

Page 12: ...section of this manual measurements can be recalled and displayed from any batch stored in the IQ memory Press the Left Right buttons to review the measurement data Press the Up Down buttons to select...

Page 13: ...measurement no of measurements and statistics data updated to previous values Start New Batch Start new batch of readings Batch name is incremented by 1 Clear Current Batch Delete entire batch of mea...

Page 14: ...instrument to a PC using the USB data cable supplied A new device name IQ METER can be viewed and accessed via MY COMPUTER in this device open the DATA folder This folder contains subfolders which con...

Page 15: ...n Menu Calibration options See Calibration Menu Screen Measurement Menu Geometry setup See Measurement Menu Screen Control Menu Bluetooth setup See Control Menu Screen Instrument Setup Language Date T...

Page 16: ...ted between 1 999 Press the Left and Right buttons to select the relevant digit and the Up Down buttons to increment decrement the value Press the Enter button to save the batch size If Batch names ha...

Page 17: ...e calibration standard Tile Value 20 60 85 Set the calibration values for either standard being used for calibration Press the Enter button to select the value Press the Left Right buttons to select t...

Page 18: ...ode is activated a dialogue box is displayed after the Enter button is pressed and before the beginning of the measurement sequence indicating that it is activated To stop auto measure simply press th...

Page 19: ...18 With Reflectance set to measurement results for each angle are displayed as With Reflectance set to GU measurement results for each angle are displayed as...

Page 20: ...off Press the Right button to edit the Pass Fail limits Once the Pass Fail feature is enabled any measurement which falls between the max and min values will be considered a pass and its header text...

Page 21: ...tails of Haze test methods and logHaze can be found in the Appearance Theory section of this manual Haze Compensation Selects either ON or OFF Haze compensation is not available when ASTM D4039 is sel...

Page 22: ...uetooth BT Mode Set the functionality of Bluetooth RC Remote Control Operate and receive data via Bluetooth Data Only receive data via Bluetooth USB Mode Set the functionality of the USB connection wh...

Page 23: ...tion data can be instantly accessed by many PC applications including Excel Word Wordpad OpenOffice or SPC packages Pairing Procedure 1 Switch on the Novo Gloss 2 The Bluetooth icon must be visible to...

Page 24: ...ers screen Click Add a device 6 Windows will now search for available Bluetooth devices double click on the icon that corresponds to the Novo Gloss instrument 7 Click Enter the devices pairing code in...

Page 25: ...or extend auto power off refer to instructions detailed in Instrument Setup Screen that follow 9 The Novo Gloss is now installed on your PC and ready for connection to the Bluetooth Data Widget It is...

Page 26: ...into keystrokes that are automatically input into any open PC program 1 Install the BT Data Widget software BTdatawidget exe found on the cd supplied with the instrument 2 Check Bluetooth is switched...

Page 27: ...data widget drop down box to see discovered instruments 6 Select the instrument required 7 Click the green tick to connect the instrument 8 The transmitter icon now appears on the Novo Gloss All readi...

Page 28: ...f the screen as NORMAL or INVERTED Backlight Set screen intensity to either 20 40 60 80 or 100 brightness Power Off Set instrument to automatically power off after either 30 60 90 or 120 seconds of in...

Page 29: ...ng the required box when prompted using the Left Right buttons and pressing the Enter button Sound Enable or disable button press sound USB Charge Set the USB charge current to either 500mA or 100 500...

Page 30: ...r configurable settings available in this menu Press the Enter button to return to the Home screen About Screen The About screen is for information only It provides information relating to the instrum...

Page 31: ...chitectural features Gloss Gloss is the visual sensation associated with the brightness of direct light reflected in a surface Surfaces with high reflectance are determined as glossy less reflective s...

Page 32: ...painted panels visually assessed and ranked for gloss the measured values show 85 has improved resolution for low gloss 60 is best suited for mid gloss and 20 should be used for high gloss To determi...

Page 33: ...t of light energy transmitted and received by a gloss meter and expresses the value as a percentage of the measurement angles full range Whilst the Gloss GU scale is linear each measurement angle has...

Page 34: ...milky finish which can be seen over the highly glossy surface Haze is caused by microscopic surface texture which diffuses light adjacent to the main component of the reflected light When viewing the...

Page 35: ...play the natural haze value HU or Log Haze Value HULOG When measuring haze values higher numbers indicate a lower quality surface A high gloss surface with zero haze has a deep reflection image with h...

Page 36: ...ng An advantage of the Novo Gloss is that unlike a conventional instrument compensation is calculated using a region adjacent to the haze angle This techniques gives compatible readings on solid colou...

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