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HotFind-D Infrared Camera Operation Manual 

 

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8  Infrared Camera Maintenance 

 

8.1 Routine Maintenance 

8.1.1

 

Infrared lens and Viewfinder

 

The infrared lens cap shall normally be in place to avoid dust or 

accidental damage when the camera is not in use. When the optical lens 
needs to be cleaned, please wipe it with special lens tissue. Do not wipe 
it with hands, otherwise the imaging quality will not be influenced. 
8.1.2

 

Camera Body: 

Please pay attention to prevent the camera from falling off during 

use. Please wash the camera body clean to avoid splash adhesion after 
using the camera in the field. Then put the camera into the portable case. 
 

8.2 Storage and Transportation 

8.2.1 Storage 

Keep the camera away from the moisture, dust, unventilated place 

and high temperature heat source to avoid damage and distortion. 
8.2.2 Transportation 

Avoid violent impact or vibration during handling and transportation. 

Otherwise the parts will be possibly damaged. 

 

Summary of Contents for HotFind-D

Page 1: ...Trademark Acknowledgments SDS is trademarks of Structure Diagnostic Solution Ltd Other names and products not mentioned above may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies...

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Page 3: ...mpany name mentioned in this document may be the products or trademark of other owner SDS follows the policy of development Therefore SDS has the right to modify and develop the contents of hardware a...

Page 4: ...ing torch or other over high temperature target for inspection 2 Do not use the incorrect temperature measurement range to measure the high temperature target which is over the setting range If the ca...

Page 5: ...and adjustment of Infrared Image 13 4 2 2 Analysis of temperature measurement 13 4 2 3 Storage of Infrared image 14 4 2 4 Recall of Infrared Image 14 4 3 Items and Functions of the Menu 14 4 3 1 Analy...

Page 6: ...tery System 34 6 1 Battery 34 6 2 Charger and Charging 34 6 3 Additional Information of the Battery System 35 6 4 Cautions of Using the Battery 35 6 5 Notice of external power supply 35 7 SDS HotFind...

Page 7: ...faults and prevent the occurrence of such faults This Non Contact modernized inspection measure is safe reliable and prompt It is a revolution compared with the Contact inspection measures widely adop...

Page 8: ...nable it to work under all kinds of harsh conditions Small size and light can be held by one hand It is one of the lightest IR camera in the world Longer battery life shorter charging time and the int...

Page 9: ...ax min and mean temperatures of the image line analysis area analysis infrared parameters etc In addition the software has the functions of multi page analysis and alternate page analysis The user can...

Page 10: ...em packed in the high strength plastics box includes z SDS HotFind D Camera 1 z Rechargeable lithium cell 1 z Intelligent charger 1 z Video signal output cable 1 z Video connector 1 z USB cable 1 z In...

Page 11: ...Camera Operation Manual 8 2 SDS HotFind D Structure Instruction 1 1 Main LCD 2 Power switch 3 Key panel 4 Definable trigger 6 Pushkey of battery compartment 5 Manual focus lens 7 Cover of battery comp...

Page 12: ...D Interface Definition 2 1 3 4 1 Power supply interface External 8V DC input interface 2 USB interface Standard USB interface connect to PC 3 Video output interface Standard RCA interface 4 RS232 int...

Page 13: ...ration Instruction 4 1 Instructions on Key Operations 2 1 3 Power Switch Turn on or turn off the camera Power LED When the camera is powered on the LED will light Control Panel Including Auto Adjust k...

Page 14: ...until returning to the Non Menu mode This key will not save the prior operations on the sub menus Freeze Live key S Use it to freeze or live an image In PC Card Read mode press this key to return to t...

Page 15: ...peration instructions referred to Chapter 5 On Menu mode press the key right a pull down menu will be displayed Use the keys and up and down to select the options on the menu and the keys and up and d...

Page 16: ...nt is available when selecting Spot 2 and Spot 3 4 2 3 Store the Infrared image 1 After startup the camera press the menu enter key to pop up the menu 2 Press the direction key to enter the File 3 Sel...

Page 17: ...n the it 4 3 Items and Functions of the Menu The detail introduction the menu system is as follows SDS HotFind D has a powerful analysis processing system including seven submenus Analysis File Auto a...

Page 18: ...enter key that there will be one spot tracking the highest or lowest temperature in the area The area size depends on the green box The user can change the size through the combination key left up lef...

Page 19: ...e same function as this 4 3 4 Manual adjustment Select this and press menu enter key that there will be a box comes out as below Use the direction keys to change the parameters so that the user can ma...

Page 20: ...o change the parameters in order to assure the accuracy of the camera 4 3 6 Image only Select this and press menu enter key then the screen will display the infrared image only all the information wil...

Page 21: ...racking the lowest temperature of the area and display the temperature value 2 Temperature alarm This is for turning on or turning off the temperature alarm function When turning on this function if t...

Page 22: ...ion from 1 to 255 1 is the most sensitive whereas 255 is the least 8 Laser Adjust It offers the re selection to define the position of laser point and measure spot When it s on user can readjust the l...

Page 23: ...eter and Feet are available 5 Date format DD means date MM means month YY means year 3 Time setting Select this and press the menu enter key that there will be a box displaying in the screen as below...

Page 24: ...pan are available If Level and Span is selected press the key A and the camera will adjust automatically the brightness and contrast of the image to the default optimum image effects If Level is selec...

Page 25: ...to set the camera that whether it needs to auto shut down when un using for a long time There are 4 selections never 2min 5min 10min 5 Auto shut down the screen This is to set the screen that whether...

Page 26: ...to reset the IR camera when change this setting Real time Mode The IR camera connects to the computer as a video capture device In this mode the IR camera can transmit real time thermo image with tem...

Page 27: ...D Infrared Camera Operation Manual 24 information will be displayed at the center of the screen including the model of the equipment manufacturer serial number production date and software version num...

Page 28: ...t cover put the battery into the compartment and push it to the bottom and then close the compartment cover Take out the battery take off the cover and push the battery in a opposite direction 5 2 Sta...

Page 29: ...nt to the target an infrared image will be obtained in the screen Warning Don t point the IR camera to the Sun or radiometric source for a long time since this will do harm to the detector 5 3 Instruc...

Page 30: ...lowest spot are the same as spot 1 Iso Isotherm status Press the key C to clear the current analysis and all the other analyses status will not be influenced Select and confirm the options under the m...

Page 31: ...5 4 3 Freeze and Live of the image applicable to any status In the live image status press the key S the image will be frozen On the contrary press the key S in the Image Freeze status the image will...

Page 32: ...Set Analysis Menu Select Setup Analysis of Setup menu and set as the following examples 2 Set Object Parameters Select Obj Par under Analysis menu and make setups according to the specific condition a...

Page 33: ...y the image within a certain temperature range in one color basing on the isotherm mode set by the user 3 Move the Isothermal Area and Change its Size In Isothermal Analysis mode press the key and res...

Page 34: ...nder File menu and press menu enter key The words Opening an image is displayed on the screen along with the image name and the number of images saved in the PC Card as the following figure Press the...

Page 35: ...r 5 7 1 Instruction of SDS HotFind D laser point HotFind D provides the laser pointer function When observing a target the user can select Setup Other Laser on and press and hold the trigger to turn o...

Page 36: ...there are coordinates of Spot 1 as the following diagram appeared on the up left corner of the screen 5 8 SDS HotFind D saving power mode SDS HotFind D provides a saving power mode When the camera is...

Page 37: ...ery The battery capacity of SDS HotFind D is 8 5wh Inside there is over current and overheat protection circuit Each battery cell can be charged for more than 500 times Every new battery cell can last...

Page 38: ...g the battery status is full before shipping z It is not required to fully discharge the lithium cells as they do not produce the memory effect as cadmium nickel cells 6 4 Cautions of Using the Batter...

Page 39: ...tion Manual 36 7 SDS HotFind D Sun Shield You will see more clearly with sun shield when the surroundings are too bright for example when you are shooting outdoors The Sun Shield Install the sun shiel...

Page 40: ...maging quality will not be influenced 8 1 2 Camera Body Please pay attention to prevent the camera from falling off during use Please wash the camera body clean to avoid splash adhesion after using th...

Page 41: ...0 HotFind D 20 600 HotFind DX 20 1000 HotFind DXS 20 1500 HotFind DXT 9 Temperature accuracy 2 2 of reading 10 Battery operating time App 2 hours 11 FOV 20 15 10mm 12 Spatial resolution 2 2mrad 13 Pix...

Page 42: ...mal area and adjust the sensitivity when it s above the rate the display color will change and alarm will be raised 25 Intelligent analysis function As the user open the file it will automatically ret...

Page 43: ...ans adjusting the span which is mentioned as contrast in photography of the image 5 C S In non menu status this combination key means turning on off the buzzer 6 Press the key C before turn on the cam...

Page 44: ...um 100 0 09 foil Electrolytic 25 600 0 55 chromeplate alumina 25 600 0 10 0 20 Mild alumina 25 600 0 30 0 40 Strong alumina Brass Brass mirror highly 28 0 03 polished 200 600 0 61 0 59 Brass oxide Chr...

Page 45: ...69 Completely rusty surface 22 0 66 Rolled iron plate 100 0 74 Oxidized steel 198 600 0 64 0 78 Cast iron Oxidizing at 600 C 198 600 0 79 Steel Oxidizing at 600 C 125 520 0 78 0 82 Electrolytic ferric...

Page 46: ...70 0 20 Hg 0 100 0 09 0 12 Nickel Electroplate polishing 25 0 05 Electroplate 20 0 01 non polishing Nickel wire 185 1010 0 09 0 19 Nickel plate oxidized 198 600 0 37 0 48 Nickel oxide 650 1255 0 59 0...

Page 47: ...n Commercial tin plate 100 0 07 Strong oxidization 0 200 0 60 Zinc Oxidizing at 400 C 400 0 01 galvanized shining iron plate 28 0 23 Ash zinc oxide 25 0 28 Non metal materials Brick 1100 0 75 Fire bri...

Page 48: ...pe 0 87 Porcelain enamel products 0 90 Porcelain enamel designs 0 83 0 95 Solid materials 0 80 0 93 Ceramics vase type 0 90 Film 0 90 0 93 Mica 0 94 0 95 Flume mica 0 90 0 93 Glass 0 91 0 92 Semicondu...

Page 49: ...aterial Temperature C Emissivity approximation Electric materials Epoxy glass plate 0 86 Epoxy hydroxybenzene plate 0 80 Gilded sheet copper 0 30 Solder coated copper 0 35 Tin coated lead wire 0 28 Br...

Page 50: ...ne year warranty calculating from the date of delivery for any materials or process defects under proper storage operation and service We will charge for our maintenance of the damages due to improper...

Page 51: ...nd D Infrared Camera Operation Manual 48 Manufacturer SDS Infrared Limited Add Suite 2508 Tower 1 Lippo Centre 89 Queensway Hong Kong Tel 852 2110 1690 Fax 852 2110 1930 Copyright 2008 All rights rese...

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