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SVC HR-1024i / HR-768i / HR-640i / HR-768si / HR-512i USER MANUAL REV 1.12  

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The other COM port listed is the Bluetooth COM port. The COM port listed 

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Summary of Contents for SVC HR-1024i

Page 1: ...768i SVC HR 640i SVC HR 768si SVC HR 512i USER MANUAL Revision 1 12 29 Firemens Way Poughkeepsie New York 12603 Voice 845 471 7007 Fax 845 471 7020 E mail svcinfo spectravista com Copyright 2014 Spect...

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Page 3: ...quirements 8 Installation Steps 8 Removing The Software 9 2 INTRODUCTION 9 3 DESCRIPTION 13 Menu Selection Summary 13 File 13 NEW 13 OPEN 15 SAVE AS 16 CLOSE 17 CLOSE ALL 17 PRINT 17 DATA OPTIONS 17 E...

Page 4: ...CATIONS 68 APPENDIX A2 HR 768I SPECIFICATIONS 69 APPENDIX A3 HR 640I SPECIFICATIONS 70 APPENDIX A4 HR 768SI SPECIFICATIONS 71 APPENDIX A5 HR 512I SPECIFICATIONS 72 APPENDIX B FILE DESCRIPTIONS 73 SIGN...

Page 5: ...ENDIX H INSTRUMENT REMOTE ACCESS 99 GENERAL PROTOCOL DESCRIPTION 99 DETAILED PROTOCOL DESCRIPTION 99 Reference Scan Command 99 Target Scan Command 100 Optic Command 101 Integration Time Command 101 Sc...

Page 6: ...en operated in stand alone mode up to 1000 spectral readings can be stored within the instrument for subsequent down loading and analysis using a PC All spectroradiometer identification and calibratio...

Page 7: ...pod via front panel Tripod Mounting Options The instrument can be mounted to a tripod on the front panel as shown in Figure 1 above using 1 or more of 5 1 4 20 UNC threaded holes that are compatible w...

Page 8: ...ument to look at different size targets Normally the target is at a distance of 1m from the optical element See section 3 item 1 for the field of view setup Measurements can be taken at further distan...

Page 9: ...provides power for portable operation The battery pack installs via dovetail slides and automatically latches into position to engage the battery contacts on the bottom of the instrument The Li ION ba...

Page 10: ...NG RING FOREOPTIC 8 FOV Figure 4 Front Panel Support Feet Support feet can be moved between the retracted and extended positions When extended they allow the instrument to rest level on a flat surface...

Page 11: ...shown above It is a miniature camera with a 60 field of view and is focused for maximum depth of field from 1m to infinity It outputs a either a 640x480 or 320x240 pixel image of the spectral target s...

Page 12: ...s illuminated when the instrument is ready to take a scan Power LED The power indicator is illuminated when the power is on Power Switch The power switch provides on off control of the unit GPS Antenn...

Page 13: ...tel or compatible Memory 512M or greater of main memory Screen Resolution 1024x768 or greater Serial USB port Provided by a built in COM 9 pin D port a USB to Serial Adapter or via a Bluetooth interfa...

Page 14: ...of features that provide a great deal of flexibility for spectral data acquisition display and storage Data files can be configured as SIG Files for use with PC Data Acquisition Software SIG Files are...

Page 15: ...y be opened and displayed The location of the current working folder is retained in the Windows Registry The location of the current working folder may be changed with the File New or File Open dialog...

Page 16: ...ay also be activated by pressing the E key on the keyboard See the section SETUP EXTERNAL DATA below for more details The Ext Data Dark Button only appears in the GUI when the optional External Data I...

Page 17: ...ment and configured for display See the section SETUP EXTERNAL DATA below for more details The large white area displays single graph or multi graph data sets The Graphing Area operates in two modes Z...

Page 18: ...enu of available tools for enhancing spectral data Window Provides a menu of available Window displays and settings About Provides a dialog box of software and spectroradiometer data File The File men...

Page 19: ...tware Ex If the file base is Test the first filename is Test_000 sig the second is Test _001 sig etc When entering the new base name into the File name box do not include any filename extensions as th...

Page 20: ...with different versions of the Windows OS File name Selects the file s to be opened A single left mouse click selects a single fields or Ctrl left click or Shift left click can be used to select mult...

Page 21: ...The following standard Windows file save dialog box appears when Save As is selected Note that the dialog style may vary slightly with different versions of the Windows OS File name Allows the desire...

Page 22: ...e single graph to the specified filename and exits the dialog box Cancel Exits the dialog box without saving the file CLOSE Closes the data files that are selected in the File Stack of the multi graph...

Page 23: ...the month day and year Ex gr052105 When the Autosave is turned on the Prompt For Save option is disabled Prompt For Save When this item is checked the operator is prompted for a filename to store the...

Page 24: ...the selected file format and exits the dialog box Cancel Ignores the modifications made to the file format and exits the dialog box EXIT Exits the PC Data Acquisition Software program Control The con...

Page 25: ...nfigured ports is built only once each time the Data Acquisition Program is run List All Possible Ports When selected all 255 ports are listed in the Port control Use this option if a virtual port usu...

Page 26: ...d on the instrument NOTE The Special RAW DN entrance optic provides raw measurements without any radiometric calibration applied Scan Timing Frame Scan time may be control in two ways either by specif...

Page 27: ...if the OK button is selected Stored Scans Displays the number of scans currently stored in the instrument s internal memory Integration Scales RAW DN Data When checked and when the instrument s RAW DN...

Page 28: ...ap Matching is selected the software presents the following dialog box Overlap Frame Preserve Overlapped Detector Data When this option is selected the Transition Wvl setting is ignored and has no eff...

Page 29: ...ors radiance curve data to perform matching on both the Reference and Target scans separately Reflectance Combine the Reference and Target scans into a reflectance curve and uses this curve s data to...

Page 30: ...TUP EXTERNAL DATA Configures the instrument s optional external data interface The instrument may optionally be configured with an external sensor data interface This interface allows the PC software...

Page 31: ...24i HR 768i instrument for external data acquisition External Data Source Frame Bluetooth Address Allows entry of the 12 digit hexadecimal address of the external data source This address is used by t...

Page 32: ...low Press the Ext Data Scan button when a new set of external data samples is desired No spectral data is acquired when this button is pressed and only the Last Scan values see below are updated Press...

Page 33: ...aving changes OK Apply the settings shown in the dialog READ MEMORY Reads downloads the instrument s stand alone scans from the internal memory into the PC Data Acquisition Software When selected the...

Page 34: ...to either accept or change the stored scan type reference or target as each stored scan is downloaded Download Now Clicking this button begins the process of downloading of data from the instrument s...

Page 35: ...be used to store the instrument s scans as they are downloaded New Output Folder Filename Base Pressing this button brings up the File New dialog Using this dialog the destination folder and file name...

Page 36: ...is option causes scans to alternate between Reference and Target on a timed basis Scan Display Single Graph Target scans are displayed one at a time in a Single Graph display Scan Display Multi Graph...

Page 37: ...heduled to be triggered Start Pressing this button begins timed scan acquisition using the settings shown This button changes to Stop when the timer is running and may be used to stop timed scan acqui...

Page 38: ...COM port settings of the GPS data source that is installed in the computer List Only Configured Ports When selected only ports that are physically configured into the host computer are listed in the C...

Page 39: ...les the connection to the GPS source Current GPS Data Status Frame When connected displays the current GPS location date time and status information Lat Lon Date Time HDOP These fields contains valid...

Page 40: ...tral data or examining the instrument calibration tables SIG FILE MERGE Merges multiple SIG files into a single comma delimited text data file suitable for import into Excel or other analysis packages...

Page 41: ...be merged into a Comma Separated Values CSV suitable for import into MS Excel or into a single SIG output file When CSV Format is chosen the individual SIG files appear side by side across columns in...

Page 42: ...input SIG format files note that this option is not available in the SVC HR 512i software SIG data files that are acquired by the PDA Software do not have overlapping data removed and have not had an...

Page 43: ...Process All Files Begin processing the SIG files each SIG file in turn is read and processed and the modified data is written to an output file with the string _moc Matching Overlay Correction append...

Page 44: ...ance Data File is a two column text file The first column is a list of wavelengths in nm and the second column is the actual white plate reflectance at that wavelength see Appendix B File Descriptions...

Page 45: ...n the output SIG file name is gr062606_001_wpc sig RESAMPLE SPECTRAL DATA Resample the input SIG format data files and write the resampled data to new output SIG format data files When Resample Spectr...

Page 46: ...name is gr062606_001_resamp sig INSTRUMENT CALIBRATION DATA Read display and save the calibration and other configuration data stored within the instrument All instrument calibration information resi...

Page 47: ...O R A D I O M E T E R 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 Instrument Information Tab This tab simply displays the instrument s model and embedded firmware information Write Instrument Information To File The program wil...

Page 48: ...o File The program will prompt the operator to save the wavelength calibration table to the PC s hard disk The actual calibration table within the instrument is not changed by this operation Read Wave...

Page 49: ...rument fore optics stored within the instrument This tab displays each of these eight 1024 entry tables one table at a time The table that is currently displayed may be selected via the Select Optic N...

Page 50: ...ad that table into the currently selected table 1 8 and display that information The actual calibration table within the instrument is not changed by this operation Write One Radiometric Calibration T...

Page 51: ...connection If already connected this button will be disabled Disable GUI Scan Warnings Checking this box will prevent the appearance of normal GUI scan warnings from stopping instrument remote access...

Page 52: ...lectance target or reference data Each SIG file can optionally be associated with a familiar ENVI Spectra Name which is included within the ENVI Spectral Library Note that since ENVI Spectral Librarie...

Page 53: ...tral Library SIG File Data Selects whether the reflectance target or reference data columns from the SIG file is used to create the ENVI Spectral Library Spectral Library Description Enter the ENVI Sp...

Page 54: ...ed against the right Y axis An example of this is shown below The graphs shown in the example above are Reference Radiance Red Target Radiance Yellow Reflectance Black Each of these is displayed as a...

Page 55: ...1 12 S P E C T R O R A D I O M E T E R 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 The following is an example of a Multi Graph The Multi Graph displays the Target Radiance of the files in the File Stack versus wavelengths The M...

Page 56: ...matically displayed The target photo will be displayed any time the target SIG file is displayed in Single Graph Mode i e when the target SIG file is double clicked in the file stack PLOT SETTINGS Con...

Page 57: ...ed by a square box Don t Plot Data From To If the Don t Plot Data checkbox is checked the From To text boxes define one area of the plot that will be excluded from display The From To boxes should con...

Page 58: ...easier to press the on screen buttons About The About menu item displays a dialog box that provides model the current serial number as well as the PC Data Acquisition Software version Note that the In...

Page 59: ...can begin This period lasts less than a minute and when complete the Ready light on the control panel comes on Instrument Warm up Time For optimal performance the instrument should initially be turned...

Page 60: ...on of the sighting laser spot and the active field of view for the instrument at the distance specified on the diagram normally 1m If optional entrance optics are included the corresponding FOV diagra...

Page 61: ...device drivers supplied with the instrument on the Windows PC is required See Appendix E PC USB Device Drivers for installation instructions By creating a Bluetooth virtual COM port connection between...

Page 62: ...no position information is available OK Turned on position valid CAM Current internal JPEG camera mode OFF Turned off N S Turned on but no sync with the camera LO Target JPEGs will be acquired in low...

Page 63: ...For a Target scan displays either radiance or reflectance depending on settings Touching any area of the graph cycles you between displaying target radiance and target reflectance the graph type that...

Page 64: ...e action performed when the LASER SCAN trigger button is pressed LASER ONLY Laser is lit while the trigger is pressed LASER SCAN Laser is lit while the trigger is pressed in addition a stand alone sca...

Page 65: ...ngs o MAIN BUTTON Touch MAIN to return to Screen 1 Main Screen o NEXT BUTTON Touch NEXT to continue on to Screen 4 Setup Screen C o CAMERA BUTTON Touch CAMERA to cycle among the internal JPEG camera t...

Page 66: ...to return to Screen 1 Main Screen o NEXT BUTTON Touch NEXT to continue on to Screen 5 Setup Screen D o GPS BUTTON Touch GPS to turn the internal GPS function ON OFF o GPS STATUS FIELDS SATS LOCKED Num...

Page 67: ...Software See section SETUP EXTERNAL DATA for more information on how to change this field o STATUS FIELD Displays the current state of the Bluetooth connection between the instrument and the External...

Page 68: ...as dark values The dark values are stored in non volatile memory When this button is pressed it is assumed that the external sensor has been configured to be in a dark condition Note that when new dar...

Page 69: ...o completely fill the field of view of the instrument The optional Spectralon plate is recommended for this purpose This reference measurement is associated with all succeeding measurements until a ne...

Page 70: ...Instrument for basic software connection instructions See Control Setup Overlap Matching for instructions on how to configure these settings as they are applied to both downloaded and newly acquired...

Page 71: ...ernight 2 Charger Specifications Input 100 240VAC 0 3A Max 50 60Hz Output 8 4 VDC 1 3A Max 3 Battery Pack Information And Warnings Cells 2 Li Ion cells connected in series 9000mAh 3 7V each Protection...

Page 72: ...ging 1 Plug the charger s round male plug into the battery pack s female jack 2 Plug the charger into an AC outlet The charger s RED LED will be illluminated during charging when charging is complete...

Page 73: ...m wide 8 cm high 29 cm long Unit Weight 8 5 lbs 3 8 kg Battery Weight 1 5 lbs 0 7 kg Internal Memory 1000 scans maximum Sighting Diode laser at 635 nm Display 4 3 LCD touchscreen with real time spectr...

Page 74: ...wide 8 cm high 29 cm long Unit Weight 8 4 lbs 3 8 kg Battery Weight 1 5 lbs 0 7 kg Internal Memory 1000 scans maximum Sighting Diode laser at 635 nm Display 4 3 LCD touchscreen with real time spectral...

Page 75: ...ide 8 cm high 29 cm long Unit Weight 8 4 lbs 3 8 kg Battery Weight 1 5 lbs 0 7 kg Internal Memory 1000 scans maximum Sighting Diode laser at 635 nm Display 4 3 LCD touchscreen with real time spectral...

Page 76: ...Unit Weight 8 0 lbs 3 6 kg Battery Weight 1 5 lbs 0 7 kg Internal Memory 1000 scans maximum Sighting Diode laser at 635 nm Display 4 3 LCD touchscreen with real time spectral and sample image display...

Page 77: ...ght 1 5 lbs 0 7 kg Internal Memory 1000 scans maximum Sighting Diode laser at 635 nm Display 4 3 LCD touchscreen with real time spectral and sample image display Laser Ready Power LEDs Real time spect...

Page 78: ...arget scanning method used to determine the length of the scan Time based fixed scan time Coadd based fixed coadd number 6 scan coadds R1 R2 R3 T1 T2 T3 Rx Tx is the reference target coadds acquired a...

Page 79: ...lue of 0 zero means no error occurred 17 units R1 T1 R1 T1 are the types of units associated with the scan data Radiance units of radiance Irradiance units if irradiance Counts raw counts uncorrected...

Page 80: ...gitude DDDmm mmmmC GPS Latitude DDmm mmmmC GPS Time HHmmSS SSS where D is degrees m is decimal minutes C is quadrant N S E W H is hours GMT 24 hour format S is seconds Note that depending on the GPS s...

Page 81: ...0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 external data dark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 external data mask 0 optic Optic1 Optic1 temp 25 3 1 2 5 7 25 3 1 2 5 7 battery 8 16 8 15 error 0 0 units Radiance Radiance time 2 28 2006 2 3...

Page 82: ...file should include all wavelengths in the instrument s spectral range The second column contains reflectance values that correspond to the white plate s true reflectance at each wavelength White Plat...

Page 83: ...ontains a list of COM ports that the PDA Software uses for communicating with the instrument The file has the following example 2 line format COM1 COM8 Where Line 1 COM1 in the example above is the PD...

Page 84: ...e Laser Scan Switch located on the top surface of the instrument See Section 2 HARDWARE DESCRIPTION for the location of this control CAUTION Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures...

Page 85: ...opriate PC Bluetooth hardware using this appendix as a guide Instrument Specific Bluetooth Information Bluetooth Versions Supported V1 1 Bluetooth Class Class I Bluetooth Connection Type Virtual COM P...

Page 86: ...INSTALLATION above installation instructions 2 If you are re installing the USB drivers the original drivers need to be first uninstalled Please refer to the Removing USB Device Drivers section below...

Page 87: ...driver in these locations option and use the Browse button to select the location of the USB driver files The instrument s USB drivers are included as part of the PC Data Acquisition Software installa...

Page 88: ...g screen will be displayed as Windows XP copies the required driver files 8 Windows should then display a message indicating that the installation was successful Click Finish to complete the installat...

Page 89: ...e Manger and select View Devices by Type The device appears as an additional COM port with the label USB Serial Port 11 In the example above the USB Driver was installed on COM5 You should note which...

Page 90: ...tall USB Device Driver follow the instructions below 1 Disconnect the instrument from the PC if attached 2 Open the Add Remove Programs utility located in Control Panel Add Remove Programs Select FTDI...

Page 91: ...features and functionality of the PDA application are similar to that of its counterpart on the PC It collects data from a hand held spectroradiometer saves the data to the PDA s internal memory and d...

Page 92: ...can b Pressing TARGET with a target in the targeting area 9 View Data While in Graph Radiance mode the radiance graph will automatically appear upon reference or target acquisition completion In Graph...

Page 93: ...e SIG format See Appendix B File Descriptions for information on SIG format data files DATA FILE NAMING CONVENTION AUTOSAVE When in AutoSave mode the software automatically creates and saves SIG forma...

Page 94: ...8 PDA Start Menu WM6 0 left WM 6 5 Right Operation The Menu Bar for the PDA application is situated at the bottom of the window There are 4 menu items on the Menu Bar named from left to right as File...

Page 95: ...get acquisition The following sections describe these features in more detail COMMAND BUTTON REFERENCE The Reference button is used to initiate a Reference scan acquisition by the instrument The instr...

Page 96: ...a SIG data file generated by the PDA application Header This is a check box option which causes header information to be displayed in the application When checked a text box appears containing the he...

Page 97: ...metric Units The Y axis Radiance units are w cm 2 nm sr x 10 10 and the X axis is Wavelength in nanometers nm Reflectance Sets the graphic display mode to Reflectance to display data in Percent Reflec...

Page 98: ...n instrument When Connect is selected the PDA displays a list of COM Ports in a new screen The COM port that is to be used to connect to the HR 1024i instrument needs to be selected The COM Ports list...

Page 99: ...tions See SETTINGS FORM below Status This indicates the instrument connection status SETTINGS FORM Photo Mode Control the JPEG target camera that is internal to the instrument The setting are o OFF no...

Page 100: ...nu options are determined by factory setting Integration Settings Auto When Auto is checked the instrument automatically determines the optimal integration settings for all detector arrays Si Sw1 and...

Page 101: ...OWER KEY 400X SOFT RESET KEYS Note Performing a Soft Reset simply restarts the PDA operating system It is similar to re booting a PC PDA Hard Reset Procedure Recon 400X Warning Hard Resetting the PDA...

Page 102: ...onfiguration Failure to maintain the charge on the PDA s internal backup battery will cause the PDA application to be lost In this case the PDA application must be re installed from the supplied CD PD...

Page 103: ...12 A P P E N D I C E S 9 8 9 8 9 8 9 8 The other COM port listed is the Bluetooth COM port The COM port listed must correspond to the COM port configured into the PDA s Bluetooth driver or it will no...

Page 104: ...ument See the description of the Remote Access Tool in Section 2 PC Data Acquisition Software for specific controls and descriptions on how to setup the PC Data Acquisition Software to act as a remote...

Page 105: ...st have previously been acquired by the spectrometer Note also that this scan sub type may not produce as accurate results as the normal scan where dark light data are both acquired Example T 0 cr acq...

Page 106: ...timal integration times for each spectrometer Fixed Integration Parameters are set as follows Parameter a Si Spectrometer integration time mS min 10 max 1000 increment 10 values between 10 mS and 1000...

Page 107: ...Swir1 Spectrometer coadds min 2 max 500 increment 2 values that are not even are silently rounded to the next even value Parameter c Swir2 Spectrometer coadds min 2 max 500 increment 2 values that are...

Page 108: ...ng the knurled retaining ring CLOCKWISE while facing the instrument noting that the threads are right handed and the retaining ring has to move towards the instrument 2 Orient the fiber optic adapter...

Page 109: ...f the optional fan assembly is installed on the instrument s heat sink do not operate the instrument unless the fans are actually turning and providing cooling air to the heat sink Installing the fan...

Page 110: ...ction 1 Output VBAT Supplies unregulated battery voltage to an external device battery voltage is 6 5 8 5 VDC 500mA maximum current draw 2 n a Reserved Do Not Connect reserved for future use 3 Input R...

Page 111: ...heavier soil the material can be cleaned by sanding under running distilled water with 220 240 grit wet or dry emery cloth until surface is totally hydrophobic water beads and runs off immediately Bl...

Page 112: ...E S 1 0 7 1 0 7 1 0 7 1 0 7 Appendix X Instrument Quality Checklist The following pages may contain an instrument specific quality assurance checklist for a particular serial number instrument when th...

Page 113: ...SVC HR 1024i HR 768i HR 640i HR 768si HR 512i USER MANUAL REV 1 12 A P P E N D I C E S 1 0 8 1 0 8 1 0 8 1 0 8...

Page 114: ...0 9 Appendix Y Instrument Default Settings The following pages may contain one or more instrument specific default values recommended overlap removal matching parameters etc for a particular serial nu...

Page 115: ...SVC HR 1024i HR 768i HR 640i HR 768si HR 512i USER MANUAL REV 1 12 A P P E N D I C E S 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0...

Page 116: ...E S 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Appendix Z Instrument FOV Diagram s The following pages may contain one or more instrument specific field of view diagrams for a particular serial number instrument when th...

Page 117: ...SVC HR 1024i HR 768i HR 640i HR 768si HR 512i USER MANUAL REV 1 12 A P P E N D I C E S 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2...

Page 118: ...LS 5 29 13 Fixed appendix lettering clarified SIG file header fields added appendices X and Y 1 8 Several LS 8 29 13 Added new PDA SVCscan WM 6 5 information Updated new calibration table handling 1...

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