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User Manual

 

 

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Controlling the Camera through RS232 Communication Protocol   

RS232 communication protocol is offered with the 

MobIR 

®

 M8

 camera. Through the protocol the camera can be conveniently controlled on PC 

at a remote monitoring place.   

 

Using the protocol     

y

 

Before using the protocol, please ensure the camera and your PC have been properly connected by the RS232/ video cable offered 

together with the camera. Click on the file    “M8RS232.exe” to run the protocol.   

y

 

There is only one control interface of the protocol as shown below: 

 

 

Parts described: 

 

y

 

There are 9 COM interfaces available for RS232 communication.   

Summary of Contents for MobIR M8

Page 1: ...rared Co Ltd No 26 Shucheng Rd Hongshan District Wuhan 430070 P R China Telephone 86 27 8767 1991 Facsimile 86 27 8767 1927 Email overseas guide infrared com Internet www guide infared com Wuhan Guide Infrared Co Ltd 2008 Publication No MobIR M8 UM 008 ...

Page 2: ...ating to electromagnetic compatibility and safety EMC directive 89 336 EEC Low voltage directive 73 23 EEC Copyright Wuhan Guide Infrared Co Ltd 2008 All rights reserved worldwide No parts of the products may be reproduced transmitted transcribed or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means electronic magnetic optical manual or otherwise without the prior writte...

Page 3: ...echnical Specification 6 System Features 8 Parts Described 9 Inserting Removing the Mini SD Memory Card 11 Battery Charging 12 Introduction to Buttons 13 Quick Start Guide 14 Using the Camera 14 Video Output 46 Transferring Data from the Camera to PC 46 Installing the Camera USB Driver to PC 47 Controlling the Camera through RS232 Communication Protocol 50 Troubleshooting 60 Emissivity 61 Typical ...

Page 4: ...ear water ensure that the unit is adequately guarded against splashes When the MOBIR M8 Thermal Camera is not in use or is to be transported ensure that the unit and its accessories are stored in the protective carry case Do not jam the holes or loudspeaker on the camera body Do not re switch on the camera until 15 seconds later after switching it off Do not throw knock or vibrate intensely the ca...

Page 5: ...eas guide infrared com Feedback to Us We have tested and verified the information in this manual to the best of our abilities Yet as we are committed to continuous development and progress you might find features of the product have been changed since the time of printing You are appreciated to let us know about any error you find and your suggestions for further editions by either contacting the ...

Page 6: ...0 pixels 25μm Spectral Range 8 14μm Thermal Sensitivity 100mk at 30 Field of View Focus 20 6 X 15 5 11mm Focus Automatic or motorized Electronic Zoom X2 VISUAL Built in Digital Video CMOS Sensor 1600x1200 pixels 2 24 true colors Image Presentation External Display 2 47 TFT LCD with high resolution Video Output PAL NTSC IR fusion Visual and IR blending Man Machine Communication Touch Screen Present...

Page 7: ...torage Powerful recording up to 30 minutes in Mini SD card Recording Thermal video recording to PC via USB2 0 capacity dependent on PC hard disk capacity Measurement Automatic Max Min temperature Storage In Mini SD card built in flash memory or PC Laser Locator Classification Type Class 2 semiconductor laser Power System Battery Type Recharge Li ion Camcorder battery field replaceable Charging Sys...

Page 8: ...camera control Windows style man machine interface status display screen showing component status reinforce the user friendly feature Compact durable magnalium camera casing raises reliability and operation easiness Robust on board analysis enhances operators efficiency productivity 4 Hours super long working time ensures uninterrupted high efficient work Imaging Performance Output both thermal an...

Page 9: ...memory can store 100 images Live thermal video can be recorded in Mini SD card and PC via USB cable Temperature measurement and different kinds of analysis can be done on recorded video Image Playback Images video saved into Mini SD card or the built in flash memory can be replayed on the camera Temperature measurement and different kinds of analysis can be done on replayed images Voice annotation...

Page 10: ...RS232 interface on camera TV Video interface to a TV Video display device and RS232 interface to PC USB extension cable Interfaces from the left to right are respectively Interface to the camera USB2 0 interface to a USB interface on PC IR Lens Visual camera Laser Touch pen slot USB interface RS232 and TV Video cable Power interface ...

Page 11: ...C control the camera on PC and also record live thermal video into PC Inserting Removing the Mini SD Memory Card To insert or remove a Mini SD memory card open the Mini SD memory card cover To insert a Mini SD memory card slide the card with the terminals pointing downwards and the obverse outwards till you hear a slight sound as shown in the figure below To remove a Mini SD memory card press the ...

Page 12: ...to icon battery when the battery is fully charged The approximate charge time is 240 minutes for full charge Note When charging the battery in the imbedded battery charger Button Power is unavailable Charging time may vary from the battery condition or the environment temperature It is normal that battery and the charger get heated during charging process Additional Information The battery shall b...

Page 13: ...e Button Right direction Down To zoom in out Button Down direction To cancel one sub menu or option under menu To exit menu To return to the live thermal image when image is frozen To perform a NUC manually when there is no menu on live image To select one sub menu or option under menu To freeze and store live image when menu does not appear on screen PIC mode To switch among the three display mod...

Page 14: ...tch to live visual image and fusion image In visual image still rotate the W T wheel to manually focus or you can press the W T wheel to get clear visual image Press button PIC Mode for 2 seconds to switch between manual and auto modes Press button OK for three seconds to freeze the live image Press button OK for three seconds again to store the frozen image into SD memory card or built in flash m...

Page 15: ...ve image pauses temporarily whilst auto gate is placed in front of the lens This process takes only a couple of seconds however for best results please ensure that camera is pointed at a low temperature uniform surface or the lens cap Focusing Thermal camera focusing There are two methods available to adjust focus manual and automatic Before focusing ensure the lens cap is uncovered and there is n...

Page 16: ...e touch pen can also do the above operations Firstly click the palette with touch pen to change option values of Tmax and Tmin Click the palette again with touch pen to change the palette Click the palette thridly to save and exit Tmax Tmin and palette change mode Basic Temperature Measurement For basic temperature measurement firstly ensure that a suitable temperature range is set and that the im...

Page 17: ... to enter main menu and then press button Left or Right to highlight button Tools press button Up to highlight submenu Palette and press button M to bring up the temperature setup menu Image zoom When there is no menu displayed in live thermal image press the button to zoom in or out the image continuously from x1 to x2 with the current magnification shown at the up left corner of the screen Pausi...

Page 18: ...rement and temperature range adjustment as per instruction aforesaid To do the left operation listed below press button M to enter main menu and then press button Left or Down to highlight menu Tools press button Up to highlight submenu Analysis and press M to bring up the Analysis bar The operation is also can be done by touch pen to click each icon to select a certain one The detailed analysis o...

Page 19: ...ording will stop automatically At the meantime icon Play recording is highlighted To replay the recording select the icon play recording by clicking it with the touch pen or pressing the button M to highlight directly When replaying the icon Stop recording is highlighted You can stop replaying at any time If the recording is not satisfied repeat the above mentioned operations If the recording is s...

Page 20: ... with images the respective prompt SD full or Storage full will appear in the status bar under the image screen when you try to save a new image If fail to save an image the prompt Save error will appear in the status bar under the image screen Replaying saved images Saved images can be replayed on or deleted from the camera Bring up the main menu and the select option File list under submenu File...

Page 21: ...oolbar are listed below Icon Significance Function Open file Open a selected image Up direction Press it to turn to the previous screen Down direction Press it to turn to the next screen Delete file Delete a selected image Delete all Delete all the saved images from the current memory media Exit command Exit the replay status and back to live thermal image If more than 6 images are saved the image...

Page 22: ...surement To do analysis on frozen image bring up the main menu by clicking icon at the bottom of the screen with the touch pen or pressing button M Press button Left or Right to highlight menu Tools When Tools is highlighted press button Up to highlight submenu Analysis and press button M to select it Or you can just click the menu Tools and click Analysis to enter Analysis menu The toolbar offers...

Page 23: ...rt voice replaying Then you can hear the voice and view the time in the timing box of voice annotation To stop replaying before its ends by choosing icon stop voice recording To view the recorded text annotation choose icon to replay text annotation Then the recorded text will be displayed in a dialog box on the image screen To close the dialog box choose the button OK by clicking it with the touc...

Page 24: ...atically by pressing W T wheel To switch to thermal image press button PIC Mode again IR fusion image This function is available in live frozen saved images Press function button PIC Mode and release it instantly to switch among the three display modes Thermal image alone Visual image alone and IR fusion image The images below show the mode IR fusion image Main Menu Introduction The camera offers ...

Page 25: ...the icon Arrow at centre bottom of the screen File Saved images can be replayed on or deleted from the camera Bring up the main menu and the select option File list under submenu File with the touch pen Or press the button M when there is no menu displayed in live image to bring up the main menu with option File list highlighted Press button Up and Down to select the option File list Two options I...

Page 26: ...ers for live and zoomed images to be set up Target Allows for temperature measurement parameters of the target to be set up System Allows for parameters of the camera functions to be set up Function Allows for some camera functions to be set up Setting Allows for other parameters of the camera to be set up Option Analysis Click option Analysis with the touch pen or press the button M to select it ...

Page 27: ... the button M to select it Then the Target dialog box appears on the screen Clicking each option box with the touch pen or pressing button OK can toggle between the options Moving the button up or down can alter values of the option Moving the button left or right can toggle between each digit of the option values Emiss To set emissivity value between 0 01 and 1 00 RelHum To set relative humidity ...

Page 28: ...ash memory as per need To switch between the two memory media you can either set UFlash for Storage here or click the icon shown in the memory media bar under the image screen M Option There are two options for the temperature alarm function one is max the other is min When you set it as max it means that the alarm is for high temperature alarm when the temperature is exceeding the set value the c...

Page 29: ...amera will automatically turn off if there is no operation on it in successive 10 minutes 30 minutes or 60 minutes No operation indicates in live or zoomed images there is no click on the VGA LCD screen no operation of joystick or buttons and no menu or dialog box displayed in the screen Histogram To display or close histogram of live frozen or saved images Pic Mode This function is available in l...

Page 30: ...l be closed and the original image status will be resumed Option Setting Click option Setting with the touch pen or press the button OK to select it Then the Default dialog box appears on the screen Video Freq To set the video frequency of the camera Image Arith To set infrared image quality of the camera LCD Light To set LCD back light time of the camera KEY Light To set light time of the button ...

Page 31: ...xit Save and Test are available in the interface Pressing button Left or Right can toggle between them Clicking with the touch pen can select them respectively Select button Start to start adjustment Then a cursor appears at the left top corner of the screen click its center with the touch pen then a cursor appears in the center of the screen click its center with the touch pen as well finally a c...

Page 32: ...ent has done well Now select button Save to save the ultimate coordinates of the pen after adjustment Then the pen and cursor will respond each other accurately Select button Exit or press button C to exit the interface and return to the live thermal image Note In the adjustment process improper adjustment may cause the touch pen not to work well Thus it is strongly recommended to use functional b...

Page 33: ...h pen or pressing Menu directly When replaying the icon Stop recording is highlighted You can stop replaying at any time If dissatisfied with the recording the above operation can be repeated until a satisfactory recording has been made If you are satisfied with the recording and do not want to insert text annotation to the image you can select the icon Save command to save it with the image Then ...

Page 34: ...rror will appear in the status bar under the image screen Option Palette Click option Palette or the palette bar on the right side of the screen directly with the touch pen or press button Up and Down to highlight it and then press Menu to select it The Tmax Tmin bar will appear on the screen Use touch pen can adjust the value of Tmax Tmin directly or press button Up and Down to adjust the value o...

Page 35: ...ional area analysis Do discretional area analysis on the replayed image Save Replay voice annotation recorded for the replayed image Delete analysis object Delete selected analysis object or delete analysis object in the opposite order of the object is added Spot Analysis Spot Analysis can be performed on live or zoomed or frozen or saved images In live or zoomed images bring up the main menu pres...

Page 36: ...nu when icon Spot analysis is highlighted to add spot on the screen with the maximum number limitation as 4 4 spots are shown on the screen Clicking with the touch pen or pressing button PIC Mode can toggle between them Temperature of the selected spot is displayed in the status bar at the bottom of image screen To move each spot after selecting it click it with the touch pen drag it to a desired ...

Page 37: ...s OK to confirm the line At the meantime the line profile is displayed in the image as well with the Max and Min temperature of the line displayed in the coordinate system In live or zoomed images the line profile and temperatures will change in real time as the image changes Maximum 2 lines can be added Press button C to exit and return to the live or frozen or save image Note For a horizontal li...

Page 38: ...the buttons Up Down Left or Right to a desired position and then release it The temperature displayed in the status bar will accordingly change To change the size of an area after selecting it click at one of its four corners with the touch pen drag the corner to a desired position and then release it Or select the area and press button OK then use Up Down Left and Right to adjust the size of area...

Page 39: ...e frozen toolbar with the touch pen or buttons Click the icon Isotherm analysis with the touch pen to select it Or press OK to highlight the icon Isotherm analysis first and then press Menu to select it In saved images isotherm analysis can be done when the images are replayed Bring up the replay toolbar with the touch pen or buttons Click the icon Isotherm analysis with the touch pen to select it...

Page 40: ...hen select option Save under submenu Analysis either by the touch pen or by pressing the buttons In frozen images bring up the frozen toolbar with the touch pen or buttons Click the icon Save with the touch pen to select it Or press OK to highlight the icon Save first and then press Menu to perform it Save can save the analysis objects on certain image Delete Delete can be performed on live or zoo...

Page 41: ...to be Off Menu About Click the icon at the bottom the screen with the touch pen to bring up the main menu and then click the submenu About Or press the Menu button to bring up the main menu and press Left or Right button to select the submenu About Three options Default Help and Version are present in the screen Clicking them respectively with the touch pen or press Up or Down button can toggle be...

Page 42: ...Version under submenu About with the touch pen or press Up and Down to highlight it and press Menu to select Then the version of used M8 appears on the screen Infrared Video General Information The infrared video with temperature information taken by MobIR M8 can be transferred to PC via 2GB mini SD card or through USB2 0 for further analysis by Guide IR software The Infrared video function is dis...

Page 43: ...the camera of MobIR M8 is under normal working status and connect the MobIR M8 with the PC via USB2 0 to activate this command it will bring a dialog box as following Select M8 and press ok to confirm the infrared video is open as following z Open Film Use this command to open the saved Video file in the directory path of PC The software will play this file and further analysis can be done on it S...

Page 44: ... track circle Menu Bar Menu bar consists of seven sub menu options including File Video Measure Tools View Window and Help Keeping left button of the mouse depressed and moving the mouse will allow you to move the menu bar to any desired place File Menu The File menu offers the following commands Open Image Open an existing image file or infrared video Video Get infrared video from camera or from ...

Page 45: ...the current opening image file Dialog box of Temp Range will appear after choosing this command Moving the scale pointer to select a suitable temperature range Or click button Auto to restore the original brightness Note y Double clicking the opening image file will activate this command as well M8 control command The following command is available if the camera connected with PC via USB 2 0 is M8...

Page 46: ...at the MobIR M8 camera is switched off Properly connect the camera to the monitor or recording device with the video cable supplied together with the camera Power on the monitor Power on the camera Enter the submenu System under menu Setup choose option VideoOut and set its value to be PAL or NTSC Press button Ok to save the setup and return to the live image When viewing the live image you can st...

Page 47: ...transferred data For more information pls refer to the user manual of Guide IrAnalyser software Installing the Camera USB Driver to PC Before installing the USB driver ensure the camera and your PC are working and your PC offers at least one USB2 0 port When there is no menu in the live thermal image properly connect the USB interfaces of the camera to a USB2 0 port of your PC with the USB extensi...

Page 48: ...User Manual 48 Installation starts When getting to the step as shown below choose Continue anyway to proceed further Installation continues and finishes quickly Click button Finish ...

Page 49: ...nder Universal Serial Bus Controller it indicates the driver has been properly installed and you can transfer data from the camera to PC now The procedures to go to Device Manager is as follows Clicking My Computer Clicking the right mouse and choosing Property Choosing menu Hardware in the System Property dialog box Choosing option Device Manager under the menu Hardware ...

Page 50: ... on PC at a remote monitoring place Using the protocol y Before using the protocol please ensure the camera and your PC have been properly connected by the RS232 video cable offered together with the camera Click on the file M8RS232 exe to run the protocol y There is only one control interface of the protocol as shown below Parts described y There are 9 COM interfaces available for RS232 communica...

Page 51: ...erent modes In real time mode Button Function Adjust the values of Tmin and Tmax Zoom in out Bring out the information bar Bring out the analysis bar Bring out the main menu OK Idle OK_L Freeze save a live thermal image C Idle C_L Calibration with shutter UP_L Idle DOWN_L Idle ...

Page 52: ...e cursor leftwards Move the cursor rightwards Bring out the main menu OK Idle OK_L Save the frozen thermal image C Idle C_L Exit the frozen mode UP_L Move the cursor upwards Accelerated DOWN_L Move the cursor downwards Accelerated LEFT_L Move the cursor leftwards Accelerated RIGHT_L Move the cursor rightwards Accelerated DIAL_UP Idle DIAL_DOWN Idle DIAL_MID Idle LEFT_SIDE Switch between thermal vi...

Page 53: ... focus LEFT_SIDE Idle RIGHT_SIDE Idle L_SIDE_L Idle R_SIDE_L Idle C LEFT_SIDE Idle In spot analysis mode Button Function Move the cursor upwards Move the cursor downwards Move the cursor leftwards Move the cursor rightwards Bring out the main menu OK Idle OK_L Freeze save the thermal image C Return back to analysis selection bar C_L Exit the frozen mode make compensation UP_L Move the cursor upwar...

Page 54: ...K Confirm the location of one spot of the line OK_L Freeze save the thermal image C Return back to analysis selection bar C_L Exit the frozen mode make compensation UP_L Move the cursor upwards Accelerated DOWN_L Move the cursor downwards Accelerated LEFT_L Move the cursor leftwards Accelerated RIGHT_L Move the cursor rightwards Accelerated DIAL_UP Far focus DIAL_DOWN Near focus DIAL_MID Auto focu...

Page 55: ...ards enlarge or reduce the area Accelerated LEFT_L Move the area leftwards enlarge or reduce the area Accelerated RIGHT_L Move the area rightwards enlarge or reduce the area Accelerated DIAL_UP Far focus DIAL_DOWN Near focus DIAL_MID Auto focus LEFT_SIDE Switch between different areas RIGHT_SIDE Bring out Option Target dialog box L_SIDE_L Switch between Auto Manual modes R_SIDE_L Switch on laser l...

Page 56: ...mperature downwards Move the threshold of low temperature upwards Bring out the main menu OK Idle OK_L Freeze save the thermal image C Return back to analysis selection bar C_L Exit the frozen mode make compensation UP_L Move the threshold of high temperature upwards Accelerated DOWN_L Move the threshold of high temperature downwards Accelerated LEFT_L Move the threshold of low temperature downwar...

Page 57: ... Idle C Return back to image list mode C_L Idle UP_L Idle DOWN_L Idle LEFT_L Idle RIGHT_L Idle DIAL_UP Idle DIAL_DOWN Idle DIAL_MID Idle LEFT_SIDE Idle RIGHT_SIDE Idle L_SIDE_L Idle R_SIDE_L Idle C LEFT_SIDE Idle In image video replay mode Button Function Move the central cursor upwards Move the central cursor downwards Move the central cursor leftwards Move the central cursor rightwards Bring out...

Page 58: ..._UP Idle DIAL_DOWN Idle DIAL_MID Idle LEFT_SIDE Switch between thermal visual IR fusion modes RIGHT_SIDE Idle L_SIDE_L Adjust Tmin Tmax value R_SIDE_L Idle C LEFT_SIDE Idle In touch pen adjusting mode Button Function Idle Idle Idle Idle Confirm OK Toggle between different buttons OK_L Idle C Exit touch pen adjusting mode C_L Idle UP_L Idle DOWN_L Idle LEFT_L Idle RIGHT_L Idle DIAL_UP Idle DIAL_DOW...

Page 59: ...P_L Idle DOWN_L Idle LEFT_L Idle RIGHT_L Idle DIAL_UP Idle DIAL_DOWN Idle DIAL_MID Idle LEFT_SIDE Idle RIGHT_SIDE Idle L_SIDE_L Idle R_SIDE_L Idle C LEFT_SIDE Idle In parameter value adjusting mode Button Function Increase the selected value Decrease the selected value Select current value leftwards Select current value rightwards Confirm OK Toggle between different buttons OK_L Idle ...

Page 60: ...s low or there is no image Temperature set points Tmin and Tmax are inappropriate Change the lower set point and upper set point to values that are more consistent with target temperatures Emissivity setting is incorrect This affects the temperature range set points Check and amend the emissivity setting The lens cap is on Remove lens cap Condensation on camera lens Place camera in a dry area at r...

Page 61: ...n the true temperature by an amount depending on the value of emissivity and the characteristics of the thermometer This temperature is known as the apparent or brightness temperature of the surface If the emissivity is constant this temperature rises and falls in exactly the same way as the true temperature and this may be sufficient for some purposes More often the true surface temperature is re...

Page 62: ...ise emissivity value is needed or more information is required on how to obtain the emissivity value of a specific material please contact us Typical Emissivity Values Refractories Miscellaneous Alumina 0 40 Asphalt 0 90 Red Brick 0 93 Carbon 0 90 Graphite 0 85 Alloys Soot 0 95 Brass 0 10 Cement Concrete 0 90 Oxidized 0 61 Cloth 0 85 Metals Aluminium 0 05 Oxidized 0 30 Chromium 0 15 Cobalt 0 18 Go...

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