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User Manual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RAZ-IR NANO   

Thermal Camera System 

 

 

User Manual 

 

 

 

 

Sierra Pacific Innovations Corp 

6620 S Tenaya Way, Las Vegas, NV 89113 USA 

Telephone: 

702.369.3966 

Facsimile: 

702.369.3977 

Email: 

[email protected] 

Internet: 

www.rax-ir.com 

©    Sierra Pacific Innovations Corp, 2009

 

Publication No: RAZ-IR® NANO UM 008

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for RAZ-IR NANO

Page 1: ...er Manual Sierra Pacific Innovations Corp 6620 S Tenaya Way Las Vegas NV 89113 USA Telephone 702 369 3966 Facsimile 702 369 3977 Email info imaging1 com Internet www rax ir com Sierra Pacific Innovati...

Page 2: ...to electromagnetic compatibility and safety EMC directive 89 336 EEC Low voltage directive 73 23 EEC Copyright Sierra Pacific Innovations Corp All rights reserved worldwide No parts of the products ma...

Page 3: ...nical 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 Ou...

Page 4: ...to dust and moisture When the RAZ IR NANO 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 obstruct the ven...

Page 5: ...as we are committed to continuous development and progress you might find features of the product have been changed since the time of printing Please let us know about any error you find and your sug...

Page 6: ...200 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: ...ini SD card or PC Laser Locator Classification Type Class 2 semiconductor laser Power System Battery Type Recharge Li ion Camcorder battery field replaceable Charging System In camera or in battery ch...

Page 8: ...obust on board analysis enhances operators efficiency productivity 4 Hours super long working time ensures uninterrupted high efficient work Imaging Performance Output both thermal and visual video to...

Page 9: ...mage Playback Images videos 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 Vo...

Page 10: ...S232 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...

Page 11: ...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...

Page 12: ...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 Ch...

Page 13: ...turn 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 d...

Page 14: ...ode to switch 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 automatically get clear visual image Press button PIC...

Page 15: ...he live 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 temp...

Page 16: ...250 C After changing the option values press button OK to save the setting and exit the menu Using the touch pen can also do the above operations Firstly click the palette with touch pen to change op...

Page 17: ...ax Tmin and the palette with touch pen changing the respective values of the options Or press button M to enter main menu and then press button Left or Right to highlight button Tools press button Up...

Page 18: ...asurement 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 Too...

Page 19: ...ording at any time press the icon Stop recording Once it reaches 60 seconds recording will stop automatically At the meantime icon Play recording is highlighted To replay the recording select the icon...

Page 20: ...es 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...

Page 21: ...olbar 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 De...

Page 22: ...tic temperature measurement please refer to the sections Static temperature measurement To do analysis on frozen image bring up the main menu by clicking icon at the bottom of the screen with the touc...

Page 23: ...e visual image and IR fusion press button PIC Mode To replay the recorded voice annotation bring up the main menu by clicking icon at the bottom of the screen with the touch pen or pressing button M P...

Page 24: ...versa This can be done easily by pressing button PIC Mode directly Focus of the visual camera can be adjusted as well Generally the focus is suitable If necessary you can adjust it manually by rotati...

Page 25: ...to option Distance set its value meters then the program will adjust the IR fusion image to the best Or click the e icon in the information bar set the value in the pop up window Main Menu Introductio...

Page 26: ...ng up the main menu with option File list highlighted Press button Up and Down to select the option File list Two options Image List and Video List are present on the screen Clicking them respectively...

Page 27: ...video Delete all Delete all the saved videos from the current memory media Exit command Exit the replay status and back to live thermal image If more than 6 videos are saved the videos will be display...

Page 28: ...t Allows for temperature measurement parameters of the target to be set up System Allows for system parameters to be set up Function Allows for some camera functions to be set up Setting Allows for ot...

Page 29: ...oint Option Target Click option Target with the touch pen or press 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 bu...

Page 30: ...the default medium is SD card But you can switch to the built in flash 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 t...

Page 31: ...rn off automatically 10Min 30Min or 60Min means the camera will automatically turn off if there is no operation in successive 10 minutes 30 minutes or 60 minute intervals No operation occurs when ther...

Page 32: ...tive When this function is inactive pressing function button Pic Mode will switch between the two modes Thermal image alone and Visual image alone Choose button OK or press the button M to save the ch...

Page 33: ...Down button can toggle between them Option Pen Click option Pen with the touch pen or press the OK button to select it Then the Pen Adjust interface appears on the screen 4 buttons Start Exit Save and...

Page 34: ...and cursor will respond to 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...

Page 35: ...right one is the max recording time Press icon to stop recording Such screen will appear And the video will be saved into the mini SD card automatically with name IRV but no hint will be displayed on...

Page 36: ...it Now you can start recording annotation and view the time of recording in the timing box Meanwhile the icon Stop recording is highlighted Up to 60 seconds of voice clip can be saved for each image...

Page 37: ...ia After saving an image the camera will switch to live thermal image status To exit the annotation toolbar at any time select the icon Exit command or press button M Then the toolbar will disappear P...

Page 38: ...different palettes or press button Left and Right to highlight the applied palette and then select by OK Menu Option Analysis Click Analysis under Tool menu by touch pen or press buttons to select it...

Page 39: ...when the images are replayed Bring up the replay toolbar with the touch pen or buttons Click the icon Spot analysis with the touch pen to select it or press OK to highlight the icon Spot analysis fir...

Page 40: ...desired position i e the starting point of the line with the touch pen and drag the cursor to another desired position i e the ending point of the line then release the cursor A line is drawn Method 2...

Page 41: ...yed in the status bar under the image screen To move each area after selecting it click at its center with the touch pen move it to a desired position and then release it or press the buttons Up Down...

Page 42: ...ozen images bring up the 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 the...

Page 43: ...o confirm the setup Press button C to exit and return to the live or frozen or save image Save Save can be performed on live or zoomed or frozen or saved images In live or zoomed images bring up the m...

Page 44: ...to the live or zoomed image then histogram of the image will be displayed at the right bottom corner of the image To close the histogram back to the menu and set the option Histogram to be Off Menu A...

Page 45: ...become the factory configured ones Clicking button No or pressing button C can give up the command To toggle between the buttons Yes and No press button Ok or press button Left or Right To select the...

Page 46: ...higher Hardware Processor Pentium 4 2 4G or Above RAM At least 512M Others Independent Graphic Card Using commands for infrared video analysis After connecting the camera of RAZ IR NANO to the PC and...

Page 47: ...Saved set the directory path to save the captured image Frame Rate set the frame of thermal image per second The default value is 25 second Kinescope Rate set the frame of thermal video The default va...

Page 48: ...se this command to choose adjust image color automatically or manually Auto adjustment the system mapped every image to the appointed pseudo color according to its temperature Manual adjustment mapped...

Page 49: ...o capture the current image The capture image can be done as following Save as IRI file or JPG file to the appointed directory path Open as new IRI or JPG file Save as IRI file or JPG file and open it...

Page 50: ...PC ensure that the PC offers USB2 0 interface and the USB driver for the camera has been successfully installed in the PC Power on the camera enter menu Setup select sub menu System press button OK to...

Page 51: ...ide you to install the driver as follows Choose Install from a list or specific location advanced and include the folder where you save the driver program Then Click button Next to go further Installa...

Page 52: ...eration guideusbd0 sys listed under 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 Devi...

Page 53: ...led on PC at a remote monitoring place Using the protocol Before using the protocol please ensure the camera and your PC have been properly connected by the RS232 video cable offered together with the...

Page 54: ...ent 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 Freeze save a live therma...

Page 55: ...cursor leftwards Move the cursor rightwards Bring out the main menu OK Save the frozen thermal image OK_L Idle C Idle C_L Exit the frozen mode UP_L Move the cursor upwards Accelerated DOWN_L Move the...

Page 56: ...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...

Page 57: ...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 Acceler...

Page 58: ...Move the area downwards 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 Acceler...

Page 59: ...ownwards Move the threshold of low temperature 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 sele...

Page 60: ...t selection buttons OK_L 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...

Page 61: ...wards Accelerated DIAL_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 to...

Page 62: ...e C Exit voice recording 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 I...

Page 63: ...fferent buttons OK_L Idle C Exit parameter value adjusting dialog box 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...

Page 64: ...ck and amend the emissivity setting Temperature set points are inappropriate for this temperature measurement Select Tmin and Tmax settings that are closer to the target temperature being measured The...

Page 65: ...re and this may be sufficient for some purposes More often the true surface temperature is required We have Actual output E x output when viewing blackbody To obtain the true surface temperature we mu...

Page 66: ...ctories 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 C...

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