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  • Page 1 UFPA Infrared Camera PLEASE READ THIS MANUAL CAREFULLY BEFORE OPERATION 3, Hagavish st. Israel 58817 Tel: 972 3 5595252, Fax: 972 3 5594529 MRC.07.14 mrc@mrclab.com...
  • Page 3 To Our Customer Dear Customer: Thank you for choosing IR-CAM-400/600 Infrared Camera! Please read this user manual carefully before first use. Also please keep in a safe place for reference in the future. Please operate with the recommended instructions in user manual.
  • Page 5 WARNING DO NOT OPEN OR EXCHANGE PARTS! REPAIR ONLY CAN BE CONDUCTED BY STUFF! N O T I C E  In order not to cause malfunction or even damage the device please do not direct the lens towards strong high-temperature radiation source (such as the sun) whether the power is on or off! ...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

      Table of Contents 1. Product Summary······························································ 2 1.1 Standard Item List............3 1.2 Optional Item List ............3 2. Battery and Charger·························································· 3 2.1 Charging Battery ............4 2.2 Direct Charging ............4 2.3 Attention for Using Battery Charger ......4 3.
  • Page 7   Rect Measure ······················································ 24 Parameters ·························································· 26 Emissivity............... 26 Distance..............26 Adjust Ratio............26 Adjust Temp............27 Save Setting ························································ 27 5.2.3 Image ..............27 Image Setup ························································ 28 Alarm Switch ............28 Alarm Temp............28 Alarm Color ............28 Isotherm Color ............
  • Page 8   Storage Medium ..........37 Time & Date······················································· 37 Factory Default·················································· 38 System Information··········································· 40 Disc Information ················································ 40 6. Building Thermal Imaging Summary ······················· 41 7. Technical Specification ············································· 43 8. Technical Support ····················································· 45 9. Appendix: Emissivity of Raw Material ····················· 46...
  • Page 9   Disclaimer Limited Warranty Each MRC product is warranted to be free from defects in material and workmanship under normal use and service. This warranty extends only to the original buyer or end-user customer of an MRC authorized reseller, and does not apply to fuses, disposable batteries, or to any product which, in MRC’s opinion, has been misused, altered, neglected,...

  • Page 10: Product Summary

    IR-CAM-400/600 Infrared Camera is packed with advance features, such as colored thermal images, multi-measurement methods, real-time video, voice annotation, sound and color alarm, IR fusion, Built-in flash and SD card storages.

  • Page 11: Standard Item List

      1.1 Standard Item List IR-CAM-400/600 infrared camera comes with the following standard items and accessories: Name Quantity 1 SET Infrared Camera 2 PCS Li-Ion Battery 1 PC Charger 1 PC SD Card 1 PC SD Card Reader 1 PC...

  • Page 12: Charging Battery

      2.1 Charging Battery  Align the notch of the battery at the charger’s mount, press the battery downward gently along the triangular arrow, and fit it to the end.  Connect the charger to an AC outlet, during charging, the red LED will be on, and when charging is completed, the green LED will be on instead.

  • Page 13: Panel Function Summary

      Panel Function Summary In this manual, “long press” means Long press button down for about 2 seconds, and “press” or “short press” means press and release. 3.1 Main Control Panel 1). Power ON/OFF button Long press this button to power on/ off the device. 2).

  • Page 14: Rear View

      5). Automatic rectifying button Press this button to automatic rectify measurement result, LCD screen will display the word “rectifying.” 6). Automatic focus button Press this button to focus automatically. 7). Electric near-focus Press this button to adjust the device to near-focus function. 8).
  • Page 15   10). Power Indicator After infrared camera is turned on, the indicator functions as a power indicator in green; functions as a charging indicator in orange, indicating the battery is being charged now. 11. External DC In External DC requirement is DC 12V. 12.
  • Page 16   In main menu, direction buttons are used for moving selected items. In real time infrared view mode, press Left ( ) to freeze Infrared image and press again to unfreeze. In image viewing mode, press Left ( ) and Right ( ) to select preview images.

  • Page 17: Front View

      3.3 Front View 19. Laser Indicator Use laser button to turn on/off laser indicator, please do not point it at human eyes 20. Visual Camera 5 million pixel, auto-focus function to take crisp photos under dim environment with LED light 21.

  • Page 18: Bottom View

      3.4 Bottom View 23. Screw nut on tripod Size of screw nut on tripod 1/4” _20. 3.5 Left Side View 24. LCD Screen 5" Color 270° tiltable LCD, 800*480 pixel.

  • Page 19: Quick Start Reference

      4. Quick Start Reference 4.1 Battery Setting Insert and remove in the lithium battery as indicated direction, user can easily insert and move the battery. Rear cover view 4.2 Quick Operations  Insert the battery correctly.  Long press power button until the power indicator is on, and wait until system finishes initialization.

  • Page 20: Infrared Image And Voice Annotation

     When measure result is beyond temperature range, screen display trends to indicate either below or above temperature range. ℃ E.g.: IR-CAM-400/600 ( -40 ~ 600 ), the device will display> ℃ ℃ 600.0 or <-40.0 to prompt users when temperature above ℃...

  • Page 21: Change The Lens

    4.6 Lens Replacement  The device can be equipped with standard lens, telephoto lens wide-angle lens. Press the spring mandril to turn lens in clockwise direction to remove it as picture1 below.  Lens installation, align the anchor point with mandril as picture2 below, then turn lens in anticlockwise direction to finish the installation.

  • Page 22: Connect To Pc

    4.7 Connect to PC Connect device to PC using included USB cable. it’s available to export, delete, and format the data saved in the built-in FLASH memory card or the SD card. 5. Operation Menu 5.1 Display Summary All available items show in picture below can be selected by short pressing laser button.
  • Page 23 Temperature distribution curve: Sample temperature distribution curve of the measure line. Point measure cursor: 10 measure points can be selected. Enter the Main Menu → Measure → Spot to operate. Symbol for 1-8X digital zoom: Display the multiple of digital zoom, under the real-time measurement mode or the preview mode, click key to change infrared images step-by-step in the multiple of 0.1.

  • Page 24: Main Menu

    5.2 Main Menu Menu and sub-menu items: Enter the Main Menu: Short press button to enter main menu as shown below in condition there is no menu interface and shortcut operation is not done. If press button too long, instead of enter main menu, triggers manual rectify. Main Menu Using button to select menu item, and selected item is...

  • Page 25: File

    key is unavailable to switch under a sub-menu consisting of left or right switchable options). 5.2.1 File Using File menu to save, playback, and delete thermal image, add voice annotation or format disk. File Sub-menu Manage Select Manage to preview thermal image, add or edit voice annotation, or delete thermal image.

  • Page 26: Save

    Thermal image file is named “Phhmmss”, in which “hhmmss” is “hour, minute, second” (according to system time). For example, P080502 in folder M130102 means the thermal image taken at 8:05:02 time in Jan 2 2013. In Manage menu, press button to select items, Press button to switch folder or file when highlighted.

  • Page 27: Delete

    Voice Annotation Delete Enter the Delete menu, a dialog box pops up prompt, select the “Ok” option and press the key to delete the thermal image. Delete saved thermal image Long press the key to exit the preview mode. Format Format the built-in FLASH card or SD card.

  • Page 28: Measure

    Format saved thermal image  ： Once FLASH or SD card is formatted, all saved data will be permanently deleted, please ensure that the data has been transferred to PC before format. ： If the system fails to save images, please search and kill viruses, and backup data in an environment without virus before formatting.

  • Page 29: Spot Measure

    Spot Measure Press button to select or deselect. Selected spot is check marked. Up to 10 spots can be selected at the same time. Spot Target Selection Spot Measure Measure result on upper-right LCD corner is temperature reading at location marked with Spot Measure Attribute Press Laser button until spot marker is flashing in yellow, and then press Up (...

  • Page 30: Line Measure

    Spot Measure Attribute Emissivity: Refer to Appendix Emissivity of raw materials on page 46. Set Reference: Set current spot as reference point. If selected, all measure result will be relative value to this spot temperature. Line Measure There are 2 line measure options: vertical and horizontal. Horizontal Line Measure Horizontal Line Measure Horizontal line is temperature sampling line, and upper-right LCD corner...

  • Page 31: Vertical Line Measure

    to enter Attribute Menu. After 3 seconds with no operation, system will exit to real time infrared view screen. Horizontal Line Measure Attribute Vertical Line Measure Vertical Line Measure Vertical line is temperature sampling line, and upper-right LCD corner displays temperature of intersection between the horizontal temperature sampling line and vertical cursor line.

  • Page 32: Rect Measure

    Vertical Line Measure Attribute Emissivity: Refer to Appendix Emissivity of raw materials by page 46. Rect Measure Press button to select or deselect. Selected Area is check marked. Up to 5 areas can be selected. Rect Target Selection...
  • Page 33 Area (Rect) Measure Measure result on upper-right LCD corner is the temperature measurement result within the corresponding rectangle. There are 3 measure types: max, min, and average temperature. Rect Measure Attribute Press the Laser button until area rectangle is flashing in yellow. Press button to enter Attribute Menu in which four parameters can be adjusted namely: emissivity, set reference, measure type, move /size.

  • Page 34: Parameters

    Parameters Change settings to adjust temperature measurement accuracy, including the Emissivity, Distance, Humidity, Adjust Ratio, Adjust Temp. Press button to select different parameters, and press button to change value. Parameter Sub-menu Emissivity Emissivity varies with different target subject material, surface temperature, surface roughness, measurement angle, etc.

  • Page 35: Adjust Temp

    temperature reading. During calibration, if temperature reading is higher than actual target temperature, change ratio value lower, and vise versa. Press once to change ratio value by 0.01. Long press will change ratio value by 0.1 intervals. Adjust Temp Under certain condition, it is necessary to adjust temperature reading by a pre-define value.

  • Page 36: Image Setup

    Image Setup Image Setup Sub-menu Alarm Switch Press turns on or off the alarm function. If the Alarm Switch is on, when target subject within area box has surface temperature over Alarm Temp, device will alarm with buzzer sound and mark the high temperature location with Alarm Color if Alarm Color is set.

  • Page 37: Isotherm Temp

    Isotherm Temp Press once to change Isothermal Temp by 0.1 C. Long press will change Isothermal Temp by 1 C interval. Isotherm Width Adjust Isothermal Width to change the range of Isothermal Color displayed. Press once to change Isothermal Width by 0.1 C.

  • Page 38: Fusion Attribute

    Infrared image overlays visual image above specified temperature.  Below: If select Below type; it shall adjust below temperature level; Press to change by 0.1 C, Long press change by 1 C interval. Infrared image overlays visual image below specified temperature. Fusion Attribute In Fusion mode, Press Laser button, the interval area is flashing in yellow, then press Enter button to pop up dialog box, it is available to adjust...

  • Page 39: Pip

    Fusion Attribute PIP (Function only for standard lens) Scaling infrared image overlays on visual image, the PIP has 4 types: Automatic, 1 / 2 PIP, 1 / 4 PIP, and 3 / 4 PIP. Automatic...
  • Page 40 1 / 2 PIP 1 / 4 PIP 3 / 4 PIP...

  • Page 41: Pip Attribute

    PIP Attribute Under PIP mode, press Laser button to switch until the word “PIP” is flashing in yellow, then press button to pop up dialog box, to set PIP Mixing Ratio, Position / Size. After 2 seconds with no operation, system will exit to real time Infrared view screen.

  • Page 42: Temp Range

    Temp Range Select temp range bases on measuring target. IR-CAM-400/600 has a standard temp range of -40℃ to 600℃, extra temp range of -40℃ to 1200 ℃. IR Lens For IR-CAM-400/600 infrared camera, there are 3 options: 38mm (standard lens), 18.5mm (wide-angle lens), and 65.2mm (telephoto lens);...

  • Page 43: Ref Temp

    Ref Temp Press once to change Ref Temp by 0.1 C. Long press will change Ref Temp by 1 interval. This option is only active when set Ref Temp as reference. Image Reverse Press button to reverse palette for thermal image display. Press again to switch back.

  • Page 44: Language

    selection, press button to adjust value, active item is highlighted with red background. System Setup Sub-menu Language There are 10 different language options: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Korean, Japanese, German, French, Russian, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. Auto Rectify Set the number of seconds to perform next auto-rectify. Set value between 1 and 3000 seconds.

  • Page 45: Display Device

    Display Mode Select between LCD display and external monitor display. Only one video output device can be selected at one time, the other one will be disabled. : If external monitor device is selected without connecting monitor, it will cause blank screen, please restart the device to get LCD display back. Screen Save Set the num r of minutes without operation to trigger disabling LCD...

  • Page 46: Factory Default

    Time Setting Factory Default Restore factory default and rectify some improper settings. Factory Default Interface...
  • Page 47 Parameters List of Default settings Items Parameters Value/function Spot 1、2、3、4、5、 Disenabled 6、7、8、9、10 area 1、2、3、4 Disenabled Measured Target area 5 enabled Measuring line None Emissivity 0.96 Distance Measurement Humidity Parameters Adjust ratio 1.00 Adjust temperature Alarm Disenabled Alarm temperature 37.0 Alarm color, Auto isothermal color Isothermal...

  • Page 48: System Information

    Continued: Parameters List of Default settings Items Parameters Value/function Languages English Automatic correction 150S Automatic storage Specify device System Settings Menu Transparency Enabled Display Mode Screen Screen Auto-close None File transmission mode storage media Flash Time Settings Time No change System Information Select to display system information, such as: serial number, software version, and production date etc.

  • Page 49: Building Thermal Imaging Summary

    With the improvement of people’s life quality and the low-carbon life style proposed, higher demands are being raised on buildings. The features of our IR-CAM-400/600 camera make it possible to detect slight temperature difference and to analyze indoor humidity and leakage. Hereinafter are images in some cases.
  • Page 50 The effect drawing of indoor pipe heat leakage The effect drawing of indoor corner air leakage...

  • Page 51: Technical Specification

    7. Technical Specification Type New UFPA micro-bolometer IR-CAM-600 640×480 Resolution Detector IR-CAM-400 384×288 Pixel Pitch 25μm IR-CAM-600 24°×18°/0.5m Standard Lens IR-CAM-400 24°×18°/0.4m Wide-angle:48°×36°/0.3 Telephoto IR-CAM-600 lens :14°×10.5°/1.2m Optional Lens Wide-angle:48°×36°/ 0.3m IR-CAM-400 Telephoto lens:14°×10.5°/0.8m IR-CAM-600 0.65mrad(24°×18°) Image Spatial Resolution IR-CAM-400 1.3mrad(24º×18º)
  • Page 52 Auto, according to distance, relative Correction humidity, ambient temperature input IR-CAM-600 Up to over 700 images Storage Media (Built-in Memory) IR-CAM-400 Up to over 2800 images IR-CAM-600 Up to over 5600 images 8G Micro SD Up to over 22400 IR-CAM-400...

  • Page 53: Technical Support

    Size (L×W×H) 200×117×127mm 8. Technical Support For common problems arising during operation, please refer to the following table. If the problem cannot be settled, please cut off the power of the device and contact our technical department. Failures Causes and Solutions ...

  • Page 54: Appendix: Emissivity Of Raw Material

    9. Appendix: Emissivity of Raw Material （For reference purpose only） Material Surface Temp ( Emissivity (ε) Inoxidized 0.20 Aluminium Oxidized 0.55 Brown polished 0.40 Brass Unpolished 0.22 Oxidized 0.61 Copper Oxidized badly 0.78 Oxidized 0.74 Iron Rusted 0.65 Oxidized 0.64 Cast Iron Inoxidized 0.21...
  • Page 56 IR-CAM-400/600 of Uncooled Focal Plane Infrared Cameras IRSee Report Software User Manual...
  • Page 58 Table of Content Ⅰ. Software Installation..............1 1. Introduction ................1 2. System Requirements............1 2.1 Hardware Configuration ..........1 2.2 Operating System ............1 3. Software Installation..............1 Software Uninstallation............... 3 5. Software Start ..............3 Ⅱ. Function Description ..............4 Image Import and Export ........... 4 1.1 Image Import..............
  • Page 59 Disclaimer 1. Copyright The copyright owner of this manual is MRC Co., Ltd., Any copying, editing and photographing of this manual in any form is prohibited without a prior permission. 2. Limited Liability Software provided by MRC Co., Ltd. does not guarantee the quality, performance or applicability of any hidden special purpose.

  • Page 60: Ⅰ. Software Installation

    Please follow the instructions when installing IRSee software application. Place software CD-ROM into CD drive, and run setup.exe in the CD root directory. The default route is C:\Program Files\MRC\IRSee Report. You can change directory when installing. Note: The software shall be installed and run in administrator in Vista/Win7...
  • Page 61 Step A: Running the Setup.exe, the system indicates the installation path, please adjust or change as needed. Step B: Click the Next button to access the software installation. Step C: Click the Next button continuously until the software installation is completed.
  • Page 62 4. Uninstall Software Please select the “Delete” button if want to reinstall the software. 5. Starting-up Software The following icon appears on Windows desktop after installing IRSee software. Double-click the icon and startup IRSee interface. Open an image by menu: open or icon in the ribbon.

  • Page 63: Ⅱ. Function Description

    IRSee software has 10 different working languages, namely: Note: Chinese (simplified & traditional), English, Italian, Japanese, Russian, French, German, Korean, Spanish and Portuguese. IRSee software has auto-recognition language function with the operating system in PC, the IRSee will be in English version if the operating system is beyond mentioned languages in PC.

  • Page 64: Image Export

    ◆ M ethod 2:  Click the “Open” button in the ribbon. 1.2 Image Export It is available to export in accordance with the following methods after importing images: ◆ Method 1:  Click the button “Save Picture As” button on the software icon on the upper left corner to pop up a file selection dialog box.

  • Page 65: Ribbon

    2.1 Ribbon The Ribbon is composed of File, Parameters, Audio, Temperature Type Settings, Report Wizard, USB, Panel and Language. 2.1.1 File 2.1.1.1 Open  Click the File button to pop up a file selection dialog box.  Select and open a file to be analyzed in the dialog box. 2.1.1.2 Save Method 1: ●...
  • Page 66 2.1.2.2 Humidity Adjustment ●  P lease input a required humidity value (1-100) in the humidity edit box. ●  P ress the Enter key to confirm. 2.1.2.3 Distance Adjustment ●  P lease input a required distance value (1-1000, unit: meter) in the distance edit box.
  • Page 67 2.1.5 Report Wizard 2.1.5.1 Report Wizard Report Wizard is used for creating a report, the Report Edit is mainly used for editing a report for further analysis. Click the Report Wizard to select the type of exported report as needed. Click Next to select an image or multiple images.
  • Page 68 User can select the “Save” option at any time needed and choose a path to save the report. All reports have the same format of “.HX” and can be edited again in IRSee software...
  • Page 70 2.1.5.2 Edit Report If a report is to be closed, the system will prompt whether to save the report or not. Click the OK button. Input and select the saving path and file name, and then click the Save button. Click the report in Ribbon ->>...
  • Page 71 2.1.6 USB Direct-Transmission 2.1.6.1 Connection Click the Ribbon Settings ->> USB Direct-Trans Connect a device, set to USB Direct-Trans mode for the device. Click the device iron on PC software interface ->> Open the device ->> Play 2.1.6.2 Video Click the device ->> Record Select a video path ->>...
  • Page 72 2.1.6.4 Pause, Stop and Close Direct-trans Click the Pause, Stop and Close buttons under the File menu respectively to stop the current operation. 2.1.6.5 Print Screen Click the Print Screen button and save the printed image into the Picture folder under the installation directory, and name it by a time format. 2.1.7 Panel It is mainly used for showing/ hiding each area, the user can adjust the size and position of each display area as needed, and then click the “Save...

  • Page 73: Measuring Temperature Zone

    2.2 Measuring Temperature Zone The functional options in measuring area are shown below:  The measurement objects can analyze the thermal images by the following three kinds of analysis methods: point, line, and area.  Line measurement analysis has three types: arbitrary line, horizontal line, vertical line but multiple-line analysis is also available.
  • Page 74 ● If two or more areas are simultaneously selected, the smaller area will prevail. e.g.: If Rectangle 1 and Rectangle 2 are simultaneously selected, Rectangle 1 is smaller than Rectangle 2, Rectangle 1 will prevail. 2.2.2 Point Analysis Create a point ...
  • Page 75  Set a starting point of the line in the thermal image to be analyzed.  Left-hold and drag the mouse to the terminal point of the line. Vertical Line ●  Click the Create button to pop-up a menu. ...
  • Page 76  When the state of mouse becomes , left-click to select starting point / terminal point.  Drag the mouse to the required position of starting point / terminal point. Delete a line  Select the line measurement object to be deleted. ...
  • Page 77  When the state of mouse becomes , click to select it.  Move the mouse to change the size of the rectangle. Delete a rectangle ● S elect the rectangle object to be deleted.  ● C lick the button to delete selected Measured Objects Create a polygon ...
  • Page 78 Delete a Polygon  Select the polygon to be deleted.  Click the button to delete selected Measured Objects Add an ellipse Click the Add Area button to pop-up a menu. ● Click the Ellipse ● Select the starting point of the ellipse in the thermal image to be ●...

  • Page 79: Histogram Area

    2.2.5 Save Images Click the Save Images button to pop up the file selection dialog box. Select image formats  Select / set the file path.  Click the Save button to save the image. 2.2.6 Clear measured objects Click the Clear Measured Objects button to clear all point, line, area analysis of measured targets.
  • Page 80 2.3.1 Relative / absolute Scale If the relative scale is selected, the vertical axis represents the percentage of the number of measured points; if the absolute scale is selected, the vertical axis represents the actual number of corresponding measured points. It is available to click the button to switch.

  • Page 81: Line Profile Measurement Area

    2.3.6 Show / Hide the Out-of-Range Column Click the button to show or hide any column out of temperature range of color code bar, composed of points. 2.3.7 Reset Click the Reset button to reload the default state to the histogram. 2.4 Line Profile Measurement Area 2.4.1 Show /hide grid lines Click the...

  • Page 82: Color Code Area

    2.4.3 Save the line profile measurement image  Click the button to pop up the file selection dialog box.  Select an image format.  Check / set the path to save the image.  Click the Save button to save the line profile measurement image. 2.5 Color Code Area It is available to adjust the type of color code, 12 kinds of color bars are available.
  • Page 83  Drag the mouse to the required temperature value position. Method 2: ●  Click the scroll bar on the arrow button to adjust upper and lower temperature (each step is 0.1) 2.5.3 Adjust upper and lower limits of isothermal color, If the isothermal color is enabled, a user can adjust the isothermal scope Method 1: ●...

  • Page 84: Label Area

    2.6 Label Area The Label Area indicates detailed information of measured objects, when the measured object changes, the object's label will change accordingly, the structure of label area is as below: 2.6.1 Set the color of measured object  Select a measured object in the label list. ...

  • Page 85: Visible Light

    2.6.5 Add detailed Information in Image remarks If no object in the label is selected, it is available to input information. 2.7 Visible Light 2.7.1 Open an Image Click the Open button to pop up the file selection dialog box. ●...
  • Page 86  2.7.3 Delete an image Click the Delete button to delete the currently added visible image. 2.7.4 Flip an image This feature is available for any image that without visible light. Click the button to flip an image clockwise or counterclockwise. 2.7.5 PIP This feature is available for any image that with visible light.
  • Page 87 12. Set the transparency Drag the lower left progress bar to adjust the PIP values between infrared image and visible image. 13. Set infrared display range Drag the right two progress bars to adjust the infrared display range of interval or above upper or below lower limit. Click the “OK”...

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