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European New Approach Directives. OMEGA will add the CE mark to every appropriate device upon certification. The information contained in this document is believed to be corrected but OMEGA Engineering Inc. accepts no liability for any errors it contains, and reserves the right to alter specifications without notice.
This manual is a complete “USER GUIDE”, providing step-by-step instructions to operate the instrument in each of its designed functions. OMEGA has used care and effort in preparing this guide and believes the information in this publication to be accurate. OMEGA products are subjected to continuous improvement, in order to pursue the technological leadership;...
OMEGA OSP Series are portable infrared temperature devices designed to ease maintenance operations. They also enable the monitoring of operating temperatures of mechanical and electrical plants or production equipment without removing the equipment from the service.
Instrument codes To Order Model No. Temperature Range –30 °C to +930 °C OSP500-(*) -20°F to +1706°F –30 °C to +930 °C OSP800-(*) -20°F to +1610°F –30 °C to +1000 °C OSP1000-(*) -20°F to +1830°F +300 °C to +1300 °C OSP1300-(*) +570°F to 2370°F +600 °C to +1600 °C...
Specifications Target dimensions at different distances Nominal target diameter at 95% energy Temperature measuring ranges: -30 to 2000°C (-22 to 3632°F) Thermocouple measuring ranges: type K : -100°C to +1370°C (-148 to 2500°F) 0.1°C resolution type S : 0°C to +1760°C (-32 to 3200°F) 0.1°C resolution Spectral response: OSP 500, 800 &...
The optical diagrams are shown in the previous specification section. Target pinpointing A correct aiming at the target is an important factor of a non-contact thermometer. The immediate evaluation of the smallest measurable target area is also a positive key factor in many applications.
Keyboard Traditional metal-click switches, with a working life of one million operations, are used to enter the operator’s instructions. The contact closure of the keyboard keys is acknowledged, as a coded signal, directly by the microcontroller. Display The high contrast customised alphanumeric LCD display indicates the measured temperature value. It is also used for operators’...
Logging Data Manager LogMan software allows the OSP series users to set and prepare the infrared thermometers to acquire the data organized by ‘Tag’. This software also allows to download data from Instrument on document (table) with date, time and value.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OSP portable IR thermometers consist of a rugged, compact and self-extinguishing case ergonomically designed for an easy practical use. The instrument can be supplied either with a vinyl protective case with shoulder strap or with an aluminum case to assure better protection against mechanical knocks or scratches.
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION OSP series infrared portable thermometers block diagram is shown below: Emitted IR energy Measuring object Optical system Optical system Filter Detector Amplifier A/D converter Microcontroller LCD display Digital interface Keyboard Tc auxiliary input (optional) Analog output (optional) The radiated infrared energy is focused by the optical system on an infrared detector sensitive to the required spectral band.
Digital interface The digital interface circuit is essentially based on the serial communication interface subsystem (SCI) on the chip of the microprocessor at 0 / +5V level. Adapters to convert TTL to RS 232 voltage levels are available from OMEGA.
Inspect the instrument from scratches, dents, damages to case corners etc. which may have occurred during shipment. If any mechanical damage is noted, report the damage to the shipping carrier and then notify OMEGA directly or its nearest agent, and retain the damaged packaging for inspections.
PRE-OPERATIONAL CHECK OSP series portable thermometers are powered either by four alkaline or by Ni-MH rechargeable batteries (optional). The external battery charger, supplied as a standard , is set for 115Vac power source. Before using the instrument carefully verify the nominal voltage value of the charger with the available mains power line.
POWER SUPPLY The instrument may be powered by alkaline or rechargeable batteries or directly from the main line. OSP uses 4 batteries type AA that are located inside the base of the handle. Rechargeable batteries The rechargeable batteries are shipped with an average level of charge. After unpacking, a full charge of the batteries is recommended.
HERE ARE NO USER Analogue input Thermocouple input is optional for OSP series thermometers. The sensors are normally linked to electrical potentials equal or near to the ground potential. However, in some applications, there may be present a common mode voltage to ground.
OPERATIONS OSP series portable infrared thermometers are factory calibrated before shipment. During the start-up the operator should only select and load, if required, the pertinent application parameter as described in the following paragraphs. Before entering the procedure to operate the instrument it is useful the understanding of the messages that can be present in the display.
°C °C followed, after few seconds, by one of the main operative display pages. The displayed page will be the same as when the instrument was switched Off °C °C Lock Press the <SEL> key to select the required page. Press the <...
In measuring mode, press the <*> key to enable (disable) the laser spot. After one second the message “LAS EN” (“LAS DIS”) will be displayed. When enabled, the laser can be turn on by pressing the <Trigger> button for more than 1 second; a flashing emission indicator symbol “*”...
" In measuring mode, press the <Sel> key until the following page will appear: °C The display indicates the actual temperature value together with the technical unit symbol, the programmed emissivity value and the averaged temperature value. " At this stage press <ENTER> key to enable the average mode. On the display will appear the following page: °C The average mode is now enabled;...
°C Press the <SEL> key to obtain the following page that enables the High Alarm setting °C Repeat the setting procedure used for the low alarm setting If required the High Alarm can be excluded setting the high alarm level above the full scale temperature value where the message -Off- will appear.
°C Lock Lock When selected the required type of thermocouple press the <SEL> key to obtain the following page showing simultaneously both the actual IR temperature and the temperature measured with the thermocouple. °C Lock If the measuring thermocouple is not connected or is broken, the display will indicate "Tc OTC". °C Lock If the auxiliary input is disable, the display will indicate "Tc OFF".
Automatic Emissivity Setting This function is used to make an automatic setting of emissivity using an external thermocouple connected with the auxiliary input. If necessary, enable the thermocouple input (see par. 9.2) and select the thermocouple type (see par. 8.6) Press the <...
CONFIGURATION The operative configuration of the unit can be changed using the below indicated procedure. Switch the instrument -Off- Keep the <ENTER> key pressed and press the <Trigger> push button until the instrument displays the indication relevant with the technical unit selection. 10.1 Technical Unit selection the display will indicate one of the following technical units (Celsius, Fahrenheit and Kelvin):...
Press the <SEL> key to select the new configuration step or press the <Trigger> key to switch the instrument -Off-. The new selection will be automatically memory stored. 10.4 Date & Real Time clock setting The two following pages allow respectively date and real time updating . Press the <SEL>...
Emissivity Temp. °C °F Note : The internal temperature of IR thermometer is assumed to be 25 °C (80 °F) Press the <SEL> key until one of the following indications is displayed : °C OSP800 WITH FIRMWARE FROM VERSION Ambient Temp.
°C °C Press the < > or < > key to enable (or to disable) the thermocouple auxiliary input operation. °C With the compensation function activated, press <ENTER> to begin the measurements in order to calculate the ambient temperature average value. Point OSP towards objects and surfaces surrounding the target, making a scan over those items and acquiring corresponding temperature values.
10.11 Battery level of charge Press the <SEL> key until the following page is displayed : °C °C °C Lock Lock Lock The above pages indicate the status of power supply and the level of charge of the battery. When a voltage lower than 4.6V is present a low battery symbol is also displayed. If the instrument is connected to the main line for battery charge or long term continuous operation a symbol “AC”...
DATA ACQUISITION OPERATIVE MODE When the optional accessory of the instrument is specified (Internal data memory + RS232 adapter + LogMan software) the instrument is equipped with an internal memory to store up to 500 input data records. Two types of data acquisitions can be selected by the user.
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Press the <MEM> key to start the acquisition. If automatic acquisition mode is set, OSP acquires automatically with the programmed time interval. If MANual mode is set, the real time temperature measurement is displayed; press the <MEM> key to store the displayed value.
Lock 11.2 Recall stored data Switch off the thermometer. Keeping pressed the <SEL> key, press the <Trigger> key to obtain the following indication : °C Lock Press the < > or < > key to select the required Tag identification code (Tag 0 or one out of the 20 available Tags from "A"...
LOGGING DATA MANAGER LogMan software allows OSP series users to set and prepare infrared thermometers to acquire the data organized by ‘Tag’. This software also allows to download data from Instrument on document (table) with date, time and value. You can view table, save table, print table, export table in excel-txt-html and obtain graphs.
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Arrange Icons Help menu. Help Offers you an index to topics on which you can get help. Index Displays the version number of this application. About Selects language text Select communication port COM Sets IR thermometer internal clock equal to Computer...
12.2.1 Toolbars Additional tool bars menu appear when the data view window or the graph view window is selected. Fig. 11.2a: Data view toolbar Fig. 11.2b: Graph view toolbar The following buttons are displayed on the toolbars. View graph on actual data window Pressing this button a new window, containing the graph of the active data table, is displayed.
Copy into an open file Use this command to copy selected data onto an opened file. It will appear a list of current opened files to be selected. This command is unavailable if there are no data currently selected. Move into a new file Use this command to move selected data onto a new file.
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" Select <OK> button to save the preference setting in the PC Memory. " From the preference menu you can also set the header and footer line as you need for later printed report. " Save model (Save as …) with extension .LMM. "...
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°C Lock Press the <ENTER> key to clear the memory content and to obtain the following message that require confirmation : °C Lock Press the <ENTER> key to confirm the cancellation request and to obtain the following message : °C Lock Press the <SEL>...
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Now you can save data on disk using name with extension LMD (for example TODAY.LMM).
OPTIONS & ACCESSORIES 13.1 Printer operations " Connect a compatible printer to OSP and switch the thermometer on. °C Lock " Press the <MEM> key to obtain the following indication: °C Lock " Press the <ENT> key to print the Date, Time and measured value as follows:...
2 Remove the elevation and the windage adjustment caps. 3 Switch on the two pinpointing lasers and aim them to a target placed at a distance equal to the working distance. 4 The aiming must be carried out by keeping the eyepiece at a distance of about 80 cm from the eye. 5 Operating on the two adjustments (elevation and windage), place the center of the reticule in connection with the center of the axis joining the two spot lasers.
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Screw up the polarized filter with the inserted optical filter placed on the front side of the sighting device CAUTION " " UNIT IS EQUIPPED WITH TELESCOPE OR RED POINT PINPOINTING SYSTEM NEVER AIM DIRECTLY AT THE SUN EYE DAMAGE COULD RESULT...
The temperature of this particular body can therefore be determined by measuring the intensity of this infrared energy. An equipment used to measure the temperature with this method is called "infrared thermometer" or a "non-contact thermometer" since the thermometer is not required to be in contact with the body in order to measure its temperature. 14.2...
DIGITAL INTERFACE The OSP portable IR thermometer can be equipped with a digital interface. The interface circuit is essentially based on the serial communication interface subsystem (SCI) on the chip of the microcontroller. The output voltage levels are TTL at 0 to +5 V.
10 µF, 16 V 10 µF, 16 V ICL 232 TSC 232 10 µF, 16 V 10 µF, 16 V 15.3 Communication protocol The exchange of information when a OSP is interconnected with a PC is as it follows. Serial Interface of PC has to be set to 9600 Baud, 8 bit and No parity. 15.3.1 Computer data request from OSP to PC Computer...
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Reading values $00 - Pyrometer measure -------------------------------------------------------------- RX DATA1 STATUS DATA2 DATA3 VALUE (H) DATA4 VALUE (L) IF STATUS=0 MEASURE = SIGNED INTEGER ( VALUE ) / 10 IF STATUS=2 MEASURE = ERROR RJ IF STATUS=10 MEASURE = OFL IF STATUS=11 MEASURE = UFL $01 - Emissivity ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RX DATA1...
DATA4 VALUE (LL) SIGNED LONG VALUE = ALARM HI $85 - LAL Setpoint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TX DATA1 VALUE (HH) DATA2 VALUE (H) DATA3 VALUE (L) DATA4 VALUE (LL) SIGNED LONG VALUE = ALARM LO $86 - Tag ID selection-------------------------------------------------------------------- TX DATA1 Tag ID (0=Tag0, 1=TagA, 2=TagB,...,19=TagS) DATA2 DATA3...
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28Ø PRINT "VALUE: " ; VALUE / 1Ø 29Ø END Example B: 1Ø CHAR = Ø 2Ø IDNAME = 1 3Ø INSTRUCTION = &H80 4Ø VALUE = 80 5Ø VALUE$ = HEX$ (VALUE/100) 55 WHILE LEN (VALUE$)<4: VALUE$ ="Ø"+VALUE$: WEND 6Ø...
The calibration should be verified and re-adjusted if the instrument shows an error exceeding the declared specifications or when a critical active or passive component is replaced (either at the component level or at the board level). OMEGA engineers will give prompt support for any request of assistance. 16.1 Faulty operating conditions During the start-up and measuring modes, faulty conditions of the instrument will be announced with coded messages.
How to determine an object emissivity Emissivity is the measure of an object ability to absorb, transmit, and emit infrared energy. It can have a value from 0 (shiny mirror) to 1.0 (blackbody). If a value of emissivity higher than the actual one is set, the output will read low, provided that the target temperature is above the ambient one.
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; 18 AFETY WARNINGS Self calibration; 10 Sighting telescope system; 42 Specifications; 8 Storage; 52 TABLE OF CONTENTS; 4 Taking measurements; 9 Target dimensions at different distances; 8 Target pinpointing; 9 Technical Unit selection; 27 Temperature Scale selection; 27 Thermocouple input; 24 Thermocouple Input;...
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Authorized Return (AR) number immediately upon phone or written request. Upon examination by OMEGA, if the unit is found to be defective it will be repaired or replaced at no charge. OMEGA’s WARRANTY does not apply to defects resulting from any action of the purchaser, including but not limited to mishandling, improper interfacing, operation outside of design limits, improper repair, or unauthorized modification.
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Where Do I Find Everything I Need for Process Measurement and Control? OMEGA…Of Course! TEMPERATURE ! ! ! ! Thermocouple, RTD & Thermistor Probes, Connectors, Panels & Assemblies ! ! ! ! Wire: Thermocouple, RTD & Thermistor ! ! ! ! Calibrators &...
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