FEATURES OPERATION SETTINGS FRONT VIEW POWER DISPLAY SIDE VIEW GENERAL STATUS BAR GAIN TITLE VISIBLE ZOOM LEFT FIELD OF VIEW TEMP SENSOR BOTTOM COLOR LANGUAGE FOCUS DISPLAY MODE COUNTING VIDEO OUT MODE EXPOSURE SNAPSHOT COLOR ADJ VIDEO SYSTEM INFO PLAYBACK DATE TIME AUDIO...
FRONT VIEW Adjustable LCD Keypad Exit from menu Hotkey [Σ] - Provokes Counting Navigation arrows Menu & Selector Stills capture Video recording front view...
SIDE VIEW Power on/off Aux / Temperature & Humidity inlet SD card Video out AC/DC inlet Mic inlet Earphone inlet ne inlet side view...
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ON SCREEN DISPLAY Top OSD Left Side OSD 16 Power source Menu 17 Corona color Bottom OSD 18 GPS signal Camera Mode 19 Date & Time 25 Focus 20 GPS Data Field of View 21 Temp & Humidity 27 Gain 22 Video/Stills on 28 Counting...
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& TOP LINES 16 17 18 16 Power source - Battery or AC 17 Corona color - Hue 18 GPS signal - Red no | Green on 19 Date & Time - Day: MMDD,YYYY hh:mm 20 GPS Data - Latitdue & Longtitude 21 Temp &...
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LEFT MENU Triggered by 23 Gain - page 13 24 Zoom - page 14 25 FOV (field of view) - page 15 26 Corona Color - page 16 27 Focus - page 17 28 Settings - page 28 29 Playback - page 22 30 Exit menu...
BOTTOM 31 Camera Mode - Visible | UV | Combined 32 Auto Focus - AF | Manual Focus - MF 33 Wide FOV - W-FOV | Narrow FOV N-FOV 34 Gain value 35 Counting OSD - bottom...
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OPERATION Power Mode General 10 Snapshot - stills Gain 11 Video recording Visible Zoom 12 Playback Field of View 13 Audio recording Corona color 14 Text subtitles Counting 15 GPS Focus 16 Settings operation...
POWER • Short press on the power butten to turn on, long press to turn off • A green LED turns on for a couple of seconds • Wait 2 minutes while the systems initializes POWER SOURCES • Rechargeable Battery •...
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BATTERY A full battery can last about 3 hours. CHARGING THE BATTERY 1. Detach the battery from the Luminar: press on the top & bottom seats and pull 2. First connect the battery to the charger 3. Then, connect the charger to a power source 4.
GENERAL Functions are listed in the on-screen menu The menu appears when clicking on the SELEC and is removed by pressing on on the exit icon To select/disselect a function item from the menu use the buttons DOWN SELECTOR A green frame indicates which function is in focus button arrows move the green...
GAIN • Gain controls the sensitivity to UV and is manifested graphically as the size and number of UV spots on the screen • With a higher gain it is easier to detect corona sources. With a lower gain the emitting source is better conceived •...
VISIBLE ZOOM • Zoom is used to magnify the visible image • Once corona is detected, zoom-in to get more detailed data • While zooming the camera enters automatically the (no UV VISIBLE MODE displayed and no counting). When exited the is restored COMBINED MODE...
FIELD OF VIEW • Affects the working distances & the resolution of the image. Wider is used for shorter distances from the target object. Narrower FOV provides higher image resolution • Move the green frame to the FOV • Click on the button to turn on SELECTOR the FOV function...
CORONA COLOR • Select from a palette of 5 colors to make the corona signal conspicious • Move the green frame to the color icon • Click on the to turn on the SELECTOR color function • A sub menu with 5 color swatches appears: Red, Green, White, Black, Yellow •...
FOCUS • The focus mechanism manages simul- taneously both visible & UV channels • By default the camera is in auto focus (AF) mode • Switch to manual focus when the corona source is behind a fence or during poor lighting conditions •...
COUNTING • Counting displays the counted de- tected signals and is available while in combined mode. Counting is unavailable during zooming • The counting value represents an aver- age of a couple of measurements. It is therefore advised to wait for the result to become stabilized •...
MODE • Display modes: COMBINED VISIBLE • - both visible & UV spectral COMBINED ranges are deployed • - only the visible spectral range VISIBLE is deplyed - no corona • - if corona is detected it will be displayed, else the display is black •...
SNAPSHOT STILL ENSURE CARD IS INSERTED DO NOT EJECT CARD WHEN THE CAMERA IS ON • To capture a still picture click on the button PICTURE • A yellow circle will be displayed on the montior during recording • The picture format is “bmp” •...
VIDEO RECORDING ENSURE CARD IS INSERTED DO NOT EJECT CARD WHEN THE CAMERA IS ON • To record a video clip click on the button RECORDING • A red circle will be displayed on the montior during recording • The video format is “avi” •...
PLAYBACK • Playback lets reviewing images and videos that are stored on the SD card • Move the green frame to the PLAYBACK and click on the selector • To see a stored image/video move the green frame to the IMAGE VIDEO icon and click on the...
AUDIO RECORDING • Add narrations to your video clips with data obout the condition of the inspected object • Narrations are handy when processing the video clips and for reports • To add narrations plug-in the microphone and click on .
TEXT SUBTITLES • Add short titles to your pic/video • You can prepare 8 lines of titles though use only one at a time • To add titles select the icon SETTINGS • Move the green frame to CAMERA click on the SELECTOR •...
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TEXT SUBTITLES • [Σ] - shift • Back arrow - erase • 0 - space option 2: virtual keypad • Use the arrows to navigate DOWN • Use the to pick a character SELECTOR • To retype a character - use the SELEC again •...
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• Use GPS data to distinguish between similar inspected objects and loca- tions • By default the GPS is turned off and icon is displayed • To turn the on select SETTINGS • Select DISPLAY • Select icon appears on the LCD Red - no inception, Green - sync •...
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SETTINGS • Move the green frame to the SETTINGS • Click on the selector to turn on the set- tings options • A new sub-menu opens up with the following control-buttons: DISPLAY CAMERA SYSTEM • Use the up/down arrows to move the green frame to a selected control button •...
SETTINGS Display: DISPLAY MODE VIDEO OUT - on screen status line display STATUS BAR Selecting will display the bottom line TITLE Selecting will display the selected title line (see page.24) : (see page.26) TEMPERATURE SENSOR Selecting on will display the temperature and humidity values, provided the sensor is attachend (optional accessory) : English...
SETTINGS Display: DISPLAY MODE VIDEO OUT DISPLAY MODE SEE PAGE VIDEO OUT DEFAULT - image will be dis- EXTERNAL MONITOR played on an external monitor. The green led turns on and the turns black. To get back to a regular display restart the camera.
SETTINGS Camera: TITLE EXPOSURE COLOR CAMERA TITLE SEE PAGE CAMERA EXPOSURE EXPOSURE ) | ½ | ¼ | ⅛|1⁄ 1 5 | ⅓0 AUTO DEFAULT The exposure rate is the time per second the camera shutter is open. It affects the brightness of the captured image.
SETTINGS System: INFORMATION DATE TIME SLEEP MODE DEFAULT SETTINGS SOFTWARE UPDATE SYSTEM INFORMATION Technical information about the firmware, hardware, kernel version etc. DATE TIME Update/modify the date/time. Use the up/down arrows to navigate vertically, and the right/left arrows to change values. To save and exit use the DOWN rows to focus on...
SETTINGS System: INFORMATION DATE TIME SLEEP MODE DEFAULT SETTINGS SOFTWARE UPDATE (contd.) during video-out, or playback] the system hybernates. During hybernation the green led is on. To restart click on any key. Sleep mode assists extending battery life time. DEFAULT SETTINGS This option restores factory original set- tings.
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SETTINGS MENU ITEM Gain Vis Zoom NFOV Corona Color White Focus Auto Focus DISPALY Status - on Title – off GPS – off Temp Sens. - off Display Mode Combine Video Out settings - default values...
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SETTINGS CAMERA Camera Title All lines empty Line No1 is selected Camera Exposure Auto Color Adjustments Brightness - 200 Contrast - 144 Saturation – 128 Hue – 0 Sleep Mode 5 min. Date & Time 01.01.2013 00:00 settings - default values...
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