Setting The Emissivity As A Surface Property; General; Procedure; Setting The Emissivity As A Custom Material - FLIR Ex series User Manual

8 Operation
2. On the toolbar, select Temperature scale
3. On the toolbar, select one of the following:
• Auto .
• Lock .
• Manual .
4. To change the temperature span and the temperature level in Manual mode, do the
following:
• Push the navigation pad left/right to select (highlight) the maximum and/or minimum
temperature.
• Push the navigation pad up/down to change the value of the highlighted
temperature.
8.15 Setting the emissivity as a surface
property

8.15.1 General

To measure temperatures accurately, the camera must know what kind of surface you are
measuring. You can choose between the following surface properties:
• Matt.
• Semi-matt.
• Semi-glossy.
For more information about emissivity, see section 16 Thermographic measurement tech-
niques, page 76.

8.15.2 Procedure

Follow this procedure:
1. Push the center of the navigation pad. This displays a toolbar.
2. On the toolbar, select Settings
3. In the dialog box, select Measurement parameters. This displays a dialog box.
4. In the dialog box, select Emissivity. This displays a dialog box.
5. In the dialog box, select one of the following:
• Matt.
• Semi-matt.
• Semi-glossy.

8.16 Setting the emissivity as a custom material

8.16.1 General
Instead of specifying a surface property as matt, semi-matt or semi-glossy, you can specify
a custom material from a list of materials.
For more information about emissivity, see section 16 Thermographic measurement tech-
niques, page 76.
#T559828; r. AK/40423/40448; en-US
. This displays a toolbar.
. This displays a dialog box.
25