YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera Table of Contents 1 Packing ..................1 2 Component ................2 3 Terminals .................. 3 4 Operation ................. 4 4.1 Buttons ................... 4 4.2 Brief Introduction................7 4.2.1 Observation and adjustment ........7 4.2.2 Analysis of Temperature Measurement ....... 7 4.2.3 Store the Infrared image ..........
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YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera 5.4.2 Temperature measurement ........27 5.5 Image storage ................29 5.6 Changing the palette ..............33 5.7 Laser pointer ................33 5.7.1 Trigger the laser pointer ..........33 5.7.2 Set the laser point as the measuring instruction ..34 5.8 YRH saving power mode ..............
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Immediately turn the IR camera’s power off. Do not remove the IR camera battery or in coal mine environment. Return the camera back to SATIR or its distributor and have it check before reusing it. Stop operating immediately if it emits smoke or...
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Failure to do so may result in fire or electrical shock. Immediately turn the IR camera’s power off. Do not remove the IR camera battery or in coal mine environment. Return the camera back to SATIR or its distributor and have it check before reusing it.
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IR camera, fire, electrical shock or other hazards. Fail to do so may cause terrible disaster and SATIR is not responsible for it. Do not place the batteries near a heat source or expose them to direct flame or heat Neither should you immerse them in water.
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Use of batteries not expressly recommended for this equipment may cause explosions or leaks, resulting in fire, injury and damage to the surroundings. Fail to do so may cause terrible disaster and SATIR is not responsible for it. Do not use the battery charger or compact power...
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YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera Prevent Malfunction Read on to learn about preventing malfunction of IR camera Avoid damaging the detector of the IR camera Warning: Do not aim the IR camera directly into the sun or at other intense heat source which could damage the detector of the IR camera.
YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera Packing After receipt of YRH, please take out all the components from the packing box, and check according to the list of shipment. YRH system, packed in the high-strength plastics box, includes: YRH Camera body ×1 ...
4.Service port SATIR is not responsible for it. For service only The service port is not mini USB cable, which is widely used in digital camera and digital camcorder. Connecting the YRH to the computer’s USB terminal with the mini USB cable may...
YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera 4 Operation 4.1 Buttons ① Power switch Turn on or turn off the camera.
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YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera ② Key pad Including “Auto Adjust key”, ”Cancel Key”, “Freeze/live Key”, “Menu(enter) Key” and 4 direction keys. A key (Auto adjustment) In Non-Menu mode, point the IR camera at a target object and press this key, the IR camera will automatically adjust the Level and Span basing on the temperature range of the target.
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YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera In the normal working condition,press this key to pop up a Windows style menu and now the camera is in the menu mode. In Menu mode, select the options of the Menu by pressing the key △...
YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera Power LED “ ③ ” 4.2 Brief Introduction Here is for introducing the common use of YRH. 4.2.1 Observation and adjustment 1. Press and hold on the power switch key to turn on the camera 2.
YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera After startup the camera,press the “menu(enter)” key to pop up the menu; △ ”、“ ”)to enter the “File”; Press the direction key(“ Select “Save” and press the “menu(enter)” key Or you can hold the key “S” for 2-3 seconds to store the image and the annotation.
YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera 4.3 Items and Functions of the Menu The detail introduction the menu system is as follows: YRH has a powerful analysis processing system, including seven submenus “Analysis”, “File”, “Auto-adjustment”, “Manual adjustment”, “Object parameter”, “Image only” and “Setting”. Main menu 4.3.1 “Analysis”...
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YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera Movable spot Select this and press menu(enter) key that the camera will come into the temperature measurement condition, there will be a cursor comes out at the middle of the screen, move the camera or move the direction key to point the cursor to the target, the target’s temperature value will be displaying on the right-up of the screen.
YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera do the isotherm analysis of the infrared image. That is to say, if the temperature is in one setting area, it will be displayed in one color. The temperature range and the color can be set in “Setting”...
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YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera 1. Open:Open the images of the Flash Disk. Open 2. Save: Save the image to the Flash Disk. Save...
YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera 3. Delete: Delete the images of the Flash Disk Delete 4.3.3 “Auto-adjustment” Select this and press menu(enter) key that the camera will do the auto-adjustment. The key “A” is the same function as this. Auto adjust...
YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera 4.3.4 “Manual adjustment” Select this and press menu(enter) key that there will be a box comes out as below. Use the direction keys to change the parameters so that the user can manually adjust the image. Manual adjust Note: Temperature range for the YRH is fixed to range 1, the range item is grey and will nor be changed.
YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera Emissivity Different object has different emissivity. Use different emissivity to measure different object. Distance Different object has different distance to the IR camera. Use different distance to measure different object. Amb Temp Input ambient temperature. Humidity Input ambient humidity.
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YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera submenu. Setup menu 1. Analysis setting Select this and press menu(enter) key that there will be a box comes out in the screen as below, use the direction keys to change the parameters and fulfill the different analysis. Setup-Analysis (1).Capture Spot This is to setting the “highest spot/lowest spot”...
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YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera highest temperature of the area and display the temperature value; if the lowest spot is selected, the camera will auto-tracking the lowest temperature of the area and display the temperature value (2).Temperature alarm This is for turning on or turning off the temperature alarm function. When turning on this function, if the temperature of “highest spot”...
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YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera laser point will be recorded. 2. Local Setup Select this and press the menu (enter) key that there will be a box display in the screen as below. Use the direction key to change the setting.
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YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera 3. Time setting Select this and press the menu(enter) key that there will be a box displaying in the screen as below. Use the direction key to change the setting. Setup-Date & Time 4. Setup Other Select this option and press the menu(enter) key, there will be a box displaying in the screen as below.
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YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera altogether provides 6 artificial color modes, respectively “Iron”, “Iron inverted”, “Rainbow”, “Feather”, “Grey” and “Grey inverted”. The user may select the different artificial colors according to the actual demands or personal preference. (2) Auto adjust Use it to define the adjustment way of the key “A”.
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YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera then the image display is adjusted by the key “A” or manually. (4) Auto shut down the camera This is to set the camera that whether it needs to auto-shut down when un-using for a long time. There are 4 selections: “never”/“2min.”/“5min.”/“10min.”.
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YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera “None”:The control switch will be useless; “Save”: Same as button “S”; “Auto Adjust”:Same as button “A”; “Laser”:The laser function will be available for detect the target location when select this. 5. System Information Select this option and press the menu(enter) key, the following information will be displayed at the center of the screen, including the model of the equipment, manufacturer, serial number, production...
YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera 5 YRH Operation Examples 5.1 Insert Batteries When the user uses YRH IR camera for the first time, the battery may be in low status. The user can charge the battery with the special charger. (Specific introduction referred to Battery System). (1) Insert battery :...
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YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera D E F Info on the screen 1. Color bar The palette is displayed on the right. 2. Status bar The status bar is displayed at the bottom of the screen, from left to right:image condition(A), operation condition(B), the emissivity of the target (C), battery charge (D), sound alarm (E) and the current time (F).
YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera 5.3 Adjust the camera 5.3.1 Focus Point the camera to the target and turn the focus ring until you get a sharp image. Turn the focus ring 5.3.2 Image adjustment (applicable to “Null” and “Menu” status) In “Null”...
YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera 5.3.3 Freeze and Live of the image (applicable to any status) In the live image status, press the key “S”, the image will be frozen. On the contrary, press the key “S” in the Image Freeze status, the image will be lived again.
YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera and continuously press “C” until it exits from “Menu” mode. 5.4.2 Temperature measurement YRH can simultaneously measure four spots’ temperature, tracking and displaying the highest/lowest temperature and alarm. The specific operation see follows. Setup-Analysis 1. Setting the object parameters Select “Obj Par”...
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YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera 2. Measurement (1) Spot Enter “Analysis” menu, select one or any of “Spot 1”, “Spot 2”, “Spot 3” and “highest/lowest spot”. Now one or more cursors will appear on the screen. Meanwhile the specific temperature data appear at the up- right corner of the screen.
YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera key, YRH will display the image within a certain temperature range in one color basing on the isotherm mode set by the user. (C) Move the Isothermal Area and Change its Size Isothermal Analysis mode, press “...
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YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera The folder will be named from “sat00000” to “sat09999”, number by number. The current folder name is displayed in the menu. For example, if the current name is “sat00081”, then the name of the image you save is “sat00082”.
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YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera the current image is deleted. Delete an image...
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YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera How to select an image [Open] [Delete] [File] After you select option under menu, a message shown as below will appear in the lower left of the screen. The sequence number SAT0030.SAT 001 of the current image 2007-02-12 Total number of folders in this folder...
YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera 5.6 Changing the palette Select “Setup-Image” under Setup menu, and press menu (enter) key. Change the palette △ Select “Color Scale” with “ ”and“ ”, and then press “ ” and “ ” to shift between the images. The images can be previewed during shifting.
YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera Trigger the laser pointer Warning: Do not trigger the laser pointer in human or animal eyes. Exposure to the laser produced by the laser pointer may damage eyesight. 5.7.2 Set the laser point as the measuring instruction Select ”Setup”->”...
YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera During the setup progress, there are coordinates of Spot 1(as the following diagram) appeared on the up-left corner of the screen. Position of the red spot Laser adjustment 5.8 YRH saving power mode YRH provides a saving power mode. When the camera is being un-used for a while, the user can set the time period, it will auto-turn off the screen for saving the power.
YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera 6.1 Battery The battery capacity of YRH is 8.5wh,Inside there is over-current and overheat protection circuit. Each battery cell can be charged for no less than 500 times. Every new battery cell can last for 2 operation hours.
YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera recommended that the charging time shall not exceed 20 hours. A new lithium cell will reach the full capacity after 5 charges Generally speaking, the battery status is full before shipping. It is not required to fully discharge the lithium cells as they do not produce the memory effect as cadmium nickel cells.
YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera 7 Infrared Camera Maintenance 7.1 Routine Maintenance 7.1.1 Infrared lens The infrared lens cap shall normally be in place to avoid dust or accidental damage when the camera is not in use. When the optical lens needs to be cleaned, please wipe it with special lens tissue.
YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera 8 Technical Specification of YRH YRH600 Type Thermal FOV / min. focus distance 38°×28.5°/ 0.1m Spatial resolution mrad Thermal sensitivity 80mK Detector type Focal plane array (FPA) Uncooled microbolometer Resolution 160×120 Spectral range 8~14um Focus...
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YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera Image storage Type Internal memory (128MB) File format .SAT format, with 14bit measurement data Laser pointer Type Class 2, red Battery Type Explosio-proof, Li-on, rechargeable, field replaceable Battery operation time 2.5 hours Battery charger External 1 bay intelligent charger Power saving mode Environmental Specification Operation temperature range...
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YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera Physical characteristic Weight (inc. battery) 700g Size 211 mm ×80mm ×195mm 1/4″_ 20 Tripod mounting Interface Download thermal image Video output Composite video DC-in DC 8-12V,3A...
YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera 9 YRH Shortcut key 1. “A” key:In any analysis status, “A” key means cancel; in other status, “A” key means auto-adjust. 2. “S” key:In any status, “S” key means Live/Freeze function; holding for 2-3 seconds can store the image. “...
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YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera Note 1: It can be used when the function is out of gear because of the system parameter. Note 2: Delete all the file in the camera before initializing the file name. Note 3: FAT 16 is selected when formatting the file system.
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YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera Appendix: Emissivity of Various Materials Material Temperature (℃) Emissivity Metal Aluminum Polished aluminum 0.09 Commercial aluminum 0.09 foil Electrolytic chrome plate 0.55 alumina Mild alumina 25~600 0.10~0.20 Strong alumina 25~600 0.30~0.40 Brass Brass mirror 0.03 (highly polished) Brass oxide 200~600...
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YRH Coal Mining Infrared Camera Polished cast iron 0.21 Processed cast iron 0.44 Polished tempered iron 40~250 0.28 polished steel ingot 770~1040 0.52~0.56 Raw welded steel 945~1100 0.52~0.61 Surface ferric oxide Completely rusty surface 20 0.69 Rolled iron plate 0.66 Oxidized steel 0.74 Cast iron...