Hardware and Software Installation for VarioCAM hr head* ........5 Fundamentals ..........................5 Hardware Components ........................5 ® Installation of the FireWire Driver for the VarioCAM hr head ............6 Operation ........................13 Elements of the Graphical User Interface ..................13 Live Mode ............................. 14 Focus Mode ..........................
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® ® incl. IRBIS remote 3.0 software description VarioCAM hr head Table of contents 9.6.4 Menu "Settings" ..........................37 ® Operating Software IRBIS remote 3.0* ..............49 10.1 Programme Start .......................... 49 10.2 User Interface ..........................50 10.2.1 Analog Video Display ........................50 10.2.2...
Introduction Dear User, ® Congratulations on the purchase of your new thermographic system VarioCAM hr head. Please read these instructions carefully before operating the system for the first time. This will enable you to make full use of the features of your new thermographic system. Please especially note the advice regarding device safety in Chapter 2 in order to avoid damage to the thermographic system.
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 1. Introduction VarioCAM ® high resolution head (hereinafter VarioCAM ® hr head) is a modern thermographic system for the precise, quick and non-contact measurement of surface temperatures of objects. Its compact and robust design and high degree of protection make it especially suitable for industrial applications even under unfavorable external conditions.
® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 2. Advice on Device Safety Advice on Device Safety General ® The VarioCAM hr head is a high-quality, thoroughly calibrated optical measuring instrument. Handle it with appropriate care. Avoid soiling it, particularly its optical surfaces.
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Under certain conditions, it cannot be excluded, even when the system is switched off, that the ® detector may be damaged when directed into sunlight. Therefore, when the VarioCAM hr head is not in use, the lens must be capped with the protective cover included.
® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 3. Technical Description Technical Description Operating Principle The VarioCAM ® hr head is a thermographic system for the long wave infrared spectral range (LWIR) of (7.5 ... 14) µm. The lens images the object scene onto a microbolometer array at a resolution of (640 x 480) or (384 x 288) pixels.
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 3. Technical Description Thermographic system of resolution (640 x 480) pixels lens focal length (mm) min. focus (m) IFOV (mrad) FOV (°) wide-angle lens 12.5 (65 x 51) standard lens...
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 3. Technical Description Opto-mechanics The following functions are performed with the help of the opto-mechanics assembly group: ■ Focussing (motor focus) ■ Effective range change-over (lens apertures)* ■ Internal NUC (Non Uniformity Correction) using an internal shutter...
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 3. Technical Description Interfaces The thermographic system has the following interfaces: ■ Composite Video, S Video, VGA ■ Input for external trigger signal/trigger output* (TTL/CMOS, 5 V) ■ FireWire (IEEE 1394) ■...
® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 4. Unpacking and Checking Unpacking and Checking Upon receipt of the VarioCAM ® hr head, please check for its completeness and that components are not damaged. The supplier must immediately be informed of any damage.
® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 5. Description of Camera Parts Description of Camera Parts LEMO socket, 6-pole for: (marked yellow) ■ FireWire (IEEE 1394) cable ■ Power supply unit with adapter LEMO socket, 14-pin for: ■...
User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 6. Quick Start Quick Start The following instructions shall help to quickly familiarise with operating the VarioCAM ® hr head. For obtaining professional results, we recommend to carefully read the entire manual.
® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 6. Quick Start Display Help line Status Colour scale with upper and lower limit of displayed temperature range Information field Date/time SD card symbol Fig. 5 Camera menu in live mode ■...
® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 6. Quick Start Data Storage ■ For Storage of the thermal image press the button. The live image freezes, i.e. camera goes into stop mode. Stop mode Fig. 8 Camera menu in stop mode ■...
® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 6. Quick Start Data Transfer to the Computer ■ For data transfer via the FireWire (IEEE 1394) interface with the help of IRBIS ® remote/online, this software (which comes included if rewquested for) should at first be installed following the description in the respective manual.
® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 7. Starting up Starting up Using a Tripod* For this purpose, the thermographic camera has a 1/4" tripod threat (DIN 4503) at the bottom. The ® installation of the VarioCAM hr head on a tripod (optional accessory) is recommended for blur-free camera exposures, especially when using the Resolution Enhancement mode.
7. Starting up Operation via the FireWire (IEEE 1394) Interface* ® By means of the following connecting options, the VarioCAM hr head can be connected to the PC/notebook. The accessories described are optionally included in the scope pf delivery*. Please follow the instructions, i.e. always plug the FireWire cable into the computer first and then...
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7. Starting up When connecting the thermographic camera with the PC/notebook for the first time, automatic hardware recognition will be activated. Further steps for installing the FireWire (IEEE1394) driver for the VarioCAM ® ® head are described in Chapter 8.3, Installation of the FireWire Driver for the VarioCAM hr head, page 6.
Operation with Breakout Box (Connection via RS232)* ® The use of the Breakout Box extends the options of connection of the VarioCAM hr head. The analog outputs PAL/NTSC-FBAS and S Video as well as the digital RS232 interface are accessible via the Breakout Box.
® hr head Triggering only affects the 16-bit data transmission via FireWire. A 14-core system cable transmits the TTL/CMOS-signal from the interfaces “T1” and “T2” on the Breakout Box to the VarioCAM ® hr head. Use the included trigger cables in order to connect the Breakout Box, see Fig. 19 and Fig. 22.
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 7 Starting up VC hr FireWire-cable and universal cable ® VarioCAM hr head is connected to the Notebook via FireWire-cable (4pol.)/PC (6-pol.) to the 6-pin of the LEMO socket of the camera. The power supply is VarioCAM®...
DC power supply unit* (with 14-pin LEMO plug). The 4-pin FireWire (IEEE 1394) cable (see Fig. 12, FireWire (IEEE 1394) cable, 4-pin page 17) facilitates hardware connection between the internal mainboard IEEE 1394 interface of the notebook and the VarioCAM ®...
® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 8 Hardware and Software Installation for VarioCAM® hr head* ® Should the thermographic system VarioCAM hr had be operated by a PC, an additional power supply for the infrared camera is not compulsory. However, it is recommended to always operate the thermographic system via a separate DC power supply unit.
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User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 8 Hardware and Software Installation for VarioCAM® hr head* Driver...” (see Fig. 30). To call the pop-up menu “Update Driver…“, highlight the device driver first and confirm with a right mouse click.
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 8 Hardware and Software Installation for VarioCAM® hr head* Fig. 31 Hardware wizard of Microsoft™ Windows™ In this part of the wizard, select the option "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)". Then click on "Next >"...
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 8 Hardware and Software Installation for VarioCAM® hr head* Fig. 33 Hardware wizard Windows™ - select device driver In this part of the wizard, click on "Have Disk...". This will open the dialogue "Install From Disk": Fig.
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 8 Hardware and Software Installation for VarioCAM® hr head* Fig. 35 Hardware wizard of Microsoft™ Windows™ - select driver file Hightlight the file "vc_hires23.inf" and confirm the dialogue "Locate File" by clicking on "Open".
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To close the wizard, press "Finish". ® Fig. 39 Windows™ XP Professional Device Manager after successfully installing the VarioCAM ® After the successful installation of the “vc_hires23” driver, the VarioCAM hr head will always be initialised in the Windows™...
® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation Operation The menu structure of the VarioCAM ® hr head is to be steered via the software IRBIS ® remote. After the camera was connected with a PC/notebook and the software, the camera can be steered with the operating window (see chapter 10 Operating Software IRBIS ®...
® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation The image elements have the following functions: ■ Help display of the active key assignment (basic functions) ■ Logo manufacturerer’s logo JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH ■ Status active operating mode of thermal image system ■...
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User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation button is used to permanently change between the colour palettes in the live mode. The default setting when starting the system is the VarioCAM palette. VarioCAM BlackWhite Iron BlueRed...
® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation Focus Mode In the focus mode, larger or smaller object distances will be focused on by respectively moving the and . The progress bar marked F left of the colour palette shows the relative position of the buttons focus - see Fig.
® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation Apart from the main modes live and focus, more operating modes depending on the model version can be selected, which may directly be accessed via the operating keys or activated via the main menu.
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation If one ROI is active in the spot editor, the next (second) spot can be activated by using the button. The respectively active ROI (to be moved in Spotpos) is marked with an identifier coloured red. Inactive ROIs are labeled yellow.
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation Status "Spoteps" In the "Spoteps" status, the emissivity of a measuring area can be changed from 0.01 to 1.00. Spot editor: “Spoteps” Help for buttons movements for changing the emissivity in 0.01/0.1 increments...
By pressing the button for a longer time (CL), the selection of colour palettes will circulate and can be chosen from. In order to save thermal images with the VarioCAM ® hr, an SD card must have been inserted into the card slot.
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation A possibly write-protected SD card will subsequently be displayed as shown in Fig. 53. In the stop mode, the current thermogram is saved by using the button. Storing it directly out of live (or focus) is possible by pressing the button (SL) for a longer period (quick save).
® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation The Main Menu In the live or focus mode, a long press (middle key) on the button (EnterL) will open the main menu. Via the main menu, further functions can be called up and other system settings can be made or recalled.
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation Menu item "Palette" Fig. 58 Menu item "Image" - "Palette" In menu item Palette , the palette settings for displaying the temperature distribution in the thermal image are made. The current allocation of the various colours/grey scales of the false-colour display to the respective temperatures is set by means of the palette shown on the right of the display (“Colour scale”,...
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation Menu item Palette →16 Steps toggles the display between the default colour depth of 256 colours and 16 steps. By activating the "16 Steps" function, only 16 temperature levels will be displayed instead of 256.
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation Via the submenu, choice can be made from among four filter levels "Off", "Weak", "Medium" and "Strong". Filtering reduces image noise, which in particular visibly improves the image quality of scenes of a low temperature gradient.
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation Isotherm editor Marking active isotherm Fig. 68 Thermal image in the BlackWhite colour scale and with the isotherm displayed The help bar shows the most important buttons in this mode (see Fig. 69).
® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation A defined isotherm always relates to a fixed temperature level and to a fixed temperature range. If, in the live mode, the temperature scale is changed, the position of the isotherm in the palette will be adjusted accordingly;...
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation Files are always saved in a subdirectory. The name of the subdirectory is generated by means of the current date, e.g., on 22 June 2007 the directory would be generated by the name of 070622aa. The maximum number of files to be saved in a directory is limited to 100 in order to avoid the strenuous search in long lists.
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation A preview is not displayed for graphical files* (BMP, PNG, PCX). The previously saved, reloaded image is displayed in the same temperature scale as previously saved, regardless of the scale set at the time of the reload. In the status field, “Image” marks the reloaded image (see Fig.
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation Menu item "Sav. format.." Fig. 82 Fig. 81 Menu “File” – “Sav. format..” Dialogue “Saving config.” Via the menu item "Sav. format..", files to be saved additionally to the thermal image and their format can be selected.
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation Fig. 84 Dialogue “Delete” – directory structure Fig. 85 Dialogue “Delete” - Files After selecting the item “File delete..”, the directory structure is shown in a dialogue (see Fig. 84), where the IRB files have been saved.
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The file names will then consecutively be numbered from 00 to 99, whereas the first six characters in the filename conform to the first six characters of the directory. Example: In a newly created directory named “INFRATEC”, the IRB files are saved under the following names: INFRAT00.irb, INFRAT01.irb, etc.
® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation 9.6.3 Menu "Measure" Fig. 92 Menu “Measure” The menu “Measure” contains all the functions regarding temperature measurement. The menu structure is shown in Fig. 92. The individual options are described in more detail in the following.
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation Menu items "Emissivity..", "Env.temp..", "Path temperature..", "Transmissivity..", "Distance.." Parameters Emissivity and Environmental temperature as well as Path temperature, Transmissivity and Distance provide for precise temperature measurement, taking into account real measuring conditions, especially: ■...
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation The ambient temperature is the temperature which the thermographic system detects via the more or less reflecting object to be measured. This temperature is not necessarily equal to the temperature of the thermographic system itself or that of its immediate environment.
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation Menu item "Buttons" Fig. 108 Menu "Settings" - "Buttons" Menu item "Buttons" serves to configure which actions shall be performed when hitting buttons or C. For this purpose, the options "NUC" and "Autoimage" in the submenu can be activated or deactivated for A.
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation filtering for reducing noise is performed. For using Premium saving, the function is to be activated in the menu and the data are to be saved by out of the live mode.
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation Menu item "Automatic" Fig. 111 Menu "Settings" – "Automatic" Menu item "Automatic" comprises available automatic functions of the thermographic camera. Items "Level" or "Range", respectively, serve the automatic adjustment of the thermal image with respect to the temperature level or temperature range used.
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation and . Using the The values in the various input boxes (figures) can be set by moving the joystick joystick serves to move among the positions in the input boxes. The button (acting as a tab key) is used to jump between the various input boxes.
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation If menu item "Object" has been selected, compensation is made with the scene of the thermographic camera. The current setting is checkmarked in the menu. Fig. 116 Dialogue "Adjustment interval"...
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Save – saves a thermal image ■ "V" Visual display – displays the respective status (see Fig. 118 and Fig. 119) ■ "X" External – transmits the alarm value in Kelvin via RS232* from the VarioCAM ® ■ "A" Acoustic alarm Fig. 119 Displayed visual alarm when exceeding Fig.
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation ® Fig. 123 HyperTerminal with data of the VarioCAM high resolution Temperature alarm data is output in the following way: "alr" + "ID, resp. number of the measurement area (1 to 5)"...
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Dialogue "Date/Time" In menu item "Date/Time..", the date and the current time are set. Fig. 126 Dialogue "Select language" In menu item "Language..", the language for the graphical user interface of the VarioCAM ® hr head is selected. Fig. 127 Dialogue "Select temperature unit"...
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation Fig. 129 Dialogue "System info" In menu item "Systeminfo..", system infirmation can be retrieved. By means of an abbreviation, the respective firmware is identified, followed by its current version: ■...
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 9 Operation The number of configurations that can be saved is dependent on the version of equipment. Configuration 0 contains the default setting and cannot be overwritten. Please note that loading the default setting will reverse all previously saved individual settings. The default settings define English to be the system language.
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10 Operating Software IRBIS® remote 3.0* Operating Software IRBIS ® remote 3.0* The IRBIS ® remote software enables remote control of the VarioCAM ® hr head as well as image transfer (based on the image displayed) via or onto a notebook/PC. 10.1 Programme Start IRBIS ®...
Controls for direct control 10.2.1 Analog Video Display ® The area analog video display shows the video image as provided by the VarioCAM hr. Interactive processing of the imaged elements within the display screen is not provided for and is not supported by the IRBIS ®...
® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 10 Operating Software IRBIS® remote 3.0* 10.2.2 Menu Bar with Quick Keys Fig. 137 Menu bar with quick keys Please note that the active control elements are presented in a highlighting frame (see button “Live”).
® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 10 Operating Software IRBIS® remote 3.0* Menu item “Zoom” Menu item Zoom serves to toggle between defined zoom increments. The zoom increments available are dependent on the detector size and do vary.
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® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 10 Operating Software IRBIS® remote 3.0* Fig. 142 Setting the memory path and the filename in the dialogue “Open” Video options Fig. 143 Video options – settings for video recording...
® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 10 Operating Software IRBIS® remote 3.0* ® Please note that the IRBIS remote software programme does not install any video compressing tools (video codecs) in the computer. In the selection box, you can find video codecs already located in the Operating System.
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User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 10 Operating Software IRBIS® remote 3.0* CardInfo The total capacity and the free capacity of the SD card in the VarioCAM ® hr head are shown. The data and the file list can be updated via button Download ...
All files are being erased from the SD card! ® All functions provided for in the dialogue "Data transfer" have a direct effect on the SD card in de VarioCAM Data is transferred either directly via the IEEE 1394 FireWire interface or via the RS232 interface. The FireWire data transfer of one simple thermal image (approx.
® User Manual for the Thermographic System VarioCAM hr head 10 Operating Software IRBIS® remote 3.0* Thereby, the functions differ depending on the current work mode of the VarioCAM ® hr head (see Chapter 8, from page 5). 10.2.6 Allocation of Functional Keys Fig.
Wipe extremely slowly and only in one direction. Rapid wiping in multiple directions can cause scratches. Use a new cloth, cotton or cotton swab for each cleaning. The only suitable cleaning solutions are ethanol or methanol. If smudges persist even after following these steps, please contact InfraTec service. 11.2 Calibration The system VarioCAM ®...
These components require special disposal as soon as the device is no longer in use. The manufacturer offers to take back from the customer the product VarioCAM ®...
® hr head by its Customer Service approximately every two years. The manufacturer guarantees to perform service of the product VarioCAM ® In the event of any disturbances or for technical maintenance, please contact your sales representative or our Customer Service at the following address:...