What's Different About The Ptu-5; About This Manual; Formatting Conventions - FLIR PTU-5 User Manual

1.4 - What's Different About the PTU-5

Users who are familiar with other FLIR pan tilts will notice the following differences in the PTU-5:
• The PTU-5 uses different connectors than those used on other PTUs; however, these connectors also
conform to established industry standards.
• The PTU-5 uses a hybrid drive with both belts and gears.
• Encoders included on the output axes allow the PTU-5 to reset to locations other than home.
• The encoders correct for backlash and other nonlinearities for a more accurate output angle
measurement.
• The Web interface shows motion in both degrees and steps.

1.5 - About This Manual

This section describes the formatting conventions and information contained in this manual.

1.5.1 - Formatting Conventions

This manual uses several formatting conventions to present information of special importance.
Lists of items, points to consider, or procedures that do not need to be performed in a specific order
appear in bullet format:
• Item 1
• Item 2
Procedures that must be followed in a specific order appear in numbered steps:
1. Perform this step first.
2. Perform this step second.
Specific keyboard keys are depicted in square brackets and are capitalized, for example: [ESC]. If more
than one key should be pressed simultaneously, the notation will appear as [KEY1]+[KEY 2], for example
[ALT]+[F4].
Interface elements such as document titles, fields, windows, tabs, buttons, commands, options, and
icons appear in bold text.
Menus and submenus have the notation Menu>Submenu. For example, "Select File>Save" means that
you should first open the File menu, and then select the Save option.
Specific commands appear in standard Courier font. Sequences of commands appear in the order in
which you should execute them and include horizontal or vertical spaces between commands.
Chapter 1: Introduction
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