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TM-208A Introduction Illumination -Solar -UVA 3 in 1 Light Meters UV-A meter applications include: The complete source for all your UV curing needs. UV Curing. Fly trap. UV-A Lamp Monitoring. Illumination meter can be used in all indoor or outdoor visible lighting measurements.
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TM-208A Specifications 3.1. General Specifications Battery life: approx. 100 hr. Display: 3 3/4 LCD display with back light maximum display 4000. Sampling: 4 times/second. Auto power off and disable auto power off. Enable and disable auto power off function (default 30 minutes).
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TM-208A Plug: The pin in the center connects to the positive electrode and the outer case is negative electrode Diameter: 5.5mm; internal diameter: 2.1mm 3.2. UVA Electrical Specification Accuracy is indicated as [% FS + digital]. Environmental conditions at 23°C ± 5°C with RH < 80%.
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TM-208A 3.3. Solar Power Electrical Specification Accuracy is indicated as [ % reading + digital] Environmental conditions at 23°C ± 5°C with RH < 80%. Measuring range Resolution Accuracy (25°C) 40.00 W/m 0.01 ± 10W/m² or ±5% 400.0 W/m 2000 W/m 13.00 BTU /(ft²*h)
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TM-208A 3.4. Illumination Electrical Specification Accuracy is indicated as [% reading + digital] Environmental conditions at 23°C ± 5°C with RH < Sensor Silicon photodiode and filter Measuring 40.00,400.0 ,4000, Range 40000,400000 Lux 40,400,4000,40000 Foot-candles Resolution 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10, 100 Lux 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10 Foot-candles...
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TM-208A Safety Precaution: Caution! Please refer to this manual. Improper use may damage the meter and its components. Complies with European Directive. Do not operate in environments with flammable gas or humid environments. Operating altitude: up to 2000M.
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TM-208A on a given surface. The foot-candle is equal to one lumen per square foot. Its abbreviated form is written as 1 Fc=1 Lm/ft, similarly, one-meter candlelight is the illumination of light that falls on a side that lies in a distance one meter away from a one-meter candlelight and exactly intersects the light.
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TM-208A NOTE 2.:Light Source Luminous Intensity (cd) calculated if a single light source is used and is regarded as a single-point light source, the luminous intensity of the light source can be calculated and displayed, by setting the distance from the light source to the measuring point.
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TM-208A Instrument description 1. LCD 9. Sensor connecting 2. Power Button jack 3. Backlight/Down 10. External power DC 9V Button 11. USB interface 4. Hold/Up Button 12. Sensor connecting 5. ADJ/SET Button plug 6. MAX/AVG/Min 13. UVA Sensor Button 14. Illumination sensor 7.
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TM-208A LCD description Numeral reading FC unit. value Adj symbol. Time unit (hour: Low battery symbol. minute: month: Auto power off second) symbol. Memory reading MEM symbol. symbol Set symbol. AVG. symbol Analogue bar graph /mw/cm Hold symbol uw/cm unit.
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TM-208A Operation Press button to turn on or turn off the power. 8.1. Unit Select Hold “ ” button and Press “ ”button to change the unit of or Btu (ft *h) / Lux or Fc. 8.2. Data hold (HOLD)
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TM-208A 8.4. MAX/MIN/AVG hold: Press “ ” to enable MAX /MIN/AVG function; again, press “ ” to show the MAX or MIN or average values by turns. Press and hold “ ” for more than 2 seconds to quit. The measured data can be held and updated as the measured the MAX.
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TM-208A 8.5. Manual Record Press“ ”button, the meter will save the current measured result, and REC will also appear on the LCD. 8.6. Manual Record Reading Hold “ ” button and Press “ ”button “MEM” appears on the LCD,Press to select the log number for reading, Hold “...
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TM-208A 8.7. Disable Auto Power Off Please hold “ ” button and Press “ ” button, the auto power off symbol will not display on the LCD. If you want enable auto power off please hold “ ” button and Press “...
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TM-208A The transmission percent is= (second measured value/first measured value) x100 Hold “ ” button and Press “ ” button again to exit REL mode. 8.9. Clock LCD Display Press button for more than seconds to select the display method of the Year, Month, Date, hour and Second.
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TM-208A 8.10. Setup Mode Hold “ ” button and Press “ ” button into the setup mode to use Auto Recording time setup or Time setup function. Hold “ ” button and Press “ ” button to view records.
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TM-208A 8.12. Auto Recording Time Setup Hold “ ” button and Press “ ” button into the setup mode to change setup function. Press “ ” button again into Auto Recording Time Setup. Min: button to change digit Press “...
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TM-208A Hour: Sec: Press “ ” button to store the setting. If you do not want to use auto power off, you can set auto power off time to be 00:00 00. Maximum auto recording time: 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds.
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TM-208A 8.13. Time clock Setup Hold “ ” button and Press “ ” button to change time setup mode. This meter clock is 24-hour time setting. Press “ ” or “ ” button to change digit ...
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TM-208A 8.14. Viewing Records Hold “ ” button and Press “ ” button to view records. Press“ ” or “ ” button to scroll through the records. *h) → W/m (BTU (ft → Press“ ” to change BTU (ft *h)) / (FC→LUX→...
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TM-208A Press “ ” button to change time data (H:M→ M:D→year→ sec). year Hold“ ”button and Press“ ”button again to exit viewing records mode. 8.15. Computer Grade CPU:Pentium Ⅲ 1000MHZ. RAM:SDRAM 256MB. Hard Disk:200MB. ...
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TM-208A Software installation Please insert the CD into PC to install the software. Please select the USB driver that will be installed, such as E:\ Light Meter Driver Setup.exe, click twice on the left key of the mouse to install the...
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TM-208A Select the SETUP.EXE i.e., E:\Light Metre\SETUP.EXE and installs the desktop icon ck out the CD from PC after completed the installation of the desktop icon.
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TM-208A Use the USB cable to connect the meter and computer according to the drawing. Select the desktop icon (Light Meter) and click twice on left key of the mouse to run the procedure.
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TM-208A 10. Maintenance or Repair ” 1. When the When “ symbol is displayed on the LCD, it means that there is insufficient power; please change the battery immediately in order to ensure its accuracy. 2.Do not place the meter in locations that have high temperature, humidity or that are exposed to direct sunlight.
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TM-208A Battery Replacement WARNING If the LCD display “ ” symbol, please replace the battery immediately. 1. Turn off the power. 2. Open the battery cover at the back of the meter, remove the batteries. 3. Please insert new 9V batteries according to the polarities.
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