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Summary of Contents for Datacolor LightColor Meter
- Page 1 Datacolor LightColor Meter Model LCM200 User Manual...
- Page 2 The dome on the LightColor Meter has two positions, down and up. Use the dome in the up position to take a measurement from a wider angle. Press the dome down to take a measurement from a narrower angle.
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Page 3: Meter Design
The powerful rare-earth magnet on the back of the meter can be used to mount the meter to a ferrous metal surface or another magnet. In addition, the Datacolor LightColor Meter comes with two magnetic mounting accessories to help you hold and mount your meter in a variety of situations. The Finger-T magnetic accessory can be used to hold the meter in your hand, or it can be used to place your meter on a flat surface. -
Page 4: Getting Started
The correct orientation of the lid is easy to determine – simply line up the two sets of magnets: one set in the lid and one set in the body of the meter. Position the lid’s hook first, then let the lid close. You will feel a click when the magnets engage. P a g e LCM200 User Manual Datacolor... -
Page 5: Download The App
Download the App The Datacolor LightColor Meter App is available to download to your smartphone for free from these sites online: Search for “Datacolor LightColor Meter” The app will appear in the search results. P a g e | 5... - Page 6 Turn on the LightColor Meter using the power button on the corner of the meter. Start the App Open the Datacolor LightColor Meter App on your smartphone. The LEDs will appear blue when the meter is not connected to your phone.
- Page 7 When the LightColor Meter and the App connect, you will see a blue band with the device’s name on it, as in the illustration below. P a g e | 7 Datacolor LCM200 User Manual...
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Page 8: Meter Settings
Meter Settings The Meter Settings allow you to control connectivity and default functionality of your LightColor Meter. Bonding your smartphone to your device ensures that you control its settings. Bonding also allows you to rename the device or update the device’s firmware. Once the device is bonded to your smartphone, it will automatically connect to the app when the app is open, and the device is powered on. - Page 9 The phone will respond with a Bluetooth pairing request. Select the “Pair” option. The phone and meter will be bonded. P a g e | 9 Datacolor LCM200 User Manual...
- Page 10 Identify The other button under the LightColor Meter information is Identify. This is useful in situations where multiple meters are used, and you want to know which meter is which. Simply press the “Identify” button, and the LEDs will blink in a rainbow pattern. Click “Stop Identifying” to end.
- Page 11 Renaming Your Meter Once your meter has been bonded to your smartphone, you can rename the LightColor Meter. Click “Rename,” and the pop-up screen for entering the name will appear. Enter your new meter name and press “Ok.” P a g e | 1 1...
- Page 12 Enable Photocell Trigger There is a separate photocell in the LightColor Meter that looks for the rapidly increasing light levels produced by a flash. You can choose to turn this photocell off if you are not using flash lighting.
- Page 13 This setting manually controls the LED brightness of the lights on the LightColor Meter. Inactivity Timeout Allows the LightColor Meter to automatically power down after a certain period of time. The time can be set in the Inactivity Timeout slider. Values can range from 10 seconds to 30 minutes.
- Page 14 Tiles This screen acts like a home screen for the LightColor Meter. You can customize certain functionalities of the app to report measurement values in one location so you can quickly get a summary of the measuring that the LightColor Meter is performing for one or multiple LightColor Meters.
- Page 15 The meter will then take you to the TILE screen where you can see tiles for your meter reading options. You can also create other tiles for the information listed above. P a g e | 1 5 Datacolor LCM200 User Manual...
- Page 16 Example Tiles In the bottom right of this screen is a button to take a new measurement with the LightColor Meter. Doing so will update all the measurements on the Tiles. You can have multiple tiles for your meter and also multiple meters showing up on your tile screen.
- Page 17 To delete a tile, long press on the tile and an X icon will appear in the upper left corner of each tile allowing you to remove the tile. Click Done in the upper right of the app when you have deleted the tiles. P a g e | 1 7 Datacolor LCM200 User Manual...
- Page 18 LED flash. Monitor Flash Flash monitoring will prepare the LightColor Meter to detect and measure a flash when it fires. When Flash monitoring is on, the LightColor Meter will illuminate between blue and purple, readings will also update on the app.
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Page 19: Flash Metering
Flash Metering The LightColor Meter and App support flash metering either in cord or cordless mode. In cordless mode, a special sensor and circuit in the meter sense when the flash begins to fire and tracks the flash power and duration instantaneously. It also simultaneously tracks the ambient exposure. - Page 20 Use this setting to indicate the Frame Rate you are using by pressing the button and set the appropriate rate. Video mode also includes measurements for Color Temp and Color Shift. **In the appendix, you will see the complete list of settings for Frame Rate and Shutter Angle. 20 | P a g e LCM200 User Manual Datacolor...
- Page 21 To take a measurement, click on the blue shutter button in the bottom right of the screen. Monitor Flash Flash monitoring will prepare the LightColor Meter to detect and measure a flash when it fires. When Flash monitoring is enabled, the LightColor Meter will illuminate between blue and purple.
- Page 22 Under the RGB graph, you will see the measured Color Temp and the Color Shift with the Cie xy coordinates for the measurement. 22 | P a g e LCM200 User Manual Datacolor...
- Page 23 By pressing the Sample button, you can measure the light and use that as the Reference Color instead of one of the presets. Monitor Flash Flash monitoring will prepare the LightColor Meter to detect and measure a flash when it fires. When Flash monitoring is enabled, the LightColor Meter will illuminate between blue and purple. Monitor Ambient Ambient monitoring will take ambient measurements at set intervals (set in the Meter Settings).
- Page 24 See the next section, Using the Color Filter Library Show Other Meters To show more than one LightColor Meter on the Color Graph, enable the feature with the switch on the left. To select which LightColor Meter(s) to show on the graph, click on the right-arrow to the right of Show Other Meters and choose the meter(s).
- Page 25 To choose a Filtered Light Type, click on the arrow next to the text. Monitor Flash Flash monitoring will prepare the LightColor Meter to detect and measure a flash when it fires. When Flash monitoring is enabled, the LightColor Meter will illuminate between blue and purple.
- Page 26 Using the Color Filter Library To help you determine the best filter to use, the LightColor Meter app supports popular color filters from filter libraries which can be viewed on the Color Graph. The Color Filters can be used to select a filter to match multiple lights/flashes, match one or more lights/flashes to a main light, match a light/flash to ambient light or for creative effects.
- Page 27 In Color Filters, you will see a list of supported filter brands and their filter categories. Select one or more filters to show on the Color Graph. P a g e | 2 7 Datacolor LCM200 User Manual...
- Page 28 When you have finished making selections, press the back button at the top left of the screen. On the Color Graph, you will now see additional data points that represent the simulation of the light through the chosen Color Filters 28 | P a g e LCM200 User Manual Datacolor...
- Page 29 To take a measurement, click on the blue shutter button in the bottom right of the screen Monitor Flash Flash monitoring will prepare the LightColor Meter to detect and measure a flash when it fires. When Flash monitoring is enabled, the LightColor Meter will illuminate between blue and purple.
- Page 30 Open the iOS Settings app. Select the Bluetooth option, and the phone will look for devices. Click on the “i” icon and select “Forget this device.” Android: Open the Android Settings app and look for connected devices. Find Datacolor Meter in the list. Click on the “gear” icon and select “FORGET.”...
- Page 31 Power is on, waiting to connect to your smartphone Blue Blinking, continuous or you have just lost connection to your smartphone. The meter just connected to the LightColor Meter Green Blinking, brief, then stops app. Connected to your smartphone and sending a new reading every time the LEDs flash.
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Page 32: Troubleshooting Guide
3. Connect the LightColor Meter again 1. Turn on Location Services (LS). On Android phones this is required. If LS is off, the LightColor Meter app won’t find the meter. If LS was off, try connecting again. If LS was on and there is still no connection, proceed to step 2. -
Page 33: Specifications
3.0” W x 2.8” D x 0.9” H (78 x 70 x 22 mm) Dimensions Dome protrudes an additional 0.3” (8 mm) H 1.75 oz (49 g) without batteries Weight 2.5 oz (73 g) with batteries P a g e | 3 3 Datacolor LCM200 User Manual... - Page 34 Conformance Table User Manual available Digital Form Datacolor Inc. 5 Princess Road Datacolor address Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 United States of America Model # LCM200 Electrical rating 3 Vdc, 20 mA Operating environment Indoor Rated altitude 2000m Rated ambient temperature 5 - 40°C Rated Humidity 0 –...
- Page 35 L'exploitation est autorisée aux deux conditions suivantes : (1) l'appareil ne doit pas produire de brouillage, et (2) l'utilisateur de l'appareil doit accepter tout brouillage radioélectrique subi, même si le brouillage est susceptible d'en compromettre le fonctionnement. P a g e | 3 5 Datacolor LCM200 User Manual...
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