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MobIR
Wuhan Guide Infrared Technology Co., Ltd.
No. 26 Shucheng Rd, Hongshan District, Wuhan 430070 P. R. China
Telephone:
+86-27-8767 1925
Facsimile:
+86-27-8767 1927
Email:
overseas@guide-infrared.com
Internet:
www.guide-infared.com
® Wuhan Guide Infrared Technology Co., Ltd., 2005
Publication No: MobIR
®
M4 Thermal Camera
User Manual
®
M4 UM 008
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- Page 1 Wuhan Guide Infrared Technology Co., Ltd. No. 26 Shucheng Rd, Hongshan District, Wuhan 430070 P. R. China Telephone: +86-27-8767 1925 Facsimile: +86-27-8767 1927 Email: overseas@guide-infrared.com Internet: www.guide-infared.com ® Wuhan Guide Infrared Technology Co., Ltd., 2005 ® Publication No: MobIR M4 UM 008...
- Page 2 User Manual The Quality Management System of Wuhan Guide Infrared Technology Co., Ltd. is approved to ISO9001:2000 for the design and manufacture, stockholding, in-house repair and site servicing of non contact temperature measuring instrumentation. WUHAN GUIDE Infrared Technology Co., Ltd. reserves the right to make changes and improvements on any of the products described in this manual without prior notice.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
User Manual Table of Contents Table of Contents ...................... 3 Introduction ....................... 4 Precautions ....................... 5 Maintenance ......................6 Calibration and Repair Philosophy ................7 Technical Support...................... 7 Feedback to Us ......................7 System Overview ...................... 8 Customer Benefits..................... 9 System Configuration.................... -
Page 4: Introduction
User Manual Introduction This publication provides the necessary information required to safely operate the ® M4 Thermal Camera. MobIR Compared with previous ones, this edition has been revised according to camera modification, such as the extended temperature range up to 250℃, the alternative for switch between Celsius and Fahrenheit, the background modification function, etc It is important to fully check all equipment with which you have been supplied The equipment should be used, maintained and serviced by suitably trained... -
Page 5: Precautions
User Manual Precautions The following precautions must be adhered to at all times and must be considered in addition to any advised precautions issued at the relevant worksite or work area • ® Do not direct the MobIR M4 Thermal Camera at very high intensity radiation sources such as the sun, carbon dioxide lasers or arc welders etc •... -
Page 6: Maintenance
User Manual • Charging of the battery should only be carried out using the recommended or supplied charging device Maintenance ® To ensure that the MobIR M4 Thermal Camera is kept in good working condition and remains fully operational, the following guidelines should be adhered to at all times Non-optical surfaces The non-optical surfaces of the camera can be cleaned when required, with a soft cloth dampened with water and a mild detergent... -
Page 7: Calibration And Repair Philosophy
M4 Thermal Camera, it is highly recommended that the instrument be calibrated at 12 monthly intervals Contact Wuhan Guide to arrange for the instrument to be returned to Wuhan Guide calibration centre for a calibration check, or in the unlikely event of a component or... -
Page 8: System Overview
User Manual System Overview ® Wuhan Guide MobIR M4 Thermal Camera leads another breakthrough in today’s Infrared Thermal Imaging industry. ® Emerging as the first mobile phone like IR camera in the world, the MobIR Thermal Camera is sized, configured and priced to open the door to many new uses of Thermal IR Imaging. -
Page 9: Customer Benefits
User Manual Customer Benefits ® As an ultra-portable IR camera with big-camera power, the MobIR M4 Thermal Camera provides outstanding thermal imaging of the highest quality and presents a range of benefits to the customers, which can be seen below: •... -
Page 10: Technical Specifications
User Manual Technical Specifications Image Performance Thermal: Detector Type: Microbolometer UFPA (160 x 120 pixels, 35μm) Spectral Range: 8-14μm Field of View/ Focus: 25° x 19°/12.6mm Thermal Sensitivity: ≤120mk @30℃ Image Display 256 level, 8 palettes (Rainbow, iron, B&W, etc) Electronic Zoom: 2×... - Page 11 User Manual Voice Annotation: 30 seconds per image System Status Indication LCD Display: status of battery, indication of power Sound Alarm Automatic alarm for power shortage Laser Locator Classification: Semiconductor A1GaInP Diode Laser Battery System Type: Li-ion battery, rechargeable, field replaceable Operating time: Over 2 hours continuous operation Charging System:...
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Page 12: Chief Functions
User Manual Chief Functions Image • All the images are displayed on LCD in Black/ White and multiple 256-level colors. • Live image can be frozen on camera and captured in flash memory onboard. • Live image can be 2× zoomed in when there is no menu on the screen. •... - Page 13 User Manual processing with analysis software Temperature Measurement • Automatic trace for hot spot in the screen • Automatic indication of temperature for the center of the screen • Measurement of any spot within the screen • Simultaneous measurement of four movable spots •...
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Page 14: Parts Described
User Manual Parts Described ® M4 side view MobIR USB interface/ battery charger interface Microphone Button ● Button V Button OK Button M Button ＜ Button Λ Button C 10) Button ＞ 11) Button Power 12) IR lens 13) LCD screen... - Page 15 User Manual 14) Loudspeaker 1) Visual camera ® 2) Outer screen M4 front view MobIR 3) Indicator 4) Video/Audio output interface 5) Laser locator...
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Page 16: Quick Start Guide
User Manual Quick Start Guide • Ensure that the battery is fully charged • Power on the MobIR ® M4 thermal camera • Open the top half of the MobIR ® M4 thermal camera • Wait for 15 seconds and uncover lens cap •... -
Page 17: Quick Reference Table
User Manual Quick Reference Table ABBREVIATION SIGNIFICANCE On/ Off Button Power Button Menu Λ Button Up-direction Button Down-direction < Button Left-direction > Button Right-direction Button Confirm Button Cancel ● Button ●... -
Page 18: Introduction To Buttons
User Manual Introduction to Buttons BUTTON FUNCTION On/ Off Power on/off To enter menus and its sub menus To select one sub menu or option under menu To confirm parameter setup To toggle between four spots or four areas under spot or area analysis Λ... - Page 19 User Manual To replay a selected image after preview To switch between infrared image and visual image when replaying the stored images To cancel one sub menu or option under menu To exit menu To perform non- uniformity calibration when there is no menu on live image To perform background modification when pressed simultaneously with “>”...
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Page 20: Button Relations
User Manual Button Relations BUTTONS CORRESPONDING FUNCTION DIALOG BOX BUTTONS CAMERA BODY Button Ok To start recording of voice annotation Button ● To stop recording of voice annotation Button Ok To playback recorded voice annotation Button ● To save recorded voice annotation with an image Button C To cancel recording of voice annotation... -
Page 21: Using The Camera - In Detail
User Manual Using the Camera – In Detail Powering on the camera • Switch on the camera by keeping Button “Power” depressed till the blue indicator lights on the top half of the camera shine • Open the top half of the camera •... - Page 22 User Manual • The camera is available for dynamic real time temperature measurement. Note: Indicator lights on the top half of the camera • There is one indicator on the top half of the camera. It will be flickering in blue when powering on the camera and last till powering off.
- Page 23 User Manual • There are two modes available, Auto and Manual • To switch between one mode and another keep Button “●” depressed for three seconds, the current mode is displayed temporarily on the screen after the button is released •...
- Page 24 User Manual • Keep the camera steady when you have the image in focus, press Button “OK” to freeze the live image. The word “Frozen” will appear on the screen to indicate the current status of the image. • Press any key except OK to cancel this indication if necessary. •...
- Page 25 User Manual • Setup Default: Resume the factory configured value of all the parameters • File Browse: To preview and open saved images • File Delete All: To delete all the saved images • Analysis Spot: Allows up to four spot measurements to take place on saved or frozen images •...
- Page 26 User Manual screen. • Press “∧” or “∨” to adjust the value of the highlighted item and press “＞” to shift between EC and GC • In Auto mode, EC and GC will be defined automatically by the system. Laser Locator •...
- Page 27 User Manual selection “off”’ Warning: • Pls do never point the laser at human bodies so as to avoid any hurt Pausing Live Images and Saving Images • To store an image, press Button “OK” to freeze the live image and temporarily capture the visual image into the built-in flash memory.
- Page 28 User Manual • Press Button “OK” to begin recording, with time of the recording counted automatically. Press Button “●” to stop recording. Pressing Button “C” will cancel recording. • Buttons in the dialog box above change to be the ones below •...
- Page 29 User Manual by pressing Button “＜” and “＞”. The selection “off” is confirmed by pressing Button “Menu” or “OK” Note: • Recording will automatically stop when it reaches 30 seconds Non Uniformity Calibration (NUC) • Non Uniformity Calibration allows the automatic adjustment of the camera detector to ensure normalization and sharpness of the screen image.
- Page 30 User Manual highlight the menu “Setup” • Four sub menus are available: Analysis, Target, Time and default Sub Menu Analysis • Press Button “Menu” or “＞” to enter the option “Setup”. Press Button “ ” to ∨ highlight “Analysis” • Press Button “＞”to go to the Analysis option, select by pressing Button “Menu” or “OK”.
- Page 31 User Manual • Options below are available: Iso Color, Mul Spot/Area, Area, Menu Trans, Date Bkgrd, Laser, Audio Alarm, Voice Annotat, Temp Unit and Mean. • Iso Color: 3 colors black, white and green are available for the isotherm • Multi Spot/ Area: To toggle between one and four spots/ areas. Four movable spots and areas are available for simultaneous analysis by setting “on”.
- Page 32 User Manual • Press Button “Menu” or “OK” to confirm the parameter setting and exit “Setup Analysis” menu. • Press Button “C’ to cancel the parameter setting and exit “Setup Analysis” menu. Press “C” again to exit main menu. Sub Menu Target •...
- Page 33 User Manual • Emissivity: Set emissivity value between 0.01 and 0.99 • Relative Humidity: Set humidity percentage value between 1 and 99 • Distance: Set distance from target • Alarm: Set scene temperature alarm threshold for audible alarm • Tamb: Show the ambient temperature automatically measured by the camera. Note: Altering Tamb value is unavailable.
- Page 34 User Manual • Press Button “Menu” or “OK” to enter the “Time Setup” option • The setup parameters menu will then appear. Press “ ”and“ ” ∨ to move between ∧ each setting, press Button “＜”and “＞” to alter the values •...
- Page 35 User Manual • Press Button “Menu” or “OK”. Then a NUC is performed automatically. • After NUC, all the parameters become the factory configured ones. Menu Analysis • Press Button “Menu” to bring up the main menu. Press Button “ ”and“ ” to ∧...
- Page 36 User Manual • Five spots are shown on the screen, among which four are marked as A, B, C, and D, the four corresponding spot temperatures will be shown respectively at the top of the screen; the one without any mark indicates the point with maximum temperature on the screen, with its figure shown on the right corner above the palette.
- Page 37 User Manual the main menu, press Button “V“ to highlight the Setup option, and then select “Analysis” by pressing Button “M” or “OK” • Under the heading named “Mul Spot/Area”, you can toggle between “on” and “off” by pressing Button “＜“and “＞”, select by pressing Button “Menu” or “OK”. Only one spot is present in the “off”...
- Page 38 User Manual • Press Button “C” to exit the analysis of this line. • Repeat the above procedures to analyze new lines • Press Button “C” again to exit and return to the frozen/ saved image Sub Menu Area • Area analysis is merely available on frozen / saved images. •...
- Page 39 User Manual Button “ ” ∧ , “∨”, “＜”, and “＞” to move area B to the correct position. Repeat this procedure until all areas are in the correct position • Change sizes of the rectangular areas. Press Button “ ” ∧...
- Page 40 User Manual • Press Button “C” to exit and return to the frozen/ saved image Note: • Pressing Button ● can switch between the two modes: changing area location and adjusting area size. Under each mode, pressing Button ● will switch to the other.
- Page 41 User Manual • There are three Isotherm colors to choose from. To select them, press Button “M” to bring up the main menu, press Button “V“ to highlight the Setup option, and then select “Iso” by pressing Button “M” or Button “OK” •...
- Page 42 User Manual • The list of saved images appears. Icon indicates the file contains voice annotation. Numbers at the right bottom of the list shows which file is highlighted, and number at the right top shows specific time at which the highlighted file was taken.
- Page 43 User Manual Pressing Button ● will open the dialog box below. Press Button “OK” to confirm undertaking deletion, then the file will be deleted. Press Button “C” to cancel deletion. Press Button “C” to return to the file list Opening and Deleting Images from Thumbnail Image Gallery When the file list shows on the screen, press Button “M”...
- Page 44 User Manual image. If voice annotation has been recorded it will play back automatically when a saved image is opened. Repeat above operations to open other thermal images To exit and return to the image gallery, press Button “C” To delete a file, press Button “∧” and “∨” to move on to the target file. Then a black frame will surround it.
- Page 45 User Manual • Pressing “M” or Button “OK” will open the dialog box below. Press Button “OK” to confirm undertaking deletion of all the saved files, then the files will be deleted. Press Button “C” to cancel deletion. • Pressing Button “C” will exit sub menu File Transferring Files from the Camera to your PC •...
- Page 46 User Manual ® Composite video output (PAL or NTSC mode) option is available in this MobIR camera. With this option you can view the live image captured by the camera on a monitor or a recording device. ® Before trying to use this option, ensure that the MobIR M4 camera is switched off.
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Page 47: Battery Charging
User Manual camera • When there is insufficient power, sound alarm will automatically turn on every five minutes; there will be also a prompt as “ ” on the right top of the screen to indicate the power insufficient. Battery Charging Two methods are available to charge the battery. - Page 48 User Manual • When the white indicator light shines steady, the battery is fully charged • The approximate charge time is 360 minutes for normal charge and 420 minutes for full charge Note: When charging the battery in the imbedded battery charger, Button Power is unavailable Charging time may vary from the battery condition or the environment temperature...
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Page 49: Troubleshooting
User Manual distorts • If liquid in the battery splashed into your eyes, please wash your eyes with fresh water flush immediately and go to see a doctor Troubleshooting Battery improperly installed. Remove battery and The camera does not turn on install correctly. - Page 50 User Manual dry area at room temperature until condensation evaporates. Non-uniformity appears in the image. Perform a non-uniformity calibration Emissivity setting is incorrect. Check and amend the Temperature measurement is emissivity setting. inaccurate Temperature set points are inappropriate for this temperature measurement.
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Page 51: Emissivity
User Manual Emissivity What Is Emissivity? The standard of radiation is "blackbody" radiation which exists in any enclosure whose walls are at a uniform temperature. The shape of the enclosure and the wall material have no effect on this radiation, it being a function of temperature alone. A small hole in such an enclosure only affects this radiation level very slightly. - Page 52 User Manual To obtain the true surface temperature we must divide the actual output by the emissivity value E before we convert to temperature. This is done by setting the emissivity control to the appropriate value. It is therefore necessary to know the value of the emissivity. There is a vast amount of data available, unfortunately much of it is confusing because substantially different values are quoted.
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Page 53: Typical Emissivity Values
User Manual Typical Emissivity Values Refractories Miscellaneous Alumina 0.40 Asphalt 0.90 Red Brick 0.93 Carbon >0.90 0.85 Graphite 0.95 Alloys Soot Brass 0.10 Cement & Concrete 0.90 0.61 Cloth 0.85 Oxidized Metals Aluminium 0.05 0.30 Oxidized Chromium 0.15 Cobalt 0.18 Gold 0.02 Iron &...
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