Sierra Pacific RAZ-IR NANO User Manual

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Sierra Pacific Innovations Corp

6620 S Tenaya Way, Las Vegas, NV 89113 USA

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702.369.3966

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702.369.3977

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info@imaging1.com

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www.rax-ir.com

Publication No: RAZ-IR® NANO UM 008

RAZ-IR NANO

Thermal Camera System

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Page 1 RAZ-IR NANO Thermal Camera System User Manual Sierra Pacific Innovations Corp 6620 S Tenaya Way, Las Vegas, NV 89113 USA Telephone: 702.369.3966 Facsimile: 702.369.3977 Email: info@imaging1.com Internet: www.rax-ir.com © Sierra Pacific Innovations Corp, 2009 Publication No: RAZ-IR® NANO UM 008...
Page 2 The Quality Management System of the manufacturer is approved to ISO9001:2000 for the design and manufacturing, stockholding, in-house repair and site servicing of non-contact temperature measuring instrumentation. Sierra Pacific Innovations Corp reserves the right to make changes and improvements on any of the products described in this manual without prior notice.
Page 3: Table Of Contents
User Manual Table of the Contents Table of Contents........................................3 Introduction..........................................4 Precautions..........................................4 Maintenance ..........................................4 Calibration and Repair Philosophy ..................................5 Technical Support ........................................5 Feedback to Us ........................................5 System Overview........................................5 System Configuration ......................................5 Technical Specification ......................................6 System Features ........................................
Page 4: Introduction
User Manual Introduction This publication provides the necessary information required to safely operate the RAZ-IR® NANO Thermal Camera. 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 personnel, capable of carefully following the procedures and guidelines given in this User Manual.
Page 5: Calibration And Repair Philosophy
Opening the unit invalidates the warranty. Technical Support Technical support for your Sierra Pacific Innovations Corp Thermal Imaging System can be obtained by either contacting the address / telephone number on the cover of this User Manual. Feedback to Us We have tested and verified the information in this manual to the best of our abilities.
Page 6: Technical Specification
User Manual Options 30mm Tele lens • 7mm Wide angle lens • Target Illuminator • Infrared Remote Controller • Sun Shield • Leather Sheath • Silicon Rubber Protecting Jacket • Technical Specification Imaging Performance THERMAL Detector type: Uncooled FPA microbolometer (160× 120 pixels, 25µm) Spectral Range: 8-14µm Thermal Sensitivity:...
Page 7 User Manual Measurement Features: Automatic correction based on distance, relative humidity, atmospheric transmission and external optics Optics Transmission Correction: Auto, based on signals from sensors Image Storage Type: Removable 2GB Mini SD card & built-in memory File Format: JPG with analysis records Voice Annotation: Up to 60 seconds Text Annotation:...
Page 8: System Features
User Manual System Features Unique Features IR Fusion technology allows you to overlay the thermal image directly to the corresponding visual image • 2.0 Megapixels CMOS delivers extremely crisp visual image, assistance of crisper and better fusion image. • Easily switchable PAL/ NTSC video output simplifies video viewing. •...
Page 9: Parts Described
User Manual Up to 60-second digital clip of voice can be recorded and saved for each image. • Mini SD card can accommodate 600 images and the built-in flash memory can store 100 images. • Live thermal video can be recorded in Mini SD card and PC via USB cable. Temperature measurement and different kinds of analysis can •...
Page 10 User Manual IR Lens Visual camera Laser Power interface Touch pen slot USB interface & RS232 and TV Video cable RS232 and TV Video cable: Interfaces from the left to right are respectively: TV Video/RS232 interface to the TV Video /RS232 interface on camera, TV Video interface to a TV Video display device, and RS232 interface to PC, USB extension cable: Interfaces from the...
Page 11: Inserting / Removing The Mini Sd Memory Card
User Manual AC adapter and battery charger Note: AC adapter is valid for both battery charger and camera itself. Camera with cables: from the top down and from left to right, the camera is connected with USB extension cable, AC adapter cable and RS232/ TV video cable.
Page 12: Battery Charging
User Manual Battery Charging Two methods are available to charge the battery. Charging in an external battery charger • Charging in the imbedded battery charger • Charging in an external battery charger Insert the battery into the battery charger, the charge lamp (green) will light •...
Page 13: Introduction To Buttons
User Manual Introduction to Buttons BUTTON FUNCTION On/ Off Power on/off To bring out / hide main menu To enter menus and its sub menus To select one sub menu or option under menu To confirm parameter setup/ option selected To bring out temperature setup menu to adjust Tmax, palette, Tmin if necessary Button Up-direction (Up)
Page 14: Quick Start Guide
User Manual Quick Start Guide Ensure that the battery is fully charged and the SD memory card is inserted in the camera • Keep button “On/ Off” depressed for 3 seconds to switch on the camera. • Wait till the boot screen image disappears and uncover lens cap. Non Uniformity Calibration (NUC) is performed automatically. •...
Page 15 User Manual Icon Significance Function Guide logo Bring up the information bar upon clicking by the touch Power Display battery power capability Memory Display the number of saved image Emissivity Display the set target emissivity Ambient temperature Display the ambient temperature Time Display the time Display the temperature unit, Tmax, Tmin and palette for...
Page 16 User Manual Setting the temperature range There are 2 methods available to set the temperature range: Auto and Manual. To switch between the 2 modes, when there is no icon chosen in live thermal image, keep button “PIC Mode depressed for 3 seconds and •...
Page 17 User Manual Move the center cursor by pressing the buttons Up, Down, Left and Right. The temperature varies along with the cursor moving. While the • place and temperature of the hottest spot never changes. Adjusting temperature range of frozen/ saved image Temperature range of a frozen or saved image can be changed as well to adjust the image quality.
Page 18 User Manual Press button OK again to save the frozen image directly into the memory media (built-in flash memory or mini SD memory card). Then name • of the saved image “IR******” will be displayed at the up left corner of the screen for 2 seconds. Or you can do multiple kinds of operation on the frozen image before saving it into the memory media, such as static temperature •...
Page 19 User Manual Line analysis Do line analysis Area analysis Do area analysis Isotherm analysis Do isotherm analysis Discretional area Do discretional area analysis. Use the touch pen to outline certain analysis target in any shape. Delete analysis Delete selected analysis object or delete analysis object in the object opposite order of the object is added.
Page 20 User Manual Press button C to save and exit the voice annotation and text annotation mode. Press button Ok to save the frozen image with voice • annotation and text annotation into the memory media if any, with file name “IR******” displayed on up left corner of screen. Frozen images are saved as JPEG files in the memory media.
Page 21 User Manual · To toggle between the 6 images within one screen, click them with the touch pen or press buttons Up, Down, Left and Right to select a certain image, choose the icon by clicking it with the touch pen. Or you can press button OK to highlight the icon first and then press the button M to select the icon.
Page 22 User Manual To delete all the saved images, choose the icon . Then a dialog box “Delete all images?” will appear on the screen. Choose button Ok to • confirm or button C to cancel deletion. The two buttons can be chosen either by clicking with the touch pen or by pressing button M to select, or button C to cancel.
Page 23 User Manual Exit command Exit the analysis toolbar Spot analysis Do spot analysis on the replayed image Line analysis Do line analysis on the replayed image Area analysis Do area analysis on the replayed image Isotherm analysis Do isotherm analysis on the replayed image Discretional area Do Discretional area analysis on the replayed image...
Page 24 User Manual To exit the replay status, choose icon to exit command or press button C. Then the live thermal image will be resumed. • Note: The icon Start voice replaying is not available when the replayed image does not include voice annotation •...
Page 25 User Manual change the transparency from 0 to 100%. The area size won’t change. Parameter “Distance” can be set to achieve the best IR fusion image. Display the Menu, then enter menu “Setup”, select sub-menu “Target”, press button “OK” to switch to option “Distance”, set its value (meters), then the program will adjust the IR fusion image to the best. Or click the “e”...
Page 26 User Manual The submenus can be navigated by either clicking with the touch pen or pressing button Left or Right. • In each submenu, options are navigated by either clicking with the touch pen or pressing button up or down. The highlighted option is •...
Page 27 User Manual video, choose the icon by clicking it with the touch pen. Or you can press button OK to highlight the icon first and then press the button M to select the icon. To toggle between each icons of the file toolbar, click them with the touch pen or press button OK. After highlighting a certain icon, pressing •...
Page 28 User Manual To open a selected image, choose the icon • Menu Setup Camera setup can be set for the camera. Click the icon up arrow at the below center of the screen with the touch pen to bring up the main •...
Page 29 User Manual To save the change, choose button OK or press the M button on the keyboard; to cancel the change, choose button Cancel or press the C • button on the keyboard. Then the dialog box will be closed and the original image status will be resumed. Button OK and button Cancel can be selected by the touch pen directly or by pressing M button first and then pressing C button on the •...
Page 30 User Manual Option System Click option System with the touch pen or press the button M to select it. Then the System dialog box appears on the screen. Clicking each option box with the touch pen or pressing button OK can toggle between the options. Clicking each value respectively with the •...
Page 31 User Manual Clicking each option box with the touch pen or pressing button OK can toggle between the options. Clicking each value respectively with the • touch pen or moving the button up or down can alter values of the option. Laser: To turn on or off the laser locator.
Page 32 User Manual The tool bar at the bottom of the screen is to adjust the transparency of the fusion part. Press button Left or Right to adjust its value and to change the transparency from 0 to 100%. The area size won’t change. To turn off this function, bring up the main menu, select option Pic Mode under submenu Function either by the touch pen or by pressing OK, and then set its value to be OFF.
Page 33 User Manual KEY BLight: To set light time of the button on the keyboard • Y/M/D: To set date for the camera. After setup, date of the camera will automatically update. • H/M/S: To set time for the camera. After setup, time of the camera will automatically update. •...
Page 34 User Manual If adjustment fails, the cause may be that the touch pen did not click on the cursor centers, a dialog box will appear to indicate failure. Then • repeat the operation above until the adjustment succeeds. To save the ultimate coordinates of the pen after adjustment, select button “Save”. To test the adjustment result, select button Test, draw •...
Page 35 User Manual Press icon , the live video recording will start, a time bar will appear on the top-lef • corner of the screen. The left one is the current recording time, the right one is the max recording time. •...
Page 36 User Manual Option Audio Voice annotation can be performed on saved or frozen images. • Click option Audio with the touch pen or press button “Up” and “Down” to highlight it and then press “Menu” to select it. The Voice annotation •...
Page 37 User Manual Text annotation can be inserted to a frozen image as well. Select the icon Text Annotation with the touch pen. Or press “OK” to toggle • between the icons, highlight the icon Text annotation and then press “Menu” to select it. Then the annotation dialog box appears in the image screen.
Page 38 User Manual to adjust the value of Tmin. Click the palette bar again with touch pen or press “OK”/“Menu”/”C” can enter into palette adjustment keyboard, then use touch pen to select • applied palette from 8 different palettes or press button “Left” and “Right” to highlight the applied palette and then select by “OK”/”Menu”. Option Analysis Click “Analysis”...
Page 39 User Manual Area analysis Do area analysis on the replayed image Isotherm analysis Do isotherm analysis on the replayed image Discretional area Do discretional area analysis on the replayed image analysis Delete analysis object Delete selected analysis object or delete analysis object in the opposite order of the object is added.
Page 40 User Manual Press button “C” to exit and return to the live or zoomed or frozen or save image. • Line Analysis Line Analysis can be performed on live or zoomed or frozen or saved images. And up to 2 lines can be analyzed simultaneously. •...
Page 41 User Manual press “OK” to highlight the icon Area analysis first and then press “Menu” to select it. In saved images, area analysis can be done when the images are replayed. Bring up the replay toolbar with the touch pen or buttons. Click •...
Page 42 User Manual It is possible to change the area number from 1 to 4. Click the icon Area analysis with the touch pen repeatedly can add area on the screen • with the maximum number limitation as 4; or repeatedly press “OK” and then “Menu” when icon “Area analysis” is highlighted to add area on the screen with the maximum number limitation as 4.
Page 43 User Manual Press button C to exit and return to the live or frozen or save image. • Discretional area Analysis Discretional area analysis can be performed on live or zoomed or frozen images. • In live or zoomed images, bring up the main menu, press “Tools” and then select “discretional area analysis” under submenu “Analysis” •...
Page 44 User Manual In frozen images, bring up the frozen toolbar with the touch pen or buttons. Click the icon “Delete” with the touch pen to select it. Or press • “OK” to highlight the icon Delete first and then press “M” to perform it. “Delete”...
Page 45 User Manual Camera setup parameters and filter range remain the same after re-powering on the camera. But they can be resumed to the factory • configured ones when needed. Clicking button Yes or pressing “Menu” will exit the command. Then a NUC is performed automatically. After NUC, all the parameters and •...
Page 46 User Manual Infrared Video General Information The infrared video with temperature information taken by RAZ-IR® NANO can be transferred to PC via 2GB mini SD card or through USB2.0 for further analysis by Guide IR software. The Infrared video function is displayed in the computer and controlled by the Guide IR Analyser. Before the communication please install the USB driver and IR Analyser into your computer.
Page 47 User Manual Open Film  Use this command to open the saved Video file in the directory path of PC. The software will play this file and further analysis can be done on it. Setup Command Use this command to set a directory on the hard disks to store the infrared video, capture image and set other relevant information. Film: set the directory path to save the video recording Capture Saved: set the directory path to save the captured image Frame Rate: set the frame of thermal image per second.
Page 48 User Manual Keeping left button of the mouse depressed and moving the mouse will allow you to move the menu bar to any desired place. File Menu The File menu offers the following commands: Open Image Open an existing image file or infrared video Video Get infrared video from camera or from the directory path of the PC where the films are saved...
Page 49 User Manual Moving the scale pointer to select a suitable temperature range. Or click button Auto to restore the original brightness. Note:  Double clicking the opening image file will activate this command as well. M8 control command The following command is available if the camera connected with PC via USB 2.0 is M8. Calibration (F2) Send calibration command to the camera Near Focus (F3)
Page 50: Video Output
User Manual Use this command or press to record the video capture by TP8 and save it in appointed directory. The default saving directory is in the sub-directory of capture under installation directory. Computer system will denominate the video file automatically. Perform this command again after stopping record.
Page 51 User Manual USB extension cable. ® Microsoft Windows launches a Found New Device Wizard to guide you to install the driver as follows: • Choose “Install from a list or specific location (advanced)” and include the folder where you save the driver program. Then Click button Next •...
Page 52 User Manual Installation continues and finishes quickly. Click button Finish. • Go to Device Manager to check and confirm whether the driver has been successfully installed. If there is “GUIDE M8 After Renumeration • (guideusbd0.sys)” listed under Universal Serial Bus Controller, it indicates the driver has been properly installed and you can transfer data from the camera to PC now.
Page 53: Controlling The Camera Through Rs232 Communication Protocol
User Manual Controlling the Camera through RS232 Communication Protocol RS232 communication protocol is offered with the RAZ-IR® NANO camera. Through the protocol the camera can be conveniently controlled on PC at a remote monitoring place. Using the protocol  Before using the protocol, please ensure the camera and your PC have been properly connected by the RS232/ video cable offered together with the camera.
Page 54 User Manual  Buttons for operating the camera. Using the buttons in different modes: In real-time mode: Button Function Adjust the values of Tmin and Tmax Zoom in/out Bring out the information bar Bring out the analysis bar Bring out the main menu Freeze/save a live thermal image OK_L Idle...
Page 55 User Manual LEFT_L Idle RIGHT_L Idle DIAL_UP Far focus DIAL_DOWN Near focus DIAL_MID Auto focus LEFT_SIDE Switch between thermal/visual/IR fusion modes RIGHT_SIDE Bring out Option Target dialog box L_SIDE_L Switch between Auto/Manual modes R_SIDE_L Switch on laser locator C+LEFT_SIDE Calibration without shutter In frozen mode: Button Function...
Page 56 User Manual Idle Idle Idle Enter into different analysis mode Switch between different analysis modes OK_L Freeze or save image Exit analysis dialog box Exit the frozen mode/make compensation UP_L Idle DOWN_L Idle LEFT_L Idle RIGHT_L Idle DIAL_UP Far focus DIAL_DOWN Near focus DIAL_MID...
Page 57 User Manual RIGHT_L Move the cursor rightwards(Accelerated) DIAL_UP Far focus DIAL_DOWN Near focus DIAL_MID Auto focus LEFT_SIDE Switch between different spots RIGHT_SIDE Bring out Option Target dialog box L_SIDE_L Switch between Auto/Manual modes R_SIDE_L Switch on laser locator C+LEFT_SIDE Idle In line analysis mode: Button Function...
Page 58 User Manual Move the area downwards/enlarge or reduce the area Move the area leftwards/enlarge or reduce the area Move the area rightwards/enlarge or reduce the area Bring out the main menu Confirm the location of the area OK_L Freeze/save the thermal image Return back to analysis selection bar Exit the frozen mode/make compensation UP_L...
Page 59 User Manual Exit the frozen mode/make compensation UP_L Idle DOWN_L Idle LEFT_L Idle RIGHT_L Idle DIAL_UP Far focus DIAL_DOWN Near focus DIAL_MID Auto focus LEFT_SIDE Idle RIGHT_SIDE Bring out Option Target dialog box L_SIDE_L Switch between Auto/Manual modes R_SIDE_L Switch on laser locator C+LEFT_SIDE Idle In isotherm area analysis mode:...
Page 60 User Manual R_SIDE_L Switch on laser locator C+LEFT_SIDE Idle In image/video list mode: Button Function Select image upwards Move image downwards Move image leftwards Move image rightwards Confirm the selection Toggle between different selection buttons OK_L Idle Return back to image list mode Idle UP_L Idle...
Page 61 User Manual Idle OK_L Idle Return back to image/video list mode Idle UP_L Move the central cursor upwards (Accelerated) DOWN_L Move central cursor downwards (Accelerated) LEFT_L Move the central cursor leftwards (Accelerated) RIGHT_L Move central cursor rightwards (Accelerated) DIAL_UP Idle DIAL_DOWN Idle DIAL_MID...
Page 62 User Manual L_SIDE_L Idle R_SIDE_L Idle C+LEFT_SIDE Idle In voice recording mode: Button Function Idle Idle Idle Idle Confirm Toggle between different buttons OK_L Idle Exit voice recording mode Idle UP_L Idle DOWN_L Idle LEFT_L Idle RIGHT_L Idle DIAL_UP Idle DIAL_DOWN Idle DIAL_MID...
Page 63 User Manual Confirm Toggle between different buttons OK_L Idle Exit parameter value adjusting dialog box Idle UP_L Idle DOWN_L Idle LEFT_L Idle RIGHT_L Idle DIAL_UP Idle DIAL_DOWN Idle DIAL_MID Idle LEFT_SIDE Idle RIGHT_SIDE Idle L_SIDE_L Idle R_SIDE_L Idle C+LEFT_SIDE Idle...
Page 64: Troubleshooting
User Manual Troubleshooting The camera does not turn on Battery improperly installed (i..e battery is not locked in place). Remove battery and install correctly. Battery contacts are dirty. Clean battery contacts. Battery charge is low. Recharge battery or replace with fully charged item. Battery performance is poor Battery may be defective.
Page 65 User Manual A small hole in such an enclosure only affects this radiation level very slightly. The area of the hole should not exceed 5% of the area of the walls of the enclosure, when the radiation passing through the hole is within about one part in a thousand of the blackbody radiation level defined by the wall temperature.
Page 66: Typical Emissivity Values
User Manual If a more precise emissivity value is needed or more information is required on how to obtain the emissivity value of a specific material, please contact: us. Typical Emissivity Values Refractories Miscellaneous Alumina 0.40 Asphalt 0.90 Red Brick 0.93 Carbon >0.90...