Guide THERMOPRO TP9 User Manual

Ir thermal camera

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USER MANUAL

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THERMOPRO
TP9 IR Thermal Camera
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    USER MANUAL THERMOPRO TP9 IR Thermal Camera...
  • Page 2 The Quality Management System of Wuhan Guide Infrared Co., Ltd. is approved to ISO9001:2000 for the design and manufacturing, stockholding, in-house repair and site servicing of non-contact temperature measuring instrumentation. Wuhan Guide Infrared Co., Ltd. reserves the right to make changes and improvements on any of the products described in this manual without prior notice. THERMOPRO TP9 Thermal Camera complies with current European directives relating to electromagnetic compatibility and safety.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    SD card In /Out ............................... 11 Load in/Load out Battery ..........................11 Charging Battery ............................. 12 Operation Button Instruction ........................ 13 Quick Start Guide ........................... 14 Operation Instruction ..........................14 Instruction on Configure the USB Driver ....................33 Data Transfer to PC ..........................40 TP9 wireless network connection method ....................
  • Page 4: Cautions

    1. Cautions The following cautions 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  Keep the THERMOPROTM TP9 IR Thermal Camera steady during operation. ...
  • Page 5: System Configuration

    Two rechargeable Li-ion batteries and one special battery charger  AC Adapter & cable  VGA cable  USB extension cable  RS232/TV video cable ®  Guide IrAnalyser analysis software  User manual  Packing box Optional Configuration:  80mm Tele-lens  19mm Wide angle lens ...
  • Page 6 Image Presentation External Display: 5.7″ high resolution color VGA LCD, 640× 480 pixels Viewfinder 0.6″ built-in high resolution color OLED, 640× 480 pixels Video Output: 60Hz VGA/ 50Hz PAL/ 60Hz NTSC switchable Measurement Temperature Range: Filter 1: -20 °С- +250°С; (Down to -40°С optional) Filter 2: 200°С- +800°С...
  • Page 7: System Features

    Shock: Operational: 25G, IEC 68-2-29 Vibration: Operational: 2G, IEC 68-2-6 Interfaces USB 2.0: Real-time data transfer to PC; Image/Video transfer to PC Video Output VGA/PAL/NTSC Wi-Fi Built in 802.11.a/b/g Illuminator Built in adjustable LED Physical Characteristics Housing: Magnalium Weight: 0.85kg (excluding battery & LCD); 1.1kg(including battery & LCD) Size: 186mm×106mm×...
  • Page 8 Voice annotation, text annotation and visual images saved together with thermal images can be replayed as well.  Recorded thermal video can be replayed on PC.  Images saved in SD card and the built-in flash memory can be downloaded to PC for further analysis and report generation with software Guide IrAnalyser®.
  • Page 9: Parts Described

    5. Parts Described 2. IR lens VGA LCD touch screen 3. Laser indicator 4. Illuminator 5. Visual light 6. VGA video interface/ joystick interface 7. USB2.0 interface 8. Battery door 9. View finder Microphone to record voice annotation 11. Joystick 12.
  • Page 10: Assembly/Disassembly Lcd

     Put the hot-shoe connector into the guide rail on the top-end of the camera until the end.  Rotate the fixed rotary knob in a clockwise direction to make the hot-shoe connector and connecting base match and locked.
  • Page 11: Sd Card In /Out

    Don’t forcefully install or disassemble LCD to avoid damaging the metal touch of the hot shoe.  Push LCD into the guide rail of the hot shoe, and make sure the fixed knob is locked well to avoid the bad connect or separation of LCD.
  • Page 12: Charging Battery

     Please turn off the camera before changing the battery.  Pull out of battery lock catch, and then take out the battery. 9. Charging Battery There are only one way to charge battery:  Charging battery with the special battery charger Charging battery with battery charger ...
  • Page 13: Operation Button Instruction

    Operation Button Instruction Power on/off Press this button for 2 seconds to turn on/off the camera. Joystick: Multifunctional Joystick When it is under real-time infrared thermal status,moving up/down the joystick is manual focus, moving right/left the joystick is zoom in. Moving down the joystick to enter menu or parameter option,then moving the joystick to switch from each menu and subsidiary menu, or changing the parameter value.
  • Page 14: Quick Start Guide

    Quick Start Guide  Ensure that the battery is fully charged and the SD memory card is inserted in the camera.  Insert the VGA LCD screen into the hot shoe and ensure it has locked into place.
  • Page 15 Icon Significance Function Bring up the main menu upon Menu click of the touch pen General Parameter Display mode (auto/manual),temperature unit and adjust T-max, palette, T-min and emissivity for the current image Status bar Show the status of the current image: live, frozen, saved, auto mode, manual mode, etc.
  • Page 16 at a low temperature uniform surface or the lens cap Focusing Thermal camera focusing There are two methods to adjust focus in live image: manual and automatic focusing. Before focusing, ensure the lens cap is uncovered and there is no menu or dialog box displayed in live thermal image. ...
  • Page 17  Click the palette with the touch pen, then the palette select menu is shown, select the needed menu, then click the palette on the ride side of screen, then you could change the palette:  The standard temperature range of the camera is -20 to 800°C, which is divided into two filter ranges. The range for filter position 1 is –20 to 250°C;...
  • Page 18 For basic temperature measurement, first ensure that a suitable temperature range is set and the image is in focus. Two methods are available, dynamic real-time temperature measurement and static temperature measurement Dynamic real-time temperature measurement  It is to measure the temperature of real-time thermal image in this method. ...
  • Page 19 Operation on the x1 image is also available for the zoomed image. Note: for Infra-fusion function, the image must at original rooming x1. Frozen live images and save images  Keep the camera steady when you have the image in focus, then press Button S to freeze the live image. Now the image status changes to be frozen.
  • Page 20  Functions of the icons in the toolbar are listed below. Moving the joystick up, down, left or right can toggle between each icons, pressing the joystick can select an icon and execute its command. Then the button will change to yellow. Or you can simply use the touch pen to click each icon to select a certain one. Here is the brief description.
  • Page 21  For each image, max 60 seconds of voice annotation can be added. If voice annotation is less than 60 seconds, press button to stop voice recording. If it is not stopped until 60 seconds, the voice recording will be stopped automatically. ...
  • Page 22  To toggle between the 6 images within one screen, click them with the touch pen or move the joystick up, down, left or right. To select a certain image, click the image or press confirm button to display the image on full screen. ...
  • Page 23: Video Recording

    the image is without text annotation, the text annotation icon will also be dark, means can’t be selected. Video recording  After well-focused, keep the camera body stable, click the shortcut button on toolbar at left bottom corner (or enter main menu, select analysis tool option in submenu “File”) to display toolbar, click to bring out video recording menu.
  • Page 24  Moved the selected rectangle box to the icon (or click on this icon), press the Enter key to return the real-time mode. Button Description Function Forward Forward to next screen Back Back to last screen Delete Delete selected file Delete all Delete all the files Exit...
  • Page 25: File List

     In each submenu, options are navigated by either clicking with the touch pen or moving the joystick left or right. The highlighted option is confirmed by clicking with the pen or pressing the joystick.  To exit the menu system return to a live thermal image, press button C or click the icon “Menu”...
  • Page 26 will selected point change with the point moving.  Delete Press the to delete the selected point  Press C key to exit point analysis and return to real time thermal image. “Line Analysis”  Line analysis can be performed on live or zoomed or frozen or saved images. ...
  • Page 27 Maximum, minimum, average temperature menu. funct  To move the area, use the touch pen to drag the area Centre to the desired position and release. The temperature of area selected will change with the area moving.  change the size of a selected area: click one of its four corners with stylus, drag the corner to the desired position and then release it ...
  • Page 28  Five options Analysis, Target, System, Function and Default are present in the screen. Clicking them respectively with the touch pen or moving the joystick left or right can toggle between them  Analysis: Allows for temperature analysis parameters for live and zoomed images to be set up ...
  • Page 29 several digits. Clicking with stylus can also change the option values.  Press enter button to save the parameters; press button C to cancel the changes on parameters. Then the dialog box will be closed and the original image status will be resumed. ...
  • Page 30  measurement TempUnit: To set the temperature unit for , degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit  ,The value are 1,4,8,16, the FrameAver: To set the number of frames for frame averaging algorithm to freeze image larger the value , the less noise of the thermal image, but meanwhile, the possibility of blurred thermal image by camera shaking, so keep as much as steady when you chose a large value.
  • Page 31 when the battery is to use up. If you keep using, the camera will be turn off after 10 minutes to protect the battery useful time. “Default” option  User can modify the parameter, most of the parameter can be effectively used, but some parameters will be modified irrelevantly then will influent the camera working status, even leads the camera can’t work appropriately.
  • Page 32  There are 5 cursors on the screen, click the center of the cursors(touch the cursor and remove the pen quickly, then move to next one)  After click the cursors, a dialog will pop up to inform the adjusting is finished. Chose button Confirm, the camera will remember the touch pen parameter and come back to the real time mode.
  • Page 33: Instruction On Configure The Usb Driver

    Instruction on Configure the USB Driver Remarks: This instruction could used to configure TP9 USB Driver on Mricrosoft Windows in any version incluidng Windows 7 (32 bits/64 bits), Windows 8. Please config the USB Driver for TP9 by the following instructions. a).Starting the config process, please switch on TP9 and connect it to PC by USB cable.
  • Page 34 d).Click Update Driver to install the driver. e).Click Browse my computer for driver software to continue.
  • Page 35 f).Click Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer to continue. g).Click Network adapters to continue.
  • Page 36 h).Click Microsoft Corporation and you will found the list of device at the right side bar. i).Click Remote NDIS Compatible Device to install the driver.
  • Page 37 j).The PC will update the driver automatically and will remind you after the driver installed. k).The PC will recognize the device after driver installed.
  • Page 38 l).Enter Network and Sharing Center and click Change adapter settings to config the USB Driver. m).You will found a new device in the Local Area Connection which named RNDIS/Ethernet Gadget. Click it by mouse right button and click Properties to continue.
  • Page 39 n). Click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) to config the IP of the USB. o).Config the IP address as below. Click “OK “ to finish USB Driver configuration. IP address: 192.168.2.110 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 Default gateway: 192.168.2.2...
  • Page 40: Data Transfer To Pc

    After Configure USB correctly, user was enable yo transfer data including images, recorded videos and real-time video to PC Data Transfer to PC  Ensure there is USB2.0 interface in the PC  There have two way to transfer data from TP9 to PC: To transfer the data saved in SD card into PC, use the SD card reader to process.
  • Page 41  Press the middle button of Joystick parts or click anywhere on the screen to pop up the following screen:  Press the left and right button of the Joystick, after selecting the red box icon on the above image to press the middle button of joystick , Enter into submenu Setting option, then the cursor is fixed in the sub-option;...
  • Page 42: Troubleshooting

     So far, Wi-Fi network configuration and connection of TP9 camera is completed. Operation methods for IR analysis software connected to TP9  Open infrared analysis software, select "File" -> "Infrared Video" -> "From device video ...", the following dialog box will pop up: ...
  • Page 43: Typical Emissivity Values

    Condensation on camera lens. Place camera in a dry area at room temperature until condensation evaporates. Non-uniformity appears image. Perform non-uniformity calibration Temperature measurement Emissivity setting is incorrect. Check and amend the inaccurate emissivity setting. Filter range is inappropriate. Select a filter range that is suitable for the target temperature being measured.
  • Page 44 Wuhan Guide Infrared Co., Ltd. No. 6 , Huanglong Hill South Road, East Lake Development Zone, Wuhan, 430205, P.R. China Telephone: +86-27-8767 6897 Email: overseas@guide-infrared.com Internet: www.guideinfared.com © Wuhan Guide Infrared Co., Ltd.

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