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#ThermalVision™ PRO SW
ThermalVision™ PRO PC Software
Instruction Manual
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#ThermalVision™ PRO SW Contents 1. Installing the ThermalVision™ PRO series software onto a PC. ................................... 3 2. Transferring saved images from the camera to the PC. ............................................. 3 2.1. Direct from Camera ........................................................................................ 3 2.2. From Micro-SD Card ........................................................................................ 4 3. Using the T
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#ThermalVision™ PRO SW 1. Installing the ThermalVision™ PRO series software onto a PC. To install the ThermalVision™ PRO software onto a PC: 1. Insert the CD into the PC. 2. Use Windows Explorer to view the files on the CD. 3. Open and run the file “ThermalVision PRO PC setup.exe”. 4. This will install the software on to the PC. Once the software has successfully been installed an icon appears on the PC Desktop. 2. Transferring saved images from
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#ThermalVision™ PRO SW 2.2. From Micro-SD Card a) Take the micro-SD card out of the camera and insert into a suitable card reader. b) Connect the card reader to the PC. c) Use Windows Explorer to locate the files with the images on the micro-SD card and copy the complete folders on to the PC. Note that there are at least two files for each image, which must be kept together. 3. Using the ThermalVision™ PRO series software. The PC software has two main parts. 1. Analysis Mode –
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#ThermalVision™ PRO SW Opening Screen shot. The window format shown below should be displayed. It may be necessary to maximise the window in order to see all the features. Toolbar Tabs for Display, Cursors, Settings and Annotation Temperature scale for the image Image Visible and thermal Level and Span Adjustment bar image alignment Image Description The thermal image is seen on the right hand side of the screen.
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#ThermalVision™ PRO SW 3.3. Analysis Tools To analyse an image and change its presentation the tools available are: 1. Drop down menus. 2. Icon Toolbar. 3. Tabs. TABS Display Tab ND-7609-3UK Page 6 of 21
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#ThermalVision™ PRO SW 1. Temperature span allows the image display span values to be altered manually by clicking on the Figures in the boxes and changing them. Auto span sets the temperature span values based on the temperature values in the image. The temperature span can also be adjusted using a mouse in the level and span adjustment bar (see below). To adjust span click on the dark grey and light grey border and drag. To adjust level click in the middle of the light gr
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#ThermalVision™ PRO SW 4. Interpolation. To change the interpolation click on the arrow button. x 1 (320X240) x 2 (640 x 480) 5. Zoom factor. To change the zoom setting click on the arrow button. The following four settings are available X1, X2, X3, X4 (examples of X1, X2 and X4 shown below). x1 Zoom X3 Zoom X4 Zoom When zoomed to x2 or more, the part of the image diplayed can be selected by means of the mouse in the Pan Control
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#ThermalVision™ PRO SW Cursors tab Up to 10 cursors can be added to the display. 8. To add a cursor to the image, double click on the image on the screen. The cursor can be moved by the drag and drop method. 9. To remove cursors either double click on it or highlight the cursor in the box and click remove. The list of cursors within the box shows:- 1. The temperature of the cursors. 2. The position of those cursors. 3. The emissivity value. This can be set individua
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#ThermalVision™ PRO SW Settings tab o o 1. Units: C, F, K. Change using the arrow button. 2. Reflected Temp.: Change using the arrow buttons. 3. Global Emissivity: 0.01 to 1.00. Change using the arrow buttons or >> button. Access the emissivity look up table 4. Capture Time: Change if required using the arrow buttons. 5. Capture Date: Change if required using the arrow buttons. 6. Comments: Type in any comments in the box. 7. Caption Any text ca
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#ThermalVision™ PRO SW 3.4. Menus and Toolbars Use either the drop down menus or the icons on the toolbar to carry out various operations. Drop down menus Icons toolbar. File Items 1 and 2 below are also available via the icons on the toolbar. 1. Open. Use Windows Explorer to open an image. 2. Save. To save changes to the image. 3. Save As. To save the image with a different file name. 4. Revert. To discard all changes since the last save. 5. Excel out
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#ThermalVision™ PRO SW Edit 1. Copy… 2. Copy To Bitmap… This offers the option to copy the image to the clipboard or to save as a bitmap. Both of these options will allow three choices - Full window, Snapshot or Snapshot+. Full window. Snapshot. Snapshot +. Full window saves the complete Snapshot saves the Snapshot + saves the window. image only. image and the colour temperature scale. ND-7609-3UK Page 12 of 21
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#ThermalVision™ PRO SW View Items 3 onwards are also available via the icons on the toolbar. 1. Toolbar. Turns on/off the icon toolbar. 2. Status Bar. Turns on/off the status bar at the bottom of the screen. 3. Measurement Cursors List. Toggles to show the temperature value and position of the selected cursors. The value of the hottest and coldest points in the image (see item 5 below) and the area box values (item 6 below). 4. Measurement Cursors. Toggles betwee
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#ThermalVision™ PRO SW 5. Cursor Temperature. Toggles between displaying cursor/s with temperature values besides them or the cursor number. 6. Hot & Cold Cursors. Allows the display of the hottest and coldest point of the whole image. 7. Area Select. Selects an area in the middle of the image. The maximum, minimum and average temperatures of the area box are displayed in the cursor list (item 3 above). Three different area sizes are available (see page 8).
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#ThermalVision™ PRO SW 8. Blue Isotherm. 9. Red Isotherm. Isotherms are regions within the scene of the same temperature range and are shown in the same colour. This is best seen using either the white hot or Black hot colour schemes. Red Isotherm Blue isotherm Both Isotherms The red and blue isotherms can be set by adjusting the red and blue blocks in the level and span adjustment bar. This can be done using a mouse. To adjust the isotherm width, click on t
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#ThermalVision™ PRO SW 11. Options. Toggles to display the Tabs panel. Options on – Tabs displayed Option off 12. Report Writer. This will toggle between the Analysis Mode and Report Writer Mode. Tools 1. Reset Isotherms. Reset the isotherms to the default values. 2. Language. The following languages can be selected. Once a language is selected exit the IR series software and re-start it to activate the selection. Help About. Shows the so
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#ThermalVision™ PRO SW 4. Report Writer It is possible to toggle between the ThermalVision™ 160 Analysis Mode and the Report Writer Mode from the drop down view menu or the toolbar. There are three steps to create a report. There is a separate tab for each function. 1. Title page. Enter details that should appear in the title page of the report. 2. Image select. This allows the selection of the images needed for the report. 3. Inspection Data. Information and additional dat
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#ThermalVision™ PRO SW 4.2. Image select tab. 1. The screen shown below appears. 2. Click on the browse button to open Windows Explorer. 3. Highlight an image and click on the open button, or simply double click on a IR series image. ND-7609-3UK Page 18 of 21
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#ThermalVision™ PRO SW 4. All the Images in that folder will now appear in the browser selection on the left of the window. 5. Click on a selected image in the browser section and it appears in the image preview section on the right of the window. 6. The add/add all remove/remove all buttons allow the selection and removal of images as required. 7. Selected Image/s will appear in the inspection section in the centre of the window. ND-7609-3UK Page 19 o
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#ThermalVision™ PRO SW 8. Each image, when selected, may be edited by means of the “Edit Image” button. This switches to the Analysis Mode. When editing is complete, switch back to the Report Writer Mode by means of the “Toggle Report Writer” button. 4.3. Inspection Data Tab 1. The inspection Data window will appear. 1. Complete and enter data as required for the report. The image can be edited if required by clicking on the edit image button. 2. Once data is enter
