FLIR T series Getting Started Manual

Getting Started Guide

FLIR Txxx series

EN-USEN-US English

Screen elements

1. Back toolbar button.

2. Mode toolbar button.

3. Presets toolbar button.

4. Tools toolbar button.

5. Palette toolbar button.

6. Parameters toolbar button.

7. Result table.

8. Measurement box.

9. Measurement spotmeter.

10. Various status and mode icons, e.g.,

Bluetooth, battery, USB, and
compass.

11. Measurement circle.

12. Temperature scale.

13. Measurement line.

Rear view

A1 Touch screen LCD.

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A2 Antenna for wireless communi-

cation.

A3 Digital zoom button.
A4 Programmable button.
A5 Joystick: Move up/down or left/right

to navigate on menus, in dialog
boxes, and in the image archive.
Push to confirm choices.

A6 Menu/Back button: Push to display

the menu on the screen, and to go
back in dialog boxes.

A7 Mode button: Push to display the

mode selector and select a camera
mode. The modes that can be
selected are:

• Thermal camera: Using this
mode, the camera captures infra­red images.

• Digital camera: Using this
mode, the camera captures vis­ual images.

• Thermal fusion: Using this
mode, the camera captures an
image where some parts are dis­played as an infrared image and
some parts as a visual image,
depending on the temperature.

• Picture-in-picture: Using this
mode, the camera captures an
image where the middle part is
displayed as an infrared image
and the outer frame as a visual
image.

• MSX: Using this mode, the cam­era captures infrared images
where the edges of the objects
are enhanced.

A8 A/M button: This button has two

main functions:

1. Push to switch between auto-

matic and manual adjustment
modes. The manual adjustment

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modes that can be selected are
the following:

• Manual: Using this mode,
the top and bottom tempera­ture levels in the scale can
be changed simultaneously,
by pushing the joystick
up/down. The temperature
span can be changed by
pushing the joystick left/right.

• Manual min: Using this
mode, the bottom tempera­ture level in the scale can be
changed by pushing the joy­stick up/down, while the top
temperature level remains
fixed.

• Manual max: Using this
mode, the top temperature
level in the scale can be
changed by pushing the joy­stick up/down, while the bot­tom temperature level re­mains fixed.

2. Push and hold the button until
you hear a clicking sound to
autoadjust the image.

A9 Archive button: Push to open/close

the image gallery.

A10 On/Off button: Push to turn on/turn

off the camera. Allow 45 seconds
for the start-up sequence.

A11 Hand strap.

Front view

B1 Laser pointer button: Push to acti-

vate the laser pointer.

B2 This button has two main functions:

1. Preview/Save: Push the button

fully down to save an infrared
image and a digital photo simul­taneously. Note: The behavior
of this button can be changed
under Settings to one of the
following:

• Preview/Save.

• Save directly (default).

• Always preview.

2. Autofocus: Push the button half-

way down to autofocus the
camera.

B3 Focus button: Move left/right to

manually focus the camera.

B4 Attachment point for the neck strap.
B5 Video lamp.
B6 Digital camera lens.
B7 Release button for additional infra-

red lenses.

B8 Laser pointer.
B9 Infrared lens.

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Connectors and storage
media

C1 To connect an external USB device

to the camera, use a USB-A cable
and this socket.

C2 To connect a computer to the cam-

era to move images and files to and
from the camera, use a USB Mini-B
cable and this socket.

C3 To insert an SD memory card, use

this card slot.

C4 To connect a video monitor to the

camera, use a CVBS (composite
video) cable and this socket.

Quick Start Guide

Follow this procedure to get started right
away:

1. Charge the battery for 4 hours.

2. Insert the battery into the camera.

3. Insert an SD memory card into the

card slot (C3) at the bottom of the
camera.

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4. Push the On/Off button (A10) to turn
on the camera. Allow 45 seconds for
the start-up sequence.

5. Aim the camera toward your target of
interest.

6. Push the Preview/Save button (B2)
halfway down to autofocus the cam­era.

7. Push the Preview/Save button (B2)
fully down to save an image.

8. To move the image to a computer, do
one of the following:

• Remove the SD memory card (C3)

and insert it into a card reader
connected to a computer.

• Connect a computer to the camera

using a USB Mini-B cable (C2).

9. Move the image from the card or
camera using a drag-and-drop oper­ation.

To keep in mind

• Adjust the focus first. When the cam-

era is out of focus, the measurement is
wrong.

• By default, the camera adapts the

scale automatically. Use this mode
first, but do not hesitate to set the
scale manually.

• A thermal camera has a resolution

limit. This depends on the size of the
detector, the lens, and the distance to
the target. Use the center of the spot
tool as a guide to the minimum poss­ible object size, and get closer if
necessary. Make sure to stay away
from dangerous areas or live electrical
components.

• Be careful when holding the camera

perpendicular to the target—you can
become a source of infrared radiation
through reflection.

• Select a zone of high emissivity, i.e.,

an area with a matte surface, to per­form a measurement.

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• Blank objects, i.e., with low emiss­ivities, may appear warm or cold in the
camera, as they can cause reflections.

• Avoid direct sunlight on the details that
you are inspecting.

• Various types of faults, such as those
in a building’s construction, may result
in the same type of thermal pattern.

• Correctly analyzing an infrared image
requires professional knowledge about
the application.

Additional resources

• User documentation CD-ROM (in the
transport case):

• User’s manual.

• Technical data.

• Application stories.

• Guidebooks.

• And more…

• Customer support:
http://support.flir.com

• Corporate website: http://www.flir.com

• Training by ITC (Infrared Training Cen­ter):

• http://www.infraredtraining.com

• http://www.irtraining.com

• http://www.irtraining.eu

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USA
Telephone: [phone]

Website

http://www.flir.com

Customer support

http://support.flir.com

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