PCE Instruments PCE-VE 1500-22190, PCE-VE 1500-28200, PCE-VE 1500-60500, PCE-VE 1500-38200, PCE-VE 1500-38209 Users guide

Product Manual

PCE-VE 1500 Series

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Please read the manual before using the equipment.

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Declaration

The manual is only used for this series of products.

As this manual is used as product series manual, however, the configuration

and function of different models may be different, about the specific specification

and function, the technic requirements when you purchasing is the only

reference. For the manual amendment, we have no responsibility and obligation

to inform any company or individuals.

This manual is edited manually. Please understand if there is any error in

the content description.

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Catalog

Instruction Before Use ............................................................................ 3

Main configuration ................................................................................... 3

Button and Port ........................................................................................ 4

Application ................................................................................................ 6

After-service. ............................................................................................. 6

After-service ............................................................................................. 6

Warning .................................................................................................... 6

1 Brief Introduction ................................................................................. 7

1.1 Parameters ........................................................................................ 7

2 Operation Steps .................................................................................... 8

2.1 Take out the instrument ................................................................... 8

2.2 Boot Preparation ............................................................................... 9

2.3 Operation ........................................................................................... 9

2.4 Probe articulation control ............................................................... 10

2.5 After use ........................................................................................... 10

3 Function Operational Specification ................................................ 11

3.1 Camera setting ................................................................................ 11

3.2 Picture-in-picture............................................................................. 11

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3.3 Dual camera preview ..................................................................... 12

3.4 Image Rotation ................................................................................ 12

3.5 Photo/video preview ....................................................................... 13

3.6 Test Report ...................................................................................... 14

3.7 Snapshot .......................................................................................... 15

3.8 Video Record .................................................................................. 15

3.9 Image freezing ................................................................................ 15

3.10 Image Call ..................................................................................... 16

3.11 Measurement（Option） ............................................................ 16

3.12 Settings .......................................................................................... 18

3.13 Full Screen .................................................................................... 19

3.14 File storage path ........................................................................... 20

4 Solution to Common Problems ....................................................... 21

5 Product Assembly Diagram .............................................................. 22

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Instruction Before Use

Main configuration

For the specific configuration, please refers to the packing list.

Name

Specs

Qty

Note

Case

580*345*230 mm

3

1

Videoscope

366mm*194mm*137mm

1

TF card

64G 1

Card reader

USB2.0 port

1 Rechargeable battery

7.4V,6400mAH

2

Option

Type-C cable

1m 1

Charger

USB-C charger（65W）

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Button and Port

(4) Steering lock

(5) Menu

(2) Up

(6) Return

(3) Down

(9)Joystick

(1) On / off

(8) Steering speed control

(7) Brightness

USB interface

(15)Type-c

USB interface

(14)HDMI

(10)Power module removal button

(11)

Power capacity indicator

(with key)

(12)Type-C

charging port

(17)SD card slot

(13)

(18)Photo/video

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（1） On/off: Long press this button for 3 seconds to boot; long press it for

3 seconds to shut down.

（2） Up: in menu setting mode, press this button to upward navigation.
（3） Down: in the preview interface, scroll down to enlarge 8 times.
（4） Steering lock：lock the steering angle of the joystick.
（5） Menu button: enter the system Settings, which mainly include storage

path setting, image calling, language setting, date/time setting,
watermark setting, etc.;

（6） Return: return to previous menu.
（7） Brightness control: control the light from 0-5 levels.
（8） Steering speed control：control the speed adjustment of the joystick

for the probe steering. There are two switching modes: fast and slow.

（9） Joystick:compatible with the steering adjustment and confirmation

keys of the probe, the steering angle can be adjusted up, down, left
and right, and short press down to confirm the operation.

（10） Battery module removal button:Used for disassembly and

replacement of battery module.

（11） Power indicator:display power capacity,dynamic running light mode

during charging, it does not light up after being fully charged. When
the power is insufficient, the last grid will flash.

（12） Type-C USB charging port: used for charging the battery module.
（13） Audio transfer interface: used for audio input of video recording

operation and audio output of video playback.

（14） HDMI: connect the monitor with display by HDMI cable, the image on

the monitor will be displayed synchronously on the display.

（15） Type-C USB port: Developers can upgrade and use it.
（16） USB flash disk / USB interface: used for copying, saving and

exporting local system files by USB flash disk and other devices.

（17） SD card slot: The maximum support for 128G memory.
（18） Photo/video: short press for taking photo, long press for taking video.

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Application

This product can be used for defect or fault detection in aerospace,
automobile engine, automobile parts, military manufacturing, police safety,
power plant, special inspection and other fields. It is applicable to the detection
and analysis of industrial equipment or industrial site to ensure the safe
production and operation of equipment.

After-service

This product has not any spare parts which can be repair by users. Any
disassemble, refit or maintenance is not allowed. If damage and losses caused
by this, we do not assume any responsibility. The product maintenance is only
afforded by the authorized dealers and distributors.

Warning

warning

·Prohibit the use of this instrument to observe the body or the animal's body;

·Do not use the product to inspect equipment in action;

·Do not use or store the product on explosive, strong electromagnetic field
or with combustible gas, otherwise it may cause fire or explosion;

·Do not use the product to check objects with current carrying, so as to
avoid the occurrence of electric shock;

·Do not watch the LED light source at the end of the lens straightly, avoiding
the effect of strong light on the visual acuity;

·Never excessive bending, stretching, twisting, rolling cable, otherwise it
may cause cable disconnect, a fire or electric shock accident;

·If there is abnormal in the angle adjustment operation, stop the current
operation, and turn off. Then contact the supplier;

·Keep the insert tube away from any liquid, except water, salty water or oil;

·When finish using, please clean the front section of the instrument in time,
to prevent corrosion.

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1 Brief Introduction

PCE-VE 1500 series endoscope is a hand-held electric three-dimensional
measurement endoscope. This product adopts full-color IPS full view LCD touch
screen, high-definition image sensor, high-sensitivity electric steering control
joystick and multi-layer tungsten-braided insertion tube. The whole machine is
easy to operate, durable and clear. It is mainly used in special inspection,
aviation, pipeline, pressure vessel, automobile manufacturing, electric power
and other industrial fields.

1.1 Parameters

Probe Diameter(mm)

Φ8/Φ6/Φ3.8/Φ2.8/Φ2.2/Φ1.8

Camera Pixels

1000000/300000

DOF

10-100mm/5-50mm

Probe material

Superwear-resisting alloy

FOV

120°

Viewing Direction

0° front view/90°side view

Illuminance

Max 50000Lx

Tube Material

tungsten-braided

Tube Length

1.5m/2m/3m（other lengths can be customized）

Protecting Device of
Durability

buffer protection device between the host and
wear-resistant tube

Articulation

360° all way

Bending Angle

Max 190°

Display

7-inch full-color full view IPS LCD touch screen

Display Resolution

1920*1200

Image/Video Format

JPG/MP4

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Image Resolution

1280*720

Video Resolution

1280*720

Zoom function

Image 8X

Outer Case Material

anti-fall engineering alloy material

Memory

Built-in 16GB flash memory,external 64G SD
card (up to 128G)

Data Port

HDMI port、USB port、type-c port

Batteries

DC12V、detachable lithium batteries

Working Time

≥3

Battery Capacity

(7.4V，6400mAh)*2

Power Consumption

10W

Weight

≈ 2.4 kg（battery included）

Compatibility

The handle can be replaced; with a variety of
functional accessories

Standard Accuracy

0.1mm

Minimum Accuracy

0.01mm

Accuracy Rating

≥95%

Store Temperature

-23℃~63℃

Relative Humidity

Max: 92%, non-condensing

Host
Working Temperature

-15℃~50℃,when 0°C below, the display needs
preheating.

Camera
Working Temperature

-25℃~80℃ ,when 0°C below, please reduce
probe articulation.

2 Operation Steps

2.1 Take out the instrument

Open the instrument case, while taking out the instrument host, set aside
and pay close attention to the probe; avoid colliding the probe and scratching
probe lens.

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2.2 Boot Preparation

Visually check whether the appearance of the videoscope is intact, connect
the handle to the host, straighten the insertion tube, and adjust the direction of
the probe to 0°.

2.3 Operation

It supports for 5 levels of brightness adjustment. Press the light control

button to suitable brightness. Slowly insert the tube to the inspected object. The
operation interface is as follows:

Below explains the functions of the floating window ICONS from top to bottom
and from left to right.

1. Camera setting, Set image parameters, proportions, special effects, etc.

2. Picture-in-picture, switch small window display function.

3. Dual camera preview, switch dual camera display.

4. Image rotation. The preview image rotates 90° clockwise each time on the

Date\time watermark

Distance watermark

1

2

3 4 5

6 7 8

9

10

11

12

13

Custom watermark

Camera watermark

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15

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interface.

5. Photo/video preview, view photos or videos, and access to system files.

6. Test report, in PDF format, packs a report of the selected photos.

7. Power off button, quick power off with one button.

8. Snapshot,Take pictures.

9. Video recording.

10. Image freezing. Freeze the image in the preview interface.

11. Call the image to complement the contrast image, and select the image that
needs to be displayed with a small window.

12.Measurement, 3D measurement function, providing a variety of
measurement methods.

13.Setting: Set the application, such as storage path setting, call image setting,
language setting, date \ time setting, watermark setting, etc.

14. Full screen, switch full screen display.

15. Steering speed: fast and slow mode, running posture represents fast mode,
and walking posture is slow mode.

Top of the screen:

1. Image zoom level display, can adjust from 0 to 8 levels by touch the screen.

2. Time display

3. Brightness indicator, 0~5 levels can be displayed.

2.4 Probe articulation control

According to the testing need, operate the joystick to control probe
articulation, in order to observe. The bending motion of the front probe is
controlled by rotating the joystick. During the operation, if the joystick suddenly
meets larger resistance, or there is any abnormity, please immediately stop
using. After adjust the joystick to the middle position, please remove the insert
tube carefully from the testing equipment.

2.5 After use

Before you remove the insert tube from the inspected object, please make

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sure the probe is reset to be straight. If the product is damaged due to improper
operation, the user bears the loss. Turn off the power switch, put the instrument
into the portable case carefully, and put the tube into the case well.

3 Function Operational Specification

3.1 Camera setting

Click ICON 1 “camera Settings” to set various parameters of the camera.
You can view resolution, select the image scale and turn on the negative effects.

3.2 Picture-in-picture

Click ICON 2 "picture in picture", and the current live preview static picture
will appear in the upper left corner. You can click this static image to switch with
the real-time image. You can also select historical pictures for static comparison.
You need to "call pictures", see 3.11. After selecting pictures, you can use the
function‘picture-in-picture’.

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3.3 Dual camera preview

Click ICON 3 “dual camera preview” Dual cameras can be displayed on
the same screen.

3.4 Image Rotation

Click ICON 4 "Image Rotation". Rotate clockwise 90° each time, and with
mirror image display function.

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3.5 Photo/video preview

In the preview interface, click ICON 5 "Photo/Video Preview" to jump to the
file preview. You can switch files left and right, enter the file management system,
and delete files.

①Photos can be doodled, rotated and zoomed;

②Videos can be watched and paused;

③Click the folder icon to enter the system file interface.

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3.6 Test Report

Select the image to automatically generate the PDF report.

After clicking the image, a small check mark will appear in the upper right
corner. Click the small check mark to complete the selection of the image and
the following interface will appear.

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You can doodle and edit each image, or you can put edit text under each
image, and you can set the title of the file on the right.Once the Settings are
complete, click on the top right corner to create the test report.

3.7 Snapshot

Short press ICON 8 "Snapshot" to save "date \ time watermark", "Distance
watermark", "Custom watermark" and "Custom file name prefix", see 3.12;
The saved file is named in the form as follows:

3.8 Video Record

Short press ICON 9 "Video" to record video, and second short press to exit.
During recording, you can also short press to take photos. You can save "date \
time watermark", "Camera watermark", "Distance watermark" and "Custom
watermark" and "Custom file name prefix", see 3.12.

The saved file is named in the form as follows:

3.9 Image freezing

Click ICON 10 "Freeze", the image is frozen, and can be doodled and saved.

HMS
YMD

XXXX-20200215-

Prefix

HMS
YMD

XXXX-20200215-

Prefix

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3.10 Image Call

Click ICON 11 "Freeze" "Image call" to select the image to be displayed in

"picture in Picture"

mode, see 3.2

3.11 Measurement（Option）

Click ICON 12 "measurement".to enter the measurement interface. The top
of the interface is the measurement method. From left to right: linear distance
from any point to point, linear distance from horizontal point to point, linear
distance from vertical point to point, point to linear distance, point to surface
distance, perimeter, polyline length, line to surface distance, area, section,
eraser, confirm.

At the bottom of the screen are the measuring tools and Settings.From left
to right are:doodle, add text, zoom, set constraint lines,navigation key, draw

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settings, snapshot, video record, list.

The left area of the interface is plane measurement, and the right area is
3D cloud image area, which can be zoomed in and measured.

Select points on the left image first, use navigation keys, fine tune the

selection points up, down, left and right, and click " " key in the navigation keys
to cycle through the selection points.

Click the ruler key in the 3D cloud image area on the right to measure the
cloud image.Click the "confirm" button in the upper right corner to display the
measurement results and complete the measurement operation.

Click the section key in the upper tool area to view the section depth of the
area to be inspected on the left.

After entering the section tool, select any two points in the left area to form
a section depth view in the right area.

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Eraser : During the selection process, click the eraser button to return to
the top step.

Doodle : Click the doodle key to doodle on the left image and confirm in
the upper right corner.

Screen capture and recording: During the measurement process, you can
take any screen capture and recording to retain the measurement data and
operation process

Draw Settings : Adjust the measured line segment, font size and color.

List: The value after multiple measurements is displayed in the form of a list
on the right side. Click the serial number in the list, such as "1", and the "delete"
option pops up to delete the corresponding value and measurement point.

Note: Strong characteristics are needed to the selection point for
measurement.

3.12 Settings

Click ICON 13 "setting" to pop up the setting menu;

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Storage path Settings, set the storage path for photos and videos,see 3.14.

Image call, set the image to be called in picture-in-picture.

Language Settings, set system language, there are 8 languages optional.

Date/Time setting, set system date and time.

Watermark setting: Set the switch of "date \ time watermark, camera
watermark, distance watermark, custom watermark" ,"Custom file name prefix"
and draw seal style in the preview interface.

WiFi: WiFi is enabled, the system can be updated quickly

System information, view system version.

3.13 Full Screen

Display the image in full screen, hiding the left and right Settings floats.

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3.14 File storage path

Click ICON 13 "Settings" to enter the storage path Settings and enter the
file management interface.

Select the location you want to set as the default storage path, and click the
“small House” ICON in the upper right corner to set as the storage Path,then
pop up the dialog box to determine if you want to change the default storage
Path.

Note: When the memory card is unplugged, the device will automatically
restore internal memory as the default storage path. After the memory card is
inserted again, the memory card shall be set as the default storage path again.

Cache folder for
frozen image

Cache folder for
Measured image

Folder for test
report

Folder for doodle

image saved

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4 Solution to Common Problems

Problem

Reason

Solution

Boot without
reaction

dead battery

charging

Auto shutdown

battery power
shortage

charge or change battery

Boot screen freezing

system boot failure
or battery power
shortage

remove the battery to re
install or charge, or forced
shutdown by triggered the
restart button

The image cannot be
recorded or found

the capacity of SD
card is not enough

Remove unwanted files

Image stuck and fail
to turn off

system stuck

forced shutdown by
triggered the restart button

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5 Product Assembly Diagram

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