Veto GM-6, GM-26, GM-268 Operating Manual

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GLOSSMETER

1. Feasu res :

Design ed an d manu fac tured in ac cor danc e
with int ern atio nal s tandard AS TMD 523,
ASTMD1 455 , ASTMC3 46, AS TMC5 84,
ASTMD2 457 , DIN EN ISO 2813, DIN 675 30,
ENISO7 668 , JISZ 874 1, MFT300 64,
TAPP IT4 80, GB 975 4, GB/T13 891 , GB77 06
and GB88 07. I ts tec hni cal param ete rs
confor m wit h JJG6 96- 2002. Fle xib le use
with its s epa rate p rob e.

2. Ap plicati ons :

Widely u sed in Floo r mainten anc e, Sur fac e
cleani ng qualit y con trol , Sto ne and t ile g loss
measur ement, Ch ecking pr int ed mat ter,
Qualit y control o f paint and i nk, P olis hed
metal su rface , mea suremen t (ch rome
platin g), Inspe ction of pa int p rote cti on and
waxing , Au to-b ody p aint i nsp ection, S urface
inspec tion of pla stic mold ing s, Eva lua tion o f
deterg ents and wa she rs,C hec king m aso nry
and buil ding exte rio rs.

3. Tec hni cal Sp eci fica tio ns

Measur ing geome try:
GM-6: 60 °
GM-26: 2 0° & 60°
GM-268 : 20°, 60° & 85 °

Range: 0 .1 to 2 00 glo ss un its
Accura cy: ± 1.0 gl oss u nit (agai nst r efer enc e
standa rd )
Resolu tio n: 0.1 g los s unit
Repeat abi lity : ± 0.5 G U (0 ... 99.9 )
Measur ing a rea: 7 x14 mm ellips e
Data mem ori zed: 2 54 gr oups
Data out put : RS 232 C ser ial inter fac e
Wor kin g conditi on:
Tempe rat ure ra nge : 0°C- 40°C
Humidi ty: u p to 85%
Power su ppl y: Lit hiu m Battery
Size: 14 0x4 5x75 m m
Wei ght : 305 g

4. Ac cessori es

Carryi ng ca se.. ... ....... ... .... ... ....... 1pc

Operat ion m anua l.. ....... ... .... ... ....1pc .

Power ad apt er... ... ....... ... .... ... .....1p c.

Holder w ith c alib rat ion stand ard ...1 pc.

Optic cl ean ing cl oth …...... ... .... ... .1pc.

5. Optio nal a cces sor ies

Cable & so ftw are fo r RS2 32C.
USB adap tor.
Blueto oth i nter fac e.

3-1 3-2 3-3 3-4

3-5 3- 6 3- 7

6. Front P ane l Desc rip tions

3-1 Disp lay
3-2 Meas uri ng key
3-3 Dele te ke y
3-4 Read k ey
3-5 Powe r key
3-6 Ang le co nve rsion key
3-7 Cali bra tion key

7. Power O N / OFF

Press th e key t o powe r on th e meter. To
turn it of f, just pre ss th is key a gai n. Thi s
meter is p owe red with Li thium Bat ter y.
Use the ba tte ry adapte r for charg ing .

8. Calib rat ion

1.Pres s the “ ANGL E key ” to select t he
vight me asu ring geom etr y

2.Lay th e mai n unit into t he holder w ith
calibr ati on standa rd of h igh gl oss b lack
tile. Take a r eading by p res sing t he
“MEAS ke y.” Compar e the m easu red v alue
with the v alu e marked on t he tile. If i t
matche s the v alue on the t ile h olde r, the
instru men t is within c ali brat ion a nd ready
for use. I f the m easu red v alue does n ot
match th e ass igned val ue, j ust pr ess t he
“CAL key.”
It is nece ssa ry to in spe ct the cond iti on of
the cali bra tion tile a nd in stru men t optics
before e ach c alibrat ion . Any dust o r deb ris
on the opt ic sh ould be blo wn fr om the
lenses u sin g

dry clea n air, t he op tics must not be
touche d. If t her e are any perman ent m ark s
or scrat che s on th e lenses, the in str ume nt
is no longer su ita ble for measur ing a nd
should be ret urn ed to an authori zed
servic e cen ter. The cal ibr ati on tile must be
perfec tly c lea n from smears an d scr atc hes
before atte mpt ing calibrat ion . Fin gerprin ts
and dust can be r emo ved with the sup pli ed
optic cl ean ing c lot h.

9. Measu rem ent

Remove the ho lde r and l ay the
Measureme nt Ape rtu re just aga ins t the
positi on th at yo u want to measur e. Take a
measureme nt by p ressing the “M EAS
key.” The reading on t he Di spl ay Screen
within 2 seco nds i s the gloss valu e of th at
positi on. M ean whi le the resu lt is s tor ed
into mem ory a uto matically.
When the i nst rum ent is placed on a
sample the ap ert ure is hidden, t he ce ntr e
of the mea sur eme nt area can be
pinpointe d by th e intersecti on of t he
arrows m ark ed on t he front of the
instru men t cas e with those on th e sid e.

10. Data M emo rizi ng

When tak ing m easu rem ents, all v alu es wil l
be store d aut omat ica lly in memo ry an d the
number o f sto red re adi ng is accor din gly
increa sed b y

10.1 The g loss mete r can store u p to 25 4 g
roups of d ata w ith me asu rement co ndi tion s.
If the mem ory i s full , the t ester wil l aut o save
the new re adi ng and d isc ard the old est o ne.
That mea ns th e test er on ly hold the l ast 2 54
groups o f dat a in mem ory.

11. Memor y Rec all

Under th e mea suri ng mo de marked b y ‘M’
on the dis pla y , pres s the “ RD key” to en ter
into mod e of vi ewin g sto red value s mar ked
by “R”. Pr ess “ RD key ” or “C AL key ” to recall
stored v alu es for war ds and back war ds. To
return t o the m easu rem ent state , jus t pres s
any key ot her than “ RD ke y” or “CAL key”.

12. Dele te da ta in me mor y

In the mea sur emen t sta te marked b y “M” o n
the disp lay , t he new r ead ing can be de let ed
by press ing “ DEL ke y”, an d the n umber of
stored r ead ing is a cco rdingly d ecr ease d by

1. To cle ar me mory, just p ress a nd ho ld
“DEL key” for 3 se con ds til l the n umber of

stored r ead ing be com es000.

13. Down loa d to PC

This met er ca n comm uni cate with a P C by
option al US B or RS2 32 ca ble and sof twa re.
All the me mor ized d ata c an downlo ad to
your PC ev ery t ime wh en in a m easurem ent
state ma rke d by “ME NS” w hen you pre ss
“RD key” t o ent er the v iew ing memor ize d
state.

14. Au to Pow er Of f

The inst rum ent fe atu res an auto p owe r off
functi on de sign ed to c onserve b att ery li fe.
If the too l is id le (ne ith er measur ing n or any
key oper ati on) fo r 30 mi nutes, it w ill t urn
itself o ff.

15. Powe r adapter a nd chargi ng of batte ry

When the b att ery ap pea rs on the dis pla y, the
instru men t shou ld be c harged as s oon a s
possib le. t he pow er ad apter sho uld b e
plugge d int o the po wer s ocket of th e
instru men t. The p ower adap ter s hould be
connec ted t o100 ~22 0V 50Hz and c har ging
of the bat ter y will b egi n. Input vo lta ge for
power ad apt er is AC 10 0~2 20V with DC
5~7V of ou tpu t, abo ut 30 0mA of charg ing
curren t, ch argi ng ti me of up to 5.0 h our s.

This ins tru ment u ses a l ithi um io n chargea ble

batter y. Char gin g can be fulf ill ed at any tim e
withou t affecti ng the norm al op eration o f the
instru men t.

Notes:

* The h old er remove d from the ma in un it
should b e kep t in a saf e and c lean plac e to
preven t fro m dama ge or p ollutio n.
* While me asu ring p lea se keep env iro nmen t
light fr om di rect ly ir radiati ng in to the
measur eme nt ape rtu re.
If neces sar y, espe cially un der s trong lig ht,
shade it w ith a p iece o f lig ht-tigh t clo th.
* A bi g temp era ture diff erence be tween
enviro nme nt and m ete r would bad ly affect
measur ing a ccur acy. In such a c ase , please
wait for a p eri od of ti me ti ll the temp era ture
get to a bal anc e and th en ca librate t he me ter
again.
* If measu rem ent op era tion last s a lon g time ,
for exam ple a n hour o r mor e, it is nece ssa ry
to re cali bra te the m ete r.