Product Manual

FLIRCM174USERMANUALDocumentIdentifier:CM174‐en‐US_AB

5.10IGMThermalImager

Warning:Donotpointthelasertowardtheeyes,asprolongedexposuremaycauseinjury.

5.10.1ThermalImagerBasics

IntheThermalImagingmodetheusercanmeasureatargetedsurface’stemperature.Thisis

accomplishedbydetectingtheenergyemittedbythesurfaceundertest.Athermalimageof

theareaundertestisviewedinthesamemanneraswithdedicatedthermalimagingdevices,

wherecolorvariationsreflecttemperature

variations.SeeSection5.10.3foranin‐depth

discussiononInfraredEnergyandThermalImagingTheory.Thelaserpointeranddisplaycross

hairsassistinsurfacetargeting.

 PresstheIGMbuttontoopentheThermalImager.

InFig5‐8themeterissettocolorpaletteIRON.

Select

otherpalettesintheProgrammingMenu.

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1. Temperature Measurement

2. ThermalImage

3. Auto Rangeicon

4. HighVoltagealert

5. Voltagereading

6. Battery status

7. Auto PowerOFFactive

8. Crosshairs

9. Palettescale

10. Emissivitysetting

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 TheTemperaturemeasurement(1)shownontheupperleftcornerofthedisplay

representsthe

temperatureofthespotsensed.Notethatwhilethetemperaturereadingis

stabilizingdasheswillbedisplayedforapproximately30seconds.TheLaserandtheCross

hairs(8)canbeusedforprecisetargeting(setthemONorOFFindividuallyinthe

ProgrammingMenu).

 ThecurrentlyselectedEmissivityvalue(10)isshownontheupperrightcorner.Usethe

programmingMenutochangetheemissivitysetting.SeetheEmissivitytablelaterinthis

guideforalistofsettingsforvarioussurfacetextures.

 TheThermalscale(9)showstherangeofcolorsforthermalimages.Thelighterthecolor,

thewarmerthetemperature;thedarkerthecolor,thecoolerthetemperature.

 TheDistancetoSpotratiofortheimageris30:1meaningthatthemeasurementspotis30

timessmallerthanthedistancethemeterisfromspot(atadistanceof30”,themeter

‘sees’atargetspot

of1”).SeeFig5‐8forexamples.

Thethermalimager’sFOV(FieldOfView)is50degrees(topview)and38.6degrees(side

view),seeFig.5‐9(a)and(b).

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Fig5‐8ThermalImage