User Manual

FLIRMR160USERGUIDE  DocumentIdentifier:MR160‐en‐US_AA

5. Operation

5.1PoweringtheMeter

1. PressthePowerbutton momentarilytoswitchthemeterON.

2. PressandholdthePowerbuttonfor>1secondtoswitchthemeterOFF.

3. Ifthebatterystatusindicatorshowsthatthebatteryvoltageislow,orifthemeterdoesnot

poweron,chargethebattery.Seesection6.2BatteryCharging.Thebatterystatusindicator

isvisibleintheMainMenu

(pressthecenterMenubuttontoaccesstheMainMenu).

5.1.1AutoPowerOFF(APO)

ThemeterswitchesOFFautomaticallyafteraprogrammedperiodofinactivity.Themeter

beepsseveraltimesseveralsecondsbeforepoweringoff.PressanybuttontoresettheAPO

timer.TodisableAPO,ortochangetheAPOtime‐outvalue,usetheSETTINGSutilityaccessible

fromtheMainMenu.Thedefaulttime‐outis20minutes.

5.2MoistureMeasurementsandDisplayOverview

5.2.1MoistureMeasurementOverview

Moisturemeasurementscanbeperformedusingeithertheinternalpinlessmoisturesensor

(rear)orbyconnectinganexternalpinprobe.

NOTE:Objectsincloseproximitytotheinternalpinlessmoisturesensor(locatedontherearof

theunit)willaffectthereadingonthedisplay;Keephandsandfingersclearofthesensorwhen

takingmeasurements.

Theinternalmoisturesensordetectsmoisturetoadepthofapproximately0.75”(19mm).The

actualdepthwillvarydependingupontheamountofmoisture,thematerialundertest,surface

roughness,andotherfactors.

Moisturereadingsareshownonthedisplay(digitallyandwithbargraph)intheMoisture‐only

modeorinsmalldigits(upperlefthandcorner)inIR+Moisturemode.SeeFig.5‐1andFig.5‐2.

Pinlessmeasurementreadingsarerelativescaled(0~100)whilepin‐basedreadingsare

representedin%WME(percentwoodmoistureequivalent)0~100%.

UsethecenterSelectbuttonandthefourouterNavigationbuttonstoaccessme

nus,scroll,and

selectmodes.

5.2.2DisplayOverview

MostoftheMR160operationsarerepresentedintheiconsanddisplaysshowninFig.5‐1and

Fig.5‐2below.OtheroperationsarecoveredinthecontextofeachsectionofthisUserGuide.

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