User Manual

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

5.2.4MOISTUREMode

FromtheMainMenuselecttheMOISTUREmodeicon(1).RefertoFig.5‐4.Thenchoose

fromthefourMoisturemodeoptions(items2,3,4,and5)asdescribedbelow.

1. MoistureModeIconfromtheMainMenu

2. MATERIALGR

OUPS

Selectamaterialwoodgroupthatbestmatchesth

ematerialundertest.Thisappliesonly

forexternalpin‐basedprobeuse;Usethenavigationbuttonstoscrollthroughthegroup

listandusetheSelectbuttontochoosethegroup.Theselectedgroupwillshowablue

dot.SeetheMaterialWoodGrou

pListAppendixin

Section9.

3. PINMODE

PINmodemustbeselec

tedwhentheexternalpin‐

basedprobeisused.Notethepinicon(3)onthe

upperleftofthemaindisplaywhenselected.

4. PINLESSMODE

PINLESSmodemustbeselec

tedwhenusing

theinternalsensor.Notethepinlessicon(4)

ontheupperleftofthemaindisplaywhen

selected.

5. SETREFERENCEMODE

SETREFERENCEisusedtocomparethedisplayedreadingsagainstastoredreference

measurement(seeSection5.2.7SetReferenceMode).Thismodeappliesonlytoreadings

takenwiththepinlessinternalsensor.

5.2.5InternalMoistureSensorMeasurements(Pinless)

1. FollowthestepsinSection5.2.1through5.2.4andselectthePinlessmode.

2. Placetheinternalmoisturesensor(back)onthesurfaceofthematerialtobetested.

Applylightpressuretoensurethattheinternalsensoriscompletelyflatagainstthe

surfaceofthematerialundertest.

3. Therelativemoisturereadingisdisplayedonthemaindisplayintheupperle

fthand

corner(IR+Moisturemode)orasbargraphwithaccompanyingdigits(Moisture‐only

mode).RefertoexamplescreensshowninFig.5‐1andFig.5‐2.

4. Forbestresults,keephands,surfaces,andobjectsawayfromtherearinternalmoisture

sensorareawhentakingmeasurements.

Fig.5‐4Moisturemodeicons

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