User Manual

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

5.2.6ExternalMoistureProbe(Pin)Measurements

1. FollowthestepsinSection5.2.1through5.2.4andselectPinmodefromtheMOISTURE

modeoptions.

2. Connecttheexternalpinprobetothemeter’sEXTjackonthebottomofthemeter

(undertheprotectiveflap).

3. SelecttheappropriateMaterialGroupasdescribedinSection5.2.4(seeSe

ction9forthe

MaterialGroupAppendices).Note:UseGroup9forbuildingmaterials.

4. Pressthepins intothematerialundertest.

5. Themoisturereadingisdisplayedon themaindisplay(in%WME)intheupperlefthand

corner(IR+Moisturemode)orasabargraphwithaccompanyingdigits(Mois

ture‐only

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

5.2.7ReferenceModeMoistureMeasurements

1. FollowthestepsinSection5.2.1through5.2.4andselectSETREFERENCEfromthe

MOISTUREmodeoptions.Thismodeisonlyavailableforpinlessmeasurements(internal

sensor).

2. WhentheSETREFERENCEmodeisselectedanewdisplaylinewillappearprecededbya

delta(triangle)symbol.Thedigitsnexttothetriang

lesymbolindicatethereferencevalue

(themeasurementrecordedwhentheSETREFERENCEmodeisselected).Referto

examplescreensshowninFig.5‐1andFig.5‐2.

3. Allmeasurementstakensubsequentlywillberelativetothereferencevalue.For

example,ifthereferencevalueis‘10’(re

presentingthedriestareaofthematerialunder

test)andameasurementof‘50’istaken(inanareawithhighermoisturecontent),the

measurementlinewillshow‘40’(50–10=40).Asimplied,thismodeisusefulfor

comparingwetareastoadryareareference.

4. Thereferencevalueisdisplayedonthemaindisplayintheupperlefthandcorner(IR+

Moisturemode)ortotherightofthebargraph(Moisture‐onlymode).Refertoexample

screensshowninFig.5‐1andFig.5‐2.

5. Toremovethereferencevalueandexitthemod

e:Removethemetersensorfromthe

areaundertest,sothatthesensorisnolongertouchingasurfaceandisclearofany

objects(keephandsawayfromthesensoralso),andthenpresstheSetReferenceicon

again.Thereferencevaluewillnolongerbevisibleonthemeterdisplay.