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1. 128 17 2 1 1 Step 1 Determining reflected apparent temperature 128 17 2 1 2 Step 2 Determining the emissivity 130 17 3 Reflected apparent temperature 131 17 4 BIStatiCe eet O AH HN 131 17 5 Relative humidity a an HI 131 17 6 Otlier parameters eere penra anasa as TE e RE EIKE RON TEN 131 History of infrared technology sssssssssnne enemies 133 Theory of thermography x irte nce Eis 137 19 1 Inttoduelion speso a nee pe es tv eeu ses aper Ee rede Ae edo esI 137 19 2 The electromagnetic spectrum iet ana 197 19 3 Blackbody r diation 2 2 redeem EI 138 19 394 Planck E JAW nn Ed 139 19 3 2 Wien s displacement 140 19 3 3 Stefan Boltzmanns 19 3 4 Non blackbody emitters uuesensessesnennnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 143 19 4 Infrared semi transparent materials unennsnensnsenennennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnn 145 The measuremnient formula ect na 147 Emissivity tables 153 21 1 References 153 21 2 Important note about the emissivity tables 153 21 3 Tabla cR 153 Glossary eed NA A DD DD ALIS 169 bI c M palette 173 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 Xi xii Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18
2. a te ten des 76 12 2 Creating a conditional formula using the if statement sss 78 Converting radiometric sequence files sss 81 Software reference section eee tnter ttr teta tad teni 14 1 FLIR Reporter Professional menu 14 2 Explanation of the Guicklnsert dialog box 14 3 Shortcut menu for IR Viewer objects unuunnsensnnessennnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnn 14351 Settings dialog tette re mer RR dent 14 3 1 1 GOlOPS AID reset ee hn a 14 3 1 2 B se Dielen A o 14 3 1 3 Annotations tab 14 3 1 4 Object Parameters tab 14 3 1 5 Preferences tab 14 4 Shortcut menu for isotherms and IR scales sssssssseeeeeeeeeneeeneeennnnn 96 14 5 Shortcut menu for measurement tools uusssnssensnensnensnensnennnennnennnnennennnennnennnennnnnnnnnnnnn 97 14 5 1 Settings dialog nete te re mer 98 14 5 1 1 a kri to a ie dott rede 98 14 5 1 2 Object Parameters tab 14 5 1 3 Size Position tab 14 6 Shortcut menu for IR Profile objects 101 146 1 Settings dialog DOX 5 ete e t remeras 102 14 6 1 1 CCCo 102 14 61 27 COOMA is icc ertet rona olira 103 14 6 1 3 WINGS tab ER 104 14 7 Shortcut menu for IR Histogram objects 105 14 7 1 Settings dialog box 106 14 7 1 1 nene Ete NE a 106 Publ N
3. Platinum wire 50 200 T 0 06 0 07 Platinum wire 500 1000 T 0 10 0 16 Platinum wire 1400 T 0 18 Porcelain glazed 20 T 0 92 Porcelain white shiny T 0 70 0 75 Rubber hard 20 RD 0 95 Rubber soft gray rough 20 T 0 95 Sand T 0 60 Sand 20 T 0 90 Sandstone polished 19 LLW 0 909 Sandstone rough 19 LLW 0 935 Silver polished 100 T 0 03 Silver pure polished 200 600 JT 0 02 0 03 Skin human 32 T 0 98 Slag boiler 0 100 1 0 97 0 93 Slag boiler 200 500 F 0 89 0 78 Slag boiler 600 1200 0 76 0 70 Slag boiler 1400 1800 Ji 0 69 0 67 Snow See Water Soil dry 20 T 0 92 Soil saturated with wa 20 T 0 95 ter Stainless steel alloy 8 Ni 18 500 T 0 35 Cr Stainless steel rolled 700 T 0 45 Stainless steel sandblasted 700 T 0 70 Stainless steel sheet polished 70 LW 0 14 Stainless steel sheet polished 70 SW 0 18 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 165 21 Emissivity tables Stainless steel sheet untreated 70 LW 0 28 9 somewhat scratched Stainless steel sheet untreated 70 SW 0 30 9 somewhat scratched Stainless steel type 18 8 buffed 20 T 0 16 2 Stainless steel type 18 8 oxi 60 T 0 85 2 dized at 800 C Stucco rough lime 10 90 T 0 91 1 Styrofoam insulation 37 SW 0 60 7 Tar T 0 79 0 84 1 Tar paper 20 P 0 91 0 93 1 Tile glazed 17 SW 0 94 5 Tin burnished 20 50 Ji 0 04 0 06 1 Tin tin plated sheet 100 3H 0 07 2 iron Tita
4. 2x99 8 2 2 12 Moving between measurement tools 60 8 2 2 13 Cloning measurement tools sss 61 8 2 2 14 Deleting measurement tools ssssee e 62 8 2 2 15 Deleting infrared objects eene 63 8 2 2 16 Deleting Result Table objects 64 8 2 2 17 Deleting Summary Table objects 65 8 2 2 18 Deleting Field objects a 66 8 3 Creating a custom infrared report template based on an existing template 67 Creating Microsoft Word document properties 68 9 1 Creating amp editing Microsoft Word document properties 68 9 2 Creating a Microsoft Word field and linking the field to a document property 70 9 2 1 Ir Microsoft Word vest wits seele vies RR 70 Creating text comment files 2040204n0n0unnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 71 10 1 Greating text comment file 4u 2use een 71 10 2 Linking a text comment to a Result Table 72 Creating emissivity table files ssssssssssseeneneneneeneenenennenennenre nennen 73 Creating f rmula Ssd oian ice en a i een en es ee EIER 75 12 1 Creating a simple formula
5. tmw 121 3 3D View 101 102 105 106 110 112 A about FLIR Systems 123 Add 92 Add a result table 86 Adobe PDF document creating 25 85 Advanced 89 alarm inserting 27 All 112 altitude 32 33 34 arrow creating 26 inserting 26 Atmospheric Temperature 91 93 Auto 102 106 107 Auto adjust 95 Axes 103 108 115 B back cover creating 47 Background 103 108 115 Backward 113 Band 106 bands extreme infrared 137 far infrared 137 middle infrared 137 near infrared 137 Bar color 108 bent line cloning 61 creating 26 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 bent line continued deleting 62 inserting 26 moving 58 selecting 59 blackbody 73 construction 138 explanation 138 practical application 138 box cloning 61 creating 26 deleting 62 inserting 26 moving 58 selecting 59 Browse 89 C cavity radiator applications 138 explanation 138 changing emissivity 73 chart datum 32 33 34 Check for updates 85 circle cloning 61 creating 26 deleting 62 inserting 26 moving 58 selecting 59 cloning bent line 61 box 61 circle 61 flying spotmeter 61 line 61 measurement tools 61 polygon area 61 Cold Spot 97 Color 103 108 115 Colors 89 Columns 102 106 Computed transmission 94 Connect 84 111 connecting infrared object 25 84 173 Index D connecting continued infrared objects 56 Co
6. 2 Reflected emission from ambient sources 1 TW ef where 1 is the re flectance of the object The ambient sources have the temperature T er It has here been assumed that the temperature is the same for all emitting surfaces within the halfsphere seen from a point on the object surface This is of course sometimes a simplification of the true situation It is however a necessary simplification in order to derive a workable formula and can at least theoretically be given a value that represents an efficient temperature of a complex surrounding Note also that we have assumed that the emittance for the surroundings 1 This is correct in accordance with Kirchhoff s law All radiation impinging on the surrounding surfaces will eventually be absorbed by the same surfaces Thus the emittance 1 Note though that the latest discussion requires the complete sphere around the object to be considered 3 Emission from the atmosphere 1 T TW atm where 1 T is the emittance of the atmosphere The temperature of the atmosphere is The total received radiation power can now be written Equation 2 Wa ETW E TWen atm We multiply each term by the constant C of Eguation 1 and replace the CW products by the corresponding U according to the same eguation and get Eguation 3 ETU gb Se TU al atm Solve Equation 3 for U Equation 4 148 Publ No 1558567 Rev
7. To move the slider to a specific position on the gauge double click the gauge at that position move the slider in small increments to the left or to the right click the gauge to the left or to the right of the slider For more information about image fusion see section 14 3 Shortcut menu for IR Viewer objects on page 87 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 33 7 7 Screen elements amp how to use them Related topics 34 To auto adjust an image for best image brightness and contrast right click one of the sliders To move both sliders together press and hold SHIFT and move one of the sliders To open a new infrared image or sequence file double click the IR Viewer object You can also right click the IR Viewer object and select Open To play back a voice comment click the voice comment symbol The voice comment symbol is only visible when the image has a voice comment To see a text comment click the text comment symbol The text comment symbol is only visible when the image has a text comment To display the position where the image was taken on amap click the globe symbol This requires that the image contains GPS data To insert measurement tools click the appropriate toolbar button To save under a different file name right click the image and select Save As To zoom in on an image right click the image and select Zoom To change settings related to colors isotherms tex
8. ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 14 Software reference section 14 8 1 Settings dialog box 14 8 1 1 Connect tab Explanation Label Explanation To specify a parameter for the Y axis click Add and select a label and value for in the left and right pane respectively Time To specify time as the X axis parameter select the Time option button Image sequence number To specify an incrementally stepped image sequence number as the X axis parameter select the Image sequence number option button Text Comment To specify text comments as the X axis parameter select the Text Comment option button When using text comments as the X axis parameter all images must have the same text comment label The value of the text comment must be a numerical value Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 111 14 Software reference section 14 8 1 2 General tab Explanation Label Explanation Grid Lines Legend To display a grid of horizontal lines in the IR Trending object click Grid Lines To display a legend below the IR Trending object click Legend Show Only Visible Plot Lines in Legend 3D View Swap X amp Y Axes All To display trend lines in the legend that you have cleared on the Lines tab click Show Only Visible Plot Lines in Legend To create a three dimensional rendering ofthe graph of the IR Trending object click 3D View To swap the X and Y axes of the IR
9. March 18 2008 14 Software reference section Explanation Insulation factor This text box is only displayed when an insulation alarm is active The insulation factor is the accepted energy loss through the wall Different building codes recommend different values but typical values are 0 70 0 80 for new buildings Note Refer to your national building code for recom mendations Atmospheric Tempera ture This text box is only displayed when a humidity alarm is active This parameter refers to the atmospheric temperature when setting up humidity alarms A humidity alarm is an alarm that can detect what may be an insulation deficiency in a wall Relative air humidity This text box is only displayed when a humidity alarm is active This parameter refers to the relative air humidity when setting up humidity alarms Humidity Alarm Level Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 This text box is only displayed when a humidity alarm is active The humidity alarm level is the critical limit of relative humidity that you want to detect in e g a building structure For example mold will grow on areas where the relative humidity is less than 100 and you may want to find such areas of interest Note Refer to your national building code for recom mendations 91 14 Software reference section 14 3 1 3 Annotations tab Explanation Label Explanation
10. March 18 2008 167 21 Emissivity tables polished 200 300 0 04 0 05 sheet 50 0 20 168 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 22 Term or expression Glossary Explanation absorption absorption factor The amount of radiation absorbed by an object relative to the received radiation A number between 0 1 ambient Objects and gases that emit radiation towards the object being measured atmosphere The gases between the object being measured and the camera normally air autoadjust A function making a camera perform an internal image correc tion autopalette The IR image is shown with an uneven spread of colors display ing cold objects as well as hot ones at the same time blackbody Totally non reflective object All its radiation is due to its own blackbody radiator calculated atmospheric transmission cavity radiator temperature An IR radiating equipment with blackbody properties used to calibrate IR cameras Atransmission value computed from the temperature the relative humidity of air and the distance to the object A bottle shaped radiator with an absorbing inside viewed through the bottleneck color temperature The temperature for which the color of a blackbody matches a specific color conduction The process that makes heat spread into a material continuous adjust A function that adjusts the image The function
11. Section 7 1 2 IR Viewer object toolbar on page 26 Section 7 2 1 IR Viewer object on page 32 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 8 Creating a custom report template 8 2 2 13 Cloning measurement tools Procedure To clone a measurement tool press and hold CTRL when you move the measurement tool This will create a clone of the measurement tool Related topics Section 7 1 2 IR Viewer object toolbar on page 26 Section 7 2 1 IR Viewer object on page 32 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 8 Creating a custom report template 8 2 2 14 Procedure Related topics 62 Deleting measurement tools To delete a measurement tool do one of the following Select the tool and press DELETE Select the tool right click and select Delete Section 7 1 2 IR Viewer object toolbar on page 26 Section 7 2 1 IR Viewer object on page 32 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 8 Creating a custom report template 8 2 2 15 Deleting infrared objects Procedure Follow this procedure to delete an infrared object except Field objects Result Table objects and Summary Table objects Click anywhere on one of the following IR Viewer object IR Profile object IR Histogram object IR Trending object Digital Photo object On the main toolbar click an Related topics Section 7 2 Inf
12. a ThermoTeknix amp tmw a ThermoTeknix amp tlw a ThermaCAM radiometric seq radiometric sequence files Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 121 15 Supported file formats in the IR Viewer object INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 122 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 16 About FLIR Systems FLIR Systems was established in 1978 to pioneer the development of high performance infrared imaging systems and is the world leader in the design manufacture and marketing of thermal imaging systems for a wide variety of commercial industrial and government applications Today FLIR Systems embraces four major companies with outstanding achievements in infrared technology since 1965 the Swedish AGEMA Infrared Systems formerly AGA Infrared Systems and the three United States companies Indigo Systems FSI and Inframetrics 1072270341 Figure 16 1 LEFT Thermovision Model 661 from 1969 The camera weighed approximately 25 kg 55 Ib the oscilloscope 20 kg 44 Ib and the tripod 15 kg 33 Ib The operator also needed a 220 VAC generator set and a 10 L 2 6 US gallon jar with liguid nitrogen To the left of the oscilloscope the Polaroid attachment 6 kg 13 Ib can be seen RIGHT Infra CAM from 2006 Weight 0 55 kg 1 21 Ib including the battery The company has sold more than 40 000 infrared cameras worldwide for applications such as predictive maintenance R 8 D n
13. or an AMD Opteron AMD Athlon 64 or AMD Athlon XP processor 512 MB of RAM or greater 20 GB of available hard disk space CD ROM or DVD ROM drive Super VGA 1024 x 768 or higher resolution monitor Internet access required for web updates Keyboard and Microsoft mouse or a compatible pointing device Microsoft Windows Vista Personal computer with a 1 GHz 32 bit x86 processor 1 GB of RAM or greater 40 GB hard disk with at least 15 GB available hard disk space DVD ROM drive Support for DirectX 9 graphics with WDDM Driver 128 MB of graphics memory minimum a Pixel Shader 2 0 in hardware 32 bits per pixel Super VGA 1024 x 768 or higher resolution monitor Internet access fees may apply Audio output Keyboard and Microsoft amp mouse or a compatible pointing device Microsoft Office amp 2003 with Service Pack 3 SP3 Microsoft Office amp 2007 with Service Pack 1 SP1 For specific information about system requirements for the operating systems men tioned above please visit http www microsoft com windows 3 Installation 3 2 3 2 1 NOTE Procedure NOTE Installation of FLIR Reporter Professional Windows XP installation If your software license agreement depends on using a security device insert the security device in an available USB connector of the computer before you enter the license number The license number is printed on the back of the C
14. starting 16 Y Y Axis 111 179 Index Z Z Zoom 87 zooming 27 180 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 2 Publ No 1558567 Rev 269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 181 A note on the technical production of this manual This manual was produced using XML the eXtensible Markup Language For more information about XML please visit http www w3 org XML A note on the typeface used in this manual This manual was typeset using Swiss 721 which is Bitstream s pan European version of the Helvetica typeface Helvetica was designed by Max Miedinger 1910 1980 The following file identities and file versions were used in the formatting stream output for this manual 20235103 xml 20235203 xml 20235303 xml 20236703 xml 20237103 xml 20238703 xml 20250403 xml 20254903 xm 20257003 xml 20273903 xml 20277903 xm 20279903 xml 20280003 xml 20280103 xml 20280203 xml 20280303 xml 20280403 xml 20280503 xml 20280603 xml 20280703 xml 20280803 xml 20281203 xml 20281403 xml 20281503 xml 20287303 xml a23 a21 a16 a36 a9 b8 a16 a43 a29 a4 a7 a9 a4 a8 a6 a3 a2 a3 a6 a9 a3 a2 a6 a4 a4 RO100 rcp a17 config xml a5 182 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 AUSTRALIA FLIR Systems 10 Business Park Drive Nottinghill Victoria 3168 Australia Tel 61 3 9550 2800 Fax 61 3 9558 9853 Email infoGflir com
15. 2008 Typographical conventions User to user forums PC software updates Training Additional license information Notice to user This manual uses the following typographical conventions Semibold is used for menu names menu commands and labels and buttons in dialog boxes Italic is used for important information Monospace is used for code samples UPPER CASE is used for names on keys and buttons Exchange ideas problems and infrared solutions with fellow thermographers around the world in our user to user forums To go to the forums visit http www infraredtraining com community boards FLIR Systems regularly issues PC software updates and service releases on the support pages of the company website http www flirhermography com To find the latest updates and service releases make that sure you select USA in the Select country box in the top right corner of the page To read about infrared training visit http www infraredtraining com This software is sold under a single user license This license permits the user to install and use the software on any compatible computer provided the software is used on only one computer atatime One 1 back up copy ofthe software may also be made for archive purposes Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 1 1 Notice to user INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 2 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN Marc
16. FLIR Reporter Professional from your computer Close down all applications Insert the FLIR Reporter Professional CD ROM into the CD ROM drive on the computer When the InstallShield Wizard dialog box is displayed do the following 1 Click Remove 2 Click Next 3 Follow the on screen instructions NOTE You can also remove FLIR Reporter Professional from your computer by using the Microsoft Windows Add or Remove Programs procedure Start gt Settings gt Add or Remove Programs lt Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 3 Installation INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 10 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 4 General Where do find ThermaCAM Center How to use ThermaCAM Center About ThermaCAM Center When you install FLIR Reporter Professional ThermaCAM Center will also be in stalled ThermaCAM Center is a good starting point to begin working with infrared reports You find ThermaCAM Center under Programs on the Start menu Start gt Programs FLIR Systems ThermaCAM Center In ThermaCAM Center you can do one or more of the following Automatically download program updates and news Get access to the online help files for FLIR Reporter Professional Find tutorials on how to create reports report templates edit text comment files and more Find system information about your computer Publ No
17. Show out of range col ors To invert the color distribution in a palette vertically select this check box To assign a special color for temperatures outside the calibrated temperature range of the infrared camera select this check box Show saturation colors To assign a special color for the temperatures outside the scale limits select this check box Use bilinear filtering to enhance image quality To improve the image quality select this check box Histogram equalization Signal linear This is an image displaying method that evenly dis tributes the color information over the existing temper atures of the image This method to distribute the in formation can be particularly successful when the image contains few peaks of very high temperature values This is an image displaying method where the color information in the image is distributed linear to the signal values of the pixels Output linear This selection works in conjunction with the settings under Preferred output on the Preferences tab This is an image displaying method where you can distribute the colors either according to temperature or according to object signal 89 14 Software reference section 14 3 1 2 Isotherms tab Explanation Label Explanation Delete To delete an isotherm click this button Solid To assign a solid color to an isotherm select this op tion button and select a color in the drop dow
18. Slider to control image fusion Drag the slider left or right to fuse an infrared image with a digital photo For more information about image fusion see section 14 3 Shortcut menu for IR Viewer objects on page 87 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 7 Screen elements amp how to use them An IR Viewer 10741703 a2 object with a sequence file Callouts Infrared sequence Sliders to adjust scale limits 7 Control buttons to play back the sequence file Temperature scale Indicator that the image file has embedded GPS data Click the globe to display the position on a map Progress indicator Explanation An IR Viewer object is a placeholder for infrared images and sequence files An infrared image contains valid temperature information that may be output by overlaying dif ferent kinds of measurement tools such as spotmeters profiles areas etc Common tasks Common tasks related to the IR Viewer object include the following To change the scale limits move the sliders left or right To control image fusion drag the slider left or right to fuse an infrared image with a digital photo You can also use one of the following shortcuts to control image fusion To go to fully infrared image or fully digital photo click the corresponding icon at the left or right end of the gauge To center the slider on the gauge right click the gauge
19. The label of a text comment Example Label Value Company FLIR Systems Add The value of a text comment Example Label Value Company FLIR Systems To display a dialog box where you can add a new text comment click Add Edit To display a dialog box where you can change the label and value click Edit Delete To delete the text comment select the text comment and then click Delete Image Description An image description is a brieftextual description that is stored inside an image file It can be created using a Pocket PC and then beamed to the camera using the IrDA communication link Ifthe image has an image description the text will be displayed in this edit box If not you can add an image description for the image by entering text The maximum number of characters in an image de scription is 512 Click to listen to a voice comment Click to pause current playback Click to stop current playback 92 Click to display a dialog box where you can view a freehand sketches that is associated with an image Note Not all cameras support creating freehand sketches Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 14 Software reference section 14 3 1 4 Object Parameters tab Explanation Label Explanation Emissivity To change the emissivity enter anew value and click Apply You can also select a preset emissivity from a table by clicking
20. Trending object click Swap X amp Y Axes To include all images for the trending select the All option button Items Threshold 112 To include a range of adjancent or non adjacent im ages click Images and select the images you want to include To display a horisontal baseline in the IR Trending object enter a value Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 14 Software reference section 14 8 1 3 Explanation Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 Prediction tab Label Explanation Forward To specify the number of periods forward for which the algorithms will present a probable trend select a value in the Forward box The probable trend is a mathematical approximation only Backward None Linear To specify the number of periods backward for which the algorithms will present a probable trend select a value in the Backward box The probable trend is a mathematical approximation only To disable Trend Regression type select None To use a linear trending algorithm select Linear This algorithm uses the following mathematical expression Logarithmic Power To use a logarithmic trending algorithm select Loga rithmic This algorithm uses the following mathemati cal expression y mxInk c To use a power trending algorithm select Power This algorithm uses the following mathematical expression y e
21. a Section 8 2 2 1 Inserting IR Viewer objects and Digital Photo objects on page 49 Section 8 2 2 9 Resizing infrared objects on page 57 Section 8 2 2 15 Deleting infrared objects on page 63 Section 14 9 Shortcut menu for Digital Photo objects on page 117 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 7 Screen elements amp how to use them 7 2 6 NOTE Inserting a Result Table object Figure Explanation Common tasks Related topics Result Table object You usually only insert a Result Table object when designing a custom report template You can edit the texts in the Result Table object once the report is created However these changes will be deleted when you right click the Result Table object and select Refresh To insert an Result Table object click on the main toolbar 10738403 a1 Title IR_0147 jpg Image MAX 39 2 C Image MIN 25 920 A Result Table object displays the results of the measurement tools laid out in the infrared image as well as other information that is related to the infrared image Common tasks related to the Result table object include the following To change borders and shading of the Result Table object right click the Result Table object and select Borders and Shading This is a standard Microsoft Word feature To spell check the texts in the Result Table object right click the Result Table object and select Spelling This
22. a new dialog box 5 You will now set up a conditional formula that displays the result from the Fo1 formula in red if the value is higher than 2 0 degrees and in green if the value is lower than 2 0 degrees Do the following 1 Click the 22 button to the right of the top text box select Fo1 and click OK 2 Inthe top text box type gt 2 0 to the right of the formula without quotation marks This will be your condition e 3 Click the button to the right of the middle text box select Fo1 and click OK 4 To the right of the middle text box click Default Color and select a red color 5 Click the button to the right of the bottom text box select Fo1 and click OK 6 To the right of the bottom text box click Default Colorand select a green color 7 Click OK to leave the dialog box 6 You will now see the complete conditional formula in the Formula dialog box The two 10 digit code strings after the equals sign represent the colors if ana Fol val 2 0 ana Fol val 0x000000ff ana Fol val 0x00009300 7 Click OK to leave the dialog box 8 Click Close Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 12 Creating formulas Place the cursor below your image and click the 2N toolbar button This will display the Field Contents dialog box 10 Do the following 1 Click the formula in the left pane 2 Click OK A Field object will now be inserted below y
23. assume that the object is not black it has an emittance of 0 75 and the transmittance is 0 92 We also assume that the two second terms of Equation 4 amount to 0 5 volts together Computation of Uopj by means of Equation 4 then results in 4 5 0 75 0 92 0 5 6 0 This is a rather extreme extrapolation particularly when considering that the video amplifier might limit the output to 5 volts Note though that the application of the calibration curve is a theoretical procedure where no elec tronic or other limitations exist We trust that ifthere had been no signal limitations in the camera and ifit had been calibrated far beyond 5 volts the resulting curve would have been very much the same as our real curve extrapolated beyond 4 1 volts pro vided the calibration algorithm is based on radiation physics like the FLIR Systems algorithm Of course there must be a limit to such extrapolations 150 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 20 The measurement formula 10400603 a2 20 C 68 F 0 C 32 F 50 C 122 F At Refl 0 6 Atm Refl 0 8 Figure 20 3 Relative magnitudes of radiation sources under varying measurement conditions SW camera 1 Object temperature 2 Emittance Obj Object radiation Refl Reflected radiation Atm atmosphere radiation Fixed parameters 0 88 Tyer 20 C 68 F 20 C 68 F Publ No 1558567 Rev a269
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25. before you enter the license number a The license number is printed on the back of the CD ROM case Procedure Follow this procedure to install FLIR Reporter Professional Do one of the following previous program version of FLIR Reporter Professional is installed on your computer remove this version by using the Microsoft Windows Add or Remove Programs procedure Start Settings Add or Re move Programs If a previous program version of FLIR Reporter Professional is not installed on your computer go to Step 2 below Close down all running programs including Microsoft amp Outlook Insert the FLIR Reporter Professional CD ROM into the CD ROM drive on the computer The installation should start automatically Should the installation not start automatically start Windows Explorer and double click SETUPEXE on the CD ROM In the Autoplay dialog box click Run setup exe Published by FLIR Sys tems In the User Account Control dialog box confirm that you want to install FLIR Reporter Professional Follow the on screen instructions NOTE A Neevia docCreator will be added to your computer by this installation procedure After installation make sure the security level for macros in Microsoft amp Word is not set to Very high Tools gt Macros Security If it is set it to High When opening a report you will be asked whether to disable or enable the macros Always click Ena
26. down list box and click Apply Text Axes Grid Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 To change the color of the table text select a new color from the drop down list box and click Apply To change the color of the axes select a new color from the drop down list box and click Apply To change the color of the grid lines select a new color from the drop down list box and click Apply 115 116 14 Software reference section 14 8 1 5 Line tab Explanation To specify which lines should be displayed in the IR Trending object select one or more of the check boxes To specify color select a new color from the drop down list box To specify line type select a new line type from the drop down list box Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 14 Software reference section 14 9 Shortcut menu for Digital Photo objects Open To open a visual image click Open Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 117 14 Software reference section 14 10 NOTE Contents Refresh 118 Shortcut menu for Result table objects The menu items Borders and Shading and Spelling will not be described here since these are standard Microsoft Word features To select a label and value for a Result Table object select the label in the left pane and its value in the right pane and click Apply To update the Result Table
27. entering it manually after the infrared report has been generated Consequently if several of your customers request an infrared report that could be met with one or a few single templates company specific information should probably not be included in the template since that kind of information may easily be entered after the Rapid Report Manager or the Wizard has generated the report Section 8 2 1 About the front amp back covers on page 47 Section 8 2 2 Creating the infrared report template pages on page 48 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 8 Creating a custom report template 8 2 1 About the front back covers General You create the front and back covers of the report template using existing features in Microsofte Word Types of The front and back covers of an infrared report template typically include the following information information Your and your customer s company names Other contact information Current date Title of the infrared report Your and your customer s company logotypes Any additional artwork or information that you may want to include Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 47 8 Creating a custom report template 8 2 2 General Types of infrared objects NOTE Related topics 48 Creating the infrared report template pages You create an infrared report page either by clicking the buttons
28. equipped thermal imaging systems provided impetus following the 1939 45 war for extensive secret military infrared research programs into the possibilities of developing passive no search beam systems based around the extremely sensitive photon detector During this period military secrecy prevented disclosure of the status of infrared imaging technology This secrecy only began to be lifted in the middle of the 1950s and viable thermal imaging devices finally began to be available to civilian science and industry 136 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 19 Theory of thermography 19 1 Introduction The subjects of infrared radiation and the related technique of thermography are still new to many who will use an infrared camera In this section the theory behind ther mography will be given 19 2 The electromagnetic spectrum The electromagnetic spectrum is divided arbitrarily into a number of wavelength re gions called bands distinguished by the methods used to produce and detect the radiation There is no fundamental difference between radiation in the different bands of the electromagnetic spectrum They are all governed by the same laws and the only differences are those due to differences in wavelength 10067803 a1 D 2 Bl 4 10m 100m 1km 10 nm A 1mm 10mm 100mm 1m 2 um 13 um Figure 19 1 The electromagnetic spectrum 1 X ray 2 UV 3 Visible 4 IR 5 Mic
29. feeling for this problem already here by looking into some different measurement cases and compare the relative magnitudes of the three radiation terms This will give indications about when it is important to use correct values of which parameters The figures below illustrates the relative magnitudes of the three radiation contributions for three different object temperatures two emittances and two spectral ranges SW and LW Remaining parameters have the following fixed values 0 88 20 C 68 F Tam 20 C 68 F Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 149 20 The measurement formula It is obvious that measurement of low object temperatures are more critical than measuring high temperatures since the disturbing radiation sources are relatively much stronger in the first case Should also the object emittance be low the situation would be still more difficult We have finally to answer a question about the importance of being allowed to use the calibration curve above the highest calibration point what we call extrapolation Imagine that we in a certain case measure Uo 4 5 volts The highest calibration point for the camera was in the order of 4 1 volts a value unknown to the operator Thus even if the object happened to be a blackbody i e Uto we are actually performing extrapolation of the calibration curve when converting 4 5 volts into tem perature Let us now
30. further In fact the definition of the so called color temperature of an object is the temperature to which a blackbody would have to be heated to have the same appearance Now consider three expressions that describe the radiation emitted from a blackbody 19 3 1 Planck s law Figure 19 3 Planck 1858 1947 Max Planck 1858 1947 was able to describe the spectral distribution ofthe radiation from a blackbody by means of the following formula Ihe x 10 Watt um Blackbody spectral radiant emittance at wavelength A Velocity of light 3 x 108 m s Planck s constant 6 6 x 1034 Joule sec Boltzmann s constant 1 4 x 1023 Joule K Absolute temperature K of a blackbody Wavelength um Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 139 19 Theory of thermography The factor 10 is used since spectral emittance in the curves is expressed in Watt m um Planck s formula when plotted graphically for various temperatures produces a family of curves Following any particular Planck curve the spectral emittance is zero at A 0 then increases rapidly to a maximum at a wavelength max and after passing it approaches zero again at very long wavelengths The higher the temperature the shorter the wavelength at which maximum occurs 10327103 a4 Figure 19 4 Blackbody spectral radiant emittance according to Planck s law plotted for various absolu
31. mirrors Fortunately this proved to be true only until 1830 when the Italian investigator Melloni made his great discovery that naturally occurring rock salt NaCl which was available in large enough crystals to be made into lenses and prisms is remarkably transparent to the infrared The result was that rock salt became the principal infrared optical material and remained so for the next century until the art of synthetic crystal growing was mastered in the 1930s 134 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 18 History of infrared technology 10399103 a1 Figure 18 3 Macedonio Melloni 1798 1854 Thermometers as radiation detectors remained unchallenged until 1829 the year Nobili invented the thermocouple Herschel s own thermometer could be read to 0 2 C 0 036 F and later models were able to be read to 0 05 C 0 09 F Then a breakthrough occurred Melloni connected a number of thermocouples in series to form the first thermopile The new device was at least 40 times as sensitive as the best thermometer of the day for detecting heat radiation capable of detecting the heat from a person standing 3 meters 10 ft away The first so called heat picture became possible in 1840 the result of work by Sir John Herschel son of the discoverer of the infrared and a famous astronomer in his own right Based upon the differential evaporation of a thin film of oil when exposed to a heat pattern foc
32. name in the Name box To make your custom properties easy to find you can type an underscore asthe first character in the name of the property 6 Tospecify the type of property select Text Date Number or Yes or No in the Type box 7 To specify the value of the property type a text in the Value box 8 Click Add to add the custom property to the list of properties and then click OK Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 9 Creating Microsoft Word document properties 9 Savethe infrared report template using a different file name but with the same file name extension dot You have now added summary and cus tom properties to your renamed infrared report template NOTE lf you want to change the name of a custom document property due to how the Custom tab of the Properties dialog box works in Microsoft amp Word works there is no other way than deleting it and then recreating it If you want to move a doc ument property up or down the whole list has to be re created Microsoft Word field is not the same thing as the field you can insert by clicking on the field button on the main toolbar Microsoft Word fields are inserted by clicking Field on the Insert menu in Microsoft amp Word You may find that a FLIR Systems property automatically has been added to your document Do not remove this property FLIR Reporter Professional uses it to distinguish between infrare
33. object On your template page click where you want the Summary Table object to appear The Summary Table object will be inserted after and below the cursor On the toolbar click Do the following 1 In the left pane of the Columns area select an object 2 Inthe right pane of the Columns area select the values that you want to display in the Summary Table object A structural preview ofthe Summary Table will be displayed in the Preview area Click OK NOTE Contrary to a Result Table object a Summary Table object is static You update a Summary Table object by right clicking it and selecting Refresh Related topics Section 14 12 Shortcut menu for Summary Table objects on page 120 Section 7 2 8 Summary Table object on page 43 54 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 8 Creating a custom report template 8 2 2 7 Inserting Field objects Procedure Follow this procedure to insert a Field object On your template page click where you want the field to appear The Field object will be inserted after and below the cursor On the toolbar click A dialog box will now appear Click the object you want to connect to the field Click OK NOTE Field objects will not work if you insert them into a text box Only Microsoft Word fields work in text boxes However Field objects work properly in Microsoft Word tables Related topics Section 14 11 Sho
34. portion of the spectrum failed to locate this point 10398903 a1 Figure 18 2 Marsilio Landriani 1746 1815 Moving the thermometer into the dark region beyond the red end of the spectrum Herschel confirmed thatthe heating effect continued to increase The maximum point when he found it lay well beyond the red end in what is known today as the infrared wavelengths When Herschel revealed his discovery he referred to this new portion of the electro magnetic spectrum as the thermometrical spectrum The radiation itself he sometimes referred to as dark heat or simply the invisible rays Ironically and contrary to popular opinion it wasn t Herschel who originated the term infrared The word only began to appear in print around 75 years later and it is still unclear who should receive credit as the originator Herschel s use of glass in the prism of his original experiment led to some early controversies with his contemporaries about the actual existence of the infrared wavelengths Different investigators in attempting to confirm his work used various types of glass indiscriminately having different transparencies in the infrared Through his later experiments Herschel was aware of the limited transparency of glass to the newly discovered thermal radiation and he was forced to conclude that optics for the infrared would probably be restricted to the use of reflective elements exclusively i e plane and curved
35. to appear The IR Histogram object will be inserted after and below the cursor On the toolbar click M An empty IR Histogram object will now appear on your page When you create your report the IR Histogram object will illustrate how pixels in the area tools ofthe image are distributed by graphing the number of pixels at each temperature level Related topics Section 14 7 Shortcut menu for IR Histogram objects on page 105 Section 7 1 4 IR Histogram object toolbar on page 29 Section 7 2 3 IR Histogram object on page 36 50 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 8 Creating a custom report template 8 2 2 3 Inserting IR Profile objects Procedure Follow this procedure to insert an IR Profile object On your template page click where you want the IR Profile object to appear The IR Profile object will be inserted after and below the cursor On the toolbar click ke An empty IR Profile object will now appear on your page When you create your report the IR Profile object will automatically display the values of any line tools that are saved in the infrared image Related topics a Section 7 1 3 IR Profile object toolbar on page 28 Section 7 2 2 IR Profile object on page 35 Section 14 6 Shortcut menu for IR Profile objects on page 101 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 51 8 Creating a custom report template 8 2 2 4 Insertin
36. to duplicate the current page and insert the duplicate page after the current page Click to delete the current page 7 Click to enter the design mode of Microsoft Word Use this mode when creating report templates and when you want to select and move objects Click to create an Adobe PDF document of the Microsoft Word docu ment A free version of Adobe Reader is available from http adobe com products acrobat readstep2 html Click to display the task pane Click to display online help B Ex za A d Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 25 7 Screen elements amp how to use them 7 1 2 General Figure Explanation 26 IR Viewer object toolbar This toolbar is only displayed when an IR Viewer object is selected 10733903 a2 0 06 vag h a This table gives an explanation to the figure above 4 Click to display the selection tool which works similar to other selection tools in word processing and desktop publishing programs You use the selection tool to select measurement tools Click to display a spotmeter with an attached flag that you can use to identify temperature values by moving it over the infrared image If you click the image the flying spotmeter tool will create a fixed spotmeter on the image To stop the flying spotmeter mode press ESC Click to create fixed spotmeters on infrared images The measurement re
37. x xm Exponential To use an exponential trending algorithm select the Exponential option button This algorithm uses the following mathematical expression y exp c x elm x Polynomial To use an polynomial trending algorithm select the Polynomial option button This algorithm uses the following mathematical expression y a0x atx 2 2 akxk where k order Moving average Display equation on chart To use a moving average trending algorithm select the Moving average option button This algorithm uses the following mathematical expression An n period moving average is the average value over the previous n time periods To display the equation on the chart select Display equation on chart 113 14 Software reference section 114 Explanation Display R squared value on chart To display a numerical value that indicates how suc cessful the algorithm is to approximate the curve se lect Display R squared value on chart The value is between 0 and 1 where 0 is poor quality and 1 is high guality Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 14 Software reference section 14 8 1 4 Color tab Explanation Label Explanation Background To change the color of the table background select a new color from the drop down list box and click Apply Plot Area To change the color of the plot area select a new color from the drop
38. 0 10 Chromium polished 500 1000 T 0 28 0 38 Clay fired 70 T 0 91 Cloth black 20 T 0 98 Concrete 20 T 0 92 Concrete dry 36 SW 0 95 Concrete rough 17 SW 0 97 Concrete walkway 5 LLW 0 974 Copper commercial bur 20 T 0 07 nished Copper electrolytic careful 80 T 0 018 ly polished Copper electrolytic pol 34 T 0 006 ished Copper molten 1100 1300 T 0 13 0 15 Copper oxidized 50 T 0 6 0 7 Copper oxidized black 27 T 0 78 Copper oxidized heavily 20 T 0 78 Copper oxidized to black T 0 88 ness Copper polished 50 100 T 0 02 Copper polished 100 iE 0 03 Copper polished commer 27 T 0 08 cial Copper polished mechan 22 T 0 015 ical Copper pure carefully 22 T 0 008 prepared surface Copper scraped 27 T 0 07 Copper dioxide powder T 0 84 Copper oxide red powder T 0 70 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 157 21 Emissivity tables Ebonite T 0 89 1 Emery coarse 80 T 0 85 1 Enamel 20 T 0 9 1 Enamel lacquer 20 T 0 85 0 95 1 Fiber board hard untreated 20 SW 0 85 6 Fiber board masonite 70 LW 0 88 9 Fiber board masonite 70 SW 0 75 9 Fiber board particle board 70 LW 0 89 9 Fiber board particle board 70 SW 0 77 9 Fiber board porous untreated 20 SW 0 85 6 Gold polished 130 T 0 018 1 Gold polished carefully 200 600 T 0 02 0 03 1 Gold polished highly 100 Ti 0 02 2 Granite polished 20 LLW 0 849 8 Granite rough 2
39. 1 Brick Dinas silica 1100 T 0 85 glazed rough Brick Dinas silica refrac 1000 T 0 66 tory Brick Dinas silica 1000 T 0 80 unglazed rough Brick firebrick 17 SW 0 68 Brick fireclay 20 T 0 85 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 155 21 Emissivity tables Brick fireclay 1000 T 0 75 1 Brick fireclay 1200 T 0 59 1 Brick masonry 35 SW 0 94 7 Brick masonry plas 20 T 0 94 1 tered Brick red common 20 iT 0 93 2 Brick red rough 20 T 0 88 0 93 1 Brick refractory corun 1000 T 0 46 1 dum Brick refractory magne 1000 1300 T 0 38 1 site Brick refractory strongly 500 1000 T 0 8 0 9 1 radiating Brick refractory weakly 500 1000 T 0 65 0 75 1 radiating Brick silica 95 SiO 1230 T 0 66 1 Brick sillimanite 33 1500 T 0 29 1 SiOz 64 Al O5 Brick waterproof 17 SW 0 87 5 Bronze phosphor bronze 70 LW 0 06 9 Bronze phosphor bronze 70 SW 0 08 9 Bronze polished 50 T 0 1 1 Bronze porous rough 50 150 T 0 55 1 Bronze powder T 0 76 0 80 1 Carbon candle soot 20 T 0 95 2 Carbon charcoal powder T 0 96 1 Carbon graphite filed sur 20 di 0 98 2 face Carbon graphite powder T 0 97 1 Carbon lampblack 20 400 T 0 95 0 97 1 Chipboard untreated 20 SW 0 90 6 156 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 21 Emissivity tables Chromium polished 50 T
40. 1 LLW 0 879 8 Granite rough 4 different 70 LW 0 77 0 87 9 samples Granite rough 4 different 70 SW 0 95 0 97 9 samples Gypsum 20 T 0 8 0 9 1 Ice See Water Iron cast casting 50 T 0 81 1 Iron cast ingots 1000 T 0 95 1 Iron cast liquid 1300 T 0 28 1 Iron cast machined 800 1000 T 0 60 0 70 1 Iron cast oxidized 38 T 0 63 4 Iron cast oxidized 100 T 0 64 2 Iron cast oxidized 260 T 0 66 4 Iron cast oxidized 538 T 0 76 4 158 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 21 Emissivity tables Iron cast oxidized at 600 C 200 600 T 0 64 0 78 Iron cast polished 38 T 0 21 Iron cast polished 40 T 0 21 Iron cast polished 200 0 21 Iron cast unworked 900 1100 ED 0 87 0 95 Iron and steel cold rolled 70 LW 0 09 Iron and steel cold rolled 70 SW 0 20 Iron and steel covered with red 20 T 0 61 0 85 rust Iron and steel electrolytic 22 T 0 05 Iron and steel electrolytic 100 T 0 05 Iron and steel electrolytic 260 T 0 07 Iron and steel electrolytic careful 175 225 T 0 05 0 06 ly polished Iron and steel freshly worked 20 T 0 24 with emery Iron and steel ground sheet 950 1100 T 0 55 0 61 Iron and steel heavily rusted 20 T 0 69 sheet Iron and steel hot rolled 20 T 0 77 Iron and steel hot rolled 130 T 0 60 Iron and steel oxidized 100 T 0 74 Iron and steel oxidized 100 y 0 74 Iron and steel oxidized 125 525 iT 0 78 0 82 Iron and ste
41. 133 Max Temperature 89 90 95 102 107 Max Planck 139 Measurement 88 measurement formula 147 measurement situation general thermographic 147 Measurement symbol 98 measurement tools cloning 61 deleting 62 moving 58 moving between 60 selecting 59 Melloni Macedonio 134 Microsoft Word field linking 70 middle infrared band 137 Min Temperature 89 90 95 102 107 monospace 1 moving bent line 58 between measurement tools 60 box 58 circle 58 flying spotmeter 58 line 58 measurement tools 58 polygon area 58 Moving average 113 N Name 86 near infrared band 137 Nobili Leopoldo 135 non blackbody emitters 143 None 106 113 Number of columns 86 Number of rows 86 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 Object Parameters 93 99 objects Digital Photo object 40 Field object 42 IR Histogram object 36 IR Profile object 35 IR Trending object 38 IR Viewer object 32 Result Table object 41 Summary Table object 43 Object signal 95 Open 87 117 Open Photo 88 Open Reporter 8 manual 85 Outdoor air temperature 90 P page deleting 25 84 duplicating 25 84 Palette 90 96 patents viii patents pending viii PDF document creating 25 85 Percentage axis 107 photo description 40 inserting 24 49 84 Picture in Picture PiP 87 Planck Max 139 Plot Area 103 108 115 polygon area cloning 61 creating 26 deleting 62 inserting 26 moving 5
42. 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 11 4 About ThermaCAM Center INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 12 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 9 General About search parameters About boolean operators Procedure NOTE Searching for files After you have installed FLIR Reporter Professional a task pane will be displayed to the right in Microsoft Word At the top of the task pane you can search for infrared images digital photos and a variety of other files on your hard disk drive You can then move these files to your report or report template by using a drag and drop operation The search engine is an exact match search engine and accepts alphabetic characters a z A Z and numerical characters 0 9 However numerical characters will be treated as text When you enter a search string the search engine searches for this string in any lo cation of a file This means that a search string such as 25 can for example return the following results R_0025 jpg 25 in the file name An image file with a text comment containing 25 An image file with an image description containing 25 An image file with a spotmeter that has a measurement result of 25 C a A Microsoft Word document with a document property containing the expression 05 You can combine search strings using boolean operators Example To find an image file that contains both a te
43. 8 selecting 59 Polynomial 113 Power 113 Pre defined measurement symbols and isotherms 95 Pre defined object parameters 95 Pre defined palette and color distribution 95 Prediction 113 Preferences 95 product warranty viii profile description 35 inserting 24 51 84 177 Index Q Q quality assurance viii quality management system viii Guicklnsert 84 R radiation power terms emission from atmosphere 148 emission from object 148 reflected emission from ambient source 148 radiation sources relative magnitudes 151 152 radiators cavity radiator 138 graybody radiators 144 selective radiators 144 radiometric sequence files converting 81 Rapid Report Manager using 22 Ref 1 87 Ref 2 87 Ref 3 87 reflected apparent temperature explanation 131 Reflected apparent temperature 93 99 Refresh 110 118 119 120 Relative air humidity 91 relative humidity explanation 131 Relative humidity 93 relative magnitudes radiation sources 151 152 releases service 1 report creating using Guicklnsert 21 using Rapid Report Manager 22 using Windows Explorer 23 using Wizard 16 report template creating 45 46 48 reguirements hardware PC 5 resizing infrared objects 57 result table description 41 Result Table object deleting 64 description 41 inserting 24 53 84 Rotate 100 Rotate Left 88 178 Rotate Right 88 S Samuel P Langley 136 Save As 87 Scale limits from imag
44. 8 summary 68 Duplicate Page 84 duplicating page 25 84 E Edit 92 education 1 electromagnetic spectrum 137 emissivity changing 73 data 153 definition 73 explanation 127 tables 153 Emissivity 93 99 emissivity table file creating 73 Exponential 113 extreme infrared band 137 F far infrared band 137 Field object deleting 66 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 Index G Field object continued description 42 inserting 25 55 84 file formats img 121 jpg 121 tgw 121 tlw 121 tmw 121 8 12 bit tif 121 8 bit tif 121 12 bit tif 121 files indexing 13 searching for 13 Fixed 102 107 Fixed transmission 94 FLIR Reporter Professional starting using command 83 using context sensitive menus 83 using toolbar button 83 FLIR Systems copyright viii history 123 ISO 9001 viii legal disclaimer viii patents viii patents pending viii product warranty viii quality assurance viii quality management system viii trademarks viii warranty viii flying spotmeter cloning 61 creating 26 deleting 62 inserting 26 moving 58 selecting 59 Font size 98 formats img 121 jpg 121 tgw 121 tlw 121 tmw 121 8 12 bit tif 121 8 bit tif 121 12 bit tif 121 formula creating 75 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 formulas Planck s law 139 Stefan Boltzmann s formula 142 Wien s displac
45. 8 141 19 Theory of thermography 10327203 4 105 104 10 Figure 19 6 Planckian curves plotted on semi log scales from 100 K to 1000 K The dotted line represents the locus of maximum radiant emittance at each temperature as described by Wien s displacement law 1 Spectral radiant emittance W cm um 2 Wavelength um 19 3 3 Stefan Boltzmann s law By integrating Planck s formula from A 0 to A we obtain the total radiant emittance Wy of a blackbody W b oT Watt m This is the Stefan Boltzmann formula after Josef Stefan 1835 1893 and Ludwig Boltzmann 1844 1906 which states that the total emissive power of a blackbody is proportional to the fourth power of its absolute temperature Graphically W represents the area below the Planck curve for a particular temperature It can be shown that the radiant emittance in the interval A 0 to A nax is only 25 ofthe total which represents about the amount of the sun s radiation which lies inside the visible light spectrum 142 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 19 Theory of thermography 10399303 a1 Figure 19 7 Josef Stefan 1835 1893 and Ludwig Boltzmann 1844 1906 Using the Stefan Boltzmann formula to calculate the power radiated by the human body at a temperature of 300 K and an external surface area of approx 2 m we obtain 1 kW This power loss could not be sustained if it were
46. A non calibrated value related to the amount of radiation re ceived by the camera from the object palette The set of colors used to display an IR image pixel Stands for picture element One single spot in an image radiance Amount of energy emitted from an object per unit oftime area and angle W m sr radiant power Amount of energy emitted from an object per unit of time W radiation The process by which electromagnetic energy is emitted by an object or a gas radiator A piece of IR radiating equipment range The current overall temperature measurement limitation of an reference temperature reflection relative humidity IR camera Cameras can have several ranges Expressed as two blackbody temperatures that limit the current calibration A temperature which the ordinary measured values can be compared with The amount of radiation reflected by an object relative to the received radiation A number between 0 and 1 Percentage of water in the air relative to what is physically possible Air temperature dependent saturation color The areas that contain temperatures outside the present lev el span settings are colored with the saturation colors The sat uration colors contain an overflow color and an underflow color There is also a third red saturation color that marks every thing saturated by the detector indicating that the range should probably be changed span spect
47. Avoid forced convection Look for a thermally stable surrounding that will not generate spot reflections Use high quality tape that you know is not transparent and has a high emissivity a1 17 you are certain of This method assumes that the temperature of your tape and the sample surface are the same Ifthey are not your emissivity measurement will be wrong 17 3 Reflected apparent temperature This parameter is used to compensate for the radiation reflected in the object Ifthe emissivity is low and the object temperature relatively far from that of the reflected it will be important to set and compensate for the reflected apparent temperature cor rectly 17 4 Distance The distance is the distance between the object and the front lens of the camera This parameter is used to compensate for the following two facts That radiation from the target is absorbed by the athmosphere between the object and the camera z That radiation from the atmosphere itself is detected by the camera 129 Relative humidity The camera can also compensate for the fact that the transmittance is also dependent on the relative humidity of the atmosphere To do this set the relative humidity to the correct value For short distances and normal humidity the relative humidity can nor mally be left at a default value of 50 17 6 Other parameters In addition some cameras and analysis programs from FLIR Systems allow you to compensate for the following par
48. D ROM case Follow this procedure to install FLIR Reporter Professional on your computer Do one of the following fa previous program version of FLIR Reporter Professional is installed on your computer remove this version by using the Microsoft Windows Add or Remove Programs procedure Start Settings Add or Re move Programs If a previous program version of FLIR Reporter Professional is not installed on your computer go to Step 2 below Close down all running programs including Microsoft amp Outlook Insert the FLIR Reporter Professional CD ROM into the CD ROM drive on the computer The installation should start automatically Should the installation not start automatically start Windows Explorer and double click SETUPEXE on the CD ROM Follow the on screen instructions A Neevia docCreator will be added to your computer by this installation procedure After installation make sure the security level for macros in Microsoft amp Word is not set to Very high Tools gt Macros Security If it is set it to High When opening a report you will be asked whether to disable or enable the macros Always click Enable Macros Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 3 Installation 3 2 2 Windows Vista installation NOTE f your software license agreement depends on using a security device insert the security device in an available USB connector of the computer
49. ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 151 20 The measurement formula 10400703 a2 0 C 32 F 20 C 68 F 50 C 122 F 0 6 0 8 Figure 20 4 Relative magnitudes of radiation sources under varying measurement conditions LW camera 1 Object temperature 2 Emittance Obj Object radiation Refl Reflected radiation Atm atmosphere radiation Fixed parameters 0 88 Tyer 20 C 68 F 20 C 68 F 152 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 21 Emissivity tables This section presents a compilation of emissivity data from the infrared literature and measurements made by FLIR Systems 21 1 References Mika l A Bramson Infrared Radiation A Handbook for Applications Plenum press N Y William L Wolfe George J Zissis The Infrared Handbook Office of Naval Research Department of Navy Washington D C Madding R P Thermographic Instruments and systems Madison Wisconsin Univer sity of Wisconsin Extension Department of Engineering and Applied Science William L Wolfe Handbook of Military Infrared Technology Office of Naval Research Department of Navy Washington D C Jones Smith Probert External thermography of buildings Proc ofthe Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers vol 110 Industrial and Civil Applications of Infrared Technology June 1977 London Paljak Pettersson Thermography of Buildings Swedish Bu
50. For more information about object parameters see section 17 Thermographic measurement techniques on page 127 Reflected apparent tem perature Atmospheric Tempera ture To change the reflected apparent temperature enter a new value and click Apply For more information about object parameters see section 17 Thermographic measurement techniques on page 127 To change the atmospheric temperature enter a new value and click Apply For more information about object parameters see section 17 Thermographic measurement techniques on page 127 Relative humidity Distance to object To change the relative humidity enter a new value and click Apply For more information about object parameters see section 17 Thermographic measurement techniques on page 127 To change the distance enter a new value and click Apply For more information about object parameters see section 17 Thermographic measurement techniques on page 127 Temperature To specify the temperature of e g an external lens or heat shield enter a new value and click OK and Apply For more information about object parameters see section 17 Thermographic measurement techniques on page 127 Transmission To specify the transmission of e g an external lens or heat shield enter a new value and click OK and Apply For more information about object parameters see section 17 Thermographic measurement t
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52. Nickel electroplated on 22 T 0 045 4 iron polished Nickel electroplated on 20 T 0 11 0 40 1 iron unpolished Nickel electroplated on 22 JT 0 11 4 iron unpolished Nickel oxidized 200 T 0 37 2 Nickel oxidized 227 T 0 37 4 Nickel oxidized 1227 T 0 85 4 Nickel oxidized at 600 C 200 600 T 0 37 0 48 1 Nickel polished 122 T 0 045 4 Nickel wire 200 1000 T 0 1 0 2 1 Nickel oxide 500 650 T 0 52 0 59 1 Nickel oxide 1000 1250 T 0 75 0 86 1 Oil lubricating 0 025 mm film 20 T 0 27 2 Oil lubricating 0 050 mm film 20 T 0 46 2 Oil lubricating 0 125 mm film 20 T 0 72 2 Oil lubricating film on Ni base Ni 20 T 0 05 2 base only Oil lubricating thick coating 20 T 0 82 2 162 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 21 Emissivity tables Paint 8 different colors 70 LW 0 92 0 94 and qualities Paint 8 different colors 70 SW 0 88 0 96 and gualities Paint Aluminum various 50 100 T 0 27 0 67 ages Paint cadmium yellow T 0 28 0 33 Paint chrome green T 0 65 0 70 Paint cobalt blue T 0 7 0 8 Paint oi 17 SW 0 87 Paint oil black flat 20 SW 0 94 Paint oil black gloss 20 SW 0 92 Paint oil gray flat 20 SW 0 97 Paint oil gray gloss 20 SW 0 96 Paint oil various colors 100 T 0 92 0 96 Paint oil based average 100 T 0 94 of 16 colors Paint plastic black 20 SW 0 95 Paint plastic white 20 SW 0 84 Paper 4 different colors 70 LW 0 92 0 94 Paper 4 differ
53. No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 8 Creating a custom report template 8 3 Creating a custom infrared report template based on an existing template General The easiest way to create a custom infrared report template is to modify an existing template By doing this you can take advantage of the existing infrared objects already laid out on the report template page and you will save a lot oftime compared to creating an infrared report template from scratch Procedure Close all open infrared reports Point to New on the File menu Select New from template Select the infrared report template you want to use under the IR tab Make sure you have selected Template Click OK To avoid overwriting the original template save the template under a different file name before making any changes When saving it make sure you save it with the dot file name extension Make your changes in the template according to the following sections a Section 8 2 1 About the front amp back covers on page 47 Section 8 2 2 Creating the infrared report template pages on page 48 Save the new infrared report template When saving it make sure you save it with the dot file name extension Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 67 9 1 General Types of document properties Procedure 68 Creating Microsoft Word document properties Creating amp editing Micros
54. SH EN March 18 2008 21 6 Creating a report 6 3 General NOTE Valid file format Procedure Related topics 22 Creating a report using the Rapid Report Manager Using the Rapid Report Manager you create can one or several Rapid Report Manager icons on your Desktop each having different settings and using different report templates When you drag and drop infrared or visual images to a Rapid Report Manager icon the report is created in the background and will be displayed in Microsoft Word Before your create an infrared report areporttemplate a Microsoft Word dot file must have been previously created However FLIR Reporter Professional ships with several different report templates which you may find useful The valid file format for a Rapid Report Manager file is r8r Follow this procedure to create a report using the Rapid Report Manager On the Start menu click Rapid Report Manager Start gt FLIR Systems gt FLIR Reporter Professional gt Rapid Report Manager On the File menu select Select Template To select an existing report template browse your file system To save this Rapid Report Manager file to Desktop click Save As on the File menu Based on your requirements you may want to create different Rapid Report Manager files corresponding to different report templates Close the Rapid Report Manager Move the infrared and visual images to the Rapi
55. SYSTEMS User s manual FLIR Reporter Professional Professional Edition Version 8 3 Publ No 1558567 Revision a269 Language English EN Issue date March 18 2008 Notice to user Customer help Installation About ThermaCAM Center Searching for files Creating a report Screen elements amp how to use them Creating a custom report template Creating Microsoft Word document properties Creating text comment files Creating emissivity table files Creating formulas Converting radiometric sequence files Software reference section Supported file formats in the IR Viewer object About FLIR Systems Thermographic measurement techniques History of infrared technology Theory of thermography The measurement formula Emissivity tables Glossary Index m FLIR Reporter Professional User s manual ELIR SYSTEMS Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 Legal disclaimer All products manufactured by FLIR Systems are warranted against defective materials and workmanship for a period of one 1 year from the delivery date of the original purchase provided such products have been under normal storage use and service and in accordance with FLIR Systems instruction All products not manufactured by FLIR Systems included in systems delivered by FLIR Systems to the original purchaser carry the warranty if any
56. Searching for files INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 15 6 6 1 General NOTE Different ways to start the Wizard 16 Creating a report Creating a report using the Wizard Using the Wizard gives you opportunities to fine tune and adjust your report before it is created In the Wizard you can select different report templates for different pages move pages up and down play back voice comments read and edit text comments and Microsoft Word document properties and so on Before your create an infrared report areporttemplate a Microsoft Word dot file must have been previously created However FLIR Reporter Professional ships with several different report templates which you may find useful You can start the Wizard in three different ways By going to the Start menu and selecting a task on the program menu Start gt Programs FLIR Systems FLIR Reporter Professional By going to the Start menu and selecting a task using ThermaCAM Center Start Programs FLIR Systems gt ThermaCAM Center By clicking the FLIR button on the main toolbar Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 6 Creating a report INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 17 6 Creating a report Procedure 18 Follow this procedure to create a report
57. Trending object and select Swap X amp Y Axes change settings related to connections general settings prediction color and lines right click the IR Trending object and select Settings To refresh the trending graph right click the IR Trending object and select Refresh Related topics Section 7 1 5 IR Trending object toolbar on page 30 Section 8 2 2 4 Inserting IR Trending objects on page 52 Section 8 2 2 9 Resizing infrared objects on page 57 Section 8 2 2 15 Deleting infrared objects on page 63 Section 14 8 Shortcut menu for IR Trending objects on page 110 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 39 7 Screen elements amp how to use them 7 2 5 NOTE Inserting a Digital Photo object Figure Explanation Common tasks Related topics 40 Digital Photo object Only use this method to insert a photo when designing a report template In all other situations insert photos by clicking Picture on the Insert menu Insert gt Picture From File To insert a Digital Photo object click on the main toolbar 10738303 a1 POPOCOCCC The Digital Photo object is a placeholder for photos This photo may be taken with a stand alone digital camera or with the digital visual camera featured on some FLIR Systems infrared cameras To open a new image right click the Digital Photo object and select Open
58. a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 20 The measurement formula 1 1 1 Us 0 Ug 0 atm ET ET This is the general measurement formula used in all the FLIR Systems thermographic equipment The voltages of the formula are Figure 20 2 Voltages Calculated camera output voltage for a blackbody of temperature T pj i e a voltage that can be directly converted into true requested object temperature Measured camera output voltage for the actual case Theoretical camera output voltage for a blackbody of temperature according to the calibration Theoretical camera output voltage for a blackbody of temperature according to the calibration The operator has to supply a number of parameter values for the calculation the object emittance the relative humidity Tatm object distance the effective temperature of the object surroundings or the reflected ambient temperature and the temperature of the atmosphere Tatm This task could sometimes be a heavy burden for the operator since there are normally no easy ways to find accurate values of emittance and atmospheric transmittance for the actual case The two temperatures are normally less of a problem provided the surroundings do not contain large and intense radiation sources A natural question in this connection is How important is it to know the right values of these parameters It could though be of interest to get a
59. ally only insert an IR Trending object when designing a custom report tem plate To insert IR Trending object click A on the main toolbar To display the toolbar for this object select the object with the cursor 10738603 a1 120 901 89 n x 54 4 100 80 aan 60 B Image Max Logarithmic Image Max A trending objectis a graphical representation of measurement values or text comment values on the Y axis by infrared report pages or infrared images on the X axis sorted by time page number or text comment values It can also display probable trends according to different algorithms Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 7 Screen elements amp how to use them Common tasks Common tasks related to the IR Trending object include the following To turn on turn off three dimensional rendering click the appropriate toolbar button or right click the IR Trending object and select 3D View To turn on turn off color click the appropriate toolbar button To turn on turn off the grid lines click the appropriate toolbar button or right click the IR Trending object and select Grid Lines To show hide inactive trends right click the IR Trending object and select Show Only Visible Plot Lines in Legend Toturn on turn off the legend right click the IR Trending object and select Legend To swap X and Y axes right click the IR
60. ameters Atmospheric temperature i e the temperature of the atmosphere between the camera and the target External optics temperature i e the temperature of any external lenses or windows used in front ofthe camera External optics transmission i e the transmission of any external lenses or windows used in front of the camera Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 131 17 Thermographic measurement techniques INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 132 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 18 History of infrared technology Less than 200 years ago the existence of the infrared portion ofthe electromagnetic spectrum wasn t even suspected The original significance of the infrared spectrum or simply the infrared as it is often called as a form of heat radiation is perhaps less obvious today than it was at the time of its discovery by Herschel in 1800 Um 10398703 1 Figure 18 1 Sir William Herschel 1738 1822 The discovery was made accidentally during the search for a new optical material Sir William Herschel Royal Astronomer to King George Ill of England and already famous for his discovery of the planet Uranus was searching for an optical filter material to reduce the brightness of the sun s image in telescopes during solar obser vations While testing different samples of colored glass that gave similar reductions in brightness he was intrigued to find that some oft
61. ature level Common tasks related to the IR Histogram object include the following To turn on turn off three dimensional rendering click the appropriate toolbar button or right click the IR Histogram object and select 3D View To turn on turn off color click the appropriate toolbar button Toturn on turn off the grid lines click the appropriate toolbar button or right click the IR Histogram object and select Grid Lines To turn on turn off the legend right click the IR Histogram object and select Leg end To swap X and Y axes right click the histogram and select Swap X amp Y Axes a To change settings related to general settings color and measurement objects right click the IR Histogram object and select Settings Section 7 1 4 IR Histogram object toolbar on page 29 Section 8 2 2 2 Inserting IR Histogram objects on page 50 Section 8 2 2 9 Resizing infrared objects on page 57 Section 8 2 2 15 Deleting infrared objects on page 63 Section 14 7 Shortcut menu for IR Histogram objects on page 105 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 7 Screen elements amp how to use them INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 37 7 Screen elements amp how to use them 7 2 4 NOTE Inserting an IR Trending object Displaying the toolbar Figure Explanation 38 IR Trending object You usu
62. ble Macros N Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 3 Installation 3 2 3 Troubleshooting licensing problems Procedure Follow this procedure to troubleshoot licensing problems When installing programs on Microsoft Windows it is advisable to close other programs This applies to FLIR Reporter Professional Remember that Microsoft Windows Update and other automatic installation programs may be running in the background Check that the Microsoft Windows Update icon is not visible in the System Tray area ofthe Windows Task Bar bottom right of your screen Stop any other installation programs or install FLIR Reporter Professional at a later time when other installation programs have finished Make sure that the license key you have entered corresponds to the current program version Make sure that the license key you have entered is correct Note the differ ence between 1 digit and T letter O digit and O letter etc If you have purchased the FLIR Reporter Professional Security Device pro gram make sure that you insert the USB device before you click Next When you have verified Steps 1 to 4 above click Next again Ifthe problem remains please go to http fli custhelp com to get support 8 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 3 Installation 3 3 Removing FLIR Reporter Professional Procedure Follow this procedure to remove
63. ck for updates Open Reporter 8 manual Select Units Select Language Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 8 For more information see section 14 2 Explanation of the Guicklnsert dialog box on page 86 Click to create an Adobe PDF document of the Microsoft Word document A free version of Adobe Reader is available from http adobe com products acrobat read step2 html For more information see section 13 Converting radiometric sequence files on page 81 Click to start a text comment editor where you can create text comment files and emissivity table files Click to display online help Click to check for program updates Click to display the user s manual as an Adobe PDF document Click to display a dialog box where you can set units Click to display a dialog box where you can set language 14 Software reference section 14 2 NOTE Explanation 86 Explanation of the Guicklnsert dialog box This explanation refers to the dialog box that is displayed when you click Customize Quicklnsert Name The name of the page layout you are currently creat ing Size gt Number of columns The number of columns in the page layout Example One infrared image nextto one photo equals two columns Size gt Number of rows The number of rows in the page layout Example One infrared image above one photo equals tw
64. ct deleting 65 description 43 inserting 25 54 84 support technical 3 Swap X amp Y Axes 101 102 105 106 110 112 system requirements hardware 5 T task pane 14 displaying 25 technical support 3 temperature reflected apparent 131 Temperature 93 95 Text 98 103 108 115 Text background 98 text comment linking 72 Text Comment 111 Text Comment Editor 85 text comment file creating 71 Text Comments 92 tgw 121 theory of thermography 137 thermograph 135 thermographic measurement techniques introduction 127 thermographic theory 137 thermometrical spectrum 134 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 thermos flask 186 Threshold 88 102 108 112 tif 121 Time 111 tlw 121 tmw 121 toolbars IR Histogram object toolbar 29 IR Profile object toolbar 28 IR Trending object toolbar 30 IR Viewer object toolbar 26 main toolbar 24 trademarks viii training 1 Transmission 93 trending description 38 inserting 24 52 84 typographical conventions italic 1 monospace 1 semibold 1 UPPERCASE 1 U uninstallation 9 updates software 1 UPPERCASE 1 Use bilinear filtering to enhance image quality 89 Use palette 106 user to user forums 1 V Value 92 94 viewer description 32 inserting 24 49 84 View Full Image 87 Visual image in black and white 88 W warranty viii Width 100 Wien Wilhelm 140 Wilhelm Wien 140 William Herschel 133 Wizard
65. d Report Manager icon by dragging the images from their environment which can be the Desktop a folder in Windows Explorer or from an e mail containing the images in Microsoft Outlook The Rapid Report Manager will now create an infrared report according to your report template and the settings in this particular Rapid Report Man ager file A progress indicator will be displayed during creation Section 7 Screen elements amp how to use them on page 24 Section 8 Creating a custom report template on page 45 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 6 Creating a report 6 4 Creating a report from Windows Explorer General You can create a report directly from Windows Explorer Procedure Follow this procedure to create a report directly Windows Explorer Start Windows Explorer Go to the folder or device containing your infrared or visual images Select one or several infrared images Right click the images On the shortcut menu that is displayed select Use this template when creating reports and click the report template you want to use The report is now created in the background and will be displayed in Mi crosoft Word Related topics Section 8 Creating a custom report template on page 45 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 23 7 1 7 1 1 NOTE Figure Explanation 24 Screen elements amp how to use the
66. d apparent temperature 17 2 1 1 1 Method 1 Direct method 1 Look for possible reflection sources considering that the incident angle reflection angle a b 10588903 a1 Figure 17 1 1 Reflection source 2 If the reflection source is a spot source modify the source by obstructing it using a piece if cardboard 10589103 a2 Figure 17 2 1 Reflection source 128 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 17 Thermographic measurement techniques 3 Measure the radiation intensity apparent temperature from the reflecting source using the following settings Emissivity 1 0 O You can measure the radiation intensity using one of the following two methods 10589003 a2 Figure 17 3 1 Reflection source Note Using athermocouple to measure reflected apparent temperature is not recom mended for two important reasons A thermocouple does not measure radiation intensity A thermocouple requires a very good thermal contact to the surface usually by gluing and covering the sensor by a thermal isolator 17 2 1 1 2 Method 2 Reflector method 1 Crumble up a large piece of aluminum foil 2 Uncrumble the aluminum foil and attach it to a piece of cardboard of the same size 3 Put the piece of cardboard in front of the object you want to measure Make sure that the side with aluminum foil points to the camera 4 S
67. d documents and other documents Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 69 9 Creating Microsoft Word document properties 9 2 9 2 1 NOTE Procedure 70 Creating a Microsoft Word field and linking the field to a document property In Microsoft Word XP This description assumes that you have created summary and custom properties according to section 9 1 Creating amp editing Microsoft Word document properties on page 68 Follow this procedure to create a Microsoft Word field and link the field to a docu ment property In your infrared inspection report or report template put the cursor where you want to insert the field and then click Field on the Insert menu Select DocProperty in the Field name box Select a property in the Property box Click OK to confirm your selection and leave the dialog box Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 10 Creating text comment files 10 1 Creating a text comment file General In FLIR Reporter Professional you can create a text comment file to be used when carrying out your infrared inspections After having saved this text comment file to your hard disk drive and moved it to the camera on a CompactFlash card or an SD Memory Card the text comments in the file will appear in the camera software For example you can set the camera to prompt you for a text comment every time you save an ima
68. d on iron 160 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 21 Emissivity tables Lacquer heat resistant 100 T 0 92 Lacquer white 40 100 T 0 8 0 95 Lacquer white 100 T 0 92 Lead oxidized gray 20 T 0 28 Lead oxidized gray 22 0 28 Lead oxidized at 200 C 200 T 0 63 Lead shiny 250 T 0 08 Lead unoxidized pol 100 T 0 05 ished Lead red 100 T 0 93 Lead red powder 100 T 0 93 Leather tanned T 0 75 0 80 Lime T 0 3 0 4 Magnesium 22 T 0 07 Magnesium 260 T 0 13 Magnesium 538 T 0 18 Magnesium polished 20 T 0 07 Magnesium pow T 0 86 der Molybdenum 600 1000 T 0 08 0 13 Molybdenum 1500 2200 T 0 19 0 26 Molybdenum filament 700 2500 T 0 1 0 3 Mortar 17 SW 0 87 Mortar dry 36 SW 0 94 Nichrome rolled 700 T 0 25 Nichrome sandblasted 700 T 0 70 Nichrome wire clean 50 T 0 65 Nichrome wire clean 500 1000 T 0 71 0 79 Nichrome wire oxidized 50 500 T 0 95 0 98 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 161 21 Emissivity tables Nickel bright matte 122 T 0 041 4 Nickel commercially 100 T 0 045 1 pure polished Nickel commercially 200 400 0 07 0 09 1 polished Nickel electrolytic 22 T 0 04 4 Nickel electrolytic 38 T 0 06 4 Nickel electrolytic 260 T 0 07 4 Nickel electrolytic 538 T 0 10 4 Nickel electroplated pol 20 T 0 05 2 ished
69. d up to the whole at any wavelength so we have the relation a p tn 1 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 143 19 Theory of thermography For opaque materials T 0 and the relation simplifies to a py 1 Another factor called the emissivity is required to describe the fraction e of the radiant emittance of a blackbody produced by an object at a specific temperature Thus we have the definition The spectral emissivity the ratio of the spectral radiant power from an object to that from a blackbody at the same temperature and wavelength Expressed mathematically this can be written as the ratio of the spectral emittance of the object to that of a blackbody as follows Wy Wo Ey Generally speaking there are three types of radiation source distinguished by the ways in which the spectral emittance of each varies with wavelength A blackbody for which 1 A graybody for which constant less than 1 A selective radiator for which e varies with wavelength According to Kirchhoff s law for any material the spectral emissivity and spectral ab sorptance of a body are equal at any specified temperature and wavelength That is Ey Ay From this we obtain for an opaque material since a p 1 amp For highly polished materials approaches zero so that for a perfectly reflecting material i e a perfect mirror we have p 21 Fo
70. different algorithms Click to insert a Digital Photo object This photo may be taken with a stand alone digital camera or with the digital visual camera featured on some FLIR Systems in frared cameras Only use this method to insert a photo when you design a report template In all other situations insert photos by clicking Picture on the Insert menu Insert Picture From File Click to insert an Result Table object into your current document A Result Table object displays the results of the measurement tools laid out in the infrared image as well as other information that is related to the infrared image Click to insert an Field object into your current document A Field object can be linked to values or texts in your infrared image Click to insert an Summary Table object A Summary Table object lists infrared data of your choice from all infrared images in the report one row per image Click to duplicate the current page and insert the duplicate page after the current page Click to delete the current page Click this toolbar button and then click an infrared object to remove the infrared object from your report Click to connect infrared objects to each other for example an IR Profile object to an IR Viewer object Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 14 Software reference section Create PDF Document Create AVI File Text Comment Editor Help Che
71. e 95 screen elements Digital Photo object 40 Field object 42 IR Histogram object 36 IR Histogram object toolbar 29 IR Profile object 35 IR Profile object toolbar 28 IR Trending object 38 IR Trending object toolbar 30 IR Viewer object 32 IR Viewer object toolbar 26 main toolbar 24 Result Table object 41 Summary Table object 43 security device 6 7 selecting bent line 59 box 59 circle 59 flying spotmeter 59 line 59 measurement tools 59 polygon area 59 Select Language 85 Select Units 85 semibold 1 semi transparent body 145 sequence files converting 81 serial number 6 7 service releases 1 Set as default 98 99 setting emissivity 73 Settings 87 89 90 92 93 95 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 108 109 110 111 112 113 115 116 Show IR Scale 87 Show label 98 Show Only Visible Plot Lines in Legend 110 112 Show Only Visible Profile Lines in Legend 101 102 Show out of range colors 89 Show saturation colors 89 Show value 98 Signal linear 89 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 Index T Sir James Dewar 136 Sir William Herschel 133 Size 86 Size Position 100 Sketch 92 software updates 1 Solid 90 spectrum thermometrical 134 spotmeter cloning 61 creating 26 deleting 62 inserting 26 moving 58 selecting 59 starting FLIR Reporter Professional 83 starting Wizard 16 Stefan Josef 142 Step 106 Summary Table obje
72. e The radiation characteristics of an aperture in an isotherm cavity made of an opaque absorbing material represents almost exactly the properties of a blackbody A practical application of the principle to the construction of a perfect absorber of radiation consists of a box that is light tight except for an aperture in one of the sides Any radiation which then enters the hole is scattered and absorbed by repeated reflections so only an infinites imal fraction can possibly escape The blackness which is obtained at the aperture is nearly equal to a blackbody and almost perfect for all wavelengths By providing such an isothermal cavity with a suitable heater it becomes what is termed a cavity radiator An isothermal cavity heated to a uniform temperature gener ates blackbody radiation the characteristics of which are determined solely by the temperature of the cavity Such cavity radiators are commonly used as sources of radiation in temperature reference standards in the laboratory for calibrating thermo graphic instruments such as a FLIR Systems camera for example 138 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 19 Theory of thermography If the temperature of blackbody radiation increases to more than 525 C 977 F the source begins to be visible so that it appears to the eye no longer black This is the incipient red heat temperature of the radiator which then becomes orange or yellow as the temperature increases
73. e File menu click New Emissivity Table To create a new emissivity label click the left most button at the top of the left pane You can delete labels and move them up or down by using the other buttons at the top of the pane If you don t need a subgroup for a material you can enter the emissivity value at this stage e g Iron 0 21 To create a subgroup for a material click the label for which you want to create the subgroup and then click the left most button at the top of the right pane You use the buttons at the top in the same way as when creating the labels When you have finished save the emissivity table file to a CompactFlash or SD Memory Card by clicking Save As on the File menu Related topics Section 17 Thermographic measurement techniques on page 127 Section 21 Emissivity tables on page 153 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 73 11 Creating emissivity table files 74 INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 12 Creating formulas General By clicking Formula on the Measurement submenu when right clicking an image you can carry out advanced calculations on various objects in the infrared image A formula can contain all common mathematical operators and functions such as X etc Also numerical constants such as rt can be used Most importantly references to measurement results oth
74. e automatically by the camera The following object parameters must however be supplied for the camera The emissivity of the object The reflected apparent temperature The distance between the object and the camera The relative humidity Temperature of the atmosphere 17 2 Emissivity The most important object parameter to set correctly is the emissivity which in short is ameasure of how much radiation is emitted from the object compared to that from a perfect blackbody of the same temperature Normally object materials and surface treatments exhibit emissivity ranging from approximately 0 1 to 0 95 A highly polished mirror surface falls below 0 1 while an oxidized or painted surface has a higher emissivity Oil based paint regardless of color in the visible spectrum has an emissivity over 0 9 in the infrared Human skin exhibits an emissivity 0 97 to 0 98 Non oxidized metals represent an extreme case of perfect opacity and high reflexivity which does not vary greatly with wavelength Consequently the emissivity of metals is low only increasing with temperature For non metals emissivity tends to be high and decreases with temperature Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 127 17 17 Thermographic measurement techniques 17 2 1 Finding the emissivity of asample 17 2 1 1 Step 1 Determining reflected apparent temperature Use one of the following two methods to determine reflecte
75. e dimensional rendering of the graph of the IR His togram object Click to turn on turn off colors in the graph of the IR Histogram object Click to turn on turn off the grid lines in the graph of the IR Histogram object Click to use a band threshold in the IR Histogram object A band threshold shows how many percent of the pixels are below a lower temperature between this lower temperature and a higher temper ature and above that higher temperature The percentages are displayed 7 in the threshold legend below the IR Histogram object Click to use a step threshold in the IR Histogram object A step threshold shows how many percent of the pixels are below and above a specific temperature The percentages are displayed in the IR Histogram object legend below the IR Histogram object Section 8 2 2 2 Inserting IR Histogram objects on page 50 Section 8 2 2 9 Resizing infrared objects on page 57 Section 8 2 2 15 Deleting infrared objects on page 63 Section 14 7 Shortcut menu for IR Histogram objects on page 105 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 29 7 Screen elements amp how to use them 7 1 5 General Figure Explanation Related topics 30 IR Trending object toolbar This toolbar is only displayed when an IR Trending object is selected 10734203 a1 ap i This table gives an explanation to the figure above Click to create a t
76. e in frared image for this measurement tool enter a name here and click Apply Show label To show the label for the measurement tool select Show label Show value To display the value of the measurement tool i e the measurement result in the infrared image select the value type and click Apply The number of possible value types differs between different measurement tools Font size To specify the font size of the label select a font size in the Font size box and clickApply Measurement symbol To specify the color of the symbol for the measure ment tool select a color in the Measurement symbol box and click Apply Text To specify the color of the label text select a color in the Text box and click Apply Text background To specify the color of the background select a color in the Text background box and click Apply Set as default To use these settings as default settings for all mea surement tools click Set as default and click Apply 98 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 14 Software reference section 14 5 1 2 Object Parameters tab Explanation Explanation Custom Emissivity Distance to object To specify custom parameters select Custom enter new values in the three text boxes and click Apply To change the emissivity enter a new value and click Apply You can also select a preset emissivity from a table by clicking LJ For more information about ob
77. echniques on page 127 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 93 14 Software reference section Explanation Computed transmission FLIR Reporter Professional can compute the transmis sion based on atmospheric temperature and relative humidity Clear the user defined option button to use the com puted transmission For more information about object parameters see section 17 Thermographic measurement techniques on page 127 Fixed transmission 94 Select this option button enter a value and click OK and Apply if you want to use a specific transmission For more information about object parameters see section 17 Thermographic measurement techniques on page 127 To specify the reference temperature enter a value and click OK and Apply For more information about object parameters see section 17 Thermographic measurement techniques on page 127 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 14 Software reference section 14 3 1 5 Explanation Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 Preferences tab Label Explanation Pre defined measure ment symbols and isotherms Pre defined palette and color distribution If this box is selected all new images will use the analysis symbols and isotherms you set up in the Settings dialog box instead of using the image s own settings from the camera If his box is
78. ection 8 2 2 17 Deleting Summary Table objects on page 65 Section 8 2 2 18 Deleting Field objects on page 66 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 8 Creating a custom report template 8 2 2 1 Inserting IR Viewer objects and Digital Photo objects Procedure Follow this procedure to insert IR Viewer objects and Digital Photo objects On your template page place the cursor where you want the IR Viewer object or Digital Photo object to appear The placeholders will be inserted after and below the cursor On the toolbar click a for an IR Viewer object or I for a Digital Photo object An placeholder will now appear on the page Since you are creating a template you should not open any infrared images or photos at this stage When you create the report by using the Wizard or the Rapid Report Man ager the image placeholder will automatically load infrared and or visual images Related topics Section 7 1 2 IR Viewer object toolbar on page 26 Section 7 2 1 IR Viewer object on page 32 Section 7 2 5 Digital Photo object on page 40 Section 14 3 Shortcut menu for IR Viewer objects on page 87 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 49 8 Creating a custom report template 8 2 2 2 Inserting IR Histogram objects Procedure Follow this procedure to insert an IR Histogram object On your template page click where you want the IR Histogram object
79. el oxidized 200 T 0 79 Iron and steel oxidized 1227 i 0 89 Iron and steel oxidized 200 600 T 0 80 Iron and steel oxidized strongly 50 0 88 Iron and steel oxidized strongly 500 T 0 98 Iron and steel polished 100 jJ 0 07 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 159 21 Emissivity tables Iron and steel polished 400 1000 T 0 14 0 38 1 Iron and steel polished sheet 750 1050 T 0 52 0 56 1 Iron and steel rolled freshly 20 T 0 24 1 Iron and steel rolled sheet 50 T 0 56 1 Iron and steel rough plane sur 50 T 0 95 0 98 1 face Iron and steel rusted heavily 17 SW 0 96 5 Iron and steel rusted red sheet 22 T 0 69 4 Iron and steel rusty red 20 Ji 0 69 1 Iron and steel shiny etched 150 T 0 16 1 Iron and steel shiny oxide layer 20 T 0 82 1 sheet Iron and steel wrought carefully 40 250 T 0 28 1 polished Iron galvanized heavily oxidized 70 LW 0 85 9 Iron galvanized heavily oxidized 70 SW 0 64 9 Iron galvanized sheet 92 T 0 07 4 Iron galvanized sheet burnished 30 T 0 23 1 Iron galvanized sheet oxidized 20 T 0 28 1 Iron tinned sheet 24 T 0 064 4 Lacquer 3 colors sprayed 70 LW 0 92 0 94 9 on Aluminum Lacquer 3 colors sprayed 70 SW 0 50 0 53 9 on Aluminum Lacquer Aluminum on 20 T 0 4 1 rough surface Lacquer bakelite 80 T 0 83 1 Lacquer black dull 40 100 T 0 96 0 98 1 Lacquer black matte 100 T 0 97 2 Lacquer black shiny 20 T 0 87 1 spraye
80. electing measurement tools on page 59 Section 8 2 2 12 Moving between measurement tools on page 60 Section 8 2 2 13 Cloning measurement tools on page 61 Section 8 2 2 14 Deleting measurement tools on page 62 Section 8 2 2 15 Deleting infrared objects on page 63 Section 14 3 Shortcut menu for IR Viewer objects on page 87 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 27 7 Screen elements amp how to use them 7 1 3 General Figure Explanation Related topics 28 IR Profile object toolbar This toolbar is only displayed when an IR Profile object is selected 10734003 a1 Click to create a three dimensional rendering of the graph of the IR Profile object Click to turn on turn off the grid lines in the graph of the IR Profile object Section 8 2 2 3 Inserting IR Profile objects on page 51 Section 8 2 2 9 Resizing infrared objects on page 57 Section 8 2 2 15 Deleting infrared objects on page 63 Section 14 6 Shortcut menu for IR Profile objects on page 101 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 7 Screen elements amp how to use them 7 1 4 General Figure Explanation Related topics IR Histogram object toolbar This toolbar is only displayed when an IR Histogram object is selected 10734103 a1 we This table gives an explanation to the figure above Click to create a thre
81. ement law 140 Formulas 97 forums 1 Forward 113 front cover creating 47 fusion image 32 33 87 G General 98 102 106 112 glossary 172 GPS 32 33 34 graybogy 144 Grid 103 115 Grid Lines 101 102 105 106 110 112 Gustav Robert Kirchhoff 138 H hardware requirements PC 5 heat picture 135 Height 100 Help 85 help displaying 25 85 Herschel William 133 histogram description 36 inserting 24 50 84 Histogram egualization 89 history FLIR Systems 123 infrared technology 133 Hot Spot 97 humidity alarm inserting 27 Humidity Alarm Level 91 I Image 97 Image Description 92 image fusion 32 33 87 Image Fusion 87 images searching for 13 Image sequence number 111 img 121 indexing files 13 Indoor air temperature 90 175 Index J infrared object deleting 25 84 infrared objects connecting 25 56 84 deleting 63 resizing 57 infrared semi transparent body 145 infrared technology history 133 Insert Field 84 inserting alarm 27 arrow 26 bent line 26 box 26 circle 26 difference calculation 26 Digital Photo object 24 49 84 Field object 25 55 84 flying spotmeter 26 IR Histogram object 24 50 84 IR Profile object 24 51 84 IR Trending object 24 52 84 IR Viewer object 24 49 84 isotherm 27 line 26 marker 26 polygon area 26 Result Table object 24 53 84 spotmeter 26 Summary Table object 25 54 84 Insert Summary Table 84 I
82. ent colors 70 SW 0 68 0 74 Paper black T 0 90 Paper black dull 0 94 black dull 70 LW 0 89 Paper black dull 70 SW 0 86 Paper blue dark iT 0 84 Paper coated with black Ji 0 93 lacquer Paper green T 0 85 Paper red T 0 76 Paper white 20 T 0 7 0 9 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 163 21 Emissivity tables Paper white 3 different 70 LW 0 88 0 90 9 glosses Paper white 3 different 70 SW 0 76 0 78 9 glosses Paper white bond 20 T 0 93 2 Paper vellow T 0 72 1 Plaster 17 SW 0 86 5 Plaster plasterboard un 20 SW 0 90 6 treated Plaster rough coat 20 T 0 91 2 Plastic glass fibre lami 70 LW 0 91 9 nate printed circ board Plastic glass fibre lami 70 SW 0 94 9 nate printed circ board Plastic polyurethane isola 70 LW 0 55 9 tion board Plastic polyurethane isola 70 SW 0 29 9 tion board Plastic PVC plastic floor 70 LW 0 93 9 dull structured Plastic PVC plastic floor 70 SW 0 94 9 dull structured Platinum 17 T 0 016 4 Platinum 22 T 0 03 4 Platinum 100 T 0 05 4 Platinum 260 T 0 06 4 Platinum 538 T 0 10 4 Platinum 1000 1500 T 0 14 0 18 1 Platinum 1094 T 0 18 4 Platinum pure polished 200 600 T 0 05 0 10 1 Platinum ribbon 900 1100 T 0 12 0 17 1 164 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 21 Emissivity tables
83. er Professional sese 6 3 2 1 Windows XP installations icici ccc tete ttes 6 3 2 2 Windows Vista installation errorrononninivnnnin none 7 3 2 3 Troubleshooting licensing problems 8 3 3 Removing FLIR Reporter Professional c cece eee eee ener 9 4 About ThermaCAM Center a i ei a 11 5 Searching tor MeS anega eene A AOA NO HE 13 6 Creating a report iii el d eee ete v en ird ede 16 6 1 Creating a report using the Wizard uuesssessenssnnnnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnannnnnnnnnnne 16 6 2 Creating a report using the QuickInsert menu command sse 21 6 3 Creating a report using the Rapid Report Manager 22 6 4 Creating a report from Windows Explorer sss 23 7 Screen elements 8 how to use them sse 24 7 1 Toolbars amp toolbar buttons 24 7 1 1 Main toolbar 24 7 1 2 IR Viewer object toolbar 26 7 1 3 IR Profile object toolbar tr ncn tech tete 28 7 1 4 IR Histogram object toolbar 29 7 1 5 IR Trending object toolbar a 30 7 2 ERE 32 7 2 1 IR Viewer object 32 7 2 2 IR Profile object 35 7 2 8 IR Histogram object 36 7 2 4 acce
84. er formulas and other nu merical data can be inserted into formulas NOTE A formula can only operate on a single infrared image not calculate for example differences between two infrared images Related topics Section 12 1 Creating a simple formula on page 76 Section 12 2 Creating a conditional formula using the if statement on page 78 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 75 12 Creating formulas 12 1 Creating a simple formula Procedure Follow this procedure to create a formula that calculates the difference between two spots in an infrared image In your document insert an IR Viewer object Lay out two spots in the image Place the cursor below the image and insert a Result Table object You can also insert a Result Table object after you have created your formula Right click the IR Viewer object and select Formulas Measurement Formulas This will display the Formula dialog box Click Add to display a dialog box in which you define your new formula Do the following em 1 Click the e button to display a dialog box 2 Click Sp2 in the left list box 3 Click OK to leave the dialog box Click the minus button to add a subtraction mathematical operator Do the following em 1 Click the button to display a dialog box 2 Click Sp1 in the right list box 3 Click OK to leave the dialog box The Formula dialog box will now display your f
85. et color Insert an isotherm above a temperature level This assigns a color to all temperatures above a certain temperature level in an image with one preset color Insert an isotherm below a temperature level This assigns a color to all temperatures below a certain temperature level in an image with one preset color Set an isotherm color that is displayed when the camera detects an area where there may be a risk of humidity in the building structure a humidity alarm Setan isotherm color that is displayed when the camera detects what may be an insulation deficiency in a wall an insulation alarm For more information about alarms see section 14 3 1 2 Isotherms tab on page 90 Click to draw a rectangle around the area you want to zoom in on When you are in zoom mode a thumbnail image will appear in the top right corner indicating the location of the area you have zoomed in to 7 You can move the area by clicking and holding down the left mouse button then moving the mouse in any direction To leave the zoom mode either select 1x on the Zoom menu or press the space bar on the keyboard Click to fuse an infrared image with a digital photo Fusing images can make it easier to identify the exact position of temperature anomalies Related topics Section 8 2 2 1 Inserting IR Viewer objects and Digital Photo objects on page 49 Section 8 2 2 10 Moving measurement tools on page 58 Section 8 2 2 11 S
86. et the emissivity to 1 0 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 129 17 17 Thermographic measurement techniques 5 Measure the apparent temperature of the aluminum foil and write it down 10727003 2 N 1 4 Figure 17 4 Measuring the apparent temperature of the aluminum foil 2 Step 2 Determining the emissivity Select a place to put the sample Determine and set reflected apparent temperature according to the previous procedure Put a piece of electrical tape with known high emissivity on the sample Heat the sample at least 20 K above room temperature Heating must be reasonably even Focus and auto adjust the camera and freeze the image Adjust Level and Span for best image brightness and contrast Set emissivity to that of the tape usually 0 97 Measure the temperature of the tape using one of the following measurement functions Isotherm helps you to determine both the temperature and how evenly you have heated the sample Spot simpler Avg good for surfaces with varying emissivity Write down the temperature Move your measurement function to the sample surface Change the emissivity setting until you read the same temperature as your previous measure ment Note 130 Write down the emissivity Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 17 Thermographic measurement techniques
87. for disturbance is obvious at least to a trained operator It is then his responsibil ity to modify the measurement situation to avoid the disturbance e g by changing the viewing direction shielding off intense radiation sources etc Accepting the description above we can use the figure below to derive a formula for the calculation of the object temperature from the calibrated camera output 10400503 a1 1 Wien 1 Wien 1 1 Watm Tam Tren Erefl 1 1 Figure 20 1 A schematic representation of the general thermographic measurement situation 1 Surround ings 2 Object 3 Atmosphere 4 Camera Assume thatthe received radiation power W from a blackbody source of temperature Tsource short distance generates a camera output signal U source that is proportional to the power input power linear camera We can then write Eguation 1 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 147 20 The measurement formula U 2 CW source d unti or with simplified notation U ue CW source source where C is a constant Should the source be a graybody with emittance the received radiation would consequently be eWsource We are now ready to write the three collected radiation power terms 1 Emission from the object TWop where is the emittance of the object and T is the transmittance of the atmosphere The object temperature is
88. frared camera Carry out your inspection as planned Make sure your camera is set to ask you for a text comment when saving each image Insert your CompactFlash card or SD Memory Card containing your im ages and generate a report using the ThermaCAM Wizard When asked for a report template select the report template you created in Steps 1 3 above When the Wizard has finished generating the report you will find your text comments in the Result Table object created in Step 2 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 11 Creating emissivity table files General In FLIR Reporter Professional you can create an emissivity table file to be used when carrying out your infrared inspections After having saved this emissivity table file to your hard disk drive and moved it to the camera using a CompactFlash card or an SD Memory Card it will appear in the camera software You can then set the emissivity from this emissivity table file when changing object parameters in the camera Definition Emissivity is a value that specifies how much radiation an object emits compared to the radiation of a theoretical reference object of the same temperature called a plackbody Valid file format The valid file format for an emissivity table file is etf Procedure Follow this procedure to create an emissivity table file On the FLIR Reporter Professional menu click Text Comment Editor On th
89. g IR Trending objects General The default behavior of the IR Trending object is that it automatically displays a trend for all IR Viewer objects in the report once the report is created You can also manu ally move images to the IR Trending object using a drag and drop operation Procedure Follow this procedure to insert an IR Trending object On your template page click where you want the IR Trending object to appear The IR Trending object will be inserted after and below the cursor Br On the toolbar click This will display a dialog box for IR Trending objects On the Connect tab do the following 1 Specify a parameter for the Y axis To do this click Add and select a label and value in the left and right pane respectively 2 Specify a parameter for the X axis Time Image sequence number Text Comment On the General tab do the following 1 Under General select options related to how the IR Trending object will be displayed 2 Under Trend range select which images should be included in the IR Trending object 3 In the Threshold text box enter a value that will display a horizontal baseline in the IR Trending object On the Prediction tab do the following 1 Under Forecast select the number of periods forward and backward for which the algorithm will present a probable trend 2 Under Trend Regression type select the algorithm you want to use On the Color tab select colors for various i
90. ge The text comments you have created in FLIR Reporter Profes sional will be available for selection in the camera to be saved with the image Valid file format The valid file format for a text comment file is tcf Procedure Follow this procedure to create a text comment file On the FLIR Reporter Professional menu click Text Comment Editor On the File menu click New Text Comment To create a new text comment label click the left most button at the top of the left pane You can delete labels and move them up or down by using the other buttons at the top of the pane To create a new text comment value click the label for which you want to create values and then click the left most button at the top of the right pane You use the buttons at the top in the same way as when creating the labels When you have finished save the text comment file to a CompactFlash or SD Memory Card by clicking Save As on the File menu Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 71 10 Creating text comment files 10 2 General Procedure 72 Linking a text comment to a Result Table object When carrying out large inspections of similar objects e g radiators or air condi tioners in every room in a large office building you will save a lot of time if you add rows for text comments in the result table in your template rather than adding these rows afterwards in the final report Whe
91. h 18 2008 2 Customer help General For customer help visit http flir custhelp com To submit a question to the customer help team you must be a registered user It only takes a few minutes to register online If you only want to search the knowledge base for existing questions and answers you do not need to be a registered user When you want to submit a question make sure that you have the following informa tion to hand The camera model The camera serial number The communication protocol or method between the camera and your PC for example Ethernet USB or FireWire Operating system on your PC Microsoft Office version Full name publication number and revision number of the manual On the customer help site you will also be able to download program updates for your camera Figure This figure shows the welcome page of FLIR Systems customer help site 10776203 a1 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 3 2 Customer help INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 4 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 3 3 1 Operating system Hardware Software Related topics Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 Installation System requirements Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows XP Pro with Service Pack 2 SP2 Microsoft Windows XP Personal computer with an Intel 800 MHz Pentium processor
92. he samples passed very little of the sun s heat while others passed so much heat that he risked eye damage after only a few seconds observation Herschel was soon convinced ofthe necessity of setting up asystematic experiment with the objective of finding a single material that would give the desired reduction in brightness as well as the maximum reduction in heat He began the experiment by repeating Newton s prism experiment but looking for the heating effect rather than the visual distribution of intensity in the spectrum He first blackened the bulb of a sensitive mercury in glass thermometer with ink and with this as his radiation detector he proceeded to test the heating effect of the various colors of the spectrum formed on the top of a table by passing sunlight through a glass prism Other thermometers placed outside the sun s rays served as controls As the blackened thermometer was moved slowly along the colors of the spectrum the temperature readings showed a steady increase from the violet end to the red end This was not entirely unexpected since the Italian researcher Landriani in a similar experiment in 1777 had observed much the same effect It was Herschel Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 133 18 History of infrared technology however who was the first to recognize that there must be a point where the heating effect reaches a maximum and that measurements confined to the visible
93. hree dimensional rendering of the graph of the IR Trending object Click to turn on turn off the grid lines in the graph of the IR Trending object Section 8 2 2 4 Inserting IR Trending objects on page 52 Section 8 2 2 9 Resizing infrared objects on page 57 Section 8 2 2 15 Deleting infrared objects on page 63 Section 14 8 Shortcut menu for IR Trending objects on page 110 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 7 Screen elements amp how to use them INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 31 7 Screen elements amp how to use them 7 2 7 2 1 NOTE Inserting an IR Viewer object Displaying the toolbar An IR Viewer object with an infrared image Callouts 32 Infrared objects IR Viewer object You usually only insert an IR Viewer object when designing a custom report template To insert an IR Viewer object click a on the main toolbar To display the toolbar for this object select the object with the cursor 10758303 a2 This table gives information to the figure above Infrared image Sliders to adjust level and span Temperature scale Indicator that the image file has embedded GPS data Click the globe to display the position on amap Indicator that the image file has a text comment Indicator that the image file has a voice comment
94. hreshold select a new color from the drop down list box and click Apply To change the color of the limit select a new color from the drop down list box and click Apply Bar color 108 To change the color of the bar color select a new color from the drop down list box and click Apply Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 14 Software reference section 14 7 1 3 Lines tab Explanation To select the line you want to connect the IR Histogram object to select acheck box and click Apply Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 109 14 Software reference section 14 8 Grid Lines Legend Show Only Visible Plot Lines in Legend 3D View Swap X amp Y Axes Refresh Settings 110 Shortcut menu for IR Trending objects To display a grid of horizontal lines in the IR Trending object click Grid Lines To display a legend below the IR Trending object click Legend To display trend lines in the legend that you have cleared on the Lines tab click Show Only Visible Plot Lines in Legend To create a three dimensional rendering of the graph of the IR Trending object click 3D View To swap the X and Y axes of the IR Trending object click Swap X amp Y Axes To update the trending graph click Refresh For more information see section 14 8 1 Settings dialog box on page 111 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269
95. i You can specify a different file name and location by clicking LJ Click Next to continue Do the following 1 Select which video compression algorithm you want to use Microsoft video recommended or Additional codecs 2 Specify the frame rate which is the number of frames that will be displayed per second 3 Click Next to continue Click Finish to create your AVI file Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 81 13 Converting radiometric sequence files INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 82 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 14 Software reference section General Since FLIR Reporter Professional seamlessly integrates with the Microsoft Word environment it will be displayed as a menu and additional toolbars as well as a number of shortcut menus In this section all menus submenus and dialog boxes will be described in detail Related topics Section 14 1 FLIR Reporter Professional menu on page 84 Section 14 2 Explanation of the Quicklnsert dialog box on page 86 Section 14 3 Shortcut menu for IR Viewer objects on page 87 Section 14 5 Shortcut menu for measurement tools on page 97 Section 14 6 Shortcut menu for IR Profile objects on page 101 Section 14 7 Shortcut menu for IR Histogram objects on page 105 Section 14 8 Shortcut menu for IR Trending objects on page 110 Section 14 9 Shortcut menu for Digital Photo objects
96. ilding Research Institute Stockholm 1972 Vlcek J Determination of emissivity with imaging radiometers and some emissivities at A 5 um Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing Kern Evaluation of infrared emission of clouds and ground as measured by weather satellites Defence Documentation Center AD 617 417 hman Claes Emittansm tningar med AGEMA E Box Teknisk rapport AGEMA 1999 Emittance measurements using AGEMA E Box Technical report AGEMA 1999 21 2 Important note about the emissivity tables The emissivity values in the table below are recorded using a shortwave SW camera The values should be regarded as recommendations only and used by caution 21 3 Tables Figure 21 1 T Total spectrum SW 2 5 um LW 8 14 um LLW 6 5 20 um 1 Material 2 Specification 3 Temperature in C 4 Spectrum 5 Emissivity 6 Reference Aluminum anodized black 70 LW 0 95 9 dull Aluminum anodized black 0 67 9 70 SW dull Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 153 21 Emissivity tables Aluminum anodized light 70 LW 0 97 gray dull Aluminum anodized light 70 SW 0 61 gray dull Aluminum anodized sheet 100 T 0 55 Aluminum as received plate 100 T 0 09 Aluminum as received sheet 100 T 0 09 Aluminum cast blast cleaned 70 LW 0 46 Aluminum cast blast cleaned 70 SW 0 47 Aluminum dipped in HNO 100 T 0 05 pla
97. illery aircraft ships and even icebergs The first operating systems in the modern sense began to be devel oped during the 1914 18 war when both sides had research programs devoted to the military exploitation of the infrared These programs included experimental systems for enemy intrusion detection remote temperature sensing secure communications and flying torpedo guidance An infrared search system tested during this period was able to detect an approaching airplane at a distance of 1 5 km 0 94 miles or a person more than 300 meters 984 ft away The most sensitive systems up to this time were all based upon variations of the bolometer idea but the period between the two world wars saw the development of two revolutionary new infrared detectors the image converter and the photon detector At first the image converter received the greatest attention by the military because it enabled an observer for the first time in history to literally see in the dark However the sensitivity of the image converter was limited to the near infrared wavelengths and the most interesting military targets i e enemy soldiers had to be illuminated by infrared search beams Since this involved the risk of giving away the observer s position to a similarly equipped enemy observer it is understandable that military in terest in the image converter eventually faded The tactical military disadvantages of so called active i e search beam
98. ion 14 3 1 1 Colors tab on page 89 To change the isotherm select Isotherm This will display the Isotherm tab in the Settings dialog box For more information about isotherms see section 14 3 1 2 Isotherms tab on page 90 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 14 Software reference section 14 5 Cursor Delete Cold Spot Hot Spot Formulas Settings Image Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 9 Shortcut menu for measurement tools Applicable for lines only Click to create a cursor that you can move along the line To remove the currently selected measurement tool from the infrared image click Delete Applicable for all measurement tools except spotmeter difference calculation and marker To create a spotmeter at the coldest location in the area click Cold Spot Applicable for all measurement tools except spotmeter delta and marker To create a spotmeter at the hottest location in the area Hot Spot For more information see section 12 Creating formulas on page 75 For more information see section 14 5 1 Settings dialog box on page 98 This section is identical to section 14 3 Shortcut menu for IR Viewer objects on page 87 NX 14 Software reference section 14 5 1 Settings dialog box 14 5 1 1 General tab Explanation Label Explanation To specify a label i e a name appearing in th
99. is a standard Microsoft Word feature To specify what information should be displayed in the Result Table object right click the Result Table object and select Contents To refresh the Result Table object contents right click the Result Table object and select Refresh You usually only have to do this if you have changed the contents manually Section 8 2 2 5 Inserting Result Table objects on page 53 Section 8 2 2 9 Resizing infrared objects on page 57 Section 8 2 2 16 Deleting Result Table objects on page 64 Section 14 10 Shortcut menu for Result table objects on page 118 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 41 7 Screen elements amp how to use them 7 2 7 NOTE Inserting a Field object Figure Explanation Common tasks Related topics 42 Field object You usually only insert a Field object when designing a custom report template To insert an Field object click er on the main toolbar 10738503 a1 Sp1 Temperature 35 2 C A Field object can be linked to values or texts in your infrared image Common tasks related to the Field object include the following To change borders and shading of the Field object right click the Field object and select Borders and Shading This is a standard Microsoft Word feature To spell check the texts in the Field object right click the Field object and select Spelling This is a standard Microsoft Wo
100. ject parameters see section 17 Thermographic measurement techniques on page 127 To change the distance enter a new value and click Apply For more information about object parameters see section 17 Thermographic measurement techniques on page 127 Reflected apparent tem perature Set as default Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 To change the reflected apparent temperature enter a new value and click Apply For more information about object parameters see section 17 Thermographic measurement techniques on page 127 To use these object parameters settings as default settings for all measurement tools select Set as de fault and click Apply 99 14 Software reference section 14 5 1 3 Size Position tab Explanation Label Explanation To change the X position for a measurement tool enter a negative or positive value and press Apply to move the measurement tool the same number of pix els relative to its original position To change the Y position for a measurement tool enter a negative or positive value and press Apply to move the measurement tool the same number of pix els relative to its original position Height To change the height of a measurement tool enter value and press Apply to specify a new height ofthe measurement tool To change the width of a measurement tool enter a value and press Apply to specify new width of the measuremen
101. k Apply Text Axes Grid Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 To change the color of the table text select a new color from the drop down list box and click Apply To change the color of the axes select a new color from the drop down list box and click Apply To change the color of the grid lines select a new color from the drop down list box and click Apply 103 14 Software reference section 14 6 1 3 Lines tab Explanation To select the line you want to connect the IR Profile object to select a check box and click Apply 104 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 14 Software reference section 14 7 Grid Lines Legend 3D View Swap X amp Y Axes Settings Shortcut menu for IR Histogram objects To display a grid of horizontal lines in the IR Histogram object click Grid Lines To display a legend below the IR Histogram object click Legend To create a three dimensional rendering of the graph of the IR Histogram object click 3D View To swap the X and Y axes of the IR Histogram object click Swap X amp Y Axes For more information see section 14 7 1 Settings dialog box on page 106 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 105 14 Software reference section 14 7 1 Settings dialog box 14 7 1 1 General tab Explanation Explanation Grid Lines To display a grid
102. k Move page up or Move page down To delete pages click Delete Page or Delete all pages To replace an image in the report move another image to the location of the image you want to replace 6 Onthe Text Comments tab do one or more of the following a For images with a text comment you can edit the text comment value by clicking it and then typing a new value a Forimages with a voice comment you can play back the voice comment If a page contains more than one image with text comments or voice com ments you must select the image to be able to see the text comment or play back the voice comment 10742003 a2 SEHR prowizard PET r amp 7 Onthe Report Properties tab you can edit values for report properties by clicking the value and then changing it or typing a new value 10742103 a2 ProWizard rom 8 Tocreate the report click Finish Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 19 6 Creating a report NOTE Related topics 20 If you are interrupted when you create the report you can save the session and close the Wizard You can then open the session again and continue where you were before you were interrupted You save and open session by using the al button and the Var button at the bottom left corner of the Wizard window Section 8 Creating a custom report template on page 45 Pub
103. l No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 6 Creating a report 6 2 General Using an existing page layout Modifying a page layout Related topics Creating a report using the Quicklnsert menu command A fast and convenient way to create a report is to use the QuickInsert menu command Using this command you can select a pre defined page layout or choose to cus tomize one of the page layout Follow this procedure to use an existing page layout On the FLIR Reporter Professional menu select QuicklInsert This will display a dialog box with thumbnails of pre defined page layouts To create a report double click the page layout you want to use In your Microsoft Word document finish your report by opening infrared images and digital photos in the IR Viewer object and Digital Photo object Follow this procedure to modify an existing page layout On the FLIR Reporter Professional menu select Guicklnsert This will display a dialog box with thumbnails of pre defined page layouts Select the page layout you want to modify Click Customize Quicklnsert Make the necessary changes and save the page layout under a template name of your choice The page will now be modified based on the previous settings Section 7 Screen elements amp how to use them on page 24 Section 14 2 Explanation of the Guicklnsert dialog box on page 86 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLI
104. m Toolbars 8 toolbar buttons Main toolbar lf you do not see the main toolbar select the toolbar on the Toolbars menu View Toolbars FLIR Reporter Professional You usually only insert infrared objects from the main toolbar when you design a custom report template from scratch or when you modify an existing report tem plate 10733803 a2 ET ENET This table gives an explanation to the figure above ER E Click to insert an IR Viewer object for infrared images and sequence file An infrared image or sequence file contains valid temperature information that may be output by overlaying different kinds of measurement tools such as spotmeters profiles areas etc Click to insert an IR Profile object An IR Profile object contains a graph showing pixel values along a line in an infrared image Click to insert an IR Histogram object An IR Histogram object contains a graph illustrating how pixels in the image are distributed by graphing the number of pixels at each temperature level E Click to insert an IR Trending object A trending object is a graphical representation of measurement values or text comment values on the Y axis by infrared report pages or infrared images on the X axis sorted by time page number or text comment values It can also display probable trends according to different algorithms Click to insert a Digital Photo object This photo may be taken with a stand al
105. mary Table object include the following To change borders and shading of the Summary Table object right click the 7 Summary Table object and select Borders and Shading This is a standard Mi crosoft Word feature To spell check the texts in the Summary Table object right click the Summary Table object and select Spelling This is a standard Microsoft Word feature To specify what information should be displayed in the Summary Table object right click the Summary Table object and select Contents To refresh the Summary Table object contents right click the Summary Table object and select Refresh You usually only have to do this if you have changed the contents manually Section 8 2 2 6 Inserting Summary Table objects on page 54 Section 8 2 2 9 Resizing infrared objects on page 57 Section 8 2 2 16 Deleting Result Table objects on page 64 Section 14 12 Shortcut menu for Summary Table objects on page 120 Co 7 Screen elements amp how to use them INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 44 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 8 Creating a custom report template 8 1 A note about working in the Microsoft Word environment General Due to the fact that FLIR Reporter Professional is an add in to Microsoft Word ba sically all existing features you usually use when creating a Microsoft Word docu ment template can be used when creating your report templates FLIR Reporter Profe
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107. n list box Contrast To assign a contrasting color to an isotherm select this option button and select a color in the drop down list box Palette To open a palette and use this palette for the isotherm Max Temperature Min Temperature select Palette and click Open To setthe maximum temperature of an isotherm enter a new value here and click Apply Isotherms may exist outside the temperature range of the current image which will make the isotherm invisible By changing the maximum temperature in visible isotherms can be brought back into range To setthe minimum temperature of an isotherm enter a new value here and click Apply Isotherms may exist outside the temperature range of the current image which will make the isotherm invisible By changing the minimum temperature in visible isotherms can be brought back into range Indoor air temperature Outdoor air temperature This text box is only displayed when an insulation alarm is active This parameter refers to the air temperature inside the building in question when setting up insulation alarms An insulation alarm is an alarm that can detect an area where there may be a risk of humidity in a building structure This text box is only displayed when an insulation alarm is active This parameter refers to the air temperature outside the building in question when setting up insulation alarms 90 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN
108. n you have finished your inspection and moved the infrared images from your camera to your computer the Wizard will extract the text comments from your images and insert them in the predefined rows in the Result Table object This requires that a dummy text comment is added to the IR Viewer object in the report template This dummy text comment must have the same labels as the text comment file in the camera Follow this procedure to link text comments to a Result Table object In your report template add a dummy text commentto the IR Viewer object Do this the following way 1 Right click the IR Viewer object 2 Select Settings 3 Go to the Text Comments tab and enter a text comment Make sure that this dummy text comment has the same labels as the text comment file you will use in your camera In your report template create a Result Table object in which the text comments will be displayed The contents of the Result Table object depends on your settings in the Contents dialog box To display this dialog box right click the Result Table object and select Contents Make sure that you select the text comment labels in this dialog box Save the template under a different file name Create a text comment file with the same labels according to section 10 1 Creating a text comment file on page 71 Save the text comment file on a CompactFlash card or an SD Memory Card and insert the card into your in
109. nd weaker they must all be added up when the total emittance of the plate is sought When the resulting geometrical series is summed the effective emissivity of a semi transparent plate is obtained as t 0 7 1 A When the plate becomes opaque this formula is reduced to the single formula 1 This last relation is a particularly convenient one because it is often easier to measure reflectance than to measure emissivity directly 146 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 20 The measurement formula As already mentioned when viewing an object the camera receives radiation not only from the object itself It also collects radiation from the surroundings reflected via the object surface Both these radiation contributions become attenuated to some extent by the atmosphere in the measurement path To this comes a third radiation contribution from the atmosphere itself This description of the measurement situation as illustrated in the figure below is so far a fairly true description of the real conditions What has been neglected could for instance be sun light scattering in the atmosphere or stray radiation from intense ra diation sources outside the field of view Such disturbances are difficult to quantify however in most cases they are fortunately small enough to be neglected In case they are not negligible the measurement configuration is likely to be such that the risk
110. nium oxidized at 540 C 200 T 0 40 1 Titanium oxidized at 540 C 500 T 0 50 1 Titanium oxidized at 540 C 1000 T 0 60 1 Titanium polished 200 T 0 15 1 Titanium polished 500 T 0 20 1 Titanium polished 1000 T 0 36 1 Tungsten 200 T 0 05 1 Tungsten 600 1000 T 0 1 0 16 1 Tungsten 1500 2200 T 0 24 0 31 1 Tungsten filament 3300 T 0 39 1 Varnish flat 20 SW 0 93 6 Varnish on oak parguet 70 LW 0 90 0 93 9 floor Varnish on oak parquet 70 SW 0 90 9 floor 166 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 21 Emissivity tables Wallpaper slight pattern light 20 SW 0 85 gray Wallpaper slight pattern red 20 SW 0 90 Water distilled 20 T 0 96 Water frost crystals 10 iT 0 98 Water ice covered with 0 T 0 98 heavy frost Water ice smooth 10 T 0 96 Water ice smooth 0 T 0 97 Water layer 20 1 mm 0 100 T 0 95 0 98 thick Water snow T 0 8 Water snow 10 T 0 85 Wood 17 Sw 0 98 Wood 19 LLW 0 962 Wood ground T 0 5 0 7 Wood pine 4 different 70 LW 0 81 0 89 samples Wood pine 4 different 70 SW 0 67 0 75 samples Wood planed 20 T 0 8 0 9 Wood planed oak 20 T 0 90 Wood planed oak 70 LW 0 88 Wood planed oak 70 SW 0 77 Wood plywood smooth 36 SW 0 82 dry Wood plywood untreat 20 SW 0 83 ed Wood white damp 20 T 0 7 0 8 Zinc oxidized at 400 C 400 T 0 11 Zinc oxidized surface 1000 1200 T 0 50 0 60 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN
111. not for the compensating absorption of radiation from surrounding surfaces at room temperatures which do not vary too drastically from the temperature of the body or of course the addition of clothing 19 3 4 Non blackbody emitters So far only blackbody radiators and blackbody radiation have been discussed However real objects almost never comply with these laws over an extended wave length region although they may approach the blackbody behavior in certain spectral intervals For example a certain type of white paint may appear perfectly white in the visible light spectrum but becomes distinctly gray at about 2 and beyond 3 um it is almost black There are three processes which can occur that prevent a real object from acting like a blackbody a fraction of the incident radiation a may be absorbed a fraction p may be reflected and a fraction T may be transmitted Since all of these factors are more or less wavelength dependent the subscript A is used to imply the spectral depen dence of their definitions Thus The spectral absorptance a the ratio of the spectral radiant power absorbed by an object to that incident upon it The spectral reflectance p the ratio of the spectral radiant power reflected by an object to that incident upon it The spectral transmittance T the ratio of the spectral radiant power transmitted through an object to that incident upon it The sum of these three factors must always ad
112. nsert Table 84 installation 6 insulation alarm inserting 27 Insulation factor 91 Invert palette 89 IR Histogram 84 IR Histogram object description 36 inserting 24 50 84 toolbar 29 IR Profile 84 IR Profile object description 35 inserting 24 51 84 toolbar 28 IR Scale 102 106 IR Trending 84 IR Trending object description 38 inserting 24 52 84 176 IR Trending object continued toolbar 30 IR Viewer 84 IR Viewer object description 32 inserting 24 49 84 toolbar 26 ISO 9001 viii isotherm creating 27 inserting 27 Isotherm 96 Isotherms 90 italic 1 Items 112 J James Dewar 136 Josef Stefan 142 jpg 121 K Kirchhoff Gustav Robert 138 L Label 92 98 Landriani Marsilio 133 Langley Samuel P 136 latitude 32 33 34 laws Planck s law 139 Stefan Boltzmann s formula 142 Wien s displacement law 140 legal disclaimer viii Legend 101 102 105 106 110 112 Leopoldo Nobili 135 license information 1 license number 6 7 Limit 108 line cloning 61 creating 26 deleting 62 inserting 26 moving 58 selecting 59 Line 116 Linear 113 Lines 104 109 linking Microsoft Word field 70 text comment 72 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 Index M Logarithmic 113 longitude 32 33 34 Ludwig Boltzmann 142 Macedonio Melloni 134 main toolbar 24 map 32 33 34 marker creating 26 inserting 26 Marsilio Landriani
113. ntents 86 118 119 120 Contrast 90 conventions typographical italic 1 monospace 1 semibold 1 UPPERCASE 1 converting seq files 81 copyright viii courses 1 Create AVI File 85 Create PDF Document 85 creating Adobe PDF document 25 85 alarm 27 arrow 26 back cover 47 bent line 26 box 26 circle 26 custom report template 45 46 48 difference calculation 26 document properties 68 emissivity table file 73 flying spotmeter 26 formula 75 front cover 47 isotherm 27 line 26 marker 26 polygon area 26 report using Guicklnsert 21 using Rapid Report Manager 22 using Windows Explorer 23 using Wizard 16 report template 45 46 48 spotmeter 26 text comment file 71 Cursor 97 Custom 99 customer support 3 custom report template creating 45 46 48 D Delete 84 90 92 96 97 Delete Page 84 deleting bent line 62 box 62 174 deleting continued circle 62 Field object 66 flying spotmeter 62 infrared object 25 84 infrared objects 63 line 62 measurement tools 62 page 25 84 polygon area 62 Result Table object 64 Summary Table object 65 design mode 25 Dewar James 136 difference calculation creating 26 inserting 26 Digital Photo 84 Digital Photo object description 40 inserting 24 49 84 Display equation on chart 113 Display R squared value on chart 114 distance explanation 131 Distance to object 93 99 document properties creating 68 custom 6
114. o 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 14 7 1 2 COLON Ta in iura u v a TREE 108 14 7 1 3 Lines tab 109 14 8 Shortcut menu for IR Trending objects 110 14 8 1 Settings dialog box 111 14 8 1 1 Connect tab no sadn ctor Rete tva 111 14 8 1 2 e Irure 112 14 8 1 3 Prediction Benennung 113 14 8 1 4 GOON TaD lan EH 115 14 8 1 5 Line tab 116 14 9 Shortcut menu for Digital Photo objects 14 10 Shortcut menu for Result table objects 118 14 11 Shortcut menu for Field objects 119 14 12 Shortcut menu for Summary Table objects 120 Supported file formats in the IR Viewer object ssssssssssenne 121 About ELIR Systems quse sangen nenne 123 16 1 More than just an infrared camera sse nnns 124 16 2 Sharing oun knowledge rete re netten ates trees aidera s 124 16 3 S pporting OUT CUSTOTTBIS ecu eerte etre ecc nun 124 16 4 few images from our facilities 125 Thermographic measurement techniques 127 171 aielo 27 127 17 2 Emissivity 127 17 2 1 Finding the emissivity of a sample
115. o and select the corresponding digital photo In the infrared image define the positions of interest by moving the three reference crosshairs to these positions In the digital photo move the three reference crosshairs to the correspond ing positions To display the fused image click OK In the IR Viewer object you can adjust the exact position of the digital photo in the fused image by doing one or more of the following move the digital photo up down or left right in 1 pixel increments use the arrow keys on your keyboard a To rotate the digital photo clockwise counter clockwise in 1 increments use the Page Up and Page Down keys on your keyboard Explanation of additional buttons and controls Explanation View Full Image To view the full image click View Full Image Ref 1 To zoom in on crosshair 1 click Ref 1 Ref 2 To zoom in on crosshair 2 click Ref 2 Ref 3 To zoom in on crosshair 3 click Ref 3 Picture in Picture PiP To display the digital photo in its original size select Picture in Picture PiP Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 87 14 Software reference section Explanation Visual image in black To display the digital photo in grayscale select Visual and white image in black and white Open Photo To open a digital photo click Open Photo Threshold To use one temperature interval for the infrared image and use the digital photo f
116. o rows Contents A visual representation of the page layout The numbers refer to the rows and the capital letters refer to the columns The label Merge will merge i e straddle two horizontal items into one single item Note that the Merge command prioritizes the first item in a row A method to connect or link two objects Add a result table To add a result table below your page layout select this box Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 14 Software reference section 14 3 Open Save As Show IR Scale Zoom Settings Image Fusion Shortcut menu for IR Viewer objects To open an image in the IR Viewer or change the current image to a new image click Open To save the currently displayed image to your hard disk drive click Save As To show hide the IR scale at the far right in the infrared image click Show IR Scale To zoom in on the currently displayed image click 1x 2X 4x or 8x on the Zoom menu For more information see section 14 3 1 Settings dialog box on page 89 To display the image fusion dialog box click Image Fusion In this dialog box you can fuse an infrared image with a digital photo Fusing images can make it easier to identify the exact position of temperature anomalies Follow this procedure to fuse an infrared image with a digital photo Click Open IR Image and select an infrared image Click Open Phot
117. object click Refresh Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 14 Software reference section 14 11 Shortcut menu for Field objects NOTE The menu items Borders and Shading and Spelling will not be described here since these are standard Microsoft Word features Contents To select a label and value for a Field object select the label in the left pane and its value in the right pane and click Apply Refresh To update the Field object click Refresh Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 119 14 Software reference section 14 12 NOTE Contents Refresh 120 Shortcut menu for Summary Table objects The menu items Borders and Shading and Spelling will not be described here since these are standard Microsoft Word features To select a label and value for a Summary Table object select the label in the left pane and its value in the right pane and click Apply To update the Summary Table object click Refresh Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 15 Supported file formats in the IR Viewer object Radiometric file The IR Viewer object supports the following radiometric file formats formats ThermaCAM radiometric jpg ThermaCAM radiometric img ThermaCAM radiometric 8 bit tif ThermaCAM radiometric 8 12 bit tif ThermaCAM radiometric 12 bit tif a ThermoTeknix tgw
118. of horizontal lines in the IR Histogram object click Grid Lines Legend To display a legend below the IR Histogram object click Legend 3D View To create athree dimensional rendering ofthe graph of the IR Histogram object click 3D View Swap X amp Y Axes To swap the X and Y axes of the IR Histogram object click Swap X amp Y Axes Use palette To use a color palette for the three dimensional ren dering of the IR Histogram object select Use palette and click Apply Columns To add or remove columns in the IR Histogram object select or clear these boxes None Select this option button if no threshold should be used in the IR Histogram object Step To use a step threshold in the IR Histogram object select this option button A step threshold shows how many percent of the pixels are below and above a specific temperature The percentages are displayed in the IR Histogram object legend below the IR Histogram object Band To use a band threshold in the IR Histogram object select this option button A band threshold shows how many percent of the pixels are below a lower temperature between this lower temperature and a higher temperature and above that higher temperature The percentages are displayed in the threshold legend below the IR His togram object IR Scale To use the IR scale as the temperature axis select this option button and click Apply Auto To let FLIR Reporter Professional au
119. of the particular supplier only and FLIR Systems has no responsibility whatsoever for such products The warranty extends only to the original purchaser and is not transferable It is not applicable to any product which has been subjected to misuse neglect accident or abnormal conditions of operation Expendable parts are excluded from the warranty In the case of a defect in a product covered by this warranty the product must not be further used in order to prevent additional damage The purchaser shall promptly report any defect to FLIR Systems or this warranty will not apply FLIR Systems will at its option repair or replace any such defective product free of charge if upon inspection it proves to be defective in material or workmanship and provided that it is returned to FLIR Systems within the said one year period FLIR Systems has no other obligation or liability for defects than those set forth above No other warranty is expressed or implied FLIR Systems specifically disclaims the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose FLIR Systems shall not be liable for any direct indirect special incidental or consequential loss or damage whether based on contract tort or any other legal theory Copyright FLIR Systems 2008 All rights reserved worldwide No parts of the software including source code may be reproduced transmitted transcribed or translated into any language or computer language in an
120. oft Word document properties When creating an infrared report FLIR Reporter Professional extracts the Microsoft Word document properties for the report template and inserts these properties in corresponding Microsoft Word fields in the final report You can use these document properties to automate several time consuming tasks when creating a report For example you may want FLIR Reporter Professional to automatically add information such as the name address and e mail address of the inspection site the model name of the camera that you are using your e mail address etc There are two different types of document properties Summary document properties Custom document properties For the former you can only change the values but for the latter you can change both the labels and the values Follow this procedure to create and edit a Microsoft Word document property 1 Start Microsoft Word and then open one of the infrared report templates dot that are shipped with FLIR Reporter Professional Users of Microsoft XP operating systems can find the templates by typing the following path C Documents and Settings Your user name Application Data Mi crosoft Templates IR 2 Click Properties on the File menu This will display the Summary tab of the Properties dialog box 3 Type your information in the appropriate text boxes 4 Click the Custom tab 5 To add a custom property type a
121. om report template 8 2 2 10 Moving measurement tools Procedure Follow this procedure to move a measurement tool Select one or several measurement tools according to section 8 2 2 11 Selecting measurement tools on page 59 Do one of the following To move the measurement tool press the arrow keys To move the measurement tool use the mouse Related topics Section 7 1 2 IR Viewer object toolbar on page 26 Section 7 2 1 IR Viewer object on page 32 58 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 8 Creating a custom report template 8 2 2 11 Selecting measurement tools Procedure Do one of the following To select one tool click the tool To select several tools SHIFT click the tools To select all tools select the IR Viewer object and press A k To select one or several tools click you want to select and draw a rectangle around the tools Related topics a Section 7 1 2 IR Viewer object toolbar on page 26 Section 7 2 1 IR Viewer object on page 32 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 59 8 Creating a custom report template 8 2 2 12 Procedure Related topics 60 Moving between measurement tools Do one of the following To select one tool after another in one direction press TAB To select one tool after another in the other direction press and hold SHIFT and then press TAB
122. on destructive testing process control and automation and machine vision among many others FLIR Systems has three manufacturing plants in the United States Portland OR Boston MA Santa Barbara CA and one in Sweden Stockholm Direct sales offices in Belgium Brazil China France Germany Great Britain Hong Kong ltaly Japan Sweden and the USA together with a worldwide network of agents and distribu tors support our international customer base Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 123 16 About FLIR Systems FLIR Systems is at the forefront of innovation in the infrared camera industry We an ticipate market demand by constantly improving our existing cameras and developing new ones The company has set milestones in product design and development such as the introduction of the first battery operated portable camera for industrial inspec tions and the first uncooled infrared camera to mention just two innovations FLIR Systems manufactures all vital mechanical and electronic components of the camera systems itself From detector design and manufacturing to lenses and system electronics to final testing and calibration all production steps are carried out and supervised by our own engineers The in depth expertise of these infrared specialists ensures the accuracy and reliability of all vital components that are assembled into your infrared camera 16 1 More than just an infrared camera A
123. on page 117 Section 14 10 Shortcut menu for Result table objects on page 118 Section 14 11 Shortcut menu for Field objects on page 119 Section 14 12 Shortcut menu for Summary Table objects on page 120 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 83 14 Software reference section 14 1 IR Viewer IR Profile IR Histogram IR Trending Digital Photo Insert Table Insert Field Insert Summary Table Duplicate Page Delete Page Delete Connect QuicklInsert 84 FLIR Reporter Professional menu Click to insert an IR Viewer object for infrared images and sequence file An infrared image or sequence file contains valid temperature information that may be output by overlaying different kinds of measurement tools such as spotmeters profiles areas etc Click to insert an IR Profile object An IR Profile object contains a graph showing pixel values along a line in an infrared image Click to insert an IR Histogram object An IR Histogram object contains a graph illus trating how pixels in the image are distributed by graphing the number of pixels at each temperature level Click to insert an IR Trending object A trending object is a graphical representation of measurement values or text comment values on the Y axis by infrared report pages or infrared images on the X axis sorted by time page number or text comment values It can also display probable trends according to
124. on the FLIR Reporter Professional toolbar or by clicking the commands on the FLIR Reporter Professional menu There are five different infrared objects and three table objects IR Viewer object Digital Photo object IR Histogram object IR Profile object IR Trending object Result table object Summary table object Field object The procedures on the following pages assume that you click the toolbar buttons However you can also click the commands on the FLIR Reporter Professional menu Section 8 2 2 1 Inserting IR Viewer objects and Digital Photo objects on page 49 Section 8 2 2 2 Inserting IR Histogram objects on page 50 Section 8 2 2 3 Inserting IR Profile objects on page 51 Section 8 2 2 4 Inserting IR Trending objects on page 52 Section 8 2 2 5 Inserting Result Table objects on page 53 Section 8 2 2 6 Inserting Summary Table objects on page 54 Section 8 2 2 7 Inserting Field objects on page 55 Section 8 2 2 8 Connecting objects on page 56 Section 8 2 2 9 Resizing infrared objects on page 57 Section 8 2 2 10 Moving measurement tools on page 58 Section 8 2 2 11 Selecting measurement tools on page 59 Section 8 2 2 12 Moving between measurement tools on page 60 Section 8 2 2 13 Cloning measurement tools on page 61 Section 8 2 2 14 Deleting measurement tools on page 62 Section 8 2 2 15 Deleting infrared objects on page 63 Section 8 2 2 16 Deleting Result Table objects on page 64 S
125. one digital camera or with the digital visual camera featured on some FLIR Systems infrared cameras Only use this method to insert a photo when you design a report template In all other situations insert photos by clicking Picture on the Insert menu Insert gt Picture gt From File Click to insert an Result Table object into your current document A Result Table object displays the results of the measurement tools laid out in the infrared image as well as other information that is related to the infrared image Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 7 Screen elements amp how to use them Click to insert an Field object into your current document A Field object can be linked to values or texts in your infrared image Click to insert an Summary Table object A Summary Table object lists infrared data of your choice from all infrared images in the report one row per image Click this toolbar button and then click an infrared object to remove the infrared object from your report Click to connect infrared objects to each other for example an IR Profile object to an IR Viewer object Click to create a report using the QuicklInsert function For more informa tion about this function see the following BEE BE Section 6 2 Creating a report using the QuickInsert menu command on page 21 Section 14 2 Explanation of the dialog box on page 86 Click
126. or lower and higher temper atures select Threshold and enter the desired tem perature values in the corresponding text boxes You can adjust the temperature levels by dragging the sliders in the IR Viewer object once you have closed the dialog box Blending To mix the image from infrared pixels and digital photo pixels select Blending You can adjust the mixing levels by dragging the sliders in the IR Viewer object once you have closed the dialog box Rotate Left To rotate the image 90 to the left click Rotate Left Rotate Right To rotate the image 90 to the right click Rotate Right Formulas To create a formula click Formula For more information about creating formulas see section 12 Creating formulas on page 75 88 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 14 Software reference section 14 3 1 14 3 1 1 Explanation Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 Settings dialog box Colors tab Label Explanation Browse To open palette files pal stored at a different loca tion click Browse Advanced To open a dialog box where you can select advanced parameters click Advanced Max Temperature To define the maximum level temperature ofthe scale type a temperature value in the text box Min Temperature To define the minimum level temperature ofthe scale type a temperature value in the text box Invert palette
127. ormula using FLIR Systems formula syntax ana Sp2 temp ana Spl temp Click Close to leave the dialog box Right click the Result table object and select Contents In the left pane of the Table Items area select the formula Formulas are indicated by the Fo prefix Click OK to leave the dialog box The formula and formula result are now displayed in your Result Table object 76 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 12 Creating formulas INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 77 12 Creating formulas 12 2 General Procedure 78 Creating a conditional formula using the if statement For some applications you may want to display the result of a calculation in green font color if the result is lower than a critical value and in red font color if the result is higher than the critical value You do this by creating a conditional formula using the if statement Follow this procedure to create a conditional formula using the if statement 1 Repeat the procedure above in a new document but do not create a Result Table object 2 Click the IR Viewer object 3 Right click the IR Viewer and select Formulas Measurement Formulas This will display the Formula dialog box 4 Dothe following 1 Click Add to display a dialog box in which you define your new formula 2 Click the if button to display
128. ou image and the result of the Fo1 formula will be displayed in red or green depending on the measured values of the two spotmeters NOTE These types of conditional formulas can be connected to the following objects a Field objects a Result table Summary table Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 79 12 Creating formulas 80 INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 13 Converting radiometric sequence files General In FLIR Reporter Professional you can convert a radiometric sequence file seq to an avi file The AVI format stands for Audio Video Interlaced and was created by Microsoft and introduced along with Windows 3 1 It is one ofthe most widespread semi professional video formats and will let you or your recipients view the converted sequence file in a variety of video applications Valid file formats The valid file format for a radiometric sequence file is seq The valid file format for an AVI file is avi Procedure Follow this procedure to convert a sequence file to an AVI file On the FLIR Reporter Professional menu click Create AVI File Click Next to continue This will display the Open File dialog box Click Open to locate the file you want to convert Double click the file you want to convert By default the converted file will be saved atthe same location with the new file name extension av
129. r a graybody radiator the Stefan Boltzmann formula becomes W eoT Watt m This states that the total emissive power of a graybody is the same as a blackbody at the same temperature reduced in proportion to the value of from the graybody 144 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 19 Theory of thermography 10401203 a2 Figure 19 8 Spectral radiant emittance of three types of radiators 1 Spectral radiant emittance 2 Wavelength 3 Blackbody 4 Selective radiator 5 Graybody 10327303 a4 Figure 19 9 Spectral emissivity of three types of radiators 1 Spectral emissivity 2 Wavelength 3 Blackbody 4 Graybody 5 Selective radiator 19 4 Infrared semi transparent materials Consider now a non metallic semi transparent body let us say in the form of a thick flat plate of plastic material When the plate is heated radiation generated within its volume must work its way toward the surfaces through the material in which it is partially absorbed Moreover when it arrives at the surface some of it is reflected back into the interior The back reflected radiation is again partially absorbed but Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 145 19 Theory of thermography some of it arrives at the other surface through which most of it escapes part of it is reflected back again Although the progressive reflections become weaker a
130. r more lines are laid out in the infrared image clicking Show Only Visible Profile Lines in Legend will remove any cleared line results from the legend below the IR Profile object 3D View To create a three dimensional rendering of the graph of the IR Profile object click 3D View Swap X amp Y Axes To swap the X and Y axes of the IR Profile object click Swap X amp Y Axes Columns To add or remove columns in the IR Profile object select or clear these boxes IR Scale Auto To use the IR scale as the temperature axis select this option button and click Apply To let FLIR Reporter Professional automatically define the temperature axis select this option button and click Apply Max Temperature To manually define the maximum and minimum axis temperature select this option button enter new val ues and click Apply See above Min Temperature See above Threshold To display a horizontal line at a certain temperature in the IR Profile object enter a value in the text box and click Apply Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 14 Software reference section 14 6 1 2 Color tab Explanation Label Explanation Background To change the color of the table background select a new color from the drop down list box and click Apply Plot Area To change the color of the plot area select a new color from the drop down list box and clic
131. ral radiant emittance temperature range The interval of the temperature scale usually expressed as a signal value Amount of energy emitted from an object per unit of time area and wavelength W m 2 um The current overall temperature measurement limitation of an IR camera Cameras can have several ranges Expressed as two blackbody temperatures that limit the current calibration temperature scale The way in which an IR image currently is displayed Expressed as two temperature values limiting the colors thermogram infrared image Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 171 22 Glossary Term or expression Explanation transmission or transmittance factor Gases and materials can be more or less transparent Transmis sion is the amount of IR radiation passing through them A number between 0 and 1 transparent isotnerm An isotherm showing a linear spread of colors instead of cover ing the highlighted parts of the image visual Refers to the video mode of a IR camera as opposed to the normal thermographic mode When a camera is in video mode it captures ordinary video images while thermographic images are captured when the camera is in IR mode 172 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 Index Index img 121 jpg 121 seq files converting 81 tgw 121 tif 8 12 bit 121 8 bit 121 12 bit 121 tlw 121
132. rared objects on page 32 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 63 8 Creating a custom report template 8 2 2 16 Deleting Result Table objects Procedure Follow this procedure to delete a Result Table object Click anywhere in the Result Table object On the Microsoft Word Table menu point to Delete and then click Table to delete the currently selected table Related topics Section 7 2 Infrared objects on page 32 64 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 8 Creating a custom report template 8 2 2 17 Deleting Summary Table objects Procedure Follow this procedure to delete a Summary Table object Click anywhere in the Summary Table object On the Microsoft Word Table menu point to Delete and then click Table to delete the currently selected table Related topics Section 7 2 Infrared objects on page 32 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 8 Creating a custom report template 8 2 2 18 NOTE Procedure Related topics 66 Deleting Field objects This procedure applies to FLIR Reporter Field objects only not Microsoft Word fields Follow this procedure to delete a Field object Place the cursor just to the left ofthe Field object and click once This will select the whole Field object Press DELETE on your keyboard Section 7 2 Infrared objects on page 32 Publ
133. rd feature To specify what information should be displayed in the Field object right click the Field object and select Contents To refresh the Field object contents right click the Field object and select Refresh You usually only have to do this if you have changed the contents manually Section 8 2 2 7 Inserting Field objects on page 55 Section 8 2 2 9 Resizing infrared objects on page 57 Section 8 2 2 18 Deleting Field objects on page 66 Section 14 11 Shortcut menu for Field objects on page 119 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 7 Screen elements amp how to use them 7 2 8 NOTE Inserting a Summary Table object Figure Explanation Common tasks Related topics Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 4 Summary Table object You usually only insert an Summary Table object when designing a custom report template You can edit the texts in the Summary Table object once the report is created However these changes will be deleted when you right click the Summary Table object and select Refresh To insert a Summary Table object click on the main toolbar 10740403 1 Image Date Image Time Spl Temperature 2002 04 17 09 46 35 23 2 C 2002 04 17 12 05 55 24 6 C A Summary Table object lists infrared data of your choice from all infrared images in the report one row per image Common tasks related to the Sum
134. rious parts of live images and also of stabilizing the camera infrared IR isotherm isothermal cavity Laser LocatlR Non visible radiation having a wavelength from about 2 13 um infrared A function highlighting those parts of an image that fall above below or between one or more temperature intervals A bottle shaped radiator with a uniform temperature viewed through the bottleneck An electrically powered light source on the camera that emits laser radiation in a thin concentrated beam to point at certain parts of the object in front of the camera laser pointer level An electrically powered light source on the camera that emits laser radiation in a thin concentrated beam to point at certain parts of the object in front of the camera The center value of the temperature scale usually expressed as a signal value manual adjust A way to adjust the image by manually changing certain param eters NETD Noise eguivalent temperature difference A measure of the image noise level of an IR camera noise Undesired small disturbance in the infrared image object parameters 170 A set of values describing the circumstances under which the measurement of an object was made and the object itself such as emissivity ambient temperature distance etc Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 22 Glossary Term or expression Explanation object signal
135. rowaves 6 Radiowaves Thermography makes use of the infrared spectral band At the short wavelength end the boundary lies at the limit of visual perception in the deep red At the long wave length end it merges with the microwave radio wavelengths in the millimeter range The infrared band is often further subdivided into four smaller bands the boundaries of which are also arbitrarily chosen They include the near infrared 0 75 3 um the middle infrared 3 6 um the far infrared 6 15 jum and the extreme infrared 15 100 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 137 19 Theory of thermography um Although the wavelengths are given in um micrometers other units are often still used to measure wavelength in this spectral region e g nanometer nm and ngstr m The relationships between the different wavelength measurements is 10 000 1 000 nm 1 u 1 um 19 3 Blackbody radiation A blackbody is defined as an object which absorbs all radiation that impinges on it at any wavelength The apparent misnomer black relating to an object emitting radia tion is explained by Kirchhoff s Law after Gustav Robert Kirchhoff 1824 1887 which states that a body capable of absorbing all radiation at any wavelength is equally capable in the emission of radiation 10398803 a1 Figure 19 2 Gustav Robert Kirchhoff 1824 1887 The construction of a blackbody source is in principle very simpl
136. rtcut menu for Field objects on page 119 Section 7 2 7 Field object on page 42 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 55 8 Creating a custom report template 8 2 2 8 NOTE Procedure 56 Connecting objects This description assumes that you have one IR Viewer object and one IR Profile object on your template page The objects you connect must be on the same page when you connect them If the document is repaginated and one of the objects falls on a different page the connection will however still be maintained On the main toolbar click a This will display a dialog box where you can select the IR Viewer object you want to connect the IR Profile object to Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 8 Creating a custom report template 8 2 2 9 Resizing infrared objects Procedure Follow this procedure to resize an infrared object Click anywhere on an IR Viewer object a Digital Photo object etc To change the size drag one of the handles that will be displayed when you select the object NOTE The procedure above does not apply to resizing Field Objects Result Table objects and Summary Table objects To resize these types of objects select the object and use the menu commands on the Table menu Related topics Section 7 2 Infrared objects on page 32 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 57 8 Creating a cust
137. selected all new images will use the palette and color distribution you set up in the Set tings dialog box instead of using the image s own settings from the camera Pre defined object pa rameters If this box is selected all new images will use the ob ject parameters you set up in the Settings dialog box instead of using the image s own settings from the camera Scale limits from image To use the new images scale limits select this check box Auto adjust Max Temperature Min Temperature Temperature To autoadjust the image upon importing it select this check box To pre define the scale limit for the new image enter the maximum temperature level here and click Apply To pre define the scale limit for the new image enter the minimum temperature level here and click Apply To output the pixel information as temperature in de grees Kelvin Celsius or Fahrenheit select this option button Object signal To output the pixel information as an object signal select this option button 95 14 Software reference section 14 4 Delete Palette Isotherm 96 Shortcut menu for isotherms and IR scales To open delete an isotherm select Delete Note This menu command is not available when right clicking IR scales To change the palette select Palette This will display the Colors tab in the Settings dialog box For more information about palettes see sect
138. ssional adds a number of commands that are specific to the in dustry of infrared imaging and reporting and these commands can be accessed on the FLIR Reporter Professional menu as well as on the different toolbars You use these features along with the usual Microsoft Word features when you create infrared report templates NOTE Creating a report template requires skill in creating document templates in Mi crosoft Word For more information about this please refer to your Microsoft Word documentation or the Microsoft Word online help When creating a custom report template you may it useful to select Show Hide 1 on the main toolbar in Microsoft amp Word Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 45 8 Creating a custom report template 8 2 Typical structure of areport template Few or many report templates Related topics 46 Creating a custom infrared report template A custom infrared report template usually consists of the following types of pages A front cover A number of different pages containing combinations of IR Viewer objects Digital Photo objects IR Histogram objects IR Profile objects Result Table objects Summary Table objects etc Aback cover It is not uncommon that you will use one specific template for one specific customer If this is the case you may want to include your customer s company specific infor mation in the template rather than
139. sult can then be displayed in a Result Table object Click to create areas on infrared images The measurement result can then be displayed in a Result Table object Click to create ellipsoidal areas on infrared images The measurement result can then be displayed in a Result Table object p o O Click to create polygon areas on infrared images The measurement result can then be displayed in a Result Table object Click to create a line on infrared images measurement result can then be displayed in an IR Profile object Click to create a bent line on infrared images The measurement result can then be displayed in an IR Profile object Click to calculate the difference between two temperatures for example two spotmeters or a spotmeter and the maximum temperature in the image The result from the calculation will be displayed both as a ToolTip and as a result in the result table Using this toolbar button requires that you have laid out at least one measurement function on your image Click to create a marker that you can move anywhere in an image and point to an area of interest Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 7 Screen elements amp how to use them Click to display a menu where you can do one of the following Insert an isotherm between two temperature levels This assigns a color to all temperatures between two temperature levels in an image with one pres
140. t FLIR Systems we recognize that our job is to go beyond just producing the best infrared camera systems We are committed to enabling all users of our infrared camera systems to work more productively by providing them with the most powerful camera software combination Especially tailored software for predictive maintenance R amp D and process monitoring is developed in house Most software is available in a wide variety of languages We support all our infrared cameras with a wide variety of accessories to adapt your equipment to the most demanding infrared applications 16 2 Sharing our knowledge Although our cameras are designed to be very user friendly there is a lot more to thermography than just knowing how to handle a camera Therefore FLIR Systems has founded the Infrared Training Center ITC a separate business unit that provides certified training courses Attending one of the ITC courses will give you a truly hands on learning experience The staff of the ITC are also there to provide you with any application support you may need in putting infrared theory into practice 16 3 Supporting our customers FLIR Systems operates a worldwide service network to keep your camera running at all times If you discover a problem with your camera local service centers have all the equipment and expertise to solve it within the shortest possible time Therefore there is no need to send your camera to the other side of the world or to
141. t comments object parameters and preferences right click the image and select Settings To rotate the image left or right right click the image and select Rotate Left or Rotate Right To insert measurement tools using a menu instead of the toolbar buttons right click the image and select a measurement tool on the Measurement submenu Section 7 1 2 IR Viewer object toolbar on page 26 Section 8 2 2 1 Inserting IR Viewer objects and Digital Photo objects on page 49 Section 8 2 2 9 Resizing infrared objects on page 57 Section 8 2 2 15 Deleting infrared objects on page 63 Section 14 3 Shortcut menu for IR Viewer objects on page 87 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 7 Screen elements amp how to use them 7 2 2 NOTE Inserting an IR Profile object Displaying the toolbar Figure Explanation Common tasks Related topics IR Profile object You usually only insert an IR Profile object when designing a custom report template To insert an IR Profile object click we on the main toolbar To display the toolbar for this object select the object with the cursor 10738103 a1 An IR Profile object contains a graph showing pixel values along a line in an infrared image Common tasks related to the IR Profile object include the following create a three dimensional rendering click the appropriate toolbar button or right click
142. t tool Rotate To rotate a measurement tool enter a negative or positive value and press Apply to specify a new angle of rotation for the measurement tool 100 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 14 Software reference section 14 6 Shortcut menu for IR Profile objects Grid Lines To display a grid of horizontal lines in the IR Profile object click Grid Lines Legend To display a legend below the IR Profile object click Legend Show Only Visible If two or more lines are laid out in the infrared image clicking Show Only Visible Profile Lines in Profile Lines in Legend will remove any cleared line results from the legend below Legend the IR Profile object 3D View To create a three dimensional rendering of the graph of the IR Profile object click 3D View Swap X amp Y Axes swap the X and Y axes of the IR Profile object click Swap X amp Y Axes Settings For more information see section 14 6 1 Settings dialog box on page 102 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 101 14 Software reference section 14 6 1 14 6 1 1 Explanation 102 Settings dialog box General tab Label Explanation Grid Lines To display a grid of horizontal lines in the IR Profile object click Grid Lines Legend To display a legend below the IR Profile object click Legend Show Only Visible Pro file Lines in Legend If two o
143. talk to someone who does not speak your language 124 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 16 About FLIR Systems 16 4 A few images from our facilities 10401303 a1 Figure 16 2 LEFT Development of system electronics RIGHT Testing of an FPA detector 10401403 a1 Figure 16 3 LEFT Diamond turning machine RIGHT Lens polishing Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 125 16 About FLIR Systems 10401503 a1 Figure 16 4 LEFT Testing of infrared cameras in the climatic chamber RIGHT Robot used for camera testing and calibration 126 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 17 Thermographic measurement techniques 17 1 Introduction An infrared camera measures and images the emitted infrared radiation from an object The fact that radiation is a function of object surface temperature makes it possible for the camera to calculate and display this temperature However the radiation measured by the camera does not only depend on the tem perature ofthe object but is also a function ofthe emissivity Radiation also originates from the surroundings and is reflected in the object The radiation from the object and the reflected radiation will also be influenced by the absorption ofthe atmosphere To measure temperature accurately it is therefore necessary to compensate for the effects of a number of different radiation sources This is done on lin
144. te Aluminum foil 27 0 09 Aluminum foil 27 10 um 0 04 Aluminum oxidized strongly 50 500 T 0 2 0 3 Aluminum polished 50 100 T 0 04 0 06 Aluminum polished sheet 100 T 0 05 Aluminum polished plate 100 P 0 05 Aluminum roughened 27 3 um 0 28 Aluminum roughened 27 10 um 0 18 Aluminum rough surface 20 50 0 06 0 07 Aluminum sheet 4samples 70 LW 0 03 0 06 differently scratched Aluminum sheet 4 samples 70 SW 0 05 0 08 differently scratched Aluminum vacuum deposited 20 T 0 04 Aluminum weathered heavily 17 SW 0 83 0 94 Aluminum bronze 20 T 0 60 Aluminum hydrox powder ln 0 28 ide Aluminum oxide activated powder T 0 46 154 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 21 Emissivity tables Aluminum oxide pure powder alu T 0 16 mina Asbestos board 20 T 0 96 Asbestos fabric T 0 78 Asbestos floor tile 35 SW 0 94 Asbestos paper 40 400 T 0 93 0 95 Asbestos powder T 0 40 0 60 Asbestos slate 20 T 0 96 Asphalt paving 4 LLW 0 967 Brass dull tarnished 20 350 Ji 0 22 Brass oxidized 70 SW 0 04 0 09 Brass oxidized 70 LW 0 03 0 07 Brass oxidized 100 T 0 61 Brass oxidized at 600 C 200 600 T 0 59 0 61 Brass polished 200 T 0 03 Brass polished highly 100 T 0 03 Brass rubbed with 80 20 T 0 20 grit emery Brass sheet rolled 20 T 0 06 Brass sheet worked with 20 T 0 2 emery Brick alumina 17 SW 0 68 Brick common 17 SW 0 86 0 8
145. te temperatures 1 Spectral radiant emittance W cm x 109 um 2 Wavelength um 19 3 2 Wien s displacement law By differentiating Planck s formula with respect to A and finding the maximum we have _ 2898 Aus um This is Wien s formula after Wilhelm Wien 1864 1928 which expresses mathemati cally the common observation that colors vary from red to orange or yellow as the temperature of a thermal radiator increases The wavelength of the color is the same as the wavelength calculated for Ajax A good approximation of the value of Ajax for a given blackbody temperature is obtained by applying the rule of thumb 3 000 T 140 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 19 Theory of thermography um Thus a very hot star such as Sirius 11 000 K emitting bluish white light radiates with the peak of spectral radiant emittance occurring within the invisible ultraviolet spectrum at wavelength 0 27 um 10399403 1 Figure 19 5 Wilhelm Wien 1864 1928 The sun approx 6 000 K emits yellow light peaking at about 0 5 um in the middle of the visible light spectrum At room temperature 300 K the peak of radiant emittance lies at 9 7 um in the far infrared while at the temperature of liquid nitrogen 77 K the maximum of the almost insignificant amount of radiant emittance occurs at 38 um in the extreme infrared wavelengths Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 200
146. tems in the IR Trending object On the Line tab select colors and line types for the lines that will be dis played in the IR Trending object Click OK Related topics a Section 14 8 Shortcut menu for IR Trending objects on page 110 a Section 7 1 5 IR Trending object toolbar on page 30 Section 7 2 4 IR Trending object on page 38 52 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 8 Creating a custom report template 8 2 2 5 Inserting Result Table objects Procedure Follow this procedure to insert a Result Table object On your template page click where you want the Result Table object to appear The Result Table object will be inserted after and below the cursor On the toolbar click Result Table object will now appear on your page When you create your report the Result Table object will automatically display the values of any measurement tools in the infrared image NOTE If a result table is connected to an infrared image and you delete either the table or the image you will not be able to recreate the connection again Related topics Section 7 2 6 Result Table object page 41 Section 14 10 Shortcut menu for Result table objects on page 118 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 53 8 Creating a custom report template 8 2 2 6 Inserting Summary Table objects Procedure Follow this procedure to insert aSummary Table
147. the IR Profile object and select 3D View To turn on turn off the grid lines click the appropriate toolbar button or right click the IR Profile object and select Grid Lines To turn on turn off the legend right click the IR Profile object and select Legend To swap X and Y axes right click the IR Profile object and select Swap X amp Y Axes To change settings related to general settings color and lines right click the IR Profile object and select Settings Section 7 1 3 IR Profile object toolbar on page 28 Section 8 2 2 3 Inserting IR Profile objects on page 51 Section 8 2 2 9 Resizing infrared objects on page 57 Section 8 2 2 15 Deleting infrared objects on page 63 Section 14 6 Shortcut menu for IR Profile objects on page 101 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 35 7 Screen elements amp how to use them 7 2 3 NOTE Inserting an IR Histogram object Displaying the toolbar Figure Explanation Common tasks Related topics 36 IR Histogram object You usually only insert an IR Histogram object when designing a custom report template To insert an IR Histogram object click on the main toolbar To display the toolbar for this object select the object with the cursor 10738203 a1 An IR Histogram object contains a graph illustrating how pixels in the image are dis tributed by graphing the number of pixels at each temper
148. tomatically define the temperature axis select this option button and click Apply 106 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 14 Software reference section Explanation To manually define the maximum and minimum axis temperature select this option button enter new val ues and click Apply Max Temperature Min Temperature Percentage axis Auto See above See above To let FLIR Reporter Professional automatically define the percentage axis select this option button and click Apply Percentage axis Fixed Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 To manually define the percentage axis select this option button enter a new value and click Apply 107 14 Software reference section 14 7 1 2 Color tab Explanation Label Explanation Background To change the color of the table background select a new color from the drop down list box and click Apply Plot Area To change the color of the plot area select a new color from the drop down list box and click Apply Text Axes Grid Threshold To change the color of the text select a new color from the drop down list box and click Apply To change the color of the axes select a new color from the drop down list box and click Apply To change the color of the grid select a new color from the drop down list box and click Apply To change the color of the t
149. tti tet ere tee ee teens 38 7 2 5 Digital Phioto object ritiene e ees 40 7 2 6 Result Table object 2i ete eee eee rendere dened 41 7 2 7 IdizsMelej D 42 7 2 8 Summary Table object hrs I e de veces ote 43 8 Creating a custom report template sss 45 8 1 A note about working in the Microsoft Word environment 45 8 2 Creating a custom infrared report template 46 8 2 1 About the front 8 back covers es AT 8 2 2 Creating the infrared report template pages 48 8 2 2 1 Inserting IR Viewer objects and Digital Photo objects 49 8 2 2 2 Inserting IR Histogram objects sssssee 50 8 2 2 3 Inserting IR Profile objects ssssseenenn 51 8 2 2 4 Inserting IR Trending objects sss nen 52 8 2 2 5 Inserting Result Table objects sssse nn 53 8 2 2 6 Inserting Summary Table objects o 54 8 2 2 7 Inserting Field objects sssssssen ee 55 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 ix 10 11 12 13 14 8 2 2 8 Connecting objects ee eerte E EEG u 56 8 2 2 9 Resizing infrared objects 57 8 2 2 10 Moving measurement tools 58 8 2 2 11 Selecting measurement tools
150. used upon it the thermal image could be seen by reflected light where the interference effects of the oil film made the image visible to the eye John Herschel also managed to obtain a primitive record of the thermal image on paper which he called a thermograph 10399003 a2 Figure 18 4 Samuel P Langley 1834 1906 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 135 18 History of infrared technology The improvement of infrared detector sensitivity progressed slowly Another major breakthrough made by Langley in 1880 was the invention of the bolometer This consisted of athin blackened strip of platinum connected in one arm ofa Wheatstone bridge circuit upon which the infrared radiation was focused and to which a sensitive galvanometer responded This instrument is said to have been able to detect the heat from a cow at a distance of 400 meters 1311 ft An English scientist Sir James Dewar first introduced the use of liquefied gases as cooling agents such as liquid nitrogen with a temperature of 196 C 320 8 F in low temperature research In 1892 he invented a unique vacuum insulating container in which it was possible to store liquefied gases for entire days The common thermos flask used for storing hot and cold drinks is based upon his invention Between the years 1900 and 1920 the inventors of the world discovered the infrared Many patents were issued for devices to detect personnel art
151. using the Wizard 1 Start the Wizard 2 Onthe Templates tab select the report template that you want to use A preview of each page in the report template will be displayed in the preview window 10741803 a2 LIR F ProWizard 3 On the Images tab do one of the following Click n and select the folder with the images that you want to include in your report Click to display a dialog box where you seach for images your hard disk drive using creation date boolean operators or in Ther maCAM Database 99 if installed For information about this program and about database queries see the user s manual for ThermaCAM Database 99 Publ No 1557403 You can change the size of the thumbnail images by moving the slider at the bottom of the middle pane For more information about searching see section 5 Searching for files on page 13 10766603 1 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 6 Creating a report 4 Select the images you want to include in your report To add them to your report do one of the following Move the images to the right pane using a drag and drop operation Add the image or images to the right pane by right clicking an image and selecting Add All Images or Add Selected Images 5 Tofurther modify your report do one of the following change the order of pages clic
152. works all the time continuously adjusting brightness and contrast according to the image content convection The process that makes hot air or liquid rise difference temperature A value which is the result of a subtraction between two temper ature values dual isotherm An isotherm with two color bands instead of one emissivity emissivity factor The amount of radiation coming from an object compared to that of a blackbody A number between 0 and 1 emittance Amount of energy emitted from an object per unit of time and area W m Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 169 22 Glossary Term or expression Explanation estimated atmospheric transmission external optics filter FOV FPA graybody IFOV image correction internal or external Atransmission value supplied by a user replacing a calculated one Extra lenses filters heat shields etc that can be put between the camera and the object being measured A material transparent only to some ofthe infrared wavelengths Field of view The horizontal angle that can be viewed through an IR lens Focal plane array Atype of IR detector An object that emits a fixed fraction of the amount of energy of a blackbody for each wavelength Instantaneous field of view A measure ofthe geometrical reso lution of an IR camera A way of compensating for sensitivity differences in va
153. xt comment containing 10 and a spotmeter that has a measurement result of 25 C use the AND boolean operator a To find all files that either contains a text comment containing 10 or a spotmeter that has a measurement result of 25 C use the OR boolean operator However you can not use boolean operators in the following two example cases To search for IR 0025 jpg 25 in the file name and a spotmeter that has a mea surement result of 25 C To search for IR 0025 jpg 25 in the file name or a spotmeter that has a mea surement result of 25 C Follow this procedure to search for the files you have indexed In the task pane in Microsoft amp Word type a search string To start the search click Go The search engine will now search through all indexed files on your com puter and display thumbnail images in the result table You can now move one or several files to the report or report template by using a drag and drop operation For Microsoft amp Word documents only the following information is indexed Document properties a File name Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 13 5 Searching for files Modified date The task pane will not be displayed if you have one ofthe following Microsoft Office versions Microsoft Office 2003 Standard Microsoft Office 2007 14 Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 5
154. y form or by any means electronic magnetic optical manual or otherwise without the prior written permission of FLIR Systems This manual must not in whole or part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or transmitted to any electronic medium or machine readable form without prior consent in writing from FLIR Systems Names and marks appearing on the products herein are either registered trademarks or trademarks of FLIR Systems and or its subsidiaries All other trademarks trade names or company names referenced herein are used for identification only and are the property of their respective owners Quality assurance The Quality Management System under which these products are developed and manufactured has been certified in accordance with the ISO 9001 standard FLIR Systems is committed to a policy of continuous development therefore we reserve the right to make changes and improvements on any of the products described in this manual without prior notice Patents This product is protected by patents design patents patents pending or design patents pending viii Publ No 1558567 Rev a269 ENGLISH EN March 18 2008 Table of contents 1 Noticeto user Ra EN IR endete hie re 1 2 Customer help NA Erna 3 3 Installation 2 5 22 ertet rettet cetero tiet deep teen bet ec tet 5 3 1 System requirements 2 5 3 2 Installation of FLIR Report

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