Ametek Land Cyclops 160L - Valley Temperature Measurement

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Cyclops LPortable Thermometers
User Guide
7.2.4 Valley temperature measurement
ValleytemperaturemeasurementistheinverseofPeaktemperature
measurement,inthatitallowsyoutomonitorthelowesttemperaturevalue
ratherthanthehighest.Temperaturemeasurementstartswhenthetriggeris
pressedinandcontinuesuntilthetriggerisreleased(SeeFig.7-4).
Thetemperatureisupdatedinstantaneouslyandthevalueisviewedinthe
instrumenteyepiece.
Fig.7-4GraphicalrepresentationoftypicalValleytemperaturemeasurement
a Thermometertriggerpressed
b Valleytemperaturevalueondisplayjumpstoinstantaneoustemperature
valueandisheldondisplaywithriseinobjecttemperature
c Objecttemperaturefalls,newValleytemperaturevaluereached,display
updatedasobjecttemperaturefalls.Objecttemperaturerises,lastValley
temperaturevalueheldondisplay
d Objecttemperaturefalls,newValleytemperaturevaluereached,display
updatedasobjecttemperaturefalls.Objecttemperaturerises,lastValley
temperaturevalueheldondisplay
e Triggerreleased,lastValleytemperaturevaluefrozenondisplay
f Triggerpressed
g Valleytemperaturevalueondisplayjumpstoinstantaneoustemperature
value(evenifhigherthanlastValleyvalueheldbeforetriggerrelease).
Displayupdatedasobjecttemperaturefalls
h Objecttemperaturerises,lastValleytemperaturevalueheldondisplay
Fluctuatingtemperature
readingofobject