FLIR IMAGING MOISTURE METER with IGM MR160 - Operation; Powering the Meter; Auto Power OFF (APO); Moisture Measurements

FLIRMR160USERMANUALDocumentIdentifier:MR160‐en‐US_AD
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5. Operation
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ImportantNote:Pleasechargethemeter’sbatterybeforefirstuse.Instructionsforbattery
chargingareprovidedinSection6.2.
5.1PoweringtheMeter
1. PressthePowerbutton momentarilytoswitchthemeterON.
2. PressandholdthePowerbuttonfor>1secondtoswitchthemeterOFF.
3. Ifthebatterystatusindicatorshowsthatthebatteryvoltageislow,orifthemeterdoesnot
poweron,chargethebattery.Seesection6.2BatteryCharging.Thebatterystatusindicator
isvisibleintheMainMenu
(pressthecenterSelectbuttontoaccesstheMainMenu).
4. Pleasefullychargethebatterybeforeuse.
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5.1.1AutoPowerOFF(APO)
ThemeterswitchesOFFautomaticallyafteraprogrammedperiodofinactivity.Pressany
buttontoresettheAPOtimer.TodisableAPO,ortochangetheAPOtime‐outvalue,usethe
Settings
mode,accessiblefromtheMainMenu.Thedefaulttime‐outis20minutes.
5.2MoistureMeasurements
5.2.1MoistureMeasurementOverview
Moisturemeasurementscanbeperformedusingeithertheinternalpinlessmoisturesensor
(rear)orbyconnectinganexternalprobe.Astandardexternalpinprobeisincluded which
connectstotheMR160viathejackatthebottomofthemeter.Otherexternalprobesare
available;pleasevisit fordetails.
NOTE:Objectsincloseproximitytotheinte
rnalpinlessmoisturesensor(locatedontherearof
theunit)willaffectthereadingonthedisplay;Keephandsandfingersclearofthesensorwhen
takingmeasurements.
Theinternalmoisturesensordetectsmoisturetoadepthofapproximately19mm(0.75”).The
actualdepthwillvarydependingupontheamountofmoisture,thematerialundertest,surface
roughness,andotherfactors.
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Moisturereadingsareshownonthedisplay(digitallyandwithbargraph)intheMoisture‐only
modeorinsmalldigits(upperlefthandcorner)intheIR+IGMMoisturemode.SeeFig.5‐1.
Pinlessmeasurementreadingsare‘relative’scaled(0~100).Pin‐basedreadingsarerepresented
intermsof%MC(moisturecontent)forwoodand%WME(woodmoistureequivalent)fornon‐
woodmaterials;additionalinformationisprovidedinSection5.2.6ExternalPinProbeMoisture
Measurementsandinthespecifications.
Moisturemeasurementsarecoveredindetailinthefollowingsections.BesuretoselectPin
ModeorPinlessModeintheMoistureMenutomatchthemeasurementtype.
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