FLIR TG165 - Control Buttons and Trigger Functionality; Control Buttons and Trigger; Taking Accurate IR Measurements; Managing Captured IR Images

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3.4ControlButtonsandTrigger
Becomefamiliarwiththeoperationofthecontrolbuttonsandtriggerasdescribedbelow:
 POWER/BACKBUTTON Pressandhold>2secondstocyclethemeterpowerONorOFF;Short
presstoexitamenuscreen.Alsousedtodiscardanimageimmediatelyaftercapturinganimage(an‘X’
willappearonthedisplayabovethebuttonfor5secondswhenthisoptionisavailable).
 OK/MENUBUTTON ShortpresstoaccesstheSettingsMenu,toconfirmanedit,andtosavean
imagewhenprompted(acheckmarkwillappearonthedisplayabovethebuttonfor5secondswhenthis
optionisavailable).
 UPandDOWNNAVIGATIONARROWBUTTONS ScrolltheSettingsMenuandselectamenuitem
setting.PressandholdtheDOWNarrowfor4secondstoaccesstheImageReviewmode.
 TRIGGERPulltoactivatethelaserpointersandreleasetotakeasnapshotofthecurrentimage.Pullagain
todiscardimageandreturntoliveimagemode.
3.5TakingMeasurements
 SwitchtheTG165ON.
 Pointthelensestowardtheareaundertest.
 ReviewtheIRImageandtheIRthermometerreading(aboveandtotheleftoftheIRImage).Ifthe
thermometermeasurementexceedsthepublishedtemperaturerange,thedisplayshowsOL.
 IRimagesandIR
thermometerreadingsarecapturedbytheIRimaginglensandtheIRthermometerlens
respectively.
 Pullthetriggertoactivatethelaserpointers.Thelaserpointersapproximately‘frame’thespotwhoseIR
temperatureismeasured.ThedisplayCrosshairpinpointsthecenterofthespot.
 Reviewthedisplayexample
inFig3.2earlierinthissection.AlsoreviewSections4.2IRThermometer
MeasurementOverview,Section4.3Distance‐To‐SpotRatio,andSection4.4IRImagerOverview.
3.6Save,Delete,andReviewIRImages
 PointtheTG165towardtheobjectorareaofinterest.
 Pullthetriggertoactivatethelaserpointersandreleasetocapturetheimage.Acheckmarkappears
abovethe
button(presstosave)andan‘X’appearsabovethe button(presstodiscard)
for5seconds.
 Toreviewanimage,eitheraccesstheSettingsMenu(seeSection9)orpressandholdtheDownarrow
buttonfor4seconds.
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 TodeleteimagesformtheSDcard,accesstheSettingsMenuanddeletethestoredimagesasdescribedin
Section9SettingsMenu.
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Warning:AllimagesaredeletedwhentheSDcardiserased.