FLIR X6530sc Series, User Manual

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Page 5: ...troduction 9 5 1 Camera system components 9 5 2 System overview 9 5 2 1 View from the front bayonet mount 10 5 2 2 View from the front M80 mount 10 5 2 3 View from the rear 11 5 2 4 Back panel 12 5 3...

Page 6: ...ion NUC 36 8 1 1 General 36 8 1 2 CNUC 36 8 1 3 Two point correction process 36 8 1 4 One point correction offset correction 37 8 2 Temperature calibration 37 8 2 1 Hypercal 37 8 2 2 Auto exposure 37...

Page 7: ...definitions 73 16 Thermographic measurement techniques 75 16 1 Introduction 75 16 2 Emissivity 75 16 2 1 Finding the emissivity of a sample 75 16 3 Reflected apparent temperature 79 16 4 Distance 79 1...

Page 8: ...Table of contents 20 The measurement formula 93 21 Emissivity tables 97 21 1 References 97 21 2 Tables 97 T810206 r AA 43064 43088 en US viii...

Page 9: ...n the case of a defect in a product covered by this warranty the product must not be fur ther used in order to prevent additional damage The purchaser shall promptly report any defect to FLIR Systems...

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Page 11: ...Disclaimers 1 1 8 3 Fonts DejaVu http dejavu fonts org wiki License Retrieved May 27 2015 T810206 r AA 43064 43088 en US 3...

Page 12: ...Infra red lens page 67 for lens cleaning Operating the camera outside of the specified input voltage range or the specified op erating temperature range can cause permanent damage Do not image extrem...

Page 13: ...ance with existing regulations for electronic waste Please contact your FLIR Systems representative for more details 3 5 Training To read about infrared training visit http www infraredtraining com ht...

Page 14: ...pply to your particular camera model 3 8 Note about authoritative versions The authoritative version of this publication is English In the event of divergences due to translation errors the English te...

Page 15: ...want to submit a question make sure that you have the following information to hand The camera model The camera serial number The communication protocol or method between the camera and your device f...

Page 16: ...software Freeware and evaluation versions of PC Mac software User documentation for current obsolete and historical products Mechanical drawings in dxf and pdf format Cad data models in stp format Ap...

Page 17: ...ange colored 50 coaxial cable for lock in green colored 75 coaxial cable for general purposes blue colored LCD extender cable with right angle USB connectors LCD connector protective cap There may als...

Page 18: ...et mount Figure 5 1 View from the front bayonet mount 1 Wi Fi antenna 2 Global status LED 3 Lens bayonet interface 4 Lens release latch 5 2 2 View from the front M80 mount Figure 5 2 View from the fro...

Page 19: ...i antenna 2 Global status LED 3 Lens M80 interface 5 2 3 View from the rear Figure 5 3 View from the rear 1 Removable touch screen LCD 2 External cooling intake 3 External cooling exhaust T810206 r AA...

Page 20: ...utton 2 Status LED 3 Infrared remote sensor 4 Sync In 5 Sync Out 6 Power In 7 Lock in In 8 General purpose IO 9 Trigger In 10 Auxiliary port 11 GigE Vision 12 Camera Link Base 13 Camera Link Medium 14...

Page 21: ...cation are available for instant selection with a single command These presets can be used in Dynamic Range Extension DRX mode al so called superframing which allows the acquisition of thermal data fr...

Page 22: ...loca tion Simply position the camera and control it at a distance Wi Fi The camera includes a Wi Fi interface which enables it to be controlled by a smart phone iPhone or a tablet iPad Video color pa...

Page 23: ...holes 3 Camera left side M5 mounting holes 6 2 Powering the camera 6 2 1 Power supply The camera is powered through the red power connector 6 in Figure 5 4 Camera back panel description page 12 on the...

Page 24: ...anel are green 2 in Figure 5 4 Camera back panel description page 12 6 3 Adjusting the field of view Once the camera is installed and operating its field of view is adjusted to suit the thermal scene...

Page 25: ...1 Detaching the touch screen LCD The LCD screen can be detached from the camera and used remotely when the camera is mounted in a hard to reach location Note The camera can still be operated without...

Page 26: ...creen automatically detects its orientation and flips the interface accordingly The orientation can be locked in the ResearchIR Max camera user interface see section 6 4 8 Advanced camera controls pag...

Page 27: ...efully push the infrared lens into position 3 Rotate the infrared lens clockwise looking at the front of the lens until it stops 4 You must manually select the measurement configuration using the FLIR...

Page 28: ...bayonet mount Note Autofocus is not available in lenses with an M80 mount and not in all lenses with a bayonet mount Autofocus can be started by Using the autofocus button on the LCD screen see Figur...

Page 29: ...ould always be set to Base for the FLIR X6530sc Note Various connector notations can be found for Camera Link medium frame grabbers 0 1 1 2 A B Make sure to connect camera connector 1 to the first por...

Page 30: ...Camera Link 3 Click the Connect button to activate the camera connection Once connected the camera control interface is populated with the camera parameters and the live image is displayed on the cur...

Page 31: ...A measurement configuration is a combination of optical setup lens and spectral filter integration mode setting and Camera Link setting The measurement configurations available in the camera are disp...

Page 32: ...that can be measured for a given integration time 1 Integration time for the range Double click on the integration time to manually enter a value The range is indicated in red and will be applied to t...

Page 33: ...eral The frame rate is the number of images taken by the camera per second Achievable frame rates are based on the camera settings the camera overhead and the integration settings 6 4 7 Synchronizing...

Page 34: ...than the maximum allowable frame rate a warning message is displayed In this case the input signal is under sampled 4 The jitter on the Sync In signal which is typically one pixel clock is displayed...

Page 35: ...ding to the exact optical path filter lens and detector configuration If no measurement configuration is available in the camera selecting this option will have no effect For lenses with the M80 mount...

Page 36: ...mera diagnostics Click the refresh button to update the temperature values Miscellaneous This section lists the firmware version information the model and the serial number of the camera Image Statist...

Page 37: ...filter switch off the camera and manually rotate the wheel to place the filter to be removed in front of the detector 3 Gently insert the two pins of the filter holder tool into the corresponding hol...

Page 38: ...you install the filter If this happens clean the filter according to the manufacturer s instructions Wear gloves or finger tips to handle the filter 7 1 4 1 General You can configure a filter holder...

Page 39: ...s effects it is recommended that the filters are installed with the least reflective side downwards in the filter holder i e toward the detector Filters are fragile Handle them with the great care Do...

Page 40: ...slot is defined in the camera s slot ini file and a filter s definition is stored in a text file in the camera Slot ini file is a text file containing the holder identification and the corresponding f...

Page 41: ...ntain all the sections described below The values in each section must not be longer than the specified number of characters It may be easier to copy an existing filter file and modify it reference ma...

Page 42: ...e camera Refer to section 6 4 4 Measurement configuration page 23 Accessing camera files exposes the camera system files Do not erase or modify files other than the configuration files CNUC files are...

Page 43: ...n ResearchIR Max Recording ResearchIR Max is currently recording an image sequence 4 Press the start stop acquisition button to start or stop the image sequence acquisition in ResearchIR Max 7 4 Infra...

Page 44: ...two types of processes that are used to create the NUC table one point and two point 8 1 2 CNUC 8 1 2 1 General CNUC is a proprietary calibration process A camera calibrated with CNUC allows for flex...

Page 45: ...roduces accurate meas urement within 1 C or 1 over the configured measurement range Therefore it makes the selection of the optimal measurement range for a given thermal scene an easy task Note 1 C or...

Page 46: ...915 DL but 4915 DL Bad pixels relative to its level of root mean square RMS noise In this case the sys tem will consider a pixel as bad if the RMS noise is lower or higher than the predefined threshol...

Page 47: ...ximum frame rate calculations Data width 8 number of columns number of columns number of rows 50 M Dead time 246 32 s Integration time User defined 320 ns integration time 11 minutes Frame rate 1 inte...

Page 48: ...f 2 0 ms Table 8 2 IWR maximum frame rate calculations 640 512 2 0 ms integration time Data width 4 640 640 512 50 M 0 00656648 Dead time 249 28 s Integration time 0 002 Frame rate Integration time da...

Page 49: ...gration time plus the readout time In IWR mode the integration phase of the current frame occurs during the readout phase of the previous frame In other words the ITR and IWR refer to whether or not t...

Page 50: ...5 V High state minimum voltage 3 5 V Low state maximum voltage 0 5 V Polarity User selectable Maximum frequency1 Maximum frame rate of the camera for a given de tector configuration2 Minimum pulse wi...

Page 51: ...tected LED is blinking at the signal frequency Signal voltage is incorrect 8 7 2 Sync Out 8 7 2 1 General The Sync Out signal is synchronous with the Sync In or the frame rate if Sync In is not select...

Page 52: ...ResearchIR Max will start or stop acquisition based on the Trigger In signal This is configured in the start and stop condi tions on the ResearchIR Max recording tab left panel When to use this config...

Page 53: ...evaluation The FLIR X6530sc features a lock in signal input BNC connector on the back panel of the camera 7 in Figure 5 4 Camera back panel description page 12 The value of the signal is digitalized d...

Page 54: ...el description page 12 The value of the signal is digitalized during the integration of the infrared image and em bedded within it It is then recorded by ResearchIR Max and stored in the sequence file...

Page 55: ...ad hoc WLAN network This connection allows control of image acquisi tion in ResearchIR Max from the camera same functions as on the LCD screen 9 1 2 Procedure Follow the procedure below to set up the...

Page 56: ...or that is used to access to the camera s internal file system Once connected the connection allows Access to the camera memory to upload configuration and CNUC files Access to the camera registry wit...

Page 57: ...the driver you need to configure the network interface see section 9 2 3 Configuration of the network interface page 53 Note The connection type to the camera is RDNIS over a USB connection The follow...

Page 58: ...g driver 9 2 2 2 1 General When the USB driver has already been installed follow the procedure below to update the driver 9 2 2 2 2 Procedure 1 Disable the Ethernet connection between the camera and t...

Page 59: ...Interfaces 9 6 Select Browse my computer for driver software 7 Select Let me pick from a list of device on my computer 8 Click the Have Disk button T810206 r AA 43064 43088 en US 51...

Page 60: ...ct Driver X8400sc X6500sc USB and click the Next button 11 Click Install this driver software anyway The driver is now installing If the installation does not progress correctly try unplugging the USB...

Page 61: ...the procedure in section 9 2 3 Configu ration of the network interface page 53 9 2 3 Configuration of the network interface 9 2 3 1 Procedure 1 Go to Network Connections open the Control Panel click...

Page 62: ...Interfaces 9 2 Right click on the FLIR X8400sc X6500sc connection and click Properties then se lect Internet Protocol V4 and click the Properties button T810206 r AA 43064 43088 en US 54...

Page 63: ...ted to the computer using the USB cable The USB drivers must be correctly installed When the camera is connected to the computer with the USB cable the Ethernet con nection to the camera must be disab...

Page 64: ...Interfaces 9 2 Set the LAN Manager authentication level to Send LM NTLM responses T810206 r AA 43064 43088 en US 56...

Page 65: ...Mechanical drawings 10 See next page T810206 r AA 43064 43088 en US 57...

Page 66: ...580sc 41 28 mm 1 625 in 4800 g 5 X8400sc 47 90 mm 1 886 in 5100 g 5 Sheet Drawing No Size Check Drawn by Denomination A3 1 2 T130229 X6 X8xxx Basic dimension FRGU 2017 02 07 R D Instruments Modified 1...

Page 67: ...000 g 5 X6580sc 52 24 mm 2 057 in 4850 g 5 X8400sc 58 86 mm 2 317 in 5100 g 5 Sheet Drawing No Size Check Drawn by Denomination A3 2 2 T130229 X6 X8xxx Basic dimension FRGU 2017 02 07 R D Instruments...

Page 68: ...or notice Please check http support flir com for latest changes 11 2 Note about authoritative versions The authoritative version of this publication is English In the event of divergences due to trans...

Page 69: ...0 000 s Integration time step 80 ns Integration time mode IWR ITR Digital output GigE Camlink base Cooler type Closed cycle rotary Stirling cooler Cooling temperature 80 K Operability 99 Physical data...

Page 70: ...and integration Delay between SYNC IN and top frame Analog signals 1 0 10 V BNC TRIGGER IN TTL singled ended BNC 300 ns pulse width Video output DVI 1080p30 Waveform generator Sinus triangle square TT...

Page 71: ...30cm Available optic 8 Available optic 9 Available optic 10 Available optic 11 Available optic 12 Available optic 13 Supplies accessories T199057 Lens BB 200mm F 3 Bayonet L1208 T199084 Lens BB 100mm...

Page 72: ...R Integration time range 80 ns 20 000 s Integration time step 80 ns Integration time mode IWR ITR Digital output GigE Camlink base Cooler type Closed cycle rotary Stirling cooler Cooling temperature 8...

Page 73: ...ded BNC 300 ns pulse width SYNC IN jitter 20 ns SYNC IN active edge Falling or rising edge Delay between SYNC IN and integration Delay between SYNC IN and top frame Analog signals 1 0 10 V BNC TRIGGER...

Page 74: ...e optic 6 L0120 Close up x1 f 2 Available optic 7 L0120E Close up x3 f 2 Available optic 8 L0905 Close up x1 wd 30cm Available optic 9 L0709T 27 mm BB f 3 Available optic 10 L0608T 50 mm BB f 3 Availa...

Page 75: ...If you use a lens cleaning cloth it must be dry Do not use a lens cleaning cloth with the liquids that are given in section 12 1 2 1 above These liquids can cause material on the lens cleaning cloth...

Page 76: ...FLIR Systems microcooler is equipped with a closed loop speed regulator which adjusts the cooler motor speed to regulate the detector temperature Typically the cooler runs at maximum speed for 7 10 mi...

Page 77: ...may be required to correct the interference 13 3 For the Canadian market Industry Canada Notice This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian standard ICES 003 Note d industrie Canada Cet app...

Page 78: ...nologies Extech Instruments 2007 Ifara Tecnolog as 2008 Salvador Imaging 2009 OmniTech Partners 2009 Directed Perception 2009 Raymarine 2010 ICx Technologies 2010 TackTick Marine Digital Instruments 2...

Page 79: ...The in depth expertise of these infrared specialists en sures the accuracy and reliability of all vital components that are assembled into your in frared camera 14 1 More than just an infrared camera...

Page 80: ...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 you...

Page 81: ...al sources Heat thermal energy that is transferred between two objects sys tems due to their difference in temperature Heat transfer rate10 The heat transfer rate under steady state conditions is di r...

Page 82: ...small objects or details Temperature measure of the average kinetic energy of the molecules and atoms that make up the substance Thermal energy total kinetic energy of the molecules that make up the...

Page 83: ...ject and the camera The relative humidity Temperature of the atmosphere 16 2 Emissivity The most important object parameter to set correctly is the emissivity which in short is a measure of how much r...

Page 84: ...Look for possible reflection sources considering that the incident angle reflection angle a b Figure 16 1 1 Reflection source 2 If the reflection source is a spot source modify the source by obstructi...

Page 85: ...thermocouple to measure reflected apparent temperature because a thermocouple measures temperature but apparent temperatrure is radiation intensity 16 2 1 1 2 Method 2 Reflector method Follow this pro...

Page 86: ...Span for best image brightness and contrast 7 Set emissivity to that of the tape usually 0 97 8 Measure the temperature of the tape using one of the following measurement functions Isotherm helps you...

Page 87: ...is detected by the camera 16 5 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 rela...

Page 88: ...lishes the relation between emitted radiation the quantity value and the electrical output signal the indication This first step of the calibration procedure consists of obtaining a homo geneous or un...

Page 89: ...rs All FLIR Systems cameras are drift compensated when they are first delivered to the customer and when they are recalibrated by FLIR Systems serv ice departments 17 5 Calibration verification and ad...

Page 90: ...al situation they should all give the same output sig nal However each individual element has its own response so the output is not uniform This deviation from the ideal result is calculated and used...

Page 91: ...well as the maximum reduction in heat He began the experiment by ac tually repeating Newton s prism experiment but looking for the heating effect rather than the visual distribution of intensity in th...

Page 92: ...Cl which was available in large enough natural crystals to be made into lenses and prisms is remark ably transparent to the infrared The result was that rock salt became the principal infra red optica...

Page 93: ...dance 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...

Page 94: ...at the limit of visual perception in the deep red At the long wavelength end it merges with the microwave radio wavelengths in the millimeter range The infrared band is often further subdivided into...

Page 95: ...temperature generates black body 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 tempe...

Page 96: ...19 4 Blackbody spectral radiant emittance according to Planck s law plotted for various absolute temperatures 1 Spectral radiant emittance W cm2 103 m 2 Wavelength m 19 3 2 Wien s displacement law By...

Page 97: ...t each temperature as described by Wien s displacement law 1 Spectral radiant emittance W cm2 m 2 Wavelength m 19 3 3 Stefan Boltzmann s law By integrating Planck s formula from 0 to we obtain the tot...

Page 98: ...mitted Since all of these factors are more or less wavelength dependent the subscript is used to imply the spectral dependence of their definitions Thus The spectral absorptance the ratio of the spect...

Page 99: ...i al i e a perfect mirror we have For a graybody radiator the Stefan Boltzmann formula becomes This states that the total emissive power of a graybody is the same as a blackbody at the same temperatur...

Page 100: ...diation is again partially absorbed but 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...

Page 101: ...us at least to a trained operator It is then his responsibility to modify the measure ment situation to avoid the disturbance e g by changing the viewing direction shielding off intense radiation sour...

Page 102: ...ation 3 for Uobj Equation 4 This is the general measurement formula used in all the FLIR Systems thermographic equipment The voltages of the formula are Table 20 1 Voltages Uobj Calculated camera outp...

Page 103: ...are actually performing extrapola tion of the calibration curve when converting 4 5 volts into temperature Let us now assume that the object is not black it has an emittance of 0 75 and the trans mit...

Page 104: ...f radiation sources under varying measurement conditions LW cam era 1 Object temperature 2 Emittance Obj Object radiation Refl Reflected radiation Atm atmos phere radiation Fixed parameters 0 88 Trefl...

Page 105: ...Evaluation of infrared emission of clouds and ground as measured by weather satellites Defence Documentation Center AD 617 417 9 hman Claes Emittansm tningar med AGEMA E Box Teknisk rapport AGEMA 1999...

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Page 108: ...lished 34 T 0 006 4 Copper molten 1100 1300 T 0 13 0 15 1 Copper oxidized 50 T 0 6 0 7 1 Copper oxidized to blackness T 0 88 1 Copper oxidized black 27 T 0 78 4 Copper oxidized heavily 20 T 0 78 2 Cop...

Page 109: ...teel electrolytic care fully polished 175 225 T 0 05 0 06 1 Iron and steel freshly worked with emery 20 T 0 24 1 Iron and steel ground sheet 950 1100 T 0 55 0 61 1 Iron and steel heavily rusted sheet...

Page 110: ...idized 100 T 0 64 2 Iron cast oxidized 260 T 0 66 4 Iron cast oxidized 38 T 0 63 4 Iron cast oxidized 538 T 0 76 4 Iron cast oxidized at 600 C 200 600 T 0 64 0 78 1 Iron cast polished 200 T 0 21 1 Iro...

Page 111: ...0 94 7 Nextel Velvet 811 21 Black Flat black 60 150 LW 0 97 10 and 11 Nichrome rolled 700 T 0 25 1 Nichrome sandblasted 700 T 0 70 1 Nichrome wire clean 50 T 0 65 1 Nichrome wire clean 500 1000 T 0 7...

Page 112: ...Paint Aluminum vari ous ages 50 100 T 0 27 0 67 1 Paint cadmium yellow T 0 28 0 33 1 Paint chrome green T 0 65 0 70 1 Paint cobalt blue T 0 7 0 8 1 Paint oil 17 SW 0 87 5 Paint oil based aver age of 1...

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Page 114: ...16 2 Stainless steel type 18 8 oxi dized at 800 C 60 T 0 85 2 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 T 0 91 0 93 1 Tile glazed 17 SW 0 94 5 T...

Page 115: ...0 8 1 Water snow 10 T 0 85 2 Wood 17 SW 0 98 5 Wood 19 LLW 0 962 8 Wood ground T 0 5 0 7 1 Wood pine 4 different samples 70 SW 0 67 0 75 9 Wood pine 4 different samples 70 LW 0 81 0 89 9 Wood planed 2...

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