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1. 15 Pos Vo parks and finds the origin of Vise o Thermal Infrared Radiometer CE 312 User Manual Page 13 16 BcIPC see instructions on the next page Press GO W to run the chosen operating mode Thermal Infrared Radiometer CE 312 User Manual Page 14 BCLPC SCENARIO This scenario allows the CIMEL CE 312 thermal infrared radiometer to make measurements continuously in a loop mode ending by a transfer of data to a PC in edit boxes and graphs 1FIt4M type scenarios can be run continuously on 1 filter previously placed in front by the user manually in MES At the end of each scenario the data are transferred to the PC and shown in 8 edit boxes 4 for the filter and 4 for the mirror and in a graph ASTP Win setup Install ASTP Win as usually When it is installed or if it 15 already installed install the ASTP Plug In programs If you follow the default setup you will be done If not you will have to specify in ASTP Win Tools General setup and Misc where is the plug ins directory Control unit parameters Go in PAR and scroll the menu until you see Bcl PC sec X BcIPC is the period of the loop It can be set from 25 to 200 s As the 1FIt4M scenario takes about 20 s the user has at least about 5 s to stop the loop scenario and take back the control The next parameter in the menu is Robot Auto YES X The loop mode will appear in the scenario list and will be executable only if you have selected YES fo2. 4 Offset compensation of the zero offset of the temperature detector 0 8 0 7 C It is programmed at the factory and should not be changed as long as the detector temperature probe is not changed 5 BclMes duration of the loop mode 2 5 63 5 min One sequence needs at least 2 5 min to be executed 6 BcIPC sec duration of the loop mode for the BcIPC scenario See BclPC scenario section 7 Robot Auto automatic mode for use with a robot no yes Select NO if no robot is used 8 Link PC if yes automatic data transfer to the PC when running the BclPC scenario 9 Flt offset 1 107 origin of the first filter with regard to the starting plot on the filter holder wheel Permits a precise placing of the filters Depends on the optical head It is programmed at the factory and should not be changed as long as the optical head and filter holder wheel are not changed Thermal Infrared Radiometer CE 312 User Manual Page 7 10 Cal offset 1 107 origin of the mirror relatively to the starting plot on the mirror holder wheel Permits a precise placing of the mirror Depends on the optical head It is programmed at the factory and should not be changed as long as the optical head and filter holder wheel are not changed 11 Dur Frq the coupling frequency is given by Dur Frq 16 256 It is set up at 240 to get the accuracy given on page 3 1 255 12 TB Offset compensation of the zero offset of the second external tempera
3. At the end Strike a key to continue Go in Files select Save file K7 and enter a file name for your K7 file This process generates a K7 file which contains the true content of the buffer 4 At the end Strike a key to continue Go in Ascii output and give a file name for your ascii files Strike a key to continue This process generates the sta rad rbk and r2m files A file called ascii ast is always created and is a trash file it is useless for the user At the end exit the program with End The 5 ascii files have all the same header which is File Filename ext Instrument Identification Country xx District xx Number xx Filename is the ascii file name you entered ext is sta rad rbk r6m or r2m The values xx are the ones entered by the user to identify the instrument The general format of the ascii files is a series of columns with the following data mm date the data were recorded in day month year time the data were recorded in hour minute second filter number 1 2 3 or 4 or measurement identifier temperature of the detector which means of the reference mirror in Celsius n t t Lk n Thermal Infrared Radiometer CE 312 User Manual Page 20 B temperature of the second source if a probe is plugged in Celsius it is accompanied of the measured number of temperature points reading 2 with the filter reading 3 with the mirror reading 4 with the mirror
4. reading 4 with the filter However each file contains different data e rng STA displays the date time and type of status recorded It shows as follows runs ions sus Status is a letter indicating the recorded status reset h humidity b mechanics RAD displays the series of data made with only one filter It shows as follows n indicates the filter used M are the 4 measurements made with mirror and filter for that filter RBK displays the series of data made with the 6 filters and the second temperature measurement It shows as follows dd mm hh mmss n Fl 2 F2 n has no meaning F1 M2 are the measurements made with mirrors and filters for filter 1 filter 2 filter 3 and filter 4 R2M displays the series of data made with the 4 filters without the second temperature measurement It shows as follows n has no meaning F1 M2 are the measurements made with mirrors and filters for filter 1 filter 2 filter 3 and filter 4 CONTENT OF THE FLOPPY DISK OR CD The enclosed floppy disk or CD contains the last version of the Windows program ASTPWin with its Plug In and the zipped program astp260a You can choose either one for the data transfer Thermal Infrared Radiometer CE 312 User Manual Page 21 PUBLICATIONS ABOUT THE CE 312 M Sicard P R Spyak G Brogniez M Legrand N K Abuha
5. 10c4 yyyyy kikk Press Store G to store the data or Reject R to reject them Store Reject Always come back from a screen to screen 1 with RTN G Thermal Infrared Radiometer CE 312 User Manual Page 18 PC TRANSFER WITH ASTPWin The data recorded in the memory can be transferred to a PC 1 Plug the control unit to the PC with the PC DCP cable Plug the serial cable of control unit in the COMI to at the back of the PC 2 Run ASTP Win In the general setup 44 or Tool gt General setup menu setup the Communication Select Serial link indicate the COM port you will use and select 1200 bauds for transfer speed 3 Connect the COM port di or Tool gt Connect Disconnect menu Choose the operating mode on the command unit and press GO W to start the data transfer FT 4 At the end save the K7 file or File gt Save menu This process generates a K7 file which contains the true content of the buffer It is a binary file For special data processing you can create the text files or Measurement gt Save ASCII files menu 2 Thermal Infrared Radiometer CE 312 User Manual Page 19 PC TRANSFER WITH ASTPDos 1 Plug the transfer cord to the DCP RJ connector on the CE 312 2 Run the program astp260a from the DOS prompt From the menu choose Transfer Choose the operating mode PC on the CE 312 and press GO W to start the data transfer The data transfer takes about 4 to 5 min 3
6. 312 are numerous The CE 312 can be used in agronomy to follow farming evolution estimate production or control irrigation in meteorology to follow surface fluctuations or observe the cloud cover in geology to recognize ground structures or study geothermic zones in oceanography to study currents and detect zones and in remote sensing to calibrate in flight instruments Thermal Infrared Radiometer CE 312 User Manual Page 2 SPECIFICATIONS OF THE CE 312 Sensed temperature range Resolution Response time Field of View Spectral band passes Detector Operating environment Weight Repeatability Display data Batteries 80 to 50 C 193 15K to 323 15K broad band 8 mK at 20 C 293 15K other bands 50 mK at 20 C 293 15K 15 10 or 7 3 Up to 6 Standard 8 13 11 5 12 5 10 5 11 5 and 8 2 9 2 um Thermopile 20 to 50 C 253 15K to 323 15K Resistant to various conditions severe weather conditions rain dust frost heat humidity and corrosion Less than 5 kg Better than 99 65 Local display Transferable to PC 112 rechargeable battery Rechargeable via electric power or solar panel 1 5 Vr rechargeable battery Rechargeable via electric power or solar panel Thermal Infrared Radiometer CE 312 User Manual Page 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE CE 312 The CIMEL thermal infrared radiometer CE 312 is composed of two major components 1 the optical head containing the detecto
7. indicates the temperature in Celsius of the second external temperature probe associated If none the value is abs IR shows the reading of the detector with the current mirror and filter set up HH wetness value 0 when dry 1 when wet This parameter is functional only when a wetness sensor is plugged in the H RJ connector of the CE 312 Ze converter offset value Itis programmed in the factory Press RTN W to come back to screen 1 CART Press CART Y to read the cartridge A cartridge can be made available to extend the memory for a longer autonomous use If no cartridge is inserted in the cartridge port this screen Cartone should appear Thermal Infrared Radiometer CE 312 User Manual Page 10 MEM Press MEM R to view the latest data recorded in the memory The memory contains 3 types of events data status and empty bytes By pressing R newer recorded events will appear on the screen By pressing Y older events will appear dd mm is the day dd and month mm when the data were recorded hh mm is the time the data were recorded DATA It is either a recorded value from the detector or the temperature probe They are recorded in ASCII format M ddmm hh mm 01 0 y in a rad file 2 15 a meaningless number dd mm is the day dd and month mm the data was recorded hh mm is the time the data was recorded 01 09 means it is the first measurement of a series of 9 X ca
8. with filter 1 makes a scenario for each of the filters After the number of minutes BclMes determined in the parameters has been spent a new sequence will start Between 2 sequences press Y to check the time remaining to the next sequence Duration of each sequence about 1 min 20 s In the file each sequence 4 lines 9 measurements 5 4FIt4M starting with filter 1 makes one sequence of a Bcl4F4 scenario Duration about 1 min 20 s In the file 4 lines 9 measurements 6 MesBIk starting with filter 1 makes a 4FItIM scenario but inserts between the temperature measurement and the first mirror measurement with filter 1 a measurement of the external temperature if a probe is plugged Duration about 20s In the file 1 line 10 values 7 OrgFIt searches for the origin of the mirror and the filter wheel That test is necessary each time the memory has been erased or when the radiometer has not been used for a long period of time Duration about 10s In the file nothing 8 PC data transfer to a PC Thermal Infrared Radiometer CE 312 User Manual Page 12 Duration about 5 min Press GO W to run the chosen operating mode Robot Auto YES If you are using a robot with the CE 312 you have entered YES in the RobotAuto parameter Then password 4 from screen 1 PW G 4 times R G becomes available It allows the selection of the automatic mode which make automatic and continuous the measurements of
9. CIMEL Electronique 172 rue de Charonne 75011 Paris Tel 33 1 43 48 79 33 Fax 433 1 43 48 62 61 Email cimel g cimel fr THERMAL INFRARED RADIOMETER CE 312 1 USER MANUAL VERSION 2 0 Printed July 2001 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS aeree 1 INTRODUCTION er PRENNE 2 SPECIFICATIONS OF THE CE 312 2 0 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE CE 312 4 TOSTARTn 6 PARAMETERS oh on ons sh sh 7 MEMORY CONTENT sen 10 SCENARIO Gua D MES 11 BCLPC SCENARIO 15 STEP BY STEP SCENARIOS 18 PC TRANSFER WITH ASTPWin 19 PC TRANSFER WITH ASTPDos 20 CONTENT OF THE FLOPPY DISK OR CD 21 PUBLICATIONS ABOUT THE CE 312 22 Thermal Infrared Radiometer CE 312 User Manual Page 1 INTRODUCTION CIMEL Electronique offers the most recent and sophisticated portable thermal infrared radiometer On the contrary of many such instruments on the market the thermal infrared radiometer CE 312 15 a radiance based radiometer which means its output is the true value of the radiance detected throughout the field of view of the instrument The user can then treat that data the way he desires The applications of the CE
10. added by the user into the control unit The upper left RJ connector is especially made to insert that probe It allows to collect the temperature of an external blackbody Direct acquisition on a micro computer is possible through a serial port and for future use a cartridge port is available to extend the memory for autonomous use The integration time is 1 s and the output voltage of the detector is in the range of 3 mV This signal is amplified by a low noise preamplifier gain 1000 given an offset of 3 V and converted to frequency by a voltage to frequency converter 10000 Hz V A micro controller which controls the mirror and filter positions counts the pulses and displays the output in digital counts DC on a liquid crystal display The full range of DC is from 0 to 60 000 with 0 representing the maximum detectable radiance and 60 000 the minimum detectable radiance While in the field the electronic box can be carried in a camera carrier type bag and the optical head can either be hand held or tripod mounted Thermal Infrared Radiometer CE 312 User Manual Page 4 BATTERIES A solar panel or 12 V 500 mA charger provided is needed to charge the internal batteries and 12 V Plug the RJ connector of the power cord from the charger or the solar panel to the SP outlet on the CE 312 If the electric output is 60 Hz US use a converter 60 to 50 Hz If you are not using the instrument for several weeks leave it plugged s
11. ement already made will appear When the measurements are over the screen goes back to dd mm yy hh mm PW MES SEL VIEW Press SEL again a new screen appears hh mm ss t XXX RTN GO OFF xxx is the time remaining until the next measurement If you do want them to stop press GO at that time the loop scenario Bcl PC will stop Thermal Infrared Radiometer CE 312 User Manual Page 16 You can close the Realtime radiometer acquisition box The scenarios acquired will appear in the standard ASTP Win window You can start again the realtime acquisition by doing the same process select Processing then Radiometer acquisition In the confirmation window if you want to use the data already acquired press YES if no press NO The PC will check that the old set of parameters is compatible with the new data If it is the data visualization will continue on the old graph Thermal Infrared Radiometer CE 312 User Manual Page 17 STEP BY STEP SCENARIOS From screen 1 press MES W New screen 01 yyyyy RTN OK NXTF NWTM xx can either be cl c2 c3 c4 m1 m2 m3 or m4 determining which filter is in the front and if the mirror is on yyyyy is the current average reading of the target with the actual set up It is repeated Press NXTF Y to change filter and press NXTM R to switch filter mirror By pressing OK W a 1FIt4M mode will start At the end of the measurement you will be asked the following
12. le thermal infrared field radiometer CLIMAT Proc SPIE 282 293 Paris France 1995 C Pietras N K Abuhassan M Haeffelin G Brogniez M Legrand and J P Buis Development of a high precision thermal infrared field radiometer Proc of the sixth ISPRS Symposium 809 815 Val d Is re France 17 21 January 1994 Thermal Infrared Radiometer CE 312 User Manual Page 22
13. n be c for channel m for mirror or T for temperature x is the filter number y is the value recorded either a temperature or a detector value STATUS It indicates a status that was reported and which stopped the instrument They are recorded in a sta file dd mm hh mm stat 2 15 a meaningless number dd mm the day dd and month mm the status was recorded hh mm the time the status was recorded stat the status It can be reset when a hard reset was done h when the instrument stopped because of humidity detection b when a problem occurred in the mechanism of the robot EMPTY BYTES INI It indicates the position and number INI M 21 064 of the empty byte SCENARIO N GO Thermal Infrared Radiometer CE 312 User Manual Page 11 From screen 1 press SEL Y New screen Robot Auto NO You change modes by pressing Y previous or R next The different modes are 1 OFF stops the operating mode which is running 2 1FIt4M for the current filter makes 1 measurement of the detector temperature and 8 measurements alternating with and without mirror starting with mirror Duration about 20s In the file 1 line 9 values 3 4FIt1M starting with filter 1 makes 1 measurement of the detector temperature and 2 measurements for each filter alternating with and without mirror starting with mirror Duration about 20s In the file 1 line 9 values 4 Bcl4F4 starting
14. o that the batteries especially the 5 V do not unload themselves too much Thermal Infrared Radiometer CE 312 User Manual Page 5 TO START Lets determine with 1 letter the 4 colors of the buttons O OG G W Y R hh mm After a l min period without being operated the CE 312 s dd mm yy screen goes off This is made to save battery power Press any PW MES SEL VIEW of the buttons to obtain screen 1 If the radiometer is put in stand by which is a low power mode STAND BY to save battery power press R long enough so that you see awake red key Release it and press it again until you get screen 1 Thermal Infrared Radiometer CE 312 User Manual Page 6 PARAMETERS From screen 1 enter password 1 by PW G R and G New hh mm ss screen RTN INI DAT PAR PAR To enter new parameters press PAR R It will read the Country parameters entered on the EEPROM New screen OK X You decrease or increase with Y previous or R next You go to the next parameter by X W The parameters 1 Country identification of the radiometer by its country code 0 255 2 District identification of the radiometer by its district code 0 9999 3 Number identification of the radiometer by its assigned number 0 255 These 3 latter parameters are useful to identify an instrument within a network of other instruments during a field campaign They all appear on the data file
15. r and optics and 2 the electronic unit that performs the data collection configuration display and storage The optical head employs a K hler arrangement to illuminate a thermal detector thermopile with a germanium Ge window The condenser is located in the focal plane of the objective and the detector is located in the conjugate plane of the objective lens with respect to the condenser filter wheel with the four interference filters up to six is located between the two lenses and a stepper motor allows the filter selection The current design includes one broad band filter 8 14 um and three narrower filters 8 2 9 2 um 10 5 11 5 um and 11 5 12 5 um It can be modified to have 6 filters Between the condenser and detector package there is a zinc sulfide ZnS filter that blocks radiation beyond 30 um In front of the objective a concealable gold coated mirror enables comparisons between the target radiation and a reference radiation from inside the optical head The mirror can be inserted into the optical path or concealed with the use of a stepper motor driven by a micro processor The reference radiation measurement can be repeated for each target measurement as often as the user desires A platinum probe attached to the detector s rear surface monitors the head s internal temperature and is used to give the reference temperature from which the reference signal is calculated A second but external temperature probe can be
16. r that parameter The next parameter in the menu is Link PC YES OK X Thermal Infrared Radiometer CE 312 User Manual Page 15 This parameter allows for the automatic data transfer after each 1FIt4M scenario is over Then in the scenario list SEL you will find RTN GO Bcl PC By clicking GO the counter starts the 1Flt4M scenario is lunched the data are transferred when the scenario is over When the Bcl PC time is entirely passed the process starts over Bcl PC scenario and possibilities In the menu list select Processing then Radiometer acquisition Follow the instructions Press PC in the SEL menu on the control unit It transfers the parameters from the radiometer to the PC If the transfer is successful then press Continue on the PC The Realtime radiometer acquisition box will appear To start the continuous data transfer select the filter in MES with NXTF Select Bcl PC in the SEL menu on the control unit New data will appear in the edit boxes and in the graph every time the 1FIt4M scenario is over The data in the graph can be zoomed in click from up left to down right in the graph and zoomed out click from down right to up left in the graph The green curve is for the mirror measurement the red curve is for the filter measurement You can select the filter curve to view on the screen If no data are acquired nothing will appear You can take back the control in manual mode Press the menu SEL the measur
17. ssan C Pietras and J P Buis Thermal infrared field radiometer for vicarious cross calibration characterization and comparisons with other field instruments Optical Engineering Vol 38 No 2 ISSN 0091 3286 345 356 1999 M Legrand G Brogniez C Pietras M Haeffelin N K Abuhassan and M Sicard A high accuracy multiwavelength radiometer for in site measurements in the thermal infrared Part I characterization of the instrument submitted to J Atmos Oceanic Technol October 1998 M Sicard and P R Spyak Internally calibrated thermal infrared field radiometer characterization and comparisons with other field instruments Proc of the 9th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography Vol 2 381 384 Paris 25 29 May 1998 M Sicard and P R Spyak Characterization of a thermal infrared field radiometer Proc SPIE 3117 36 269 280 Earth Observing Systems II San Diego CA 28 29 July 1997 C Pietras D veloppement d un radiom tre infrarouge thermique multicanal qualification du prototype large champ CLIMAT PAD dissertation University of Sciences and Technologies of Lille Lille France 1996 N K Abuhassan D veloppement d un radiom tre infrarouge multispectral de terrain et premi res applications PAD dissertation University of Paris VI Paris France 1995 C Pietras N K Abuhassan M Haeffelin G Brogniez M Legrand and J P Buis Development and qualification of the conveyab
18. the scenarios Vise d Vise o and Niamey OFF same as above IFIt4M same as above AFIt1M same as above Bcl4F4 same as above 4FIt4M same as above MesBIk same as above OrgFIt same as above PC same as above D REMOTE allows the user to run the scenarios from his PC through the control unit 10 PARK parks the robot to the park position which is nadir This scenario needs to be done before and each time a measurement scenario using the robot is started 11 Niamey makes a PARK goes to the horizontal and makes a MesBlk goes to zenith and makes 4 4FIt1M with 1 min interval and finally ends with a PARK This sequence is repeated every 1 hour when the automatic mode is selected 12 Vise d to be done simultaneously with a second robot doing Vise o Makes 4 measurements each filter once of the ground with different angles 1 MesBlk measurement and 3 measurements each filter once of the sky with programmable angles This sequence is repeated every 2 even min when the automatic mode is selected 13 Vise o to be done simultaneously with a second robot doing Vise d Makes 4 measurements each filter once of the ground at the same angle 1 MesBlk measurement and 3 measurements each filter once of the sky with programmable angles the same as Vise d This sequence is repeated every 2 even min when the automatic mode is selected 14 Pos Vd parks and finds the origin of Vise d
19. ture detector 0 8 0 7 C The offset must be known when using a second external temperature probe At the end press OK G to validate the EPROM Say yes R or no G DAT To enter a new date press DAT Y New screen You decrease or increase with Y previous or R next You go to the next parameter by X W The parameters are Year 0 99 Month 1 12 Day 1 31 Hour 0 23 Minute 0 59 Finally press OK G to validate The time will start after validation with 00 seconds INI Press INI W to initiate the memory or quit New screen Purge memory NO YES SBY Thermal Infrared Radiometer CE 312 User Manual Page 8 NO G comes back to screen 2 without deleting anything YES Y deletes what is in memory with a purge success message SBY R puts the instrument in stand by which is a low power mode to save battery power Thermal Infrared Radiometer CE 312 User Manual Page 9 MEMORY CONTENT From screen 1 press VIEW R New screen dd mm yy hh mm RTN INS CART MEM INS Press INS W to view current values New screen hh mm ss Bax xx To have a look at all the parameters Ba T IR press R next or Y previous Ba indicates the voltage of the 5 V battery which for a normal use should be over 5 V If the battery is low a Low bat message will appear under the time T indicates the temperature in Celsius of the detector detected by the platinum probe TB
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