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1. A Cannot connect to Windows Firewall 2147023143 2 3 2 Adding Firewall Exceptions If you cannot turn off the firewall then you may need to manually add some exceptions These exceptions will allow specific programs to get past the firewall The Vircam exception applies to SC2500 5000 7000 series cameras The EBservice exception applies to SC2500 2600 5000 7000 series cameras The firewall is generally access through the Windows Control Panel wv Action Center Check security status 17 Search Windows Help and Support for firewal HesearchlR User s Guide 14 Chapter 3 Installation Choosing the option to allow a program through the firewall will present you with a list of current exceptions If the Allow another program button is disabled then you will need to click the Change settings button If your computer is controlled by an IT dept you may not have permission to change these settings and you will have to get your IT person involved Allow programs to communicate through Windows Firewall To add change or remove allowed programs and ports click Change settings What are the risks of allowing a program to communicate 17 For your security some settings are managed by your system administrator Allowed programs and features Mame Domain Home Work Pri Public Group Policy 500 IPSEC es E A320 325 O Yes A320 325 O Yes 320 325 O O Yes A320 325 O Yes A320 325 O Yes
2. 22 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 1 Title Bar _ FLIR ResearchIR Indicates what ResearchlR edition is running There are three options e Researchik indicates that the Standard edition is running e HesearchlR Max indicates that all add on modules except HSDR are enabled e ResearchIR Max HSDR indicates that all add on modules are enabled NOTE This manual describes features for all three editions Some features are not supported in all editions Throughout the user manual a feature section heading may have a notation in brackets This notation will indicate the minimum edition level that will support this feature Your license key will indicate and control what edition level you have access to If you wish to upgrade to a higher edition please contact your sales representative for more information 42 Main Image Window The Main Image Window displays either live imagery from a camera or stored images and movies By default the image size stretched as the application window is resized This can be changes by selecting a different zoom factor in the View Zoom menu When a previously recorded movie is loaded the movie player controls will be displayed at the bottom of the image window drag slider to manually set frame to display current X frame al A go forward frame start frame for loop end frame for loop Ne frame Drag to set loop start Drag to set loop end 41 44 4 m D
3. The View Preferences dialog allows the user to choose which header items are displayed in the table The items available will vary depending on the camera model Preferences Time FrameMNurmber Preset TALO DELTAT SC 6000_ActivePreset S_6000_IntegrationTime Click on an item bo select or deslelect it selected items will be displayed Time in ResearchiR The time displayed in the metadata can come from different sources depending on the camera being used Understanding the source time and the time reference are important when looking at the data at a future time 4 10 1 1 Time Source Time can either come from the camera or the PC clock The most accurate and precise time is camera time If the camera inserts a timestamp in the image header HesearchlR will use that time If camera time is not available ResearchlR will fall back on the PC clock The following table shows what time source ResearchlR will use for a given camera NOTE When viewing RGB Visible and Screen modes PC time is always used HesearchlR User s Guide 92 Chapter 5 User Interface Time Source Camera Time SC4000 5C6x00 5C8x00 IRIG B SC5000 5C7000 IRIG optional SC620 640 660 A40 S45 S65 PC Time UTC A320 A325 SC3xx T series 1200 1400 i series i40 160 4 10 1 2 Time Reference Time can be referenced to either a local time zone or UTC Coordinated Universal Time formerly known as Greenwich Mean Time GMT
4. 2 2 1 2 30 day Trial Evaluation If you choose the 30 day trial you will have the option to try either the Max or Max HSDR editions The 30 day trial does not require an internet connection and the trial will start immediately If you later activate a product key for a lower edition the trial HesearchlR User s Guide 13 Chapter 3 Installation will continue to run until it expires and then the product key will take over Trial periods cannot be renewed or extended The trial time remaining can be viewed under the Help Gather Information menu item 2 3 Installation Issues 2 3 1 Firewalls Firewalls will generally block connectivity to a camera The ResearchlR installer will attempt to configure a firewall exception to the Windows firewall service If you computer is using a third party firewall this service may be disabled This could cause the ResearchlR installation to abort and it will appear as if nothing was installed To work around this issue you will need to browse the installation CD and look for the MSI folder Inside there are two msi install files one for 32 bit and one for 64 bit Run the appropriate file This will run the install in a verbose mode If the firewall service is disabled you will see the error below Click the Ignore button and the installation will continue normally NOTE You may need to manually configure a firewall exception if you have trouble detecting and connecting to your camera
5. 3 3 Playing back the recorded file 1 Make sure the File toolbox is visible by expanding the toolbox window and the File toolbox if they are not already expanded NOTE If you don t have a dongle and are running ResearchlR Basic then you won t have access to the Toolboxes You will have to use the File Menu to access your recorded data File Ed File EE 2 Click the show record folder button to display the record folder in the file toolbox then double click on the file you just recorded ExaminlH Data Parent Folder LI FER FE pR FE Rn FE p 7 HesearchlR User s Guide 20 Chapter 5 User Interface 3 The file should now be displayed FLIR ResearchIR Master BETA Rec Roger IIR 000001 P50 sfmov SC8303 1344x784 ADBits 14 r File Edit Camera View Tools Help Tools A Fia 1 1 ly Temperature user Camera Control Mot Connected Minimap Object Parameters Override Camera File Object Emissivity 0 to 1 Distance m Reflected Temp C Atmosphere Atmospheric Temp C Relative Humidity 9 5 TERCERO AEN TOR ET External Optics 44 44 4 E gt bh bb Temperature C Image Enhancement v 45 a 1 56 101 14 192 237 282 328 373 418 464 509 554 596 Camera Type SC8303 From Image di E ML 2 0 0 o O a IFOV 280 0000 Metadata s Preset 0 Time 286 11 03 34 480197 Talo 04 561855 Frame Rate 62 3 Hz 00 161855 Integration Time Integration Time 8 0000 ms Preset 1 n nii
6. C AN ed Select a camera to connect to from a list of m available cameras Somo Remote Start Controls Show camera controller for current connected camera User Calibration p PC Side Correction User Calibration Functions for performing saving and loading usel calibrations Function for performing loading and saving PC side NUCs Control Control PC Side Correction 4 9 3 1 Camera Selector HesearchlR has two methods of selecting a camera Auto detection and manual selection If you select a camera with the Startup dialog shown at startup or View gt Startup Dialog menu ResearchlR will try to auto detect the control interface This is generally the recommended method If you need to manually specify the connection interface you can use the Camera Selector The Camera Selector has two view modes Standard and Custom The Standard Mode automatically scans the computer and displays available cameras The cameras are grouped by interface Firewire or Ethernet The Custom Mode allows you to manually choose the camera and connection interface ResearchIR User s Guide 65 Chapter 5 User Interface NOTE You can run more than one instance of ResearchIR on the same PC If one instance of ResearchlRH is connected to a camera then that camera will not show up in the Camera Selector in other instances of the program Once the camera has been disconnected it will show up as an available camera Camera Sel
7. The AGC Video tab has controls for the analog video output 5 Vircam Camera Controller Advanced HesearchlR User s Guide Bes POI Vide _ Freeze Video _ Enable Zoom Show Reticle _ Gamma Correction 1 000 E 102 Chapter 7 Infrared Primer 6 Other Utilities In the Utilities folder there a number of external utilities provided This section will explain their use and operation 6 1 REdit This utility has been carried over directly from RTools It allows users to edit the headers of SAF files This utility has its own online help which can be accessed from the About menu 6 2 CalibratiR This is a standalone version of the User Calibration Wizard see Sec 5 9 3 3 3 With this utility a user can view edit user calibration files with needing to run ResearchlR 6 3 File AbatiR The File AbatlR utility is used to apply the DRX algorithm to recorded data in post processing This is similar to the algorithm applied in Section 5 7 4 File AbatlR works with SAF SEQ and PTW files The File AbatIR utility differs from the Realtime DRX feature in several key ways e Rather than computing the DRX data on the fly File AbatlR generates a completely separate ABMOV file e The user can control the order in which the presets are processed and the count threshold at which the next preset is used 6 3 1 User Interface Process preset list in this direction Select input amp output files Inpu
8. response plot f Bandpass Low 3 0 High 4 9 lt lt Previous Cancel HesearchlR User s Guide 70 Chapter 5 User Interface An actual response file should be a peak normalized power spectral response not a photon response A response file can be a simple tab delimitted ASCII file with the wavelength in microns and normalized response values Below is an example P SC6000 3 5 prn Notepad File Edit Format View Help 2 85 o 00 2 90 1 2 95 Tem wavelength in microns 3 00 o 61 3 05 0 65 l 3 10 0 76 3 15 o P 3 0 D 765 s 2 55 0 70 peak normalized 3 30 0 67 power spektral gt 3 35 0 68 response max 1 0 3 40 0 66 A 3 45 0 65 2230 o 1 3 55 o 74 3 60 0 75 3 65 0 75 5 70 0 765 3 75 Oo FF 3 80 o 78 3 85 0 80 i 3 90 o 81 4 3 95 0 82 4 00 0 83 P 4 05 0 83 4 10 0 84 ff A A O 7 STEP 3 Input Atmospheric Path This screen provides a place to input Atmospheric path data from MODTRAN MODTRAN is a widely accepted model used to predict atmospheric transmission The MODTRAN model has several output files ResearchlR is setup to read the TOTAL TRANSMISSION and PATH THERMAL data from the MODOUT files Once the MODTRAN data has been loaded ResearchlR can plot the data Calibration Wizard Compensate for atmospheric attenuation Energy emitted by the blackbody may be absorbed or augmented by the atmosphere between the blackbody and the camera This attenuation can b
9. Displays the coefficients used to convert radiance to temperature using a polynomial This section can Radiance to Temperature generally be ignored as this is a legacy method The Lookup Table is the preferred method for computing temperature Allows the user to compute a value of counts radiance or temperature using the coefficients Enter any values and the other two will be computed Temperature is computed using the lookup table 4 9 3 3 3 4 Calibration Plots By default the calibration wizard will build a plot of counts vs radiance The user can build additional plots using the Add Graph and Edit Graph buttons This will launch the Add Edit Graph dialog Calibration Wizard Temp C Radiance Preset 0 Preset 1 Preset 2 10 0 9 5871e 005 4 9321 0 Lj 200 1 4179e 004 w 83244 O add cal plot Calibration Point 4 SE Lal Curve 41788 04 Tu 3251e 04 1 2324e 04 MA Measured se 4_0468e 04 9 5878 05 ee cm op cO NIS To e e e r edit current plot 4 5322 6 032 832 832 932 832 8322 98322 8323 0 8323 3 8323 5 msg 8323 9 03242 8324 4 e UC C m nm Ts Cour lt lt Previous Cancel Finish HesearchlR User s Guide 80 Chapter 5 User Interface Spectral Response Graph 2 Assign graph name Path Thermal Radiance Spec Resp Final Total Transmission Planck 30 0 9i 1 00 X List of selected graphs ee No Additional Responses
10. Docked plots can be closed or de docked De docking a plot turns it into a floating window that can be docked again by dragging its title bar into a dock location The currently displayed plot in a plot container will have a darker colored tab Lj HES ORR ep Pp E Y Profile Line 1 f Temperature close thisplot plottypeicon Y close this plot container and all the plots in it plot name clicking and draging here will de dock the plot ResearchIR User s Guide 39 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 7 1 8 Plot Toolbar When the mouse cursor is hovering over the plot the plot toolbar is activated and can be seen in the upper iii corner of the plot window Profile Box 1 plot tool open close Counts Pixel Clicking the lt lt opens the toolbar with all the available plot tools Mousing over a tool will display a tooltip with the tool name Not all tools are available for all plot types The plot tools include Icon Tool Description Reset plot option to default values Do not auto scale This option may be activated in conjunction LIE x with other tools such as zoom EN men Box Use mouse to click and drag horizontal Captures full y axis RE Use mouse to click and drag vertical Captures full x axis ae Use mouse to draw an arbitrary box POCO Only zoom x axis Left click to zoom in Right click to zoom out Magnify Vertical Magnify Only zoom y axis Left click to zoom in Right click to zoom
11. 4 9 3 3 3 3 Review Calibration Coefficients The Coeffs tab allows the user to review edit the coefficients for computing radiance and temperature The four ain sections are described in the table below Ep Add Calibration Point IE Preset 0 Counts to Radiance Lookup Table Radiance to Temperature Check Order Cu 9 33486e 002 v Auto Start End Order CU 3 10147e 001 Counts R5 1 0000 C1 Start R3 1 0000 ci 6 85220e 005 Radiance Owerride cz D End EE override Ca 4 06922e 009 Temperature ca O Inerement ca 1 80188e 013 ca EBENEN n c4 5 03730e 016 7 92702e 019 1 5 345358422 Section Description Displays the coeffs used to convert digital counts to radiance Order one is typical but higher orders can be selected using the dropdown Order 1 or 2 can be chosen if doing an offset correction R2 is a figure of merit for the quality of the curve fit A value gt 0 9995 is typical for a good calibration Counts to Radiance Controls the generation of the lookup table that converts radiance to temperature In Auto mode the table will use the min and max temperatures used in the table at Lookup table the top of the dialog box If Auto is unchecked the user can manually set the limits and increment It is generally best to leave the Emissivity field set to 1 HesearchlR User s Guide 79 Chapter 5 User Interface Section Description
12. A320 325 O Yes A320 325 Yes 320 325 El Yes A320 325 Yes A320 325 Yes A320 325 Yes listed and then dick OK Programs 7H 7 Zip File Manager amp Adobe Bridge n Adobe Help Center Adobe ImageReady C52 Le Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES 8 2 V Adobe Photoshop C52 BHP Calibrator m bhpnetctrlExample G BlackBerry Desktop Software C Program Filesl7 ZiplZzFM exe What are the risks of unblocking a program You can choose which network location types to add this program to HesearchlR User s Guide 15 Chapter 3 Installation Click the Browse button The two exceptions you should add are for Vircam and EBservice The screenshots below show you the path and file that should be selected Enable all the check boxes for Domain Work Public Organize New folder zz Fil T Sie Fai Name Date modified Desktop di EbDriverTool exe html 12 30 2010 1 19 PM de Downloads m GenICam 12 30 2010 1 19 PM Recent Places de Intel 12 30 2010 1 19 PM 3 9 22 2009 10 24 AM Libraries 9 18 2009 3 38 PM Es Documents 9 22 2009 10 24 AM al Music Program Files FLIR Systems Organize Mew folder z fl T Favorites lh Name Date modified EE Desktop Je Framelink 4 11 2011 5 27 PM i de Downloads 3 CamServer exe 6 16 2010 6 43 PM 5 El Recent Places 2 3 3 Troubleshooting steps for USB Video cameras Items 1 3 should be done before connecting a camer
13. Metadata OISDIAY scada dl 92 A101 Mime lA Rescarcil sia add 92 ZO b o A O bru irme dr EIE 92 410 12 Time Hererence ueteri a is 93 E A 94 ResearchIR User s Guide 5 5 1 A20 A40 S45 S65 Controllers ceseeeer Imm memet nnne 95 5 2 AS20 A325 900301 SG 6xx Control uote ied kr iia 97 5 3 S C640 SC660 Controller a a a eese anna nna 98 5 4 SC4000 6000 8000 Controller ooccccccccconcnnncccnonncnnnnconnanccononnnanccnnnnnnnanenons 99 5 5 SC2500 5000 7000 Vircam Controller ocoooooonccccconccncccnocccncnnnnccncnonanoncnnnos 100 9 5 1 SCUD dio 100 Dos ANON AIICC OO AG Ouest dalla 101 6 WMG WINNS Sis ERE Emm 103 SEMEL op AA e E 103 SP MEE A Ems 103 639 TRI ADa eee on EE 103 6 3 1 User Iera O nsss 103 632 NE Go NRI rerien EER E E 104 Du ONECO Manada tada 104 T ACknowedgemen S pipa 105 ResearchIR User s Guide 6 1 Revision History ResearchIR User s Guide 7 Chapter 2 Introduction 1 Introduction ResearchIR is a thermographic data acquisition and analysis application designed for the R amp D environment Some of the key features of ResearchlR include Easy to use customizable workspaces Supports factory and user calibrations Supports factory and user Non Uniformity Correction NUC Supports all FLIR R amp D cameras Supports high speed data acquisition HSDR Supports SEQ SAF PTW ATS FCF and RJPG file f
14. Transmission 0 to 1 Segmentation Y 847 40 20 701 16 0Hz 100 Cilkav NOTE Files can also be played back by opening them with File Open in the File menu HesearchlR User s Guide 21 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 User Interface FLIR ResearchIR Master 1 Rec Roger IIR 000001 PS0 sfmoyv SC8303 1344x784 ADBits 14 File Edit Camera View Tools Help Tools Temperature user Camera Control Not Connected Minimap Am p Object Parameters Override Camera File Object Emissivity 0 to 1 Distance m Reflected Temp C Atmosphere Atmospheric Temp C Relative Humidity 9 5 Transmission 0 to 1 External Optics Temperature C MUN ERU A Image Enhancement Transmission 0 to 1 Source Information Type File Playback Camera Type SC8303 CET IFOV 280 0000 Metadata Preset 0 286 11 03 34 480197 Talo Frame Rate 62 3 Hz 00 161855 Integration Time Integration Time 8 0000 ms Preset 1 AS UA n nii 56 10 1 Segmentation w 402 741 22 459 1 The ResearchlR main window is comprised of ten main regions Title Bar Sec 4 1 Main image window Sec 4 2 Image Enhancement Tool Sec 4 3 Colorbar Sec 4 4 Analysis Toolbar Sec 4 5 Unit and Display controls Sec 4 6 Plot and Acquisition Toolbar Sec 4 7 Toolboxes ResearchIR Max Only Sec 4 8 Main Menu Bar Sec 4 9 O Metadata display Sec 4 10 aoe ee eS YS HesearchlR User s Guide
15. When using camera time ResearchlR has no way to know what the time zone reference is so this is the responsibility of the user to keep track of See you cameras User s Manual for details on setting the internal PC clock The SCx000 cameras generally offer an IRIG B timestamp IRIG is a precision time format developed by the US Government Test Ranges The camera s IRIG clock can be set locally or it can be slaved to a master clock IRIG does not have a time zone reference so the user will have to keep track of the time reference When ResearchlR falls back on using the PC clock for time it will store the time referenced to UTC In order to know the local time the user will have to offset the time by the difference between local time and UTC The table below gives some common time zones and their reference to UTC These offsets are for Standard Time Daylight Saving Time or its international equivalent would cause the offset to be one hour less or more depending on the location Location TimeOffsetfromUTC Daylight Time Offset US Eastern Time EST UTC 05 US Central Time CST UTC 06 US Mountain Time MST UTC 07 US Pacific Time PST UTC 08 United Kingdom UTC UTC 01 France Germany Italy UTC 01 UTC 02 Sydney Australia UTC 08 UTC 09 HesearchlR User s Guide 93 Chapter 6 Camera Control 5 Camera Control ResearchliR has a built in camera controller for each of the supported cameras Selecting the Camera Control menu it
16. df O amm File name options are similar to those described in Sec 5 7 3 5 4 8 7 4 Movie Playback The HSDR tab in the File Toolbox allows the user to access data that has been recorded to the HSDR but has not been extracted to the PC hard drive Just double click the movie you wish to play 4 8 7 5 Movie Extraction Use the Extract feature Sec 5 9 1 2 to copy files from the HSDR drives to the regular PC hard drives Once extracted the movie will be displayed in the File tab of the File Toolbox It is IMPORTANT that you extract data you want to keep as soon as possible Certain actions such as pairing a new camera or changing the camera window size can trigger a reformat of the HSDR drives possibly causing this data to be permanently lost 4 8 8 File Toolbox The File toolbox displays files in the current directory that ResearchIR can open HesearchlR User s Guide 56 Chapter 5 User Interface MG show the export folder A E show the record folder del Rec007 seq browse for folder to show del Rec seq current folder de Rec 09 seq del Rec010 seq de RecOli seq 4 Rec012 sfmow de Rec013 sfmow files in the current 4 Rec014 sfmow folder that ExaminIR can open del Rec015 seq del Rec016 seq 4 Rec017 sfmow del RecOl6 seq de Rec019 seQ de Rec 20 seq open the selected file 7 Open 7 or folder In addition to clicking the open button you can double click on a file t
17. sep files Last File Rec Roger 4325 O00020 Nest Movie Hec Hoger 32582 DO0021 Nest Snap Snap OO0021 4 6 3 Image Invert Revert Max The J dh buttons will cause the image to be flipped vertically or horizontally This flipping is done in software Some cameras also have image flipping controls but activating these will require the NUC to be updated Flipping the image on the computer side will not affect the NUC 4 6 4 Saturation Clipping On Off With the L control on the software will display color indicators on the image and colorbar to show if data in the image Is exceeding calibration limits Turning this control off suppress these visual indicators HesearchlR User s Guide 29 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 7 Plot and Acquisition Toolbar This toolbar provides quick access to plotting and acquisition functions The icon for the currently selected tool is displayed When the mouse is placed over the current tool a drop down menu is displayed to show other available tools Icon Tool Description User can choose from a selection of plots for each ROI Only the Stats table and Temporal plot are available in ResearchiR Basic Plot Tools Allows user to manually add a bad pixel to the Bad Pixel Map BPM Click the reticle Bad Pixel Tool tool and use the mouse or arrow keys to Max place the reticle over the pixel to be marked Click the button to add or remove the pixel from the BPM Allows u
18. 62 4 9 2 JI O Gee eee eee nen ee mer E mee ner edua RAT ME 62 4 9 2 1 spatial Calibration Maisto ooo Eabb Dads 63 4 9 2 2 Preteronces DIO PROP HEP ERIT 64 493 A A 65 4 9 3 1 Camera Selector idas dada 65 4 9 3 2 CAME A e o 67 4 9 3 3 User Calibration Max cooocccconcnccccnocccoconcnnnoncncnnnononannnoncnonncnononenos 67 49 5 31 Load Calas ici did tiende 68 E AS A o A ratus nc beet es A 68 40 3 9 9 Ferom Capat sasen esu cive A 68 493331 Wizard Modesto ondaa 69 4 9 3 3 3 2 Standard Calibration WizZard occcccccconcnnnccnnnccconoonnnnnnnonononononnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnos 70 4 9 3 3 3 3 Review Calibration Coefficients ccccconoccnncccnnnccooooonnncnnnonononnnnnonnnonononanennnnnnnos 79 4 9 3 3 9 4 Calibration Pl aia 80 4 9 3 4 PC Side Correction Max Only ccooccccoccncccccnccncnconcnconcnononcnonnncnononos 81 4 9 3 5 Creating a PC Side NUC in ResearchlH sees 83 BOG Vew NIC Ui oci end ete aoo usen doe Poena E conan doce obses bared cot eap ut ina qu Urania 86 4 9 4 1 ZOOM MeN ETE TNT ala 86 4 9 4 2 PAIS SAIC HU as e M 86 4 9 4 3 Edit Palette Dialog escorts 87 4 9 4 4 SUMBI el eR mt 87 499 TOOG MENU RR EE 88 4 9 5 1 COOR Barua a cece teehee aa 89 4 9 5 2 EIA SDOU MEE EE E UE 89 4 9 5 3 Ple Operatoria 89 4 9 5 4 Make Self Viewing File Max ooccoooccccocccocccococcncnococononnconcnononnnnos 90 4 9 0 HOIKGOVS sas ec 91 Zu ANC NINN A a 91 4 10
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20. Action 00 13 02 30 F3 af Intel R PRO wireless 39454BG Network C Manufacturer Driver Do Mothing 00 15 50 26 ee 9F Intel R PRO 1000 PL Metwork Connection EBUS Universal Driver Do Mathing Close If you need to configure more than one network adapter it is recommended that you only configure one port at a time See Sec 2 4 for more information on configuring PCs with multiple network interfaces 2 5 PC s with multiple network interfaces If your PC or laptop has multiple network interfaces wired or wireless there are some things to watch for that can cause issues with connecting to cameras It is important that both network adapters not be in the same network subnet This is one reason that we recommend using static IP addressing because a DHCP derver will often give two consecutive addressed to the PC s NICs When this happens the network routing can get confused in the Pleora driver and traffic intended for the camera can get routed to the wrong port This can happen with static IP addressing if both addresses are in the same subnet So if you have two ports don t set one to 192 168 10 1 and the other to 192 168 10 2 Those are in the same subnet and will cause problems Instead use 192 168 10 1 and 192 168 11 1 Or use 192 168 10 1 for the wired port that is connected to the camera and set the wireless port to DHCP top work with your corporate network HesearchlR User s Guide 17 Chapter 5 User Interface 3 Getting S
21. Available Start recording at 4 08 3 04 48 PM Record Options Stop recording at 3 04 48 PM Limit record rake to Hz Display images while recording may drop Frames Snapshots Limit display to Hz w Prefix Rec z edit prefixes Enable frame skipping Text File Maming Skip Framets keep Count z step 1 mu Timestamp HesearchlR User s Guide 44 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 7 3 2 Record Mode Allows user to choose option for recording to memory or disk 4 7 3 2 1 Record to Memory Mode Max Recording to PC memory is the fastest recording mode but the time is limited by available physical RAM does not use virtual RAM When recording to PC memory the user can set either a specific number of frames to record or a time to record in minutes or seconds Record Mode o Record to memory shark duration with little to no dropped Frames 5 Record frame s A Set number of frames to record to PC memory C Record Far lt lt 7 E Or choose a length of time but you still Maximum number of Frames to acquire 57 need to set a not to exceed limit on the ES Record to disk longer duration but may drop more Frames number of frames C3 Record periodically shark duration done repeatedly When specifying time it is still necessary to specify a max frame limit The frame limit can be much higher than the number of frames needed to record the specified time The thing to
22. Available in the image window Enables real time Dynamic Range Extension DRX If a camera is calibrated factory or user with a different temperature range loaded in each preset this option will apply the DRX algorithm Using Preset Sequencing DRX will take the best pixel data from each preset and combine the data to form a new image that spans all of the available calibration ranges This allows the user HesearchlR User s Guide 48 Chapter 5 User Interface to span a much larger dynamic range than could typically be covered with one integration time DRX works best for static scenes 1200C Sub range 1 Sub range 2 Sub range 3 4 8 Toolboxes Max collapsed ge Perform Calibration M Perform Corrector Fiz CI expanded Toolboxes are only available in ResearchIR Max Toolboxes allow uses to access advanced program functions Some toolboxes are available only if a certain add on module is active such as User Calibration Export or Dynamic Range Extension Other toolboxes are only available for certain camera types For example the Object Parameters Toolbox is only available if a camera has a factory calibration The toolbox view can be customized to show only what the user wants to see The program will remember the last settings the next time the program is started HesearchlR User s Guide 49 Chapter 5 User Interface ERE add a toolbox Camera Control Nok Connected expand
23. NUC in ResearchlR STEP 1 Choose the NUC Type This dialog allows the user to select the NUC action to perform Click Next to continue Non Uniformity Correction Correction Type MUCed Presets Q One Point Correction Preset 0 k if using an SCx000 n Teo Point Correction a iii camera this column Update Offset will indicate which Bad Pixel Detection preset is being NUCed O Default Gain 1 Offset 0 Select NUC type NUC Type Description Compute Offset set Gain 1 No automatic bad pixel One Point Correction detection Compute both Offset and Gain Optional automatic bad pixel detection Two Point Correction Update Offset Keep current gain Compute new offset Bad Pixel Detection Keep current Gain and Offset Compute new Bad Pixel map Default Remove current PC side NUC Set Gain 1 and Offset 0 STEP 2 Set NUC Options This dialog allows the user to set the number of frames to average and whether to detect bad pixels and twinkling pixels The default values are good for most situations Non Unitormity Correction Value from 0 to 1 is a tight tolerance 1 is a loose tolerance Number of Frames bo average v Detect Bad Pixels Tolerance v Detect twinkling pixels If pixel value changes more than this over all the sampled frames it is declared bad Twinkling pixel delta counts P HesearchlR User s Guide 83 Chapter 5 User Interface STEP 3 Collect NUC data User
24. You must agree to the license before vou can install this product If you agree to the license click I Agree to continue Step 4 Select any additional options LJ FLIR ResearchIR Max 4 20 0 67 Setup E g ResearchiR 4 20 0 67 Setup E Select ophiions r ph Install Adobe Acrobat Reader 11 0 02 For user manuals Install FFdshaw already installed Install DYR Express Core For pHSDR support already installed Install Pleora Port Software Far GigE camera support already installed x Add shortcuts to the desktop Click Install to continue HesearchlR User s Guide 11 Chapter 3 Installation If this is an initial installation of ResearchlH then you will have the option to install additional components Components that are recommended for all users will be checked by default If the component is already installed it will be grayed out If you have used older versions of FLIR software or have other GigE cameras you may already have an existing installation of the Pleora driver software ResearchlRH supports many versions of the Pleora GigE drivers However not all versions are compatible with all cameras The installer may indicate that certain cameras are not supported by your current version If you need compatibility with these cameras you will need to uninstall the older Pleora software using Control Panel Then run the ResearchlR installer again If no Pleora software is installed you will have the opti
25. and areas of objects in the image Area is need to compute target intensity This is the field of view of a single pixel If a Spatial Calibration see Sec 5 9 2 1 has already been performed the IFOV data will be imported to this dialog The user cal also run the Spatial Calibration calculator by clicking the Calculate button This is an option tag and is superseded by the spectral Bandpass response data If a spectral response is loaded these fields will be populated with the 50 points of the response curve Additional optional tags can be entered at the bottom of the form These can be tags that are defined as part of the SAF file format or they can be user defined Placing them in the Global tab means they are assigned to all presets or they can be assigned only to a single preset All tags entered on this tab will become part of the default INC file As long as this calibration is loaded this HesearchlR User s Guide 78 Chapter 5 User Interface default INC will be used as a template to generate the INC file for each SAF movie that is recorded Click Finish to close the calibration wizard To save the calibration data for future use click the ll Save Calibration button To apply the calibration to the live data choose either a Radiance or Temperature user from the Units Selector Temperature Factory F Temperature Factory Radiance Factory Temperature user pe Select user Radiance user
26. create this matrix the input will be 16 bit unsigned integer or 32 bit floating point depending on the unit selected in RIR the output is also expected to be 16 bit unsigned integer or 32 bit floating point if you need to you can promote from a 16 bit unsigned integer to a 32 bit floating point in the filter 4 8 7 HSDR Toolbox Max This toolbox will only be available if you have a High Speed Data Recorder HSDR RHesearchlR can work with CL 160 CL SAS pHSDR versions of HSDR 4 8 7 1 First time Setup Before the HSDR can be used with ResearchlR the HSDR core software drivers must be installed If you are installing ResearchlR on an existing CL 160 or CL SAS HSDR with R Tools this software should already be installed and you can proceed to Sec 5 8 5 2 If you have a pHSDR this software can be found on a CD that came with the unit Just run the core exe program Reboot the PC After installing the drivers go to the Tools menu and select HSDR Setup You will see the dialog box shown below Select the type of HSDR you have and check the Enable HSDR box HesearchlR User s Guide 54 Chapter 5 User Interface f NOTE For pHSDR systems you must connect the HSDR unit to the PC using the eSATA cable BEFORE launching ResearchlR otherwise the software will not detect the HSDR Setup HSDR Enable HSDR Model CameraLink Base ow Once this step has been completed you will see the HSDR Toolbox an
27. in FITS format This is an open file format SAF Image Export binary data file in SAF file format This is an open file format Movie Windows Media Movie Export a movie file in WMV WMV format FITS Export binary data file in FITS format This is an open file format SAF Export binary data file in SAF file format This is an HesearchlR User s Guide 59 TIFF 32 bit floating point Chapter 5 User Interface Export Type Export Format Description CO ee E TIFF 32 bit floating point Monochrome Used for storing calibrated data Can be imported to Matlab This Is a near lossles format that can be read my many high end video editing packages If you need to encode you data in a specific codec you can export in YUV and then use the video editing software to encode in the codec of your choice Multiple Images Comma Separated Variable Export ASCII text file that contains the data for each image pixel Can be imported to other programs like Excel Windows Bitmap BMP Export Image capture stored in BMP format Portable Network Graphics Export Image capture PNG stored in PNG format JPEG Export Image capture stored in JPG format TIFF RGB 16 bit counts or 32 bit floating point FITS Export binary data file in FITS format This is an open file format SAF Export binary data file in SAF file format This is an open file format The JPEG Quality control adjusts the amount of comp
28. software Step 1 Launch the downloaded EXE file If you downloaded the ISO file that can be used to create an install CD using most CD burner applications You will be guided through the installation wizard LJ FLIR ResearchIR Max 4 20 0 67 Setup ResearchiR 4 20 0 67 Setup a Welcome This wizard will guide you through the installation of FLIR ResearchIR Max 4 20 0 67 IE is recommended that you clase all other applications before continuing Click Next to continue HesearchlR User s Guide 10 Chapter 3 Installation Step 2 Accept the license agreement LJ FLIR ResearchIR Max 4 20 0 67 Setup n ResearchiR 4 20 0 67 Setup ss Computer Software License Agreement for FLIR Systems Inc NOTICE TO USER This is a Contract FLIR is willing to license the Software identified as ResearchIR to You only on the condition that You accept all of the terms and conditions contained in this License Agreement Please read the terms and conditions carefully before installing or using the software By installing or using the software You are indicating Your acceptance of this Agreement If You do not agree to the terms of this Agreement FLIR is unwilling to license the software to You In that event You should not install or use the Software 1 Scope of Permitted Use In this Agreement Software shall mean the machine readable software programs and associated files identified as ResearchIR any modified
29. specific start and stop date time based on PC clock Record periodically short duration done repeated Time to de vial is set in Re ana Conditions section Set number of frames to record Record Conditions C Use Header Field to Start recording O Invert Start recording at 28 2 11 32 13 Al 4 7 3 2 3 Periodic Recording Periodic recording involves setting a pattern for recording frames The user also specifies how the pattern should be repeated when it should stop and how the data should be saved This mode is currently only available to recording to PC memory Record Mode Q Record to memory short duration with little to no dropped Frames Record to disk longer duration but may drop more Frames Set a recording pattern to memory Record periodically short duration done repeatedly ec 7 how long to record Record Frame s every Seconds Sop Data ciples manual ap when to stop Save Eo one File O seperate Files A A A A how to save the data 4 7 3 3 Record Options These additional options may be used with any recording mode Record Options ExaminlR will drop frames to try and achieve this rate Limit record rate to po Hz Useful for cameras that don t have many options for frame rate 4 Display images while recording may drap Frames PE Update the live display during acquisition The higher Limit display to pp Hz the
30. the camera Temperature Factory Counts NS Object Signal Temperature Factory Radiance Factory gran pod pois select unit type Factory calibrated cameras typically allow e Counts Max e Object Signal N A for SCx000 camera Max e Temperature factory e Radiance factory Max User calibrated cameras typically allow e Counts e Radiance user Max e Temperature user Max HesearchlR User s Guide 28 Chapter 5 User Interface Description Digital value of pixel Often referred to as raw data but can be Counts Max NUC corrected Cameras typically have a 14 bit A D converter so the resulting values will be in the range of 0 16383 Typically available only on handheld cameras This NUC Object Signal Max corrected but is proportional to radiance Typically not of use to the user but used internally for diagnostic purposes If the camera is calibrated the raw pixel counts can be converted Temperature to units of temperature Measure of IR power per unit area of the target Units of Radiance Max Watts cm steradian 4 6 2 Info Button The Info button gives the user a quick preview of file naming and acquisition settings Hovering the mouse over the i will show the info panel Clicking the i button will make the info panel a floating box that stays open until you close it Temperature Factory Record Settings Rec Mode Pernodic 40 fr per 0 sec 10 samples
31. the edges of the shaded box on the histogram 4 3 2 AGC Algorithm ResearchIR offers three choices for AGC algorithms These algorithms can improve image detail and contrast Algorithm Description Simple linear mapping Evenly distributes the color in the Linear palette across all count values Non linear histogram based algorithm Provides good Plateau Equalization PE contrast for almost all scenes The slider next to the drop down controls the aggressiveness of the algorithm FLIR proprietary algorithm Runs in addition to PE Enhances image detail The drop down next to the PE slider controls the aggressiveness of the DDE algorithm Digital Detail Enhancement DDE Max HesearchlR User s Guide 24 Chapter 5 User Interface Algorithm Description FLIR proprietary algorithm Enhances image detail The Advanced Plateau Equalization APE Max drop down next to the PE slider controls the aggressiveness of the APE algorithm E RS 15334 geb 3501 3151 2920 are 5485 8277 upper 8068 limit HMMA erta ool 70650 7664 7456 Dn 0539 6530 bb22 4630 Image Enhancement ie 1873 3574 Bee 011 10447 12143 15873 17236 18745 reset limits Fromma f xe vw P ae nin e M i i j lock limits drag here to manually l drag here to manually DDE PE slider set upper scale limit level use log scale set lower scale limit 4 4 Color Bar The Color bar shows the relation
32. the header trigger Use Measurement Function to Start recording Mat Available field usually only one choice Stark recording at 1 05 2014 3 04 46 PM 2 If unchecked recording starts Stop recording at 05 2014 3 04 48 PM ge z when trigger field is true If unchecked recording starts when trigger field is true The Stop Recording option is only available when recording to disk and using the Start Stop recording mode 4 7 3 6 File Naming Options HesearchlR provides the user with a number of options for automatically generating filenames A separate set of options can be specified for both movies and snapshots Options include e Prefix This is an alphanumeric code that is placed at the beginning of the filename These codes can be used for anything but are often used to refer to a specific camera The table of prefixes can be edited by the user and are not restricted to two characters e Text This is an arbitrary text string e Count This is a numeric counter that is automatically incremented for each acquisition The starting number and increment can be specified e Timestamp This will place the timestamp from the first image in the file name The time will be extracted from the image header on the first frame If the camera does not support time in the header then PC clock time will be used HesearchlR User s Guide 47 Chapter 5 User Interface e Independent settings tab for movies and Fil
33. to use separate pe show live image interface for comm and video SS Select and connect immediately Show live image HesearchlR User s Guide 66 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 9 3 2 Camera Control ResearchlR provides a camera controller for all supported cameras The controller is customized for each camera and provides access to all camera functions Below is a sample view of the A series controller More information regarding the camera control software can be found in Chapter 6 A Series S Series Camera Controller Basic Buttons Focus 2 IR Image C Screen Y Calibration Lens Filter Range FOW 45 0 250 Noise Reduction i Frame Rate Hz vem Ty v Auto NUC Perform NUC Show Graphics view digital IR or screen image remote control of on camera buttons select calibration range 4 9 3 3 User Calibration Max The user calibration menu manages user radiance temperature calibrations Menu Option Description Load Load a previous user cal from disk Save Save the current user cal to disk Load Pack Pack file contains both INC and CAL file Save Pack Pack file contains both INC and CAL file Perform Start user cal wizard Edit Make changes to an existing user calibration Clear Unload current user cal from memory HesearchlR User s Guide 67 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 9 3 3 1 Load Calibration Brings up a file dialog box and allows user to select a user calibration to b
34. will be prompted to fill the field of view with a uniform scene One or two scenes hot and cold will be needed depending on the type of correction being performed Once you have filled the field of view of the camera with a uniform scene click Next It does not matter which scene hot or cold is used first Non Uniformity Correction Non Uniformity Correction Fill the Field of view with the First correction source Fill the Field of view with the second correction and click next to continue source and click next to continue n_n Cancel he Next gt gt Cancel C Next gt gt e zu For the best results the two scenes should be far enough apart in temperature to span as much of the A D range as possible If the real scene spans a large range of the A D than the scenes used to generate the NUC then the NUC algorithm with attempt to extrapolate This will generally lead to undesirable artifacts in the image NOTE When choosing the hot and cold scenes for the NUC it is not always necessary or desirable to span the same temperature range as the scene The NUC source is generally placed right up to the camera so in many cases a temperature that would not saturate the camera at a normal measurement distance may saturate the camera when NUCing This is caused by the difference in atmospheric transmission For this reason when choosing scenes for a NUC it is better to think in terms of how many A D counts the source produces rather th
35. x axis units set plot span plot legend use sliders to change span or review past data HesearchlR User s Guide 35 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 7 1 4 Histogram Plot Max The Histogram Plot shows the user the distribution of values within an ROI x ss Histogram Ellipse 1 JI US n EA RIT i lll E lipse 1 x E s S66 32 Us oo ua x m DO o C4 cC DO cl CT Pe 3 a P mJ r r c C Uu 02 al en m nn z F P T Lr Lr Uu um e um e r FP F r nm 02 e 02 ce ce ce ce ce ce ce al ce ce ce ce ce ce ce Counts 4 7 1 5 Oscilloscope Plot Max The Oscilloscope Plot O scope gives the user an edge on view of the image The O scope can be thought of as a line profile with a profile for all the rows overlayed on top of each other This allows the user to quickly identify regions of the image that are saturated This plot can be very useful when setting up a camera for a user calibration to make sure that the integration time is set correctly Oscilloscope Box 1 hot blackbody is near saturation HesearchlR User s Guide 36 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 7 1 6 Opening a plot 1 Select an ROI by clicking on it The ROI color will change slightly and sizing handles will appear to indicate that the ROI is selected 2 If you want to open the plot to its default location just click the plot button without dragging uium o vimvsy LS l e Line Profile 3 If you want to open the plot and dra
36. FLIR ResearchIR 4 User s Guide FLIR ExaminIR Master BETA mera Control Nor Connected 1 i EmpsavEY toto 1 pistance m ver reflected Temp V cy amp opt are 1 armospher y o e umo Relativ PULL E emper SU V 5 to 3 ans ys son w Tra Document Number 29354 000 Revision 3 Issue Date February 10 2015 Copyright FLIR Systems Inc 2001 2015 All rights reserved worldwide No parts of the software including source code may be reproduced transmitted transcribed or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means electronic magnetic optical manual or otherwise without the prior written permission of FLIR Systems This manual must not in whole or part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or transmitted to any electronic medium or machine readable form without prior consent in writing from FLIR Systems Names and marks appearing on the products herein are either registered trademarks or trademarks of FLIR Systems and or its subsidiaries All other trademarks trade names or company names referenced herein are used for identification only and are the property of their respective owners FLIR Systems Inc Customer Support 800 GO INFRA 464 6372 flir custhelp com Service 866 FLIR 911 354 7911 ResearchIR User s Guide Table of Contents ih PC VISION nl ois EU ETE rm Treppe UO NINOS 7 l a A A EE 8
37. LL LM Stop Play Forward Play Reverse Play Fwd Fast Play Reverse Fast Jump to Last Frame Jump to First Frame NOTE The Start and End frame for the play limits are also used for the Extract feature discussed in Section 4 9 1 2 HesearchlR User s Guide 23 Chapter 5 User Interface 43 Image Enhancement Tool This tool allows the user to control the scale limits and how the color palette is mapped to the data A real time histogram of the data is display for each image frame so that the user can see how the data values are distributed This powerful tool can allow the user to see amazing detail even in low contrast imagery real time data histogram Image Enhancement log scale o En reset scale AGC Adjustment DDE Level Select how scale limits are calculated Choose AGC algorithm 4 3 1 Scale Limits ResearchlR offers four choices for setting the scale limits Scale Limits From Description RHesearchlR looks at the entire image to determine the Image l g min and max values for the scale Active ROI Max ResearchlR looks only at the values within the selected ROI to determine min and max values for the scale ResearchliR uses the limits in the Segmentation Toolbox Segmentation Max to determine min and max values for the scale The user manually sets the limits either by 1 typing numbers in the boxes at the left and right Manual corners of the data histogram 2 using the mouse to drag
38. Pretrigger Record to memory shore duration with little to no dropped Frames Enable Pretrigger Circular buffer size Frames Record 100 frames Use rate limiter J Record For Seconds JE Hz Maximum number of Frames to acquire J Make buffer span minutes and seconds J Record Ea disk longer duration but may drop more Frames Record Conditions Record periodically short duration done repeatedly Use Header Field to Start recording Mot Available Invert Use Measurement Function to Start recording Mot Available Start recording at 3 04 2014 3 04 48 PM Record Options Stop recording at 3 04 2014 3 04 48 PM Limit record rate to Hz Display images while recording may drop Frames Snapshots Limit display to Hz v Prefix Rec edit prefixes Enable Frame skipping Text File Maming Skip Frames keep MEE Count step 1 Record To C Users Almartin Oocuments AesearchlA Data Timestamp 3 Move your mouse over the record toolbar button and click the record button or use F5 if that option was enabled File Edit Camera View Tools a OL hy Record a movie HesearchlR User s Guide 19 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 ResearchliR will record a file Wait for the status to display Done and the Close button to appear then click Close Recording Start Time End Time Duration Frames Acquired Dropped Frames Unknown Frame Rate 28 1553 est Status writing File Close when recording ends
39. a Anything that needs to be disabled can be enabled once the camera connection is established 1 Make sure the camera is set to USB Video mode This has a faster frame rate than Network mode and is not blocked by Firewalls 2 Switch off the wireless radios Wi Fi and Bluetooth 3 Remove all USB devices including the mouse before connecting the camera You can usually plug the mouse back in after a successful connection 4 Try using a different USB port Some ports run through an internal hub In general don t use front USB hubs 2 4 Configuring Pleora Drivers Launch the Driver Install Tool located in the Pleora Technologies group ffdshow f ctv GEVPlayer HesearchlR User s Guide 16 Chapter 3 Installation Highlight the network adapter you want to configure and use the drop down list to select the eBUS Universal Driver Click the Install button eBUS Driver Installation Tool File Help Network Adapter MAC Description Current Criver Action 00 13 02 30 F3 af Intel R PRO Wireless 3945466 Network C Manufacturer Driver Do Nothing Doa Nothing Install eBLIS Universal Driver boMothing 0000000 Install eBLIS Optimal Driver Install High Performance IP Device Driver Close Once install is complete the Current Driver field will be updated Press the Close button to exit and reboot if prompted to do so x eBUS Driver Installation Tool Fle Help Network Adapter MAC Description Current Driver
40. a plot To show a mini non interactive legend when the tool bar is closed right click on the plot and choose Properties from the menu On the Legend tab there is an option to draw the legend delete ROI select y axis graph from name color 1 or 2 plot 4 7 1 9 Plot Properties Right clicking on any plot window will bring up the plot properties dialog This dialog allows the user to customize the plot appearance iB Properties General Legend Plot Lines Axis Y Axis scale One Scale Two Title a O Fone IUU O O Size 10 y Color Angle eee QU s frac E 1 Italic Underline i Strike Out e Draw Text Line Profile Line 1 Profile Line 1 Cancel OK 4 7 2 Bad Pixel Tool Max The Bad Pixel Tool allows the user to manually add bad pixels to the Bad Pixel Map BPM that was created when doing a PC Side Non Uniformity Correction PC NUC Place the cursor over the bad pixel and click the add remove button or the Spacebar to mark the pixel as bad Pressing the button again will unmark the pixel Once the pixel has been marked it will turn blue Clicking the Bad Pixel tool again see cursor in picture below will turn off the tool and all blue pixels will be replaced with a nearest good pixel HesearchlR User s Guide 42 Chapter 5 User Interface 1 Bad pixel selection cursor Add remove bad pixel from map The program will search fo
41. abilize to the temperature 5 Click Add While adding a calibration point the measurement of the blackbody in counts is displayed lt lt Previous Cancel STEP 9 Add calibration point This dialog is used to collect and plot the calibration data The settings chosen here only affect this calibration point Response MODTRAN Additional Response ME Ellipse 1 Misc Measurement 3 Preset O Preset 1 Reflected Radiance Type 10500 7 4 NIA Preset 2 Preset 3 A M A 6 Graphs T X 1 Enter temperature of blackbody 2 Enter emissivity of blackbody 3 If camera is Superframing check presets you wish to collect for this temperature 4 Counts digital levels are shown for each camera preset 5 Click Add when ready HesearchlR User s Guide 76 Chapter 5 User Interface STEP 10 Review data and add more points Once you have added a data point you will see a table summarizing all of the data taken To add an additional point click the np Add Calibration Point button Below is a sample of a complete calibration The summary table and graph allow the user to modify the data and assess the quality of the calibration Use these tabs to review edit Select the ROI to calibration input parameters use to import data Calibration Wizard Cal Points Temp C Emiss Radiance Preset 0 Preset 1 25 0 0 98 1 7097e 004 104967 O E f i Noe 204 En L O qos In band Counts Edit cal point Emissivit
42. adiance Reflected Radiance j Compensate For radiance From the ambient temperature Ambient Temperature Ea Ambient Emissivity Computed Reflected Radiance 1 32706 7 005 lt lt Previous Cancel The user can also set options to try and compensate for reflected energy in the scene that is not coming from the calibration source Typically this extra source is reflected solar energy In almost all cases you should not attempt to compensate for reflected radiance unless you have no other option If at all possible you should arrange your calibration setup to provide clean uncorrupted view of the calibration target This will give you the best and most repeatable calibration STEP 6 Setup calibration source This dialog box prompts the user to setup the camera to see the blackbody Once the blackbody is setup click Next Calibration Wizard _ Setup your blackbody and point the camera at it The camera should be able to clearly see the cal source in the blackbody To help see the cal source better adjust the blackbody temperature Adjusting the temperature close to the lowest temperature in your range of interest will make the next steps quicker since blackbodies tend to heat up faster than they cool down The blackbody s cal source 1s clearly visible in the example below lt lt Previous Cancel HesearchlR User s Guide 74 Chapter 5 User Interface STEP 7 Draw an ROI on the blackbody This dialog box pro
43. alue PEG Quality TS A Rate He 30 Output CAlserRlmartin Documents Rec Export entire image Show ROIs Include image border Show ROT names Include color bar Show ROT crosshairs Show minimax crosshairs Show Classification Show Timestamp Merge with Classification Also export ROI bitmasks Also export stats Include header when exporting C5V Files Use Frame skipping skip 1 keep HesearchlR User s Guide 58 Chapter 5 User Interface There are three basic export types e Current Image Exports only the currently displayed image frame e Movie Exports the selected range of frames as a video e Multiple Images Exports the selected range of frames as a series of individual files Each type has a number of format options Pnly CSV BMP JPG PNG and WMV are available in Standard Export Type Export Format Description Comma Separated Variable Export ASCII text file that contains the data for each image pixel Can be imported to other programs like Excel Current Image Windows Bitmap BMP Export Image capture stored in BMP format Portable Network Graphics Export Image capture PNG stored in PNG format JPEG Export Image capture stored in JPG format TIFF otandard 24 bit TIFF 8 bit RGB Monochrome Each pixel value stored in counts Can be imported to Matlab TIFF 16 bit counts Monochrome Used for storing calibrated data Can be imported to Matlab FITS Export binary data file
44. an its temperature STEP 4 Accept or Discard Correction A dialog will appear showing the number of bad pixels detected Generally this will be a very low number A high number usually indicates that one of the scenes was not uniform If accepted the new correction will be stored as the default PC side NUC Non Uniformity Correction Bad Pixels Detected 50 0 02 5 Accept this correction HesearchlR User s Guide 84 Chapter 5 User Interface STEP 5 Enable the PC Side NUC Once you have accepted the NUC you can apply it to the live image by using the NUC controls next to the Units Selector Bom v enable PC side Bad Pixel map enable PC side NUC Below is the original scene before the NUC and with the NUC and bad pixel map applied D Vertical lines are fixed pattern noise AMI Raw uncorrected image T t 3 TL rur Speckles are bad pixels E inl TN NUC Corrected image ResearchIR User s Guide 85 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 9 4 View Menu Zoom Palette Preserve Aspect Ratio Fullscreen 4 9 4 1 4 9 4 2 Invert Load Edit 1234 Blue Glowbow Grayscale Green Tronbow Rainbow Red Sepia MCes Zoom Select image zoom level Preserve Aspect Maintain image aspect ratio when Fullscreen Show image ony in fullscreen mode Startup Dialog Show the initial startup screen for selecting recent files and cameras Zoom Menu Stre
45. aximum 9812 N minimax value lock max value to scene max assign name assign color lock min value to scene min Above isotherms have the max box checked Below isotherms have the min box checked Interval isotherms have neither box checked The Track By option tells ResearchlR how to display the isotherm as the scene change over time Isotherm Track By Description Isotherm stays locked to the value limits This is the most Value common setting Isotherm is locked to the color bar values As the scene changes and the AGC agjusts the color assignments the isotherm numerical limits can change HesearchlR User s Guide 26 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 5 Analysis Toolbar The Analysis Toolbar allows the user to draw a Region of Interest ROI using a variety of drawing tools Name Description With this tool selected the user can mouse over an ROI be Select Edit ROI The ROI can be dragged to move it or the user can grab a handle to resize the ROI E Box ROI Draw an arbitrary rectangular box B Ellipse ROI Max Draw an arbitrary ellipse Line ROI Max Draw a straight line Draw a multi segment line Each left click adds a vertex Right click to stop adding points Using the Edit ROI tool the vertex points can be moved individually Bendable Line ROI Max Draw a closed polygon Left click to add a vertex Right click to close the polygon Using the Edit ROI tool the vertex point
46. ble filters from a list Multiple filters can be chosen and they will be applied sequentially change filter order set filter parameters DEM m T delete filter enable disable from list individual Frame Average y fei ES filters Min Frame Interval EN ci EE enable disable all filters HesearchlR User s Guide 52 Chapter 5 User Interface Filter Name Operates on Description Gain Pixel Multiply each pixel by the gain value Offset Pixel Add the offset value to each pixel Exponential Pixel Compute exp pixel value Square root Pixel Compute square root pixel value Gaussian Pixel Compute a Gaussian blur smoothing to the image Window Average Pixel Make each pixel the average of the selected kernel MATLAB Image Passes an image to a MATLAB script See Sec 4 8 6 1 for more details Median Pixel Make each pixel the median of the selected kernel Min Continous Pixel Make each pixel the temporal minimum until reset Min Frame interval Pixel Make each pixel the temporal minimum over the last n frames Max Continuous Pixel Make each pixel the temporal maximum until reset Max Frame interval Pixel iis each pixel the temporal maximum over the last n frames Frame Average Image Make current image the average of the last n frames Relative mode shows the actual delta values If this output will be fed into another filter that cannot accept negative numbers the absolute mode will add the min value of the image in
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48. d File HSDR tabs in the File Toolbox HSDR c Mot Paired By e T Mot Recording File ee File ES o ExaminlR Data m Ca oe 33 Parent Folder 4 8 7 2 Pairing Each time a new camera is connected to an HSDR the two devices must be paired Connect to camera using the GigE interface Once you have a live image click the i button to pair the camera to the HSDR Once complete the Not Paired indicator will be replaced with the Camera information Model SN 4 8 7 3 Movie Recording iT Use the button in the HSDR Toolbox to set recording option for the HSDR These options are independent of the options set for non HSDR recording see Sec 5 7 3 2 HesearchlR User s Guide 55 Chapter 5 User Interface HSDR Record Settings 0 0n m Record Mode a Record Frame s StartiSkop recording Record periodically short duration done repeated Stop a after samplers manually File Maming Fret 0 0 0 OE Count step L Timestamp The Record Mode options are similar to those available for non HSDR recording There is an additional Start Stop mode Here you can use the x and M buttons to start and stop the recording when desired After a recording is completed a message will be displayed in the toolbox indicating the number of frames recorded frame rate recording time and number of dropped frames should be zero HSDEF Y 506702 Asset 1 tg t Done 500 1 125 8Hz E 5 35
49. d for any purpose in addition to classification markings Show Timestamp This option adds the image timestamp to the exported video The time can be appended to the bottom of the image overlayed on top of the image near the bottom of the frame or merged with the classification text labels Export ROI bitmasks In addition to the image additional files are exported with the ROI bitmasks The files have the same base name with the ROI name appended These are stored in the location specified in the Output field Export stats n addition to the image an additional text file is exported with the ROI statistics Display images while exporting When checked ResearchlR will display the frame being exported Include header when exporting to CSV Adds a block of header data to the beginning of the CSV file Use frame skipping When checked the user can specify a pattern of frames to keep and skip ResearchIR User s Guide 61 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 9 1 2 Extract Dialog Max The Extract feature allows the user to save a portion of a long video into another file to make a smaller file If ResearchlR has recorded data to a High Speed Data Recorder HSDR the Extract dialog allows the user to move the data from the data recorder to the PC hard drive and to trim a file and save that portion to a new file Extract File Extract En Folder folder to save Mice FilerhduDracs srimartinsMv Documents ExaminlR Data mal extract
50. display rate the more frames could be dropped e Enable frame skipping Frame skipping is useful when trying to thin the recorded un fe ES joy E data especially when superframing Record To C ExaminlA Data E Set the folder to save recorded data This folder can be viewed by using the View Recording Folder icon in the File Toolbox File cei is 4 7 3 4 Pre Trigger Recording Options Max User can setup a circular buffer where data is continually captured When a recording is initiated the frames in the buffer allow the user to see data before the recording was started HesearchlR User s Guide 46 Chapter 5 User Interface Pretrigger _ Enable Pretrigger Circular buffer size Frames Set buffer size minutes and o seconds Pretrigger data can be recorded at slower rate than post trigger uses frame skipping The user can set the buffer size a tool tip will show the max value for a given computer The rate limiter options allow the user to slow down the rate of data recorded prior to the trigger This is useful for extending the time span of the pre trigger buffer 4 7 3 5 Record Conditions The Record Conditions allow the user to choose additional options for starting and stopping a recording Use camera header tag to start recording only available if camera supports this feature Record Conditions Use Header Field to Start recording Not Available Invert Choose
51. e compensated for with a MODTRAN file This is particularly useful if the blackbody is far from the camera The total transmission absorption and path thermal radiance augmentation elements of a MODTRAN file can be used v Use Total Transmission e Use Path Thermal Radiance Modtran File 5 Thermagraphy T eamFalderz H T ools S ample Data Files ample MOD TRA M fil LJ 5 14208 05 4 12316 05 3 10416 05 EN Tot Trans E Path Therml 2 3888 05 1 0199e 05 8 28156 05 7 22538 D5 5 207 36 05 9 0106e 09 a Y k A 04 uL Oo O qQ z m od dO c tor Cep ar r m A lt lt Previous Cancel ResearchIR User s Guide 71 Chapter 5 User Interface STEP 4 Input Additional Responses Additional responses can be used to account for other factors that can affect the path between the cal target and the camera that are not already accounted for by camera spectral response or atmospheric modeling Such things might be a mirror reflectance curve or an additional filter The values in this file are multiplied against the data More than one response curve can be added using the dd Response button Unwanted responses can be deleted using the A Remove Selected Response button Calibration Wizard Add additional spectral responses Additional spectral responses can be Additional Responses added to compensate for anything else between the camera and the blackhody for example a band pass filter An additional spectral resp
52. e Naming single frame snapshots ee Snapshots Use edit a prefix to use at the v Prefix edit prefixes Me beginning of all filenames e Text POTEST amp Include user defined text in all filenames acon m LJ Timestamp Include a counter in the filename that will increment automatically for each acquisition Include the acquisition start time in the filename uses camera image header if available or PC time 4 7 4 Preset Selector Max For cameras that support Preset Sequencing also called Superframing or Multi IT the Preset Selector control allow the user to choose which preset to display This feature is currently only available in SCx000 and RSx000 cameras Display preset 0 po 2 display all display single presets cyclic preset 0 3 Real time DRX Control Description Tells ResearchlR to display all active presets in sequence For general display purposes this mode is not very helpful because it can be quite flashy as the AGC adjusts from frame to frame This mode is useful if you are trying to do a PC side NUC with multiple presets With this mode ResearchlR will NUC all active presets at the same time using the same NUC scenes Depending on the integration times being used this may or may not produce optimal results Tells ResearchlR to filter out a particular preset for display If a chosen preset is not active in the camera ResearchlR will display an message Frame Not
53. e loaded into memory The user calibration can then be applied to the data by choosing it with the Units Selector EH Eh Temperature user Iv le e Temperature Factory j Radiance Factory Temperature user Radiance user once a user calibration has been done it can be applied to the data by choosing it with the units selector You may need to scroll down to see the user calibrations 4 9 3 3 2 Save Calibration Brings up a file dialog box and allows user to save the current user calibration to disk This will create two files a INC and a CAL These two files are part of the SAF format which is fully described in a separate document 4 9 3 3 3 Perform Calibration The Perform option starts the User Calibration Wizard This wizard will walk the user through the steps required to calibrate a camera You will need a calibrated blackbody source to complete this procedure This section is only a discussion of how to input user calibration data into ResearchlH It is important to note that as a general rule the User Calibration Wizard will generate a calibration in terms of apparent effective radiance This means that the calibration is mapping the digital counts from the camera to what radiance the camera sees not necessarily to radiance at the source If you use only ideal response curves for spectral response and atmosphere ResearchlR will compute theoretical source radiance based on Planck s function and map t
54. e or on the PC side Most FLIR cameras support on camera NUCs The SC8000 is an example of a camera that does not PC Side NUCs are discussed in the next section See your camera s user s manual for more information on camera side NUCs Calibration Wizard Welcome to the Calibration VVizard This wizard will allow you to calibrate your camera to measure Radiance or Temperature The calibration process requires a blackbody that can cycle thorugh the temperature range you are interested in measuring At any time during the calibration you can click the Hide link below to hide the calibration wizard Click the Continue Calibration link to show the calibration When you are ready click Next to continue Cancel STEP 2 Input Camera Spectral Response The user can choose to use either an ideal top hat response or provide a file with an actual response curve The graph will show the response curve that will be used Calibration Wizard What is your camera s spectral response Spectral response defines what wavelength range the camera sees in and how well it sees energy at wavelengths within that range The spectral response allows the calibration to compute what the camera actually sees given what it is supposed to see Ifthe exact spectral response is not know you can use a tophat instead A tophat assumes the camera can see everything within a wavelength range use Tophat to microns Use File S ATemp imartine S CBDOL 3 5 pr A
55. earchlR behaves Preferences Metadata Level and Span Time _ Decrease jitter in level and span display by ignoring FrameNumber pixels From Ehe minjmax reset Preset The min most and max most Few pixels are often twinkling CM FrontPannalTemp CM AiriapTemp CM DewarTemp Target Frame Rate 5 Fast Forward Skip 10 Use the same settings For all users Draw minimax 3 Crosshairs E Arrows Loop movie playback Enable Image Interpolation Far Display smoother slower Enable AT5 LIS USB Remote Start Enable Serial Remote Start COM3 Click on an item to select or deslelect it selected items will be Remote Start Controls displayed Hotkey Remote Start can stop record Theme Drewe RCM tos write ATS Files instead of SFMOW SEO when possible Draw ROI Center Crosshair i Preference Description Metadata are items that can be extracted from the frame header and can be shown in the metadata control on the main window The available items will vary depending on the Metadata camera type Multiple items can be selected by holding down the CTRL key while selecting with the left mouse button Ros Check to display ROI names and center crosshair Attempt to decrease jitter or wobbling in the level and span control often caused by twinkling pixels This is done by Level and Span ignoring a few of the pixels on the top and bottom of the range of values Enter the number of pixels at the top and bottom of the
56. ector Standard View Camera Selector ES cum M View mode Firewire FireWire for handhelds EE available interface A Senes Cu A20 24900674 E available camera Search Again Cancel Select Connect Select the camera but do not connect and show live image select and immediately connect and show live image from camera Camera Selector Custom View H Camera Selector Standardi atts tiny RS6700 r1 Ethernet FLIR RTSP Settings V User calibratable range science camera Interface for FLIR Ethernet RTP cameras IP Address 4 C4000 SC6000 No devices found Camera MAC Address g Factory and user calibratable science camera Firewire FLIR DCAM PC NIC MAC Address E SC6100 Interface for FLIR FireWire cameras Gubnet Mask g User calibratable science camera Gateway No devices found GigE iPort Gigabit Ethernet iPort interface No devices found Settings for gren interface are found in SilverZTitanium Factory and user calibratable Mo devices found C A20 A40 USB Video FLIR USB it Factory calibrated industrial automation Interface for FLIR USB Video Clas camera oa A3XX SC3XX SCEXX Select camera and Factory calibrated industrial automation El SM interface camera Vircam interface for ATS F cameras 545 565 No devices found Y Factory calibrated handheld camera Use the same interface For comm and video Select but do not connect and uncheck this
57. ed file Extract En File filename for 160x128 E5BIps 429us Imm LM27TL 3shots frames 500 550 Extract a extracted file Extract 13 entire File just play limits extraction options Extract 1 aut of every Frames Elapsed time Time left When first opened this dialog displays the last folder used for extraction and the current filename If you have been using the original data directory you must change the location or filename as ResearchlR will not let you overwrite the original file 4 9 1 3 Batch Extract Dialog Max IF you have a lot of data that needs to be extracted from the HSDR this can be a time consuming process The batch extract dialog allows the user to setup a list of files to extract choose Extract location Batch Extract Output Directory CME gamn A Data File ange Output x HSDR Batchtest PCM X HspR Batch test Fw HSDR Batchtest PC N J HSDR Batch test PC NUC 000024 Click here to add a new n HSDR Batch test PC NUC 000025 Lj H5DR Batchptest PC NUC 000030 HSDR Batch lest PC NUC O00051 change default ouput choose files to extract filename Extract status messages display here start batch extract Ready exit batch extract EA E 3 E oe RD options to extract a portion of a file 4 9 2 Edit Menu Menu Option Description Camera View Tools Enter data for computing lengths and areas of ROIs Spatial Calibration Spatial Calibrakian Pref
58. een those points Control points do not have to be evenly spaced You can also specify some special purpose colors for Segmentation and Clipping Clipping colors will be applied when a pixel falls outside of a calibration range 4 9 4 4 Startup Dialog The Startup dialog allows you to quickly open a recent file or connect to an available camera The startup dialog is shown when ResearchIR starts up by default It can be set to not show when ResearchIR starts up with an option in the dialog Open recent File Connect to camera Rec06B seq Firewire available RecD57 sedg Firewire For handhelds interface Recd53 P5 5e0 50540 Rec 066 P50 e0 X F640 309000355 PecO64 P50 sFmov RecO61 PSO sFmov RecO6d PSO stmov available camera click RecOS8 PS0 sfmov it to connect to it recently opend files click one to open it search for available cameras toggle show on startup Search Again close without opening a file n or connecting to a camera Close Le Show this dialog on startup HesearchlR User s Guide 87 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 9 5 Tools Menu Statistics Viewer Toggles to show or hide the stats viewer Shows a plot of the data values along a profile of the selected ROI If ROI is a Line the graph will be a profile PROMO Fiat along the line If the ROI is an area the graph will be a thick profile Y axis units correspond to units selector v Statistics Viewer Toggles to show a time hi
59. em will display the controller for the currently connected camera This section gives a Summary of the controllers for some of the cameras supported For detailed explanations of your cameras features please refer to you camera s user manual For cameras like the A20 A40 S45 S65 SC640 and T series that have on camera controls the ResearchIR controller will have a basic configuration screen where you can set temperature range and update the NUC You can also select the image mode to display the IR image visible camera if available or the screen image There is also a button interface where you roughly have the same button layout and labels as are on the camera Using the button interface along with the screen display makes it possible to remotely navigate the on camera menus C640 Camera Controller IR Image RGB Visible Cahbration Lens Filter Range FOL38 No Filter 40 00 120 00 Noise Reduction Frame Rabe Hz off Lv 30 Hz Auto NUC i Perform NUC Show Graphics Camera Controller C640 Camera Controller Focus Zoom Jam Button Interface ResearchIR User s Guide 94 Chapter 6 Camera Control Below is an example of ResearchlR displaying the IR image visible and screen image from an S65 NOTE Thermal analysis can only be done on the IR image The visible and screen display are RGB data streams The analysis tools will still work but you will be analyzing the RGB val
60. erences HesearchlR User s Guide 62 Preferences oet program preferences Chapter 5 User Interface 4 9 2 1 Spatial Calibration Max A spatial calibration allows ResearchlR to compute lengths and areas of ROIs drawn on an image The Spatial Calibration dialog allows the user to enter the data necessary to compute the camera s Instantaneous Field of View IFOV IFOV is the field of view of a single pixel ResearchlR supports independent values for horizontal and vertical IFOV however modern cameras have square pixels so these values will be the same The Spatial calibration dialog presents the user with four options for computing IFOV values he results will be displayed in microradians Spatial Calibration Calculate From FO 9 Calculate fram Focal length Pixel Pitch microns Focal Length millimeters Enter manually Measure IHFoW P Distance eno me ww IHFON WFOV 600 00 micreradians Enter the FPA height and width in pixels and the Calculate from FOV Field of view FOV of the optics Calculate from focal length Enter the pixel pitch size and lens focal length If you know the IFOV just enter it manually Draw a line ROI on an object of known length in the image and enter the distance to the object from the front of the lens HesearchlR User s Guide 63 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 9 2 2 Preferences Dialog The Preferences dialog allows you to edit settings that affect how Res
61. g into a specific dock location click and drag the plot button into a dock location The plot will be displayed as a translucent preview 2 e e 2 Ju m Em 41 5 RII WEN S EAS X cro dock locations 4 30 La 1 CORRE CSCI 100 Image Eghancement TA 15 3 20 4 25 0 29 5 34 0 Fomine rese y m c ga bnez Ar 10g 4 When a plot can be docked into a dock location the dock location will highlight blue HesearchlR User s Guide 37 Chapter 5 User Interface Le Profile Line 1 5 Release the left mouse button to dock the plot File Camera View Tools Help EUR Temperature acto r cvi m El o Pd 4 al i La al Image Enhancement vo 18 3 20 4 24 3 23 5 34 1 S 46 3 Mer ae A A a Metadata 274 65 22 908 4 1 Hz 100 Line Profile Line 1 Temperature NOTE Plots can be docked to the right and bottom of the initial ResearchIR layout When a plot is docked it creates a plot container New plots can be docked to the top left bottom right and inside plot containers In addition there are two options for docking a plot inside a plot container As shown in the figure below selecting the left HesearchlR User s Guide 38 Chapter 5 User Interface center docking handle creates a plot in a new tab Selecting the right center dock handle adds a new graph to the existing plot called a multi plot Profile Line 1 4 7 1 7 Managing docked plots
62. gt o dde 11 i 2 5068e 04 Final Spectral Response 2 1598e 04 Counts Ys Radiance 1 6108e 04 HA Spec Resp Final MA Planck 30 0 C 1 00 Counts Vs Radiance Fit z o 1 4619e 04 Graph preview 1 1129e 04 7 63928 05 4 14856 05 6 595 06 Counts vs Temperature Fit 1 j y oan gt Microns IMPIDEN Radiance Ys Temperature Radiance Ys Temperature Fit Counts vs Temperature Counts vs Temperature Lookup Planck Temp 30 Emiss 2 Maxis Microns Axis Spectral Response Radiance Planck Final Temp 30 Emiss gt ane Add Graph Select type of graph Swap y axis 1 and 2 This dialog shown above allows the user to select from a number of graph type As the graph are selected using the gt gt button they will appear in the preview pane to the right Once a graph is selected other graph type that are not compatible with the the current axes will be disabled To use one of these the user would need to create another new graph One the graph is created in the preview the user can give it a name In the box below the name the user can delete graph or change their order By mousing over the preview you can access the plot toolbar with functions for pan zoom and saving the plot to CSV or BMP 4 9 3 4 PC Side Correction Max Only PC Side NUCs are similar to the camera side NUCs Both provide good image correction but there are some differences in functionality The following table compares t
63. he camera counts to that Therefore when you include data for spectral response and atmospheric path you are trying to reduce the theoretical radiance of the calibration source to the energy that the camera actually sees HesearchlR User s Guide 68 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 9 3 3 3 1 Wizard Modes The user will be presented with a dialog asking them to choose the Wizard Mode from Simple to Expert The more advanced the mode the fewer question will be asked Also the process is less step by step allowing the user to customize the process according to their needs It is recommended that beginners use the Simple wizard until they are comfortable with the process Calibration Wizard Please select the calibration complexity you want to use Simple Use a wizard to step you through the calibration process You will only need to add cal points Use this option if you want a simple calibration or are new to the calibration pracess Standard Use a wizard to step you through the calibration process You will need to set advanced options and add cal points Use this option if you want an advanced calibration Advanced Use a wizard to step you through the calibration process Some instructional steps are removed from the wizard You will need to set advanced options and add cal points Use this option if you are already Familiar with the calibration process Expert Do not use a wizard You will need to set advanced opti
64. he table for each active ROI The top line of each column shows the ROI name and it color Pause the update of the stats While the image keeps updating Click again to EL 4 7 1 1 1 Stats Toolbar ls Statistic units Isotherm 1 Mean C Std Dev C M Center C Maximum C Minimum C NA NA NA NA NA Number of Pixels NA NA SSS ROI name and color code Single Pixel Area cm Area cem Length cm u Emissivity u Distance m darker shading indicates this is the selected ROI ResearchIR User s Guide 32 Chapter 5 User Interface These can be changed by right clicking on the ROI or its column in the table and choosing Properties from the menu ROI Properties These fields allow the Name Box 1 user to set ROI specific Mame Position Top Object Parameters If unchecked the global w Draw Mame parameters will be used Color Emissivity i The calc button allows Distance zu the user to calculate an effective emissivyty based on a known temperature for the ROI NOTE Emissivity must be a value between 0 and 1 If you enter a value outside this range the box will turn yellow to indicate an invalid entry 4 7 1 1 3 Measurement Functions Max This tool allows the user to define mathematical expressions using ROI statistics Any number can be defined Once a function is defined you can view the expression by mousing over the function
65. he two types of NUCs PC Side Camera side NUC NUC 1 point correction Compute offset Gain 1 2 point correction Compute Gain and Offset Update offset only keep current gain compute new y y offset NUC Feature Use factory bad pixel map eliminates more bad pixels y and twinklers Can be applied to camera analog output A HesearchlR User s Guide 81 Chapter 5 User Interface PC Side Camera side NUC Feature NUC NUC Can use camera internal NUC flag A NUC data stored separately from raw digital data y NUC data can be changed in post processing A Manual bad pixel tool If desired both types of NUCs can be used simultaneously However if you A are using a factory calibration it is STRONGLY recommended that you not use a PC Side NUC as this can affect the calibration accuracy One exception to this recommendation is using the Bad Pixel Tool to mark additional bad pixels that are not masked by the automatic bad pixel detection algorithm RHesearchlR keeps track of the last PC Side NUC done for each camera it connects to If a PC Side NUC is available then the NUC icons will appear next to the Units Selector Ty E Eb Temperature Factory V PC Side NUC available A blue shading over the icons indicates that the NUC and Bad Pixel Map BPM are enabled t PC NUC and Bad Pixel correction enabled HesearchlR User s Guide 82 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 9 3 5 Creating a PC Side
66. ion FLIR ResearchIR Max 4 20 0 67 Setup 3 ResearchiR 4 20 0 67 Setup Miihe installing FLIR ResearchIR Max 4 20 0 67 has been installed Click Finish to exit 2 2 Software License Activation RHesearchlR 4 requires a license key in order for the software to run Prior to version 4 20 the license key was in the form of a USB dongle Starting in version 4 20 the software can also be activated online by entering a provided product key This method will require an internet connection for the activation process After the software is activated an internet connection is no longer required Going forward online activation will be the default method for license activation However existing USB keys will continue to work and can be ordered if needed 2 2 1 License Activation Process When ResearchlH is first launched it will automatically search for a valid license If multiple licenses are found for example both software and USB key are found then the highest level license will be used If no license is detected then the user will see the Activation dialog This window will present the use with three options 1 Enter a Product Key 2 Insert a Hardware USB dongle 3 Start a 30 day trial evaluation 2 2 1 1 Online Activation If Option 1 is chosen the user will be presented with a screen where product can be registered User must enter the following 1 Product Key 2 User s name OR Company Name 3 Email address
67. keep in mind for all recordings to memory is that the frame limit is used to allocate a RAM buffer RAM allocated to this buffer will not be available to other applications running on the PC If the number specified is more than can be from continuous PC RAM the acquisition will not start properly You will see the acquisition status dialog but the acquisition will terminate with zero frames acquired If this happens lower number of frames to record Recording S6 P5 TEST O00004 Start Time 5652 10 20102 0660 If you set a frame recording limit that is too high the acquisition will not start and you will get a Dropped Frames 0 status of Done with zero frames recorded End Time 02 00 76182 066000 Duration 00 00 00 000000 Frames Acquired Frame Rate Unknown Status _ Close when recording ends Close 4 7 3 2 2 Record to Disk Mode Recording to disk can accommodate longer recording times but at a slower rate In addition to setting a number of frames or length of time for recording the user can stop or start the recording with the F5 key or use the PC clock to start or stop the acquisition HesearchlR User s Guide 45 Chapter 5 User Interface Record Mode Record bo memory short duration with itle to no dropped Frames a Record bo disk longer duration but may drop more frames a Record frame s f or choose length of time Record for B F e or C g Sbart stop recording e or set
68. ler HesearchlR User s Guide 96 Chapter 6 Camera Control 5 2 A320 A325 SC3xx SC6xx Controller The Axxx SCxxx Controller consists of a setup page and a focus page The setup page allows the user to select the image mode temperature range frame rate or update the NUC The focus page allows the user to control lens focus A320 Camera Controller e IE Image setup Calibration Lens Filter Range POLIS 20 00 120 00 F Noise Reduction Frame Rate Hz Off Y Y e Auto MUC Perform MLIC A320 Camera Controller HesearchlR User s Guide 97 Chapter 6 Camera Control 5 3 SC640 SC660 Controller The SC640 5C660 Controller consists of a setup page and a button interface page The setup page allows the user to select the image mode temperature range frame rate or update the NUC The button interface allows the user to remotely navigate the onscreen menus or control lens focus C640 Camera Controller e IR Image RGB 0 Visible J Screen Calibration Lens Filter Range No Filter 40 00 120 00 Y Noise Reduction Frame Rate Hz off y y v Auto MUC Perform NUC Show Graphics 7750640 Camera Controller uL n Facus Zaom Bm seup T CJ La Jam FIH HesearchlR User s Guide 98 Chapter 6 Camera Control 5 4 SC4000 6000 8000 Controller NOTE The standalone Camera Controller that came with the camera cannot be running at the same time as Re
69. mpts the user to draw a Region of Interest ROI on the blackbody emitter The ROI should be drawn so that it is large enough to get as many good pixels as possible but should not be drawn to close to the edge of the source ResearchlR will take the spatial average of all the pixels in the ROI so any pixels that are off of the blackbody will cause errors Not all blackbody sources are created equal and uniformity at the edges is usually the worst so It is better to have fewer pixels that you know are good Sometimes it is hard to tell from looking at the image if the edges of the blackbody are uniform Using the O scope plot is a good way to tell if all of the pixels in the ROI are uniform Calibration Wizard Draw an ROI over the blackbody s cal source The ROI should be completely within the cal source hut still large enough to contain several pixels The pixels inside this ROI are Non Uniformity corrected and then averaged to get a measurement of the blackbody The ROI should not be drawn on top of the blurry area around the cal source where the signal falls off An oscilloscope on the ROI can confirm the ROI is well placed The ROI shown on the leftis a good example It s oscilloscope is relatively flat The ROI show on the night is a bad example it is just barely over the edge of the cal source It s osilloscope is curved on the left where the ROT is just off the cal source Selected ROI Ellipse 1 When you are ready click Next to c
70. name Measurement functions are managed using the toolbar at the top of the pane Opens the function definition dialog User can create a mathematical expression using constants object Add Function parameters ROI stats and other measurement functions An arbitrary name can be assigned to the function and will be displayed in the table gd Edit Function Opens the function definition dialog with the current expression Edit the expression and click OK to save Delete Function Deletes the highlighted function ResearchIR User s Guide 33 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 7 1 1 4 Adding and Editing Measurement functions Choosing to add or edit a function will bring up the Measurement Function Editor Measurement Function Editor 2 t Object Parameters Mame Function t Regions of Interest Measurement Functions t Frame Info lag sn x2 sort J in asin facos flatan gt ll gt h frre J and noe The left area 1 allows the user to choose a an input variable Possible choices include existing ROIs data from the camera image header or even other measurement functions Click the arrows to expand the lists The top are 2 allows the user to set the name nd reference color for the function Area 3 shows the complete expression as a formula These formulas can be a combination of inputs and math functions from the calculator area Boolean functions True False etc can be used to evaluate the func
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72. nd the corresponding temperature range is displayed If the camera has Multi IT there will be checkboxes to enable individual presets If the camera was calibrated for multiple filters or lenses the Range drop down will let the user select from cals available in camera memory 5 Vircam Camera Controller Dyes window gt Miss status IT us min temp range max aN 53 0 3 300 0 oneal Frame Rate 100 00 He Max 163 00 The Window tab allows the user to select from available window options E5 Vircam Camera Controller Tr dn l E Status Apply Advanced Invert VFlip Revert HFlip ResearchIR User s Guide 100 Chapter 6 Camera Control The Sync tab has settings for external sync and trigger options Vircam Camera Controller 7 Status Sync Source 9 Internal External Enable Trigger Gut Advanced The Misc tab has controls for focus shutter filter wheel and IRIG T Vircam Camera Controller Focus Festi Setup Shutter 9 Open Closed 3 IRIG B Advanced 5 5 2 Advanced page The Correction tab shows the NUC loaded into each preset The a button displays options for updating the NUC Vircam Camera Controller Preset D 50 00 Hz Multiple Open Status Preset 1 50 00 Hz Multiple Open Preset 2 50 00 Hz Multiple Open Preset 3 50 00 Hz Multiple Open L5 L7 L7 L7 Advanced HesearchlR User s Guide 101 Chapter 6 Camera Control
73. ns PC side NUC on or off Button only active is PC side NUC has been done Max Apply PC Side Bad Pixel Map Max Turns PC side BPM on or off Button only active if PC side BPM has been done 4 7 1 Plot Tools This toolbar allows the user to choose from various plots You can have one of each plot type per Region of Interest ROI Each of these plots can be free floating or they can be docked The available plot types include 1 Statistics Viewer Histogram Plot 2 Profile Plot 5 O scope Plot H Y Tool Description 3 Temporal Plot changes w mouse HesearchlR User s Guide 31 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 7 1 1 Statistics Viewer The Statistics Viewer allows the user to see a variety of statistic for all the ROls currently drawn lt is divided into three main areas I Stats Statistic units Isotherm 1 w Mean T Std Dev C PJ Center C Maximum C Minimum C Number of Pixels Single Pixel Area em Area cm Length cm u Emissivity u Distance m af ale SIS 1 Stats table toolbar 2 Stats table 3 Measurement functions restart the update Save the current stats to a text file Turn on off the Image ROI Creates a column in the table with stats for the whole image ROI Subtraction Opens a dialog that allows the user to create an new column in the stats table that is a subtraction of two current ROIs 4 7 1 1 2 Stats Table There will be one column in t
74. o open it NOTE The Show Record Folder and Show Export Folder buttons only change the folder being viewed It does not set the location for recording and exporting To set the recording location use the Edit Recording Settings button described in Sec 5 7 3 HesearchlR User s Guide 57 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 9 Main Menu Bar File Edit Camera View Tools Help This set of menus allow the user to access functions pertaining to camera connectivity display parameters and plot tools 4 9 1 File Menu Edit Camera View HER Close Close the current file Clase Open Recent Shows a list of recently used files Open Recent Save Bad Pixel Map Updates PC side NUC bad pixel map Save Bad Pixel Map Shows options for exporting data Export Allows the user to save a portion of the current file Extract Batch Extract Extract data from multiple files Page Setup Options for setting up page for Print Main Screen Page Setup printing Exit Print Main Screen Allows user to print the current screen Exits the program 4 9 1 1 Export Dialog The Export Dialog allows the user to export images and data from ResearchlR for use in reports or other programs Data values can be exported to CSV files or images and movies can be exported to a number of standard formats ResearchlR provides a number of options to customize the exported objects Export Export Type Current Image Export Format Comma Separated V
75. object parameters can still be changed in ResearchlR Temperature units can be generated in ResearchiR Data has been rescaled normalized to hide the absolute values Output stored in radiance units Computations based on user cal data This is the traditional output produced by the FPAbater utility in RTools Temperature units cannot be generated from this data Output stored in temperature units using user cal Output stored in radiance units Computations based on factory cal data Temperature units cannot be generated from this data Output stored in temperature units Computations based on factory cal data Radiance units cannot be generated from this data If you have an SC5000 or SC7000 series camera with multiple CNUCs this utility can be used to manage which CNUCs are loaded on the camera This functionality is not integrated in to the ResearchlR camera controller for these cameras HesearchlR User s Guide 104 Chapter 9 Acknowledgements 7 Acknowledgements The authors would like to acknowledge the Independent JPEG Group for their JPEG library used by this software for JPEG file support The authors would also like to acknowledge the ZLib and LibPNG projects for their libraries used by this software for PNG file support The authors would also like to acknowledge the libtiff project this software uses libtiff http www libtiff org for TIFF file support libtiff is subject to the following copyrigh
76. ociated media and printed materials You have the nonexclusive right to install and use the Software on a single central processing unit Only one copy of Your licensed Software may be made by and for You for backup purposes You may not make or distribute any other copies of the Software nor does this license permit You to allow multiple users access to a single copy of the Software via a computer network You may not resell or redistribute the Software 2 Proprietary Rights The Software is owned by FLIR and or its suppliers and You acknowledge that the structure organization and or code to the Software is are the valuable trade secret s of FLIR You agree to hold such trade secret s in confidence You further agree not to translate decompile disassemble modify reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to discover the source code of the Software in whole or in part The ooftware is protected by United States Copyright Law and International Treaty provisions 3 No Other Rights FLIR retains title and ownership to any and all copies of the ooftware whether transmitted electronically or recorded as diskette copies and all subsequent copies of the Software regardless of the form or media in or on which the original and other copies may exist Except as expressly stated this Agreement does not grant You any rights to patents copyrights trade secrets trademarks or any other rights with respect to the Software 4 Term The Agreement is effec
77. on to install the latest supported version Uninstalling older Pleora Driver software STEP 1 Revert to Manufaturer s NIC driver Use the Driver Installation Tool to remove the High Performance or eBUS driver and revert back to the Manufacturer s NIC driver This will require a reboot STEP 2 Use Control Panel Add Remove Programs to uninstall the older Pleora software see figure below If you have Pleora 2 2 or newer you should remove iPORT Vision Suite eBUS Driver Suite and GEV Suite components from the Control Panel list Then run the ResearchlR installation again and the latest supported version will be installed for you f Add or Remove Programs si Currently installed programs Show updates Sort by Change or E Intel R PROSet Wireless Sottware Remove Programs InterVideo WinDVD Size 41 66MB E Intervideo wWinD vD Creator Size g BgMB Add New i9 IRCantralva s Size 180 00MB i WI Shared Co mponents m amp J25E Runtime Environment 5 0 Update 10 Size 120 00MB wt Step 5 ResearchiR will install drivers and libraries The items displayed will vary depending on what components are already installed on the PC A green check mark will appear next to each successfully installed component If you see any red x indicators contact FLIR support at http flir custhelp com Step 6 Click Finish ResearchlR installation is now complete HesearchlR User s Guide 12 Chapter 3 Installat
78. ons manually and add cal points Use this option if you are already Familiar with the calibration process and wish to skip the wizard Description e For temperature only calibration e Assumes a Blackbody emissivity of 0 98 e Assumes a top hat spectral response based on camera type e No MODTRAN input e No Additional Responses e No reflected radiance compensation e Must follow the wizard steps e No access to calibration coefficients e Best option for users new to User Calibration e Appropriate for Radiance and Temperature calibrations e Allows input of Spectral Response and MODTRAN data e Allows input of Additional responses Standard e User can input blackbody emissivity e Allows for compensation of reflected radiance e Walks user through Wizard but then user can review edit data without Wizard e User can review modify calibration coefficients e Same inputs as Standard Advanced e Limited wizard steps e No wizard e User has full control of calibration data entry HesearchlR User s Guide 69 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 9 3 3 3 2 Standard Calibration Wizard This section will outline the steps in the Standard Calibration Wizard The other Wizard modes will be variations of this mode STEP 1 Getting Started Before starting a user calibration you will need to choose the desired integration time for the camera and you will need to perform a Non Uniformity Correction NUC The NUC can either be done on the camera sid
79. onse can he used to compensate for atmospheric absorption if MODTRAN is not z available F Add Response X Remove Selected Response Additional Response 1 Exk E Additional Response 1 2 2 s 0 uw m O c v See m p4 PL Cx Oo 02 croco co cb co 30 MO 34D zz Previous Cancel The file format for an additional response file is a simple tab delimited ASCII file The first column should be the wavelength in microns and the second column should be the transmission value from O to 1 The data increment does not have to be the same as the spectral response or atmospheric files ResearchlR will automatically interpolate the values HesearchlR User s Guide 72 Chapter 5 User Interface P Additional Response 1 t File Edit Format views He 0 1 a 2 85 0 1 5 5 01 wavelength 2 95 0 1 microns 3 0 3 05 pe BA Q 7 Pd c a E absolute 2035 0 82 1 transmission factor 3 3 0 82 A value from 0 to 1 3 35 0 82 3 4 0 82 a 3 45 0 82 3 5 0 82 3 55 0 82 3 6 0 82 3 65 0 82 3 7 0 82 3 75 0 82 3 8 0 82 3 85 0 82 3 9 0 82 j 3 85 0 82 f 4 0 82 3 4 05 0 82 a dl 0 82 eU 4 15 0 82 E 4 2 0 82 4 25 0 82 d cN pun de b The Additional Response dialog can also be used to input a simple atmospheric path transmission if MODTRAN is not used In this case only total transmission would be accounted for Calibration Wizard Add additional spectral responses Additional spectral re
80. ontinue lt lt Previous Cancel STEP 8 Ready to Start Calibrating The user is now ready to start adding points to the calibration table The calibration wizard uses a linear curve fit so at least two points are required However more points are better This dialog gives instructions and helpful tips for collecting good calibration data Keep these in mind 1 A calibration must have at least two points 2 The calibration should cover the entire range of temperature you want to measure Extrapolation is not a good practice A good calibration will be very linear If your curve has nonlinear characteristics there is generally something wrong with the calibration data Click Next to continue HesearchlR User s Guide 75 Chapter 5 User Interface Calibration Wizard Ready to start Calibrating The next and final step is to add calibration points into the calibration A calibration point consists of a blackbody temperature and a measurement of what the camera sees of the blackbody at that temperature A calibration must have at least two calibration points Calibration points should cover the entire range of temperatures that you re interested in measuring plus a little just for good measure A good calibration will have a linear counts verses radiance curve with the curve fit closely matching the measured values To add a calibration pomt Enter that temperature into the temperature field 4 fait for the blackbody to st
81. or collapse the Minimap toolbox view expand or collapse an individual toolbox remove an individual Source Information toolbox File Playback 262011 FLIR A325 375010825 Taf tal ad EE EL FOL18 cam 4na nnr Segmentation EE Filters Add Filter File ExaminlH Data Rec Rager SF test 0000014 P50 sFmow Rec Rager SF test 000004 P51 sFmow Rec Roger IIR 000001 P50 sFmoyv Rec Roger IIR 000001 P51 sfmoy Rec Roger IIR 000001 P52 sFmov Rec Roger IIR 000001 P53 sfmoyv h Rec 506100 test 000007 sFmaov Pia Open 4 8 1 Object Parameters Toolbox Object Parameters are used to more accurately compute the temperature of an object The object parameters toolbox displays the current object parameters as downloaded from the camera and allows you to edit them Editing the values in the toolbox overrides the values coming from the camera but does not change the values for these parameters in the camera NOTE For ResearchlR Basic users this toolbox is available under the Tools menu HesearchlR User s Guide 50 Chapter 5 User Interface Object Parameters v Override Camera File Object emissivity 0 to 1 Emissivity l distance meters Distance Reflected Temp temperature of the objects surroundings that may be reflected onto the object C Atm
82. order to make all pixels gt 0 Sliding subtraction Image Subtract the previous nth frame from the current frame Relative mode shows the actual delta values If this output will be fed into another filter that cannot accept negative numbers the absolute mode will add the min value of the image in order to make all pixels gt 0 HSM Mode Image Emulates the HSM mode found in GF series cameras HesearchlR User s Guide 53 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 8 6 1 MATLAB Filter This filter allows a user to pass an image to an external MATLAB script for further processing This filter will only be available if MATLAB is installed not included with RHesearchlR The data that is passed will already have NUCs and calibrations applied if enabled and will be in the units selected in the upper right corner of the ResearchlR window Below is an example of how to make a MATLAB script that is useable by the filter h size rir filter input 1 W size rir filter input 2 if rir filtrer reset rir filter output zeros h w class rir filter input end for y 2 1 h for x 2 1 w rir filter output y x max rir filter output y x rir filter input y x end end rir filter input is a matrix with the input image rir filter reset is a boolean scalar that is set to true when the image size changes or the user disables and enables the filter or the user clicks reset rir filter output is the output image matrix the filter is expected to
83. ormats Supports Windows XP Vista Win7 Win8 32 bit and 64 bit except XP 64 bit A combination of traditional and new capabilities designed to provide a complete solution for the R amp D user Recommended Minimum Hardware Software OS Windows7 32 bit or 64 bit Processor Intel Pentium 4 2 0 Ghz or faster RAM at least 2GB Hard Disk Free Space 1GB free space Network Adapter Gigabit Ethernet USB One USB 1 1 or higher port for the license dongle USB 2 0 required for cameras that support USB video ResearchIR User s Guide 8 Chapter 2 Introduction End User License Agreement EULA Computer Software License Agreement for FLIR Systems Inc NOTICE TO USER This is a Contract FLIR is willing to license the Software identified as ResearchlR to You only on the condition that You accept all of the terms and conditions contained in this License Agreement Please read the terms and conditions carefully before installing or using the software By installing or using the software You are indicating Your acceptance of this Agreement If You do not agree to the terms of this Agreement FLIR is unwilling to license the software to You In that event You should not install or use the Software 1 Scope of Permitted Use In this Agreement Software shall mean the machine readable software programs and associated files identified as ResearchIR any modified version upgrades or other copies of such programs and files and any ass
84. osphere Atmospheric Temp temperature of the air between the Relative Humidity camera and the object C LJ Dd cu O00 g hn Ay relative humidityof the air between External Optics the camera and the object Temperature a use estimated transmission instead of Transmission computed transmission temperature of the camera s optic C transmission of the camera s optic 0 to 1 4 8 2 Camera Control Toolbox This toolbox gives the user a mini version of the camera controller where the common functions like temperature range can be selected without having to bring up the full camera controller 4 8 3 Source Information Toolbox The Source Information toolbox displays information about the camera or file being viewed This information differs from the metadata viewer in that this information is not frame dependent Source information includes data like camera type lens used filters calibration ranges GPS information frame rate integration time spatial calibration data etc The information shown will vary depending on the data source Source Information iA Type Realtime Camera Type A320 Camera Model FLIR A320 30Hz Terr Camera Seral 432000406 Lens Name FUL18 Filter Mame MOF Range 20 0 120 0 C 4 8 4 Minimap Toolbox The Minimap allows the user to see a thumbnail version of the current image If the image is digitally zoomed then a box appears on the minimap to indicate which pa
85. out HesearchlR User s Guide 40 Chapter 5 User Interface Description Arbitrary Zoom both x and y axis Left click to Zoom in Right click to Magnify zoom out Cursor select On Off When enabled blue user can set cursor location Send plot capture to printer device Save BMP or CSV Save plot data to disk 4 7 1 8 1 Plot Cursors Max Clicking on the button in the toolbar activates the plot cursor Use the mouse to point to the desired cursor location and click This will place an X on all displayed plots Multiple cursors will all share the same x axis location When mousing over the plot a button will also appear in the upper left corner Clicking this button activates the cursor readout window If you don t want the window to block the upper left portion of the plot then click the button to pin the display to the left of the plot The buttons will move the cursor to the next previous data point With the mouse you can point to any position on the plot If there is no actual data point you will see an interpolated value Profile Line 1 Line 2 on Draw Cursor 23 040 23 709 23 759 23 726 23 690 3 009 Temper 31 36 44 50 56 63 Bg 75 a1 BB g4 100 106 113 ResearchIR User s Guide 41 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 7 1 8 2 Plot Legend Under the toolbar is the interactive legend The legend can be used to select the y axis scale or delete a graph from
86. r a good replacement pixel using the pattern indicated below It will start with the pixel to the upper left of the bad pixel If that pixel is bad or invalid pixel is in a corner the algorithm will search other adjacent pixels If none of those pixels are good then the algorithm will expand the search ring by one pixel HesearchlR User s Guide 43 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 7 3 Acquisition Tools The Acquisition Tools allow the user to start and stop the live display record single images or movies and set recording options 1 M 23 Record movie 1 2 3 4 4 7 3 1 Record Settings Selecting the Edit Recording Settings Tool displays the following dialog This dialog allows the user to choose the Record Mode To Memory or To Disk as well as Record Options and the location to store recorded data Each section of this dialog is explained in more detail in the sections that follow Record Settings Record Mode Pretrigger e Record to memory short duration with little to no dropped Frames Enable Pretrigger Circular buffer size Frames e Record 100 Framers Use rate limiter J Record For Seconds Maximum number of Frames to acquire Make buffer span minutes and seconds J Record to disk longer duration but may drop more Frames Record Conditions jJ Record periodically short duration done repeatedly Use Header Field to Start recording Mot Available Invert Use Measurement Function to Start recording Mot
87. range to ignore Fast Forward Skip ied e of frames to skip in fast forward reverse Sets a limit for displaying live data This is not related to the camera frame rate The default value is 16 Hz lt is Target Frame Rate sometimes useful to lower this value when trying to log temporal plots for very long periods of time many hours because the plot buffer can get full HesearchlR User s Guide 64 Chapter 5 User Interface Settings for all Users If unchecked preferences will be per user Draw Min Max Check to display a or arrow at the location of the min max value in each ROI Loop Movie Playback Check this to play movies in a continuous loop For lower resolution cameras 320x240 and below this option can make the displayed image look less pixelated Image Interpolation ResearchlR supports two variants of USB Remote Start boxes The older FLIR proprietary box or you can use a standard USB to RS 232 converter must provide your own button for switch closure only Short pins 7 8 CTS RTS Enable ATS US USB remote start or Serial USB remote start Remote Start can be set to trigger recording of Live currently connected camera or HSDR or both Stop Recording When Hotkey remote start can stop recording Two color themes are supported Light or Dark Reset Sets all Preferences to default values 4 9 3 Camera Menu Menu Option Description Connects to last selected camera View Tools Hel Disconnect from camera
88. ression The further the slider is moved to the right the better the image quality larger the file size The Rate Hz control allows the user to set the playback rate This is useful when the source data rate is much slower or much fast than normal HesearchlR User s Guide 60 Chapter 5 User Interface The Output field allows the user to designate the location for exported files to be stored There are also a number of additional export options that can be enables by checking the boxes Options that do not apply to the chosen export settings are greyed out Export Entire Image If unchecked the image is exported using the current size as displayed This could be a zoom factor less than 1x or greater than 1x depending on the window layout and monitor resolution If this option is checked then the exported image will be full size as if you were set to a 1x zoom factor Include Image Border Adds a border to the image Include color bar Adds the color bar and scale to the exported image Show ROls Include the ROls in the exported image Show ROI names Include the ROI name in the exported image Show ROls Include the ROls in the exported image Show ROI crosshairs Include the ROI center marker in the exported image Show min max crosshairs Includes the markers showing the min max pixels in the image Show Classification This option allows the user to add labels to the top and bottom of the image These labels can be use
89. rt of the image is currently displayed in the main image window The zoom box on the minimap can be moved with the mouse to easily position it over the area of interest HesearchlR User s Guide 51 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 8 5 Segmentation Toolbox Max The Segmentation toolbox controls if and how segmentation is applied to the image data Segmentation defines a range of values that are considered valid in the image For instance if the segmentation min and max are 7000 counts and 9000 counts respectively then only the pixels in the image that have a value between 7000 and 9000 are considered valid All other pixels are segmented out ignored Pixels that are segmented out are not included when computing statistics The Number of Pixels statistic will reflect the number of valid pixels in the ROI Pixels below the segmentation minimum are show as blue and pixels above the segmentation maximum are show as red The segmentation range can be defined in terms of counts radiance or temperature units Segmentation cum v Enable Segmentation EL toggle eiD Min 6951 72 0 Te 6951 72 Max Beebe Te drag here to drag here to adjust the min drag here to adjust the and the max while adjust the min maintaining the span max 4 8 6 Filters Toolbox Max The filters toolbox allows the user to apply a variety of operators to the entire image Click Add Filter will display dialog where the user can choose availa
90. s can be moved individually Draw a freehand shape Hold down the left mouse button Freehand ROI and drag to draw Release the left button to close the Max ROI pot ae iie This ROI reads the value of a single pixel Reads the average of a 3x3 box of pixels Standard practice in thermography is to use a 3x3 block of pixels for measurements Add remove vertex from Bendable Line or Polygon Click Polygon ROI Max Measurement Cursor ROI Add Remove Point Max With this tool selected mouse over an ROI to activate the tate pu eng handles Drag the ROI to rotate it Select Next ROI Select next ROI Use to select very small or overlapping ROls Delete current Select an ROI and then click this button or press Delete ROI key to remove it Delete All ROls Clears all ROIs Load ROIs Max Load an ROI descriptor file Merge ROls Max Load ROls from file and add to existing ROIs HesearchlR User s Guide 27 on a vertex to deleted it or click on a line segment to add a vertex Chapter 5 User Interface Icon Name Description Save ROls Max Save an ROI descriptor file Allows user to turn on off the display of ROIs without NICO having to delete and add them nmm s This tool is located above the color bar See section 5 4 1 4 6 Units and display controls 4 6 1 Units Selector This dropdown allows the user to choose the data units The units available depend on the type of calibration done with
91. searchIR or there will be conflicts Use the ResearchlR built in controller The same controller is used for all variants of the SCx000 The ResearchiR controller has almost the entire set of standalone controller functions so there are very few cases where the standalone controller is needed In addition the RHesearchlR controller has some advantages 1 Offers both a Basic and Advanced mode 2 Compact GUI design makes it easier to see the imagery while controlling the camera 3 Better support for factory calibrated cameras For a detailed description of the controller functions see the specific User Manual for your camera E 5C6000 Camera Controller Camera Tools T Camera ID SCennDn 1017 Status Calibration Mo Factory Calibration Integration Time 1 S00000 ms 1 T Frame Size 640x501 Frame Rate 126 40 Syne SOURCE Internal Advanced Type 9803 Insb FP Temp 77 55 6 HesearchlR User s Guide 99 Chapter 6 Camera Control 5 5 SC2500 5000 7000 Vircam Controller The ResearchlR Vircam Controller is similar in functionality to the Cirrus controller that comes with the SC2500 5000 7000 cameras but the GUI is arranged to be more like the other SCx000 cameras The ResearchiR Vircam controller is designed primarily to work with cameras that have CNUC and Hypercal but should also support cameras that don t have these features 5 5 1 Setup Page In the Preset tab use the sliders to set the integration time a
92. ser to start or stop the acquisition record a snapshot or movie and to set acquisition options Acquisition Tools Preset Allow user to select the displayed preset Selector Max Only available if camera supports Preset oequencing PS and PS or Superframing must be active This is optional for pre trigger recordings This button pre allocates memory otherwise memory is allocated at the time Arm the recording is triggered When requesting Recording a large memory buffer this can add a delay Max to the start of recording If you are triggering off a header flag then it is best to Arm the recording so you can be sure the first flagged frame is captured This is a quick export option It will capture a full image with no border and write a PNG Export Bitmap image to the Picture gt gt FLIR Systems folder IT DOES NOT USE THE NORMAL EXPORT OPTIONS HesearchlR User s Guide 30 Chapter 5 User Interface Description Toggle File Use this button to easily turn the File Operation Max Operation feature On and Off This button will appear when an UltraMax file is opened Click the button will show two options 1 Upgrade and replace current file with UltraMax image or 2 Backup the existing file before upgrading the file The file will be backed up to a folder within the current folder NOTE once a file is upgraded it cannot be downgraded again UltraMax File detected Apply PC si MU rene Tur
93. ship between the color palette and the data values in the currently selected units The palette can be changed by using the View Palette menu The scale limits and the color distribution are controlled by the Image Enhancement Tool The current segmentation levels are also displayed on the color bar as full width shaded regions in the e segmentation currently selected segmentation colors Active Isotherm ROls are displayed as half width shaded regions Isotherm limits can be adjusted by Isotherm ROI dragging the ROI on the color bar Isotherms ROls can be deleted by clicking the isotherm on the color bar and pressing the Delete key HesearchlR User s Guide 25 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 4 1 Isotherm ROIs Isotherm ROIs are added by using the buttons above the color bar There are three types Add Isotherm Add Isotherm er Below Interval User sets range by dragging on color bar Above User click on color bar to set lower limit U E E lt Below User clicks on color bar to set upper limit Add Isotherm Endpoints can be adjusted by dragging the limits on Above the color bar Right click to set properties Although there are tools to create Above Below Interval isotherms any isotherm can be converted to any type using the min max properties Right click the isotherm and choose Properties from the pop up menu ROI Properties Ed Mame Isatherm 1 P Color hb Track By track by minimum value color M
94. sotherm on the color bar and pressing the Delete key 4 9 5 2 Flying Spot Meter The Flying Spot Meter is a real time data inis cursor that appears as the user runs the mouse cursor over the image To the lower right of the cross hairs is a tooltip that displays the cursor coordinate in pixels and the data value in the currently selected units 97 180 12585 P data value image coordinates 4 9 5 3 File Operation The File Operation dialog allows the user to designate an operation and a reference image Once selected the reference image is applied on a pixel basis to the current image using the operator For example this can be used to subtract one image from another and only show the differences If the reference file is a movie you can specify the frame within the movie to be used Using the Frame option you can specify a frame from the current movie or from live data ie Operar I Operation oe de Frame Number lO You can use the Extract feature Sec 5 9 1 2 to pull a frame from a movie and use as the reference or you can use the Snapshot record function Sec 5 7 3 to grab a single frame HesearchlR User s Guide 89 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 9 5 4 Make Self Viewing File Max The Self Viewing File allows the user to share data with another person that does not have ResearchliR Rather than just sharing a graphical format like JPEG the SVF allow the secondary user to analyze the IR data with mo
95. sponses can be Additional Responses added to compensate for anything else between the camera and the blackbody for example a band pass filter An additional spectral response can he used to compensate for atmospheric absorption if MODTRAN is not available Ly Add Response Fai Remove Selected Response Coll trans txt a simple atmospheric HA Col trans correction transmission only can be input as an additional response lt lt Previous Cancel HesearchlR User s Guide 73 Chapter 5 User Interface STEP 5 Set default blackbody emissivity and reflected radiance compensation options This dialog allows the user to set the default emissivity value for the blackbody If you are using more than one blackbody or the emissivity change with temperature it is possible to override this value when you are taking the actual data Calibration Wizard What is the emissivity of your blackbocly Emissivity is the ratio of how much energy your blackbody emits to the amount of energy a blackbody theoretically ernits Erussraty ranges from 0 to 1 and blackboctes tend to have emissmities close to 1 Emissivity Reflected radiance 1s the ambient energy reflected by the blackbody Ifthe blackbody s ermssivity is not 1 it wil be reflective and ambient energy wall be reflected off the blackbody and into the camera Do not compensate For reflected radiance In general choose this option j Compensate For a known amount of r
96. st of the features of the Researchlr program The main limitations of the SVF version of ResearchlR are can only open the file to which it is linked max data sixe of 2GB cannot connect to cameras cannot export data The Make Self Viewing File has two modes of operation Single and Batch The Single mode creates a single self viewing file from a single input typically the currently open file The Batch mode creates multiple self viewing files from multiple inputs Make Self Viewing File Single Mode Make Self Viewing File ES US Batch dea mode gt Input movie File CA EszaminlA Data RecO0l zeq E cl um Output self viewing File C ExaminlA DatasRec001 exe ay i a e output me Cancel Make make the self viewing file Make Self Viewing File Batch Mode Make Self iewing File Batch Input mowie file Output self viewing File C EsamnlA DatarA ecli seg L EsaminlEi DatasA echi 0 exe remove input file L EsaminlEi DatasRec00l seq browse for C MEsaminlA Data RecO00l exe h the output file C ExaminiA Data RecO0 seq LAEzaminlh Data sAecOU exe EIP Add Files e add input files Cancel make the self viewing files ResearchIR User s Guide 90 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 9 6 Hotkeys Command Hotkey V Toggle Fullscreen De A t Enter 3 Exit Fullscreen i Escape e Toggle Bad Pixel Space Hotkey Record FS Remove enabled Show Camera Controller Ctrl T Ho
97. story plot for Profile Temporal Plot selected ROI User can choose Temporal Flot Statistic to plot vs time Hist is in Histogram Plot Toggles to show a histogram plot of Oscilloscope selected ROI Color Bar Oscilloscope Plot Toggles to show an edge on view of v Flying Spot Meter the entire image File Operati Toggl rn th lor le on or le Operation Color Bar d es to turn the color scale on o Make SelF viewing File O Toggl how a flyin rsor when Hotkeys Flying Spot Meter Sage te One Md sor wae the mouse cursor is over the image Setup HSDR Shows a dialog that allows a user to specify a reference image that can be added subtracted multiplied or divided by all images Make Self Viewing Shows dialog to create a Self Viewing File File Hotkeys Define Hotkeys Initial Configuration of HSDR for use SSUP PSUR with ResearchlR File Operation ResearchIR User s Guide 88 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 9 5 1 Color Bar The Color Bar shows the relationship between colors in the selected color palette and the data values in the currently selected units B384 The current segmentation levels are also displayed segmentation on the color bar as full width shaded regions in the currently selected segmentation colors FORI MEN Active Isotherm ROIs are displayed as half width shaded regions Isotherm limits can be adjusted by dragging the ROI on the color bar Isotherms ROIs can be deleted by clicking the i
98. t Copyright c 1988 1997 Sam Leffler Copyright c 1991 1997 Silicon Graphics Inc Permission to use copy modify distribute and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee provided that 1 the above copyright notices and this permission notice appear in all copies of the software and related documentation and i1 the names of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics may not be used in any advertising or publicity relating to the software without the specific prior written permission of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EXPRESS IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL SAM LEFFLER OR SILICON GRAPHICS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL INCIDENTAL INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE ResearchIR User s Guide 105
99. t File Configuration CAExaminlR D atasRiec DUDUT 2 P52 sfmov la Direction make transistion z mm threshold the same Output File et Mar s ui for all presets C ExaminIA DatasRec 000012 ab abmow la Output Type Radiance User Editable w i 32b ae Discard incomplete superframes threshold M gt Em eT change prese order If one or more subframes are missing dropped frame then skip processing of the superframe Start processing files Select output type When processing multiple large files you can queue up multiple files HesearchlR User s Guide 103 6 3 2 Output Types Chapter 7 Infrared Primer The table below explains the various options and their uses Editable output types allow the user to change Object Parameters i e emissivity even after processing Also higher unit types can be derived For example a counts editable file be used to generate radiance or temperature data These files can only be viewed in ResearchlH Non editable types have fixed values Output Type Counts Editable Radiance User Editable Radiance User Rescaled Radiance User Temperature User Radiance Factory Temperature Factory 6 4 CNUC Manager Description Useful to pre process data so that the real time DRX feature can display data at a faster rate Radiance and temperature units can be generated in ResearchiR Output data is stored in radiance units but
100. tarted 3 1 Connecting to a camera Connect the camera to the computer and power the camera on 2 Run ResearchlR the startup dialog should be shown If you have it set to not show on startup or if ResearchlR is already running you can show it by selecting View Startup Dialog in the file menu Click the camera you want to connect to Startup Open recent File Connect to camera ec Roger IIR Q00001 P50 sFmov GigE PureGEV lec Roger SF Fesk QO00001 P51 sFmov Gigabit Ethernet GigE Vision interface lec Roger SF test 000001 PS0 sfmow EE A2600sc tec Roger IIR 000001 sfmov io FLIA SE2600 EAS Search Again x Show this dialog on startup NOTE If your camera isn t shown you can click Search Again to look for it NOTE It may take a few seconds to connect to the camera especially if this is the first time ResearchlR has connected to this camera 3 The camera image should now be displayed ALIR Heron ter BETA Rec hare BER 000001 ieee SSS be FRA aa 14 de a 1 Ww n dl 211 50 253 LB XE a 1 LT Tl 0 MU a INAHIN Tale a e ResearchIR User s Guide 18 Chapter 5 User Interface 3 2 Recording a file 1 Move your mouse over the record toolbar button and the click on the configure icon File Edit Camera View Tools Help lo E TE gel x Edit record settings H 1 CI ceu L 2 Set the recording and file naming options you want and click OK Record Settings Record Mode
101. tch Stretch the image to fill the space available 1 4 Display the image at 1 4 25 of its original size 1 2 Display the image at 1 2 50 of its original size ax Display the image at its original size ra Display the image at twice 200 its original Size Display the image at four times 400 its original size Palette Menu Ean Configure gen paletes setings 1234 Blue Glowbow Grayscale Green Ironbow Rainbow Red Sepia Use the selected built in palette HesearchlR User s Guide 86 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 9 4 3 Edit Palette Dialog The Edit Palette dialog allows the user to customize and create palettes You cannot permanently modify a default palette but you can save a new file New palette files do not show up in the menu list but can be loaded using the Palette gt gt Load menu option Edit Palette Image Palette palette name set palette control points H a Location Distribute i ROIS ROI1 set ROI colors Special Colors ROI 7 segmentation Segmentation Below colors Segmentation Above ROI 9 Clipped Lnderflow ROI 11 out of range colors Clipped Overflow ROI13 Near Clip Warning ROI 15 create new palette load palette apply changes and close save palette Control Points tell ResearchlR where to start and stop gradients You can set the color and location of as many control points as you like ResearchlR will make a gradient betw
102. tion and this state can be used to trigger the start of data recoding See Recording Conditions Sec 5 7 3 5 4 7 1 2 Profile Plot Max The Profile Plot creates a linear graph of the data along an ROI If the ROI is a line straight or bendable this will be a traditional linear profile where the actual data values in the currently selected units are plotted on an X Y graph If the ROI is an area box circle polygon freeform or isotherm then plot will be a thick profile Think of a thick profile as drawing a line across an ROI and then computing a statistic Mean Max etc That will be one data point in the thick profile You then scan the line across the ROI one pixel at a time This will produce a series of data points As shown in the picture below the thick profile can horizontal or vertical HesearchlR User s Guide 34 Chapter 5 User Interface If you open the plot tools by clicking the lt lt icon in the upper right corner of the plot you can choose the direction and statistic for the thick profile x oe Profile Box 1 fhe P dre dE i ao SH ae Box 1 x 5993 click the legend to show aen the profile options S swa Y 5927 5905 583 cO AAA guo fao sa JE Pixel 4 7 1 3 Temporal Plot The Temporal plots allows the user to plot an ROI statistic versus time standard plot tools Temporal Plot Box 1 X la lock plot to display A most recent data log data to text file choose
103. tive until terminated This Agreement shall terminate automatically upon failure by You to comply with any of its terms FLIR also has the right to terminate Your license immediately at any time Upon any such termination You must destroy the original and any copies of the Software However any terms of this Agreement which can reasonably be construed to protect FLIR will survive its termination ResearchIR User s Guide 9 Chapter 3 Installation 2 Installation FULL Administrator privileges are required to install ResearchlH and associated drivers If you install ResearchlH on a computer managed by an IT department please contact your System Administrator for assistance After installation ResearchlR can be run as a normal user 2 1 Software and GigE Driver Installation The installation program will install the ResearchlR application In addition it will install necessary support software if it detects that they are not installed on you system The support software includes e Pleora GigE eBUS drivers e FLIR camera drivers e Vircam SDK e SafeNet software license support In general you can accept all defaults for any dialog you see during the install process oome drivers may cause Windows to display a message that the driver is unsigned This is normal Choose the option to continue with the installation A Important Note If you have an ResearchIR dongle please do not insert it until after you have installed the
104. tkey click to Dd Connect To Camera Ctrl L F m rre disable EY Auto Focus Cel e pee a Snapshot Fy Record Settings Ltrs li A Toggle Pause Pause gg Open File Ctr E Shaw All Presets Ctrl 3 Hotkey Cancel Click a row in the table to select the hotkey to configure Click in hotkey field and then press keys you wantto assign Click Assign 4 9 7 Help Menu Menu Option Shows an online copy of the MESEARC DUA Help HesearchlR User s Guide Help About ResearchIR pid the program About Box The ResearchIR Help out Box provides information about About ResearchIF the program version This options is useful for troubleshooting when contacting FLIR Support A text file is created that contains a variety of information that can be easily emailed to the support agent Gather Information Gather Information HesearchlR User s Guide 91 4 10 1 Chapter 5 User Interface 4 10 Metadata display The metadata display allows the user to see data embedded in the image header The data available is camera dependent but typically can include things like image timestamp camera settings and camera status flags Metadata Time 001 18 35 36 842242 CM ActivePreset 0 CM IntegrationT ime 12407 CM FrameCounter 2030 CM SaturationFlaq Saturation 327680 M T 85 EN 10 5 Hz data value for current display frame rate data from image header mouse cursor position camera dependent
105. ues You can analyze the individual RGB channels or the average of the three Calibrated IR image data will be recorded in an SEQ file format Visible and Screen images can also be recorded but they will be stored in a SAF RGB movie 2 ThermoVision ExaminiR DOF File Camera Edt View Tools Help o V 15934 sool 8716 8146 ORS s ThermoVision ExaminiR aac File Camera Edt View Tools Help NS gt e 15934 3365 9 Image Enhancement vw kk Metadata 2 189 8367 0 17 1 Hz Infrared oo 8716 2 ThermoVision ExaminIR 8146 File Camera Edt View Tools Help 7599 z A 9 eu ry n dis p o TETES 7039 4690 oo Image Enhancement Metadata 2 189 8367 0 17 1 Hz g y x53 Visible Image Enhancement Metadata 2 189 8367 0 17 1 H2 Screen 5 1 A20 A40 S45 S65 Controllers The A40 Controller consists of a setup page and a button interface page The setup page allows the user to select the image mode temperature range frame rate or update the NUC The button interface allows the user to remotely navigate the onscreen menus or control lens focus HesearchlR User s Guide 95 Chapter 6 Camera Control 75 A Series S Series Camera Controller e IR Image Calibration Lens Filter Range Q Screen FOV 24 40 120 Noise Reduction Frame Rate Hz JC e Auto MUZ Perform MLIC e Show Graphics 7 A Series S Series Camera Control
106. y Radiance from camera i Cal point Link all Delete cal point rows Add another point A Add Calibration Point Select tab to see graphs or cal coefficients gt fear Enable this point EET Cal Curve 2 0483e 04 Graph of cal data Good 1 9910e 04 overlay of measured vs curve 1 8337e 04 fit indicated good calibration 1 87908 04 1 82178 04 1 7644e 04 1 7097e 04 Radiance HesearchlR User s Guide 77 Chapter 5 User Interface STEP 11 Edit Misc Tab The Misc tab allows the user to edit tags that will be part of the INC file Calibration Wizard Response MODTRAM Additional Response Cal Paints Es te Derap Sean ROI Ellipse 1 ww oa EN TT common tags JL Slant Range A EM meters Fow Hore Met o J icroradians Launch Spatial Bandpass Low High 50 tmicrens R Calibration P calculator Tags Add additional tag information Commonly used and recommended tags are located at the top of the dialog box Check the boxes to enable the tags These include Description This parameter is a Multiplier to the computed radiance TPFACT It is generally a number gt 1 It is most often used to compensate for the effects of atmospheric attenuation or an ND filter that was not part of the original calibration This is the direct distance from the camera to the target This parameter is used in conjunction with IFOV to Slant Range m compute the size

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