ACEGMET P200 Thermal Camera User Guide

ACEGMET P200 Thermal Camera

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Scope of Application

• This manual applies to all models in the P-Series, which means that some functions described in this manual may not apply to a specific model.

Quick Start Guide

Packaging

• Thermal camera, adapter, lanyard, portable bag and cable.

Steps for Quick Start

Overview

Overview of Thermal Camera and Application

• The black design with the frosted texture offers a handy sense of comfort.
• The flexible rotating optical block can meet the requirements of special spaces for more convenient and comfortable shooting.
• The automatically rotated touch screen can display the menu cyclically, which is like experiencing a mobile game.
• With the power-saving screen and humanized industrial design, the thermal camera is durable and reliable during work.
• It is also featured with dustproof, waterproof, anti-falling, and supports cloud uploading of data, convenient and efficient.

Camera Appearance

No.	Explanation	No.	Explanation
1	Lens rotation module	7	Digital camera
2	Tripod mount	8	Infrared lens
3	Touch screen	9	LED lights
4	Microphone	10	On/off button
5	Power indicator	11	Lanyard attachment point
6	USB-C connector

Rotating Optical Block

The lens module can be rotated at angles of 0°, 30°, 60° and 90°. Please do not rotate more than 90° to avoid damage to the camera.

User Interface

• The screen displays temperature, power, date and time, temperature bar and the main menu below the main interface.
• The main menu includes five functions: photo viewing, image mode, temperature measurement tool, colour palette, and setting.
• The fan-shaped menu displays the secondary menu in the centre of the main menu.

Applications

• The P series thermal camera is portable in pockets without affecting the daily work of engineers.
• Fuse overheating, air leakage, pipe blockage and other problems can be found during work at any time.
• Once potential risks are found, data can be collected, uploaded, and shared and countermeasures can be taken in time to prevent problems before they occur, which is convenient and efficient.
• The application of P series pocket thermal cameras is not only limited to inspectors but also engineers and technicians in various fields such as electrical maintenance, pipeline inspection, property maintenance, HVAC, roof water leakage inspection, architects, etc.

Equipment Detecting in Narrow Space

• P series pocket thermal camera is compact with a 90°rotating lens, which makes it applicable for equipment failure detection in all kinds of narrow spaces, so there is no need to move the equipment while capturing a clear infrared image.

Automobile Maintenance

• The high temperature of the automobile vent-pipe indicates inadequate fuel burning, high compression ratio and poor thermal insulation properties of the return line, which have an impact on the operation of the engine system, shaft bearing system of the automotive chassis, electrical equipment and the car body comfort.
• P series pocket thermal camera can detect the abnormal temperature of automobile parts and can be applied in all kinds of automobile maintenance scenes besides vent-pipe detections.

Damp Wall Detections

• The leak of a water supply pipeline, drain pipe or heating pipe can lead to wall dampness and even worse wall mildew.
• P series pocket thermal camera can detect wall dampness which is invisible to the human eyes and assist in locating the leak position.

Detection of Air Conditioner Vent

• Air conditioners are widely used in shopping malls and office buildings.
• The P series pocket thermal camera can quickly detect the operation condition of the air conditioner vent.
• There is no need to climb high to judge whether the air conditioner is in normal use.

How to Get

How to Get High-quality Images

• For thermal cameras, the image quality is by no means limited to the resolution.
• The function of the image is to record information on target details, colours, temperature OSD, acquisition date, acquisition time, etc.
• Different applications will have different imaging requirements, so choosing the right shooting distance, image mode, colour palette, magnification, temperature width, and fill light is also crucial for obtaining high-quality images.

Image Mode

The P series thermal cameras can capture infrared images and visible light images at the same time. Four different images can be displayed on the screen by selecting the image mode function: thermal imaging, dual-light fusion, picture-in-picture and visible light. Each image mode has a different emphasis on displaying information for different applications. The details are as follows:

Color Palette

• Human eyes can only distinguish twenty grey levels.
• Although the grey level of the collected infrared images can be up to thousands of grey levels, it is a pity that the human ability to distinguish grey levels is limited, and information loss is dozens of times.
• However, the human visual sense of colour resolution is strong enough to distinguish thousands of colours.
• Therefore, the image with a colour palette is more distinguishable and detailed than the grey image.
• The three image modes of infrared, dual-light fusion and picture-in-picture are related to the temperature.
• Different temperatures can show different colours, and it is easier to analyze the image by choosing the right colour palette, including black heat, white heat, iron red, lava, rainbow, rainbow HC, and black red.
• The colour palette can be set through the menu.

Electronic Zoom

• The size of the target object in the image is related to the shooting distance.
• The shorter the distance, the smaller the object, which will make it impossible to see the details of the object; the shorter the distance, the larger the object, which will make the image unable to accommodate the object fully;
• Therefore, the appropriate screen ratio of the target is also an important factor affecting the image quality. Adjusting the distance allows the target to be the right size in the image.
• However, the distance from the target to the thermal camera will be limited in many cases, such as high-altitude targets.
• At this time, the electronic zoom function will become particularly important.
• In infrared mode and visible light mode, the ratio of target to screen can be adjusted by the electronic zoom function, and the +, and- icons in the lower-left corner of the main interface in each mode can adjust the magnification of the image so that the ratio of target to screen can achieve the best effect.

Alignment Distance

For better dual-light image effects, you need to set the alignment distance separately, that is, the approximate distance from the thermal camera to the object when using dual-light fusion, picture-in-picture modes. Operation steps: after entering any of the two image modes of dual-light fusion, and picture-in-picture, the +, and- icons appear on the main interface, and the distance parameters can be set. The distance range is 0.5m-4m, and the adjustment accuracy is 0.5m. When the adjustment is finished, touch the screen to hide the icon.

Temperature Scale Adjustment

The temperature range adjustment refers to the adjustment of the upper and lower temperature limits. The grey value of the image in the thermal image is related to the temperature. If the temperature range is fixed and cannot be adjusted, the thermal camera cannot adapt to various scenes with changing temperatures. Adjusting the temperature range can change the grey value distribution in the image and present a better image. The temperature range adjustment of the thermal camera has two types: automatic and manual:

Temperature Scale Mode	Introduction
Auto Mode	In automatic mode, the thermal camera continuously adjusts the upper and lower temperature limits according to the highest temperature and the lowest temperature in the entire screen and presents the best image in real-time.
Manual Mode	In manual mode, you can drag the movable temperature scales to adjust the upper and lower limits of the temperature. The global best effect of the image in a specific scene may not be able to meet the demand, so the temperature range is set near a specific target temperature through the manual temperature range function, thereby shielding insignificant objects in the image, and making it easier to focus on the details of the target.

Notes: Only Auto Temperature scale Mode is available for P200.

Fill Light

• In case of applying visible light mode in dark scenes, fill light is needed to achieve the ideal image effect.
• The secondary menu icon or icon in the main menu can set the turn-on and turn-off of the fill light, which can also be used for lighting.

Measuring Temperature

Besides capturing high-quality images, the thermal camera also has another characteristic function, that is, temperature measurement. How to measure temperature accurately? To obtain accurate temperature, it is not enough to have high-performance detectors and stable hardware components only, correct methods are also required. The main factors that influence the result of temperature measurement are emissivity, ambient temperature, distance, temperature measurement range, unit selection, and so on. Therefore, before using the camera to measure temperature, be sure to set the temperature measurement parameters. In addition, to obtain accurate temperature efficiently, suitable temperature measuring tools should be selected for different target objects.

Set Measuring Parameters

• Set Emissivity
  • Emissivity refers to the ratio of the radiant power of an object to the radiant power of a black body at the same temperature, which is relative to the reflectivity of the object.
  • At the same target temperature, higher target emissivity means that the target can radiate a higher proportion of energy.
  • For example, the emissivity of body skin is 0.98, and the emissivity of printed circuit boards is 0.91.
  • For more information on emissivity, please refer to the attached common emissivity table or search from other channels.
  • To obtain more accurate measurement results, it is necessary to set the corresponding emissivity according to the target to be measured before each measurement.
  • For specific operation steps, please refer to Chapter 8.1.
• Set Ambient Temperature
  • The ambient temperature is an important factor that affects the temperature measurement of the thermal camera.
  • Before measuring the temperature, it’s necessary to set this parameter in advance.
  • For the specific operation steps, see 8.1 Measurement Parameters.
• Set Distance
  • Infrared rays will be attenuated in the atmosphere. In the process of temperature measurement, the distance between the target and the thermal camera will have different effects on the measurement results.
  • The farther the distance, the lower the temperature. To ensure the accuracy of the temperature measurement, the thermal camera will compensate the result according to the distance of the object.
  • Therefore, be sure to set the appropriate distance before temperature measurement. Refer to Chapter 8.1 for detailed operation steps.
• Set Measuring Gear
  • The temperature measurement range of the camera is -20～550℃.
  • To ensure the imaging effect, the temperature measurement range is divided into -20～150℃ and 100～550℃.
  • The user can independently select different temperature measurement ranges according to the conditions of use.
  • For specific operation steps, please refer to Chapter 8.2.
• Set Units
  • The temperature unit supports three display modes: Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Kelvin.
  • The default distance unit is meters. For specific operation steps, please refer to Chapter 8.9.4.
• Choose Measurement Tools
  • Different measurement tools should be chosen for different scenarios because choosing a suitable measurement tool can improve your work efficiency.
  • Click the icon in the main menu, the fan-shaped sub menu will be displayed, which contains six icons of temperature measurement tools: the centre spot, the min. temperature, the max. temperature, spot, line and region.
• Center Spot Measurement
  • The measuring result will be displayed on the top left corner of the screen when the centre spot measurement is chosen. You can turn on or turn off centre spot measurement by clicking the icon in the sub menu.
• Cold Spot Tracking
  • The min. temperature of the whole frame will be displayed on the top left corner of the screen when the cold spot tracking is chosen.
  • You can turn on or turn off the cold spot tracking by clicking the icon in the sub-menu.
• Hot Spot Tracking
  • The max. temperature of the whole frame will be displayed on the top left corner of the screen when the hot spot tracking is chosen.
  • You can turn on or turn off the hot spot tracking by clicking the icon in the sub-menu.
• Custom Spot Measurement
  • The measurement results will be displayed on the screen following the custom spot while the custom spot measurement is chosen.
• Custom Line
  • The max. temperature will display on the screen following the custom line while the custom line measurement is chosen.
• Custom region
  • The max. temperature, min. temperature and AVG temperature will display on the screen following the custom region while custom region measurement is chosen.

How to Do Effective Data Management

• An excellent thermal camera can not only acquire high-quality images but also manage data effectively.
• The data management includes data acquisition, naming, annotation, saving, classification, upload, query, deleting, etc.
• This thermal camera integrates several data management advantages such as a flexible acquisition function, multiple saving modes, enough storage space, and stable data transmission, which will ensure a perfect user experience.

Data Acquisition and Saving

• P series thermal camera will generate .ipg and .irg files for each image capture.
• The data saving mode for manual image capture, timed image capture and auto alarm image capture is the same, which is applicable for the second analysis.
• The default image naming rules: are month/day/hour/minute/second of the image capture.

Manual Acquisition

• Call up the secondary fan-shaped menu by clicking the icon in the main menu via the touch screen, then click the image capture icon, and click anywhere on the touch screen to hide and quit the menu bar.

Auto Image Capture

• The camera supports timed image capture, you can set the time interval as the number of the captured image, the unit of the time interval is sec, the range is 10-3600, and the range for the number of captured images is 10-1000.
• If this function is enabled, the image will be captured according to the preset time interval and stop capturing after the number limit and at the same time this function will be disabled, refer to 8.6 for detailed operation procedures.
• While auto image capture is enabled, you can mount the camera to the tripod to ensure scene consistency.
• Please do not perform other operations during the auto image capture process, you can tap the touch screen to call up the quit button and disable the auto image capture function by clicking.

Save Data

• The data should be given annotation, renamed and saved.
• There are two kinds of data-saving modes: manual saving and auto-saving.

Function	Introduction
Manual Saving	The save interface will pop up after a snapshot or image capture. The default file name(month/day/hour/minute/second) and four icon buttons (save, annotation, QR code, back ) will be displayed on the interface. You can rename files, add voice notes or add QR code annotation, then click the save button to save or cancel by clicking the back button.
Auto Saving	While this function is enabled, the saving interface will not pop up after image capture. The image will be saved automatically, the file name is

Function	Introduction
	month/day/hour/minute/second by default. The data saving mode is auto under auto image capture mode. See Chapter 8.6 for detailed operation procedures.

Gallery Search and Data Upload

• Call up the secondary fan-shaped menu by clicking the icon button on the main interface, and clicking the gallery search icon to enter the gallery interface, the gallery interface includes image thumbnail, back, upload, delete, and check button icons and scroll bar on the right.
• Click any image to open image preview interface, the image preview interface includes button icons such as back, last, next, delete and edit. Click the edit button to enter into the edit interface where you can rename the files.
• Tick the check box and click several images to select the images, then click the upload and delete button to perform batch upload and delete.

Alarm

series can not only get accurate temperature data but also achieve smart alarm functions compared with other ordinary thermal cameras. Smart alarms can not only detect alarm events automatically but also give prompt messages and collect data. The alarm functions of the P series can automatically select temperature information on the screen, detect abnormal temperature, give prompt alarm and collect data automatically, which is easy, fast, effective and exhaustive compared with human eye detections.

Alarm Settings
The camera supports above-temperature alarm and below-temperature alarm, the setting path: set/below temperature alarm, the user can set above-temperature alarm threshold, and below-temperature alarm threshold. To turn on or turn off the alarm function via the on/off button. The following icons will appear after the above-temperature alarm or below-temperature alarm is triggered.

Alarm Linkage

• Alarm linkage means prompt message, data collection, and prevention measures (such as fire control linkage).
• The warning box in one type of alarm linkage. Besides the warning box, alarm image capture can collect the related temperature information for secondary analysis.
• Set path: setting-above/below temperature alarm, alarm image capture can also be turned on or turned off in this interface, and the time interval and the number of captured images can be set. When this function is enabled, the image will be captured according to the preset time interval after the above/below temperature alarm is triggered. The image capture will be ended after the number of captured images is up to the preset limit and this function will be disabled automatically. You should enable this function again when you use it next time.

Camera Settings and Maintenance

• Thermographic Parameters
  • To enter into the setting interface by clicking the icon button in the main interface via touch screen, then click the “thermographic parameters setting” to perform parameter settings, and click save to quit.
• Gain Switch
  • To enter into the setting interface by clicking the icon button in the main interface via touch screen then click the “gain switch” to perform gain switch settings, click save to quit.
• Above/Below-Temperature Alarm
  • To enter into the setting interface by clicking the icon button in the main interface via touch screen then click the “above/below temperature alarm” to perform on/off settings, temperature value setting, and auto alarm image capture, click save to quit.
• Cloud Service
  • To enter into the setting interface click the icon button in the main interface via touch screen then click the “cloud service” to enter into the platform account login interface, type in user name and password and device name to perform the login. Please check the Internet connection if a “server connection error” appears.
  • You need to register via temp.iraytek.com. for the first use because the hand-held cameras can not be registered.
• Wi-Fi Settings
  • To enter into the setting interface by clicking the icon button in the main interface via touch screen, then click the “Wi-Fi setting” to enter into the hotspot and Wi-Fi setting interface.
• Image Capture Settings
  • To enter into the setting interface click the icon button in the main interface via touch screen, then click the “image capture setting” to turn on or turn off the function of auto image save and timed image capture.
  • You can set time intervals and the number of captured images for timed image capture.
• Auto Power Off
  • To enter into the setting interface by clicking the icon button in the main interface via touch screen, four modes can ben selected minutes, 10 minutes, 20 minutes and off.
• Screen Rotation Setting
  • To enter the setting interface by clicking the icon button in the main interface via touch screen, then click the “screen rotation setting” to enter into the screen rotation setting interface where you can choose auto rotation or manual rotation.
  • Two modes are optional in manual rotation mode: landscape and portrait.
• System Settings
  • To enter the setting interface by clicking the icon button in the main interface via touch screen, click “system settings” to enter into the system settings interface which includes 8 kinds of secondary setting items.
• Device Information
  • You can view the device model, version information, storage capacity and remaining storage capacity.
• Date/Time
  • The device time (including year/month/day/hour/minute/second) is shown on the date/time interface.
• Language
  • You can select the language.
• Unit
  • You can set the temperature unit and distance unit. The temperature unit includes Celsius, Fahrenheit and Kelvin, the distance is in meters.
• Screen Brightness
  • Three levels can be selected: high, medium and low.
• Format SD Card
  • You can operate formatting the SD card.
• USB Mode
  • USB flash disk and USB camera can be chosen in the USB mode settings interface.
  • The USB flash disk should be chosen if the thermal camera is connecting with PC software for secondary analysis.
  • The USB camera should be chosen if the thermal camera is connecting with the PC software for live image preview.
• Restore Factory Defaults
  • The camera can be restored to factory defaults in case of choppy images and other abnormal situations.
• Device Upgrade
  • The thermal camera can be updated via an SD card.

Product Drawings

Cleaning the camera

Camera Housing, cables, and other items

Camera Housing, cables, and other items
Liquids	Use one of these liquids: 1.   Warm water 2.   A weak detergent solution
Equipment	A soft cloth
Procedure	Follow this procedure: 1. Soak the cloth in the liquid. 2. Twist the cloth to remove excess liquid. 3. Clean the part with the cloth.

Caution: Do not apply solvents or similar liquids to the camera, the cables, or other items. This can cause damage.

Infrared lens

Infrared lens
Liquids	Use one of these liquids: 1. A commercial lens cleaning liquid with more than 30% isopropyl alcohol. 2.  96% ethyl alcohol（C2H5OH）
Equipment	cotton wool
Procedure	Follow this procedure: 1. Soak the cotton wool in the liquid. 2. Press the cotton wool to remove excess liquid. 3.  Clean the lens with the cotton wool, clean the lens one time only and discard the cotton wool.

Caution: Do not clean the infrared lens too vigorously. This can damage the anti-reflective coating.

Important Notices

To avoid damage to others and yourself, or your device, please read all the below information carefully prior to using this device.

1. Please do not point to the sun and other high-intensity radiation source directly.
2. The device should be used under the required working temperature.
3. Do not touch the lens with your hands or other objects.
4. Do not touch the device with wet hands.
5. Do not wipe and clean your device with diluent.
6. Please do not wrongly connect the accessory cables to avoid damage to the device.
7. Please take care to avoid static electricity.
8. Please do not disassemble the device. If there is any problem, please contact our company for professional maintenance.

Support and Service

• Technical Support
• System training can be carried out for users’ technical staff and operators.
• After-sales Services
• P series handheld thermal cameras are developed by our company, which are guaranteed for good after-sales service. If you have any requests, please contact us.
• Company Information
• Email: contact.us@acegmet.com.
• Email: contact.us@acegmet.com.

Appendix: Emissivity of Common Materials

Material	Emissivity
Human Skin	0.98
Printed Circuit Board	0.91
Cement Concrete	0.92
Ceramics	0.92
Rubber	0.95
Wood	0.90
Pitch	0.96
Brick	0.93
Sand	0.90
Soil	0.92
Cardboard	0.90
White Sticky Membrane Paper	0.93
Water	0.96
Snow	0.85
Marble	0.94
Polished Glass	0.94
AAO	0.55
Oxidized Iron	0.64
Oxidized Steel	0.79
Oxidized Stainless Steel	0.85

Documents / Resources

ACEGMET P200 Thermal Camera [pdf] User Guide P200 Thermal Camera, P200, Thermal Camera, Camera

References

• User Manual