SKF TKTI 20 - Cloudinary

Instructions for use

SKF TKTI 20Thermal Camera Suite Software

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2 SKF TKTI 20 Thermal Camera Suite Software

EC Declaration of conformity ....................................................................................3

Safety recommendations ..........................................................................................4

1. Installing the TKTI 20 software onto a PC .........................................................5

2. Transferring saved images from the camera to the PC ......................................52.1 DirectfromCamera....................................................................................................... 52.2 FromMicroSDCard...................................................................................................... 6

3. Using the SKF TKTI 20 Thermal Camera Suite software ....................................63.1 StartingtheSoftware................................................................................................... 63.2 Openinganimage......................................................................................................... 73.3 AnalysisTools.................................................................................................................. 8 3.3.1 Displaytab........................................................................................................ 9 3.3.2 Cursorstab......................................................................................................14 3.3.3 Settingstab.....................................................................................................153.4 MenusandToolbars....................................................................................................16 3.4.1 Dropdownmenu-File.................................................................................16 3.4.2 Dropdownmenu-Edit................................................................................17 3.4.3 Dropdownmenu-View..............................................................................18 3.4.4 Dropdownmenu-Tools..............................................................................23 3.4.5 Dropdownmenu-Help.............................................................................23

4. Report Writer ................................................................................................244.1 TitlePagetab...............................................................................................................244.2 Imageselecttab...........................................................................................................254.3 InspectionDatatab.....................................................................................................27

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3SKF TKTI 20 Thermal Camera Suite Software

EC Declaration of conformity

We, SKFMaintenanceProducts Kelvinbaan16 3439MTNieuwegein TheNetherlands

herewithdeclarethatthefollowingproduct:

SKF Thermal Camera TKTI 20

Conformstothefollowingstandards;

• EMCDirective2004/108/ECasamended“CouncilDirectiveontheapproximationofthelawsoftheMemberStatesrelatingtoelectromagneticcompatibility”asoutlinedinharmonizednorms:EN61000-6-2:2005ImmunityforindustrialenvironmentsEN61000-6-3:2007Emissionstandardforresidential,commercialandlight-industrialenvironments

• CFR47:2009CodeofFederalregulations:Pt15subpartB–RadioFrequencyDevices–UnintentionalRadiators

Thelaserisclassifiedinaccordancetothe21CFR1040.10and1040.11exceptfordeviationspursuanttolasernoticeNo.50datedJune24th2007andcomplieswithIEC/EN60825-1(2001).

Nieuwegein,TheNetherlands,March2011

SébastienDavidManagerProductDevelopmentandQuality


Safety recommendations

Thisproductcomplieswith21CFR1040.10and1040.11exceptfordeviationspursuanttolasernoticeNo.50

datedJune24th2007complieswithIEC/EN60825-1(2001).

Warning• TheequipmentdescribedinthisdocumentusesaClass2laser.

Donotlookdirectlyintothelaserbeamorthelaserbeamexitaperture,irreversibledamagetotheeyemayoccur.Thelasershouldnotbeoperatedwhentherearepersonnelinthecamera’sfieldofview.

Caution• Useofcontrolsoradjustmentsorperformanceofproceduresotherthan

thosespecifiedinthisdocumentmayresultinhazardouslaserradiationexposure.

• Tohelpminimizeburnhazards,beawarethatthermalimagesofhighlyreflectiveobjectswillshowlowerthanactualtemperaturemeasurements.

• Donotuseinamannernotspecifiedinthisinstructionforuse.• Donotuseinexplosiveatmospheres.• Alwaysusethelanyardprovidedtohelpminimisedamagetothe

thermalimagerandpersonalinjuryaccidents.• OnlyusegenuineSKFsparesandaccessories.Othersparesand

accessoriesmaydamagethethermalcamera.• Thethermalcameracontainsnouserserviceableparts.Openingthe

imagercasingvoidswarranty.AllserviceworkmustbecarriedoutbyanauthorisedSKFworkshop.

635nm <1mW <0.2mr


1. Installing the TKTI 20 software onto a PC

ToinstalltheTKTI20ThermalimagersoftwareontoaPC:1. InserttheCDintothePC.2. UsewindowsexplorertoviewthefilesontheCD.3. Openandrunthefile“SKFTKTI20PCsetup.exe”.4. ThiswillinstallthesoftwareontothePC.

OncethesoftwarehassuccessfullybeenloadedaniconappearsonthePCDesktop:

2. Transferring saved images from the camera to the PC

Inthecameratheimagesaresavedonamicro-SDcardandareinfolders.Anewfolderiscreatedeverytimethecameraisswitchedon.Thefolderalsocontainsthevoicemessagefileifitisrecorded.Eachsavedimagewillthereforeconsistoftwoorthreefiles.a. ABMPfilecontainingthethermalandvisualimage.b. AnIR5filecontainingthetemperaturedata.c. AWAVfileifavoicerecordingwasmadewhentheimagewassaved.

Note: DonotusetheMicrosoftScannerandCameraWizardtodownloadimages.UseWindowsExplorer.

TherearetwowaystotransferimagestothePC.

2.1 Direct from Camera

a) ConnectthecameratothePCviatheUSBcable.Thecamerahasnottobeswitchedon.

b) UseWindowsExplorerandfilingsystemtolocatethemicroSDcardinthecamera.Thiswillnormallybeshownasaremovabledisk.

c) CopythecompletefoldersfromtheSDcardontothePC.Notethatthereareatleasttwofilesforeachimage,whichmustbekepttogether.

Figure 1. Connection ports


2.2 From Micro SD Card

a) Takethemicro-SDcardoutofthecameraandinsertintoasuitablecardreader.b) ConnectthecardreadertothePCc) UseWindowsExplorertolocatethefileswiththeimagesonthemicro-SDcardand

copythecompletefoldersontothePC.Notethatthereareatleasttwofilesforeachimage,whichmustbekepttogether.

3. Using the SKF TKTI 20 Thermal Camera Suite software

Thesoftwarehastwomainparts.1. Analysis software Allowstheusertoanalysetheimageandalsoalterthesettingsforhowtheimageis

displayed.2. Report writer Allowstheusertocreateareportofthethermalimagesforrecords,administration

andoperationaluse.

SwitchfromAnalysissoftwareparttoReportwriterbyclickingonthedropdownviewmenuorthetoolbar.

3.1 Starting the Software

Tostartthesoftwaredoubleclickontheicon .

Thefollowingwindow(fig.2)willappear.Note:itmaybenecessarytomaximisethewindow.

Figure 2.


3.2 Opening an image

ClickonthedropdownFilemenuandclickon“Open”(fig.3).

Figure 3.

Usethewindowsexplorertolocatethefolderwheretheimagesaresaved.Ifviewingimagesdirectlyfromthecamerathiswillbeshownasaremovabledisk(fig.4).

Figure 4.

Oncethefolderislocated,clickontheimagetoselectit.Thenpress“open”.

Figure 5.


Opening Screen shotThewindowformatshownbelowshouldbedisplayed.Itmaybenecessarytomaximisethewindowinordertoseeallthefeatures(fig6).

Tool bars

Option Tabs for Display, Cursors, Settings and Annotation

Level and Span Adjustment bar Image Temperature scale for the image

Visible and thermal image alignment

Figure 6.

Image descriptionThethermalimageisseenontherighthandsideofthescreen.Atemperaturescalerelatingtothecoloursisdisplayedtotherightoftheimage.Anadjustablespan,alsoshowingahistogramoftemperaturesintheimageisshownatthebottomofthescreen.Thereisadropdownmenubarandanicontoolbar.AsetofTabsisonthelefthandsideoftheimage.Onstartupthedisplaytabisshown.

3.3 Analysis Tools

Toanalyseanimageandchangeitspresentationthetoolsavailableare:

1. Drop down menus

2. Icon toolbar

3. Option tabs

1 2 3


3.3.1 Display tab

Figure 7.

Whenselectingthedisplaytabthefollowingoptionsareavailable:

1. Visible spanVisiblespanallowsthespanvaluestobealteredmanuallybyclickingontheFiguresintheboxesandchangingthem.Autospansetsthevisiblespanvaluesbasedonthetemperaturevaluesintheimage(fig8).

Figure 8.

Thevisiblespancanalsobeadjustedusingamouseinthelevelandspanadjustmentbar(seebelow).Toadjustspanclickonthedarkgreyandlightgreyborderanddrag.Toadjustlevelclickinthemiddleofthelightgreyareaandmove.

Level and span adjustment bar

Figure 9.


2. Colour paletteTochangethecolourpalette,clickonthearrowbutton.Itwillopenadropdownlistofthedifferentcolourpalettepossibilities(fig.10).

Figure 10.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1. White Hot Mono2. Ironbow3. Rainbow4. Isotherm Style

5. Hot Metal6. High Contrast7. 16 step Rainbow8. Black Hot Mono

Figure 11.

3. Visible blend Tochangethevisible/infraredratioclickonthearrowbutton(fig12).

Figure 12.

BlendingisalsoavailableinPictureinPicturemode.

100% Thermal 50% Thermal 50% Visible

100% Visible Picture in Picture


4. Interpolation Tochangetheinterpolationclickonthearrowbutton.

Figure 13.

Thefollowingsettingsareavailable(seebelow).x1(160x120)x2(320x240)

x 1 (160 x 120) x 2 (320 x 240)

Figure 14.


5. Zoom factor Tochangethezoomsettingclickonthearrowbutton.

Figure 15.

Thefollowingfoursettingsareavailablex1,x2,x3,x4(examplesofx1andx4shownbelow).

x 1 Zoom x 4 Zoom

Figure 16.

Whenzoomedtox2ormore,thepartoftheimagediplayedcanbeselectedbymeansofthemouseinthePanControlbox.

6. Area selectTosetthesizeofthearea(see3.4.3/6AreaSelect)betweensmall,mediumandlarge.

Figure 17.


7. Image alignmentThisallowstheverticalandhorizontalalignmentofthethermalandvisibleimages.Clickingonthenavigationarrowswillmovethevisibleimagewhiletheinfraredimageremainsstationary.Itiseasiesttoadjustwitha50%thermaland50%visibleimage.

Figure 18.

Note: Clickingontheresetbuttonreturnsthealignmenttothesettingwhenthefilewasopened(seeoption3.Visibleblend).


3.3.2 Cursors tab

Upto10cursorscanbeaddedtothedisplay.1. Toaddacursortotheimage,doubleclickontheimageonthescreen.

Thecursorcanbemovedbythedraganddropmethod.2. Toremovecursorseitherdoubleclickonitorhighlightthecursorinthebox

andclickremove.

Thelistofcursorswithintheboxshows:1. Thetemperatureofthecursors.2. Thepositionofthosecursors.3. Theemissivityvalue.Thiscanbesetindividually. a.Selectthecursorbyclickingonitsnameinthetable. Theneither: b.Clickonthedoublearrowonthesidetocalluptheemissvitylookup

table,andthenclickonthesetbutton. Or: c.Usetheemissivityvalueadjustmentbox.

Emissivity Setting Look up table


3.3.3 Settings tab

1. Units °C,°F,K.Changeusingthearrowbutton.

2. ReflectedTemp. Changeusingthearrowbuttonsortypeinthebox.3. GlobalEmissivity 0,01to1,00.

Changeusingthearrowbuttonsortypeinthebox.4. >>button Accesstheemissivitylookuptable

5. CaptureTime Changeifrequiredusingthearrowbuttons.

6. CaptureDate Changeifrequiredusingthearrowbuttons.

7. Comments Typeinanycommentsinthebox.

8. Caption Anytextcaptiontypedwhensavingtheimagewillappearhere.9. Voiceannotation Voicenotesrecordedwhensavingtheimagecanbereplayed

viatheplaybutton.ThesecanbeheardfromthePC’sspeakers.


3.4 Menus and Toolbars

Useeitherthedropdownmenusortheiconsonthetoolbartocarryoutvariousoperations.

A. Drop down menus

B. Icons toolbar

1. Openfile 8. Areaselect2. Savefile 9. BlueIsotherm3. Options 10. RedIsotherm4. MeasurementCursorslist 11. Profiles5. MeasurementCursorsdisplay 12. ReportWriter/Imageanalysissection6. Cursortemperature 13. About7. Hot&ColdCursors

3.4.1 Drop down menu - File

Items1and2belowarealsoavailableviatheiconsonthetoolbar.

1. Open UseWindowsExplorertoopenanimage.

2. Save Tosavechangestotheimage.

3. SaveAs Tosavetheimagewithadifferentfilename.

4. Revert Todiscardallchangessincethelastsave.5. Exceloutput Usethisoptiontocreateanexcelspreadsheetwiththeexact

temperatureofeachpixel.Selectingthiscreatesa.CSVfileallowingittobesavedasafile.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13


This.CSVfilecanbeopenedasanExcelspreadsheet.

Note:ThefilemustbeopenedfromwithintheExcelapplication(notby“double-clicking”onthefile)andselectingcommadelimiters(seebelow).

TheresultisanExcelsheetwith160linesand120columns(matrixsizeis160x120pixels)withtheexacttemperatureofeachpixel.Youcansavethisfileasan.xlsfile.Youwillthenendwithtwodifferentfiles:.csv and.xls.

3.4.2 Drop down menu - Edit

1. Copy…2. CopyToBitmap…


Thisofferstheoptiontocopytheimagetotheclipboardortosaveasabitmap.Bothoftheseoptionswillallowthreechoices:Fullwindow,SnapshotorSnapshot+.

SnapshotSnapshot saves the image only.

Full windowFull window saves the complete window.

Snapshot +.Snapshot + saves the image and the colour temperature scale.

3.4.3 Drop down menu - View

Items3to8and10belowarealsoavailableviatheiconsonthetoolbar.

1. Toolbar Turnson/offtheicontoolbar.

2. Status Bar Turnson/offthestatusbaratthebottomofthescreen.

3. Measurement Cursors List Togglestoshowthetemperaturevalueandpositionoftheselectedcursors,the valueofthehottestandcoldestpointsintheimage(seeitem5below),andthe areaboxvalues(item6below).


4. Measurement Cursors Togglesbetweencursordisplayonoroff.

Cursors No cursors

5. Hot & Cold Cursors Togglesbetweendisplayingthehottestandcoldestpointofthewholeimage


6. Area Select Selectsanareainthemiddleoftheimage.Themaximum,minimumandaverage

temperaturesoftheareaboxaredisplayedinthecursorlist(item3above).Tofocusonaspecificarea,youcanadjustthezoomfactor,andthenmovethedisplayedimagetohavethepartyouwishtoanalysefittingintheareasquare.

7. Red & blue Isotherm Isothermsareregionswithinthesceneofthesametemperaturerangeandare

showninthesamecolour.ThisisbestseenusingeitherthewhitehotorBlackhotcolourschemes.

Red isotherm Blue isotherm

Both isotherms


The red and blue isotherms can be set by adjusting the red and blue blocks in the level and span adjustment bar. This can be done using a mouse.

To adjust the isotherm width, click on the colour block edge and drag. To adjust level click in the colour block and move.

The temperature difference between the centre of the two isotherms is displayed at the bottom.

8. Profiles Atemperatureprofileisahistogramshowingthetemperaturevaluesthrougha

cross-sectionofthescene.Theprofilesaredisplayedasshownbelow.Thecross-sectionlinescanbemovedbytheuser.


9. Options Togglestodisplaytheoptionspanel

10. Report Writer ThiswilltogglebetweenPCsoftwareandreportwritersoftware


3.4.4 Drop down menu - Tools

1. Reset Isotherms Resettheisothermstothedefaultvalues.

2. Language OncealanguageisselectedexittheTKTI20softwareandre-launchittoactivate

theselection.

3. Template Selectatemplateforthereportwriter.MaintenanceorBuildingsareavailable.

3.4.5 Drop down menu - Help

1. About Showsthesoftwareversion.


4. Report Writer

ItispossibletotogglebetweentheTKTI20analysissoftwareandthereportwritersoftwarefromthedropdownviewmenuorthetoolbar.Therearethreestepstocreateareport.Thereisaseparatetabforeachfunction.1. Title page Enterdetailsthatshouldappearinthetitlepageofthereport.2. Image select Thisallowstheselectionoftheimagesneededforthereport.3. Inspection Data Informationandadditionaldataabouteachimagecanbeaddedandthenthereport

canbegenerated.

4.1 Title Page tab

1. Whenthereportwritersoftwareisopenedthetitlepageappearsasshownabove.Thereisanemptyspacewherealogoorotherimagecanbeplacedtoappearonthefrontpageofthefinalreport.

2. Pressthesetimagebutton.

3. WindowsExplorercannowbeusedtofindanimage.

4. Clickontheopenbuttontoselectandplaceanimageorlogointhetitlepage.

Entertherestofthedetailsrequiredforthefrontpageofthereport.


4.2 Image select tab

1. Thescreenshownbelowappears:

2. Clickonthebrowsebuttontoopenwindowsexplorer.

3. Highlightanimageandclickontheopenbutton.


4. Alltheimagesinthatfolderwillnowappearinthebrowserselectionontheleftofthewindow.

5. Clickonaselectedimageinthebrowsersectionanditappearsintheimagepreviewsectionontherightofthewindow

6. Theadd/addallremove/removeallbuttonsallowtheselectionandremovalofimagesasrequired.

7. SelectedImageswillappearintheinspectionsectioninthecentreofthewindow.


8. Eachimage,whenselected,maybeeditedbymeansofthe“EditImage”button.ThisswitchestotheAnalysisMode.Wheneditingiscomplete,switchbacktotheReportWriterModebymeansofthe“ToggleReportWriter”button.

4.3 Inspection Data tab

1. Theinspectionwindowwillappear.

2. Completeandenterdataasrequiredforthereport.Ifyourimageissavedwithseveralcursors,youwillbeabletodisplaythetemperatureoftwoofthem,andthentomeasurethedifference.Youalsohavethepossibilitytoswitchtotheanalysispartofthesoftware,usingthemenuview>reportwriter.Youcanthenloadtheimageyouwondertochange(addingcursors).Backtothereportsection,press“Refresh”intheimageselecttab,andthechangesyou’vemadewillappearonthepicture.

3. Ifyouwanttocreateareport,pressthegeneratePDFreportbutton.Ifyouwanttosaveyourreportproject(.rw5file),thenpressthesavereportprojectbutton.Youwillthenbeabletocompleteormodifythisprojectlater.

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