SKF TKTI · the micro-SD card: a) Take the micro-SD card out of the camera and insert into a suitable card reader (provided). b) Connect the memory card reader to the PC. c) Open

SKF TKTIThermal Camera Software

Instructions for use

3SKF TKTI Thermal Camera Software

1. Introduction.....................................................................................................41.1 InstallingandstartingtheSoftware.......................................................................... 5

2. UsageNotes.....................................................................................................6

3. ImageProperties..............................................................................................73.1 LoadingimagesfromtheCamera.............................................................................. 73.2 LoadingimagesfromthememoryCard.................................................................... 8

4. ImageSelection................................................................................................94.1 Foldercreation............................................................................................................... 94.2 Imageloading...............................................................................................................104.3 Imageselection............................................................................................................10

5. ImageAnalysis...............................................................................................115.1 Imageselection............................................................................................................115.2 Interfacedescription....................................................................................................12 5.2.1 Span/levelandcolourpalette.......................................................................12 5.2.2 MinimumandMaximumTemperature.......................................................13 5.2.3 ImageDetailsandProperties.......................................................................14 5.2.4 TextFields........................................................................................................155.3 AnalysisTools................................................................................................................16 5.3.1 Spottemperatures.........................................................................................17 5.3.2 Areas:Rectangles,CirclesandLines...........................................................17 5.3.3 Marks,Notes,Arrows....................................................................................17

6. Reportgeneration..........................................................................................186.1 ReportCreation............................................................................................................186.2 ViewandExportReports...........................................................................................206.3 Reportlayout................................................................................................................22

7. Settings ........................................................................................................23

8. Systemrequirementsandtroubleshooting.....................................................248.1 Troubleshooting...........................................................................................................24

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Originalinstructions

4 SKF TKTI Thermal Camera Software

1. Introduction

TheSKFTKTIThermalCameraSoftwareisaneasytouseWindowsbasedsoftwareforinfraredimageanalysisandreportcreation.ItcanonlybeusedwithimagestakenbytheSKFThermalCamerasTKTI21andTKTI31.ItcannotbeusedwithimagesfromotherSKFThermalCameramodels.

Thesoftwareandupdatescanbedownloadedfromwww.SKF.com.

TheSoftwarehasbeendesignedtobeeasytousewithnospecialskillsrequired,allowing:• Powerfulandquickinfraredimageanalysis.• Quickcreationofprofessionalreports.• Easilyloadingandselectionofinfraredimages.• Softwareinstallationonmanyuserscomputers.• Keyimageparameterstobeeasilymodified.• Creationandpreviewofcomprehensiveandprofessionalreportsinpdfand

wordformat.• Injustoneclick,printing,localsavingandemailingofreports.


1.1 InstallingandstartingtheSoftware

ToinstalltheSKFTKTIThermalCameraSoftwareontoaPC:

1. InserttheCDintothePCordownloadthesoftwarefromwww.SKF.com.2. UsewindowsexplorertoviewthefilesontheCD.3. Openandrunthefile“SKFTKTIThermalCamerasetup.exe”.4. FollowthestepstoinstallthesoftwareonyourPC.

Note:Microsoft.NETFrameworkversion4.0orlaterisrequired.Thesoftwarerequiresaminimumresolutionof1024x768.

OncethesoftwarehassuccessfullybeeninstalledaniconappearsonthePCDesktop.ThesoftwareisalsoaccessiblefromtheprogramlistintheWindowsStartmenu.

Tostartthesoftware,doubleclickonthisicon.

Figure 1 Software Icon

Thefollowingwindowwillappear:

Figure 2 Blank start screen

Note: Usethetoprighticonstominimize,maximizeorclosethesoftware.


2. UsageNotes

• TheSKFTKTIThermalcamerasoftwareiscompatiblewiththeSKFTKTI21andSKFTKTI31.

• Theimagesloadedintheapplicationarecopiedlocallytotheuser’scomputer.Thispreventstheoriginalimagefrombeingcorrupted.

• TheoriginalimageisNEVERmodifiedordeletedbytheapplication.Onlythelocalcopyismodifiedandsaved.

• Theanalyzedimagesaresaved,bydefault,automaticallyeverytwominutes.• Auto-savealsosavesimageswhenanothertabisselectedandwhenthesoftwareis

closed.Itisrecommendedtokeepthisfeatureenabled. Thishelpsensurethatthemodificationsmadetotheimagearesavedintheeventa

powershortageorcomputercrash.• Onlysavedimageswillbeusedforgeneratingreports.• Reportswillalsobesavedautomaticallyontheuser’scomputer.


3. ImageProperties

• Theimagesaresavedinthecameraonamicro-SDcardinthefolderDCIM.• Theimagesarenamed“IR_X.jpg”withXbeingarunningnumberstartingwith

“IR_1.jpg”.• The.jpgimagecontainstheinfraredimage.Inadditionthedigitalimagewhensaved

andthevoicecommentwhenrecordedaresavedinthe.jpgimage.• The.jpgimagescanbevisualizedbyvirtuallyanyimageviewingsoftware.

3.1 LoadingimagesfromtheCamera

a) SwitchOnthecameraandwaituntilitisfullyoperational.b) ConnectthecameratothePCviatheUSBcable. UsetheminiUSBconnectorontherightsideofthecamera.

Figure 3 Use the mini USB connector

c) OpenWindowsExplorer,oranotherfilebrowser,toselectthemicroSDcardinthecamera.

d) Thiswillnormallybeshownasaremovabledisk.


3.2LoadingimagesfromthememoryCard

Analternativetoloadingtheimagesformthecameraistoloadtheimagesdirectlyfromthemicro-SDcard:

a) Takethemicro-SDcardoutofthecameraandinsertintoasuitablecardreader(provided).

b) ConnectthememorycardreadertothePC.c) OpenWindowsExplorertoselectthefileswiththeimagesonthemicro-SDcard.

Figure 4

Figure 5


4. ImageSelection

4.1 Foldercreation

Theimagesareplacedinfolders.Reportscanbecreatedwiththeimagescontainedinafolder.

a) ClickonthebuttoncircledinredonFigure6toaddafolder.b) TypeafoldernameandclickOKorpresstheEnterkey.

Byrightclickingonafolder,itispossibletoaddasub-folder.Folderscanalsoberenamedordeletedusingtherightclickfunction.

Note: Thefirstfoldercanalsobecreatedautomaticallywhennofolderhasbeenpreviouslycreated.

Figure 6 Add a Folder


4.2 Imageloading

Imagescanbeloadedbyclickingonthe“LoadImages”buttonhighlightedinredonFigure6.

Selectanyimageonthememorycardorotherstoragelocationtoautomaticallyloadall imagescontainedinafolder.Itisnotpossibletoloadtwoimageswiththesametitle.Tosolvethisissueeithercreateanewfolderorrenametheimage.

Note: Itisalsopossibletoloadonlytheselectedimages,unchecktheoption“Automaticallyloadallfilesfromthesourcefolderonimageloading”inthesettingswindow.

4.3 Imageselection

Figure 7 Selected images highlighted in yellow

• Hoverthemouseoveranyimagetoinstantlyseeintherightpanel,ofthewindow,alargerviewoftheinfraredimageasrecordedbythecamera,thedigitalimage(whenpresent)andtheimageproperties.

• Imagescanbesortedbytitleorbydate.• Imagescanbedisplayedasthumbnailsorasalist.• Selectedimagescanbedeletedbyclickingon“delete”oncetheimagestobedeleted

areselected.

Toselectimagesforfurtheranalysis,clickonceontheimagetohighlighttheminyellow.Clickagainonanimagetodeselectit.Allimageshighlightedinyellowwillbeselectedfor“2 Image Analysis”.


Note:ItispossibletoselectAllorNoneimages.

Note:ThereportsarestoredinFolders.Doubleclickonareporttoopenitin“4 View Report”.

5. ImageAnalysis

Oncetherequiredimageshavebeenselected,clickonceonthetab“2 Image Analysis”.

Figure 8 Image Analysis

5.1 Imageselection

Selectanimageontheleftpartofthescreenforanalysis.Thecurrentimagewillbehighlightedinyellow.Infraredimagesandvisualimagescanbeanalyzedandcommented.


5.2 Interfacedescription

5.2.1 Span/levelandcolourpalette

Figure 9 Span/Level bar and colour palettes

Ironbow Rainbow 3 Amber

Rainbow 2 Hot Metal Black Hot

High Contrast 2 Orange/Green White Hot

Figure 10 Colour palette examples

TheSpanandLevelcanbemanuallyadjustedtohighlightaparticularzoneoftheimage.• Dragthetopandbottomsliderstochangethelimits.• Dragthefullbaratoncewhentheverticaldoublearrowappears.• Clickonthe“Auto”buttontogobacktotheautomaticSpan/Levelsettings.Theusercanchoosebetween9xcolourpalettes.


5.2.2 MinimumandMaximumTemperature

Figure 11 Min/Max temperature

ClicksuccessivelyontheMIN/MAXbuttontodisplay:Minimum temperature -> Maximum temperature -> Both together -> NoneTheemissivityofbothtemperaturescanbeindividuallyset.

Usethe“SAVE”buttontomanuallysaveanimage.

Note: Thelocalimageissaved;theoriginalimageisnomodified.


5.2.3 ImageDetailsandProperties

Figure 12 Image Details and Properties

• Title: Showstheoriginalimagetitle.Usereditable.• Date Created:Datewhenimagewassaved.Usereditable.• Location: Tobefilledbytheuser.• Operator:Tobefilledbytheuser.Whenoperatorisfilledinthefirstimage,

itwillbeautomaticallyfilledintheotherimages.• Infrared Camera:ShowswhichSKFThermalCamerahastakentheimage.• Machine Designation:Tobefilledbytheuser.• Global Emissivity:Cameravaluebydefault.Usereditable.

Allnewtemperaturecursorswillusetheglobalemissivityvaluefortemperaturecalculation.Clickon“Apply to all”toapplythesetemissivitytoallcursors.

Note: SeeSKFTKTI21&31instructionsforuse(refMP5417)foralistofthecommonemissivities.

• Reflected temperature:Cameravaluebydefault.Usuallysettotheambienttemperature.Usefultocompensatethetemperaturewhenthereisahotobjectinthebackgroundradiatingonthemeasuredobject.Usereditable.

• Ambient temperature:Cameravaluebydefault.Thecamerameasurestheambienttemperatureandfillsinthisvalueautomatically.Usereditable.


5.2.4 TextFields

Figure 13 Problem Description and Recommendation

• Problem Description:Usethisfieldtodescribeanyproblemshownonthepicture.• Recommendation/Comment:Writeanycommentorrecommendation.

Note: Bothfilledtextswillshowonthereport.Textscanbecopiedandpastedinthissoftware.Werecommendamaximumof11linespertextfield.

• Audio Comment: Whenanaudiocommentwasrecordedonthecamera,itcanbelistenedtousingtheplay,pauseandstopbuttons.

Usethebuttoncircledinredonfigure13tomaximizetheimagesizeonthescreen,thisisparticularlyusefulforlaptopswillsmallerscreens.

Figure 14 Two different possible views for image analysis


5.3 AnalysisTools

Figure 15 Analysis Tools

Figure 16 Measurement cursors

• Theindividualemissivityofeachspotcanbeadjustedatanytimeinthebottomrightmeasurementsbar.

• Temperaturecursorsandmarkscanbeindividuallyselectedanddeletedfromthemeasurementbarbyclickingonthetoprightcross.

• Amaximum18elementscanbeaddedonaninfraredimage.

Note: Displaytemperaturesontheinfraredimageitselfbyclickingonthebutton“1:10°C”.

Figure 17 Measurements bar


5.3.1 Spottemperatures

Thespottemperaturesshowthetemperatureofagivenpoint.Spotscanbedraggedanywhereontheimage.Spot temperature difference:ChoosetwospotsincludingMinandMaxtoshowthetemperaturedifferencebetweenthesetwo.

5.3.2 Areas:Rectangles,CirclesandLines

Areasareusefultomeasurethetemperatureinazonelargerthanaspot.Foreachrectangle,circleorline,theusercanseetheminimum,maximumandaveragetemperatureinthemeasurementbar.Tomodifyanareadimensions,clickontheareaiconnexttoitsnumberontheimageorselecttheareaintherightbar.Todraganarea,clickontheareaiconnexttoitsnumberontheimageanddragthearea.

5.3.3 Marks,Notes,Arrows

ThesecanbeusedonboththeInfraredandthevisualimages.Markswillspotalocationontheimage;thetextassociatedwillbeintheMeasurementsbar.Notesallowwritingtextdirectlyontheimage.Arrowsallowdrawinganarrowontheimage.

Note: ArrowsandNotescanbedeleteddirectlyontheimagebyclickingontheblackcross.Theydonotcountasanelement.


6. Reportgeneration

6.1ReportCreation

Figure 18 Generate Report view

• Clickonthetab“3 Generate Report”highlightedinredonFigure18.

• Selecttheimagesintheleftpanelthatshouldbeintegratedintothereport.Infraredimagesandvisualimagescanbeindependentlyselected.SelectingAllorNoneispossible.

Clickon“IR only”toselectallinfraredimagesonly.Imageshighlightedinyellowwillbeincludedinthereport.

• Report Title:Fillinthereporttitletobeshownonthefrontpage.Mandatoryfield.

• Title page image: Thefirstinfraredimageintheleftpanelisusedasafrontpageimagebydefault.Anotherinfraredimagefromtheleftpanelcanbeselectedbyclickingonthe“CHANGE”button.

• Company logo:Insertyourcompanylogointothereport.Thecompanylogowillshowonthetopleftpartofeachreportpage.Whenalogoisalreadyselectedinthesettingspageitwillbeautomaticallyusedforthereport.Select“BROWSE”toselectanotherlogo.Select“REMOVE”toshownocompanylogoonthereport.Thelogofilesizemustbebelow1MB.


• General comment:Insertcommentsforthereportfrontpage.

• Operator:Filledinautomatically,ifthistextfieldwasfilledinthefirstInfraredimage.Willbedisplayedonthefrontpage.

• Report Date:Automaticallyfilledinandusereditable.Willbedisplayedonthefrontpage.

• Clickon“Generate report”togeneratea.pdfreport.

• Clickon“Generate Word document”togenerateaworddocument.Theworddocumentwillbesavedontheuserchosenlocation.Itisfullyeditableandcustomizable.TheworddocumentgeneratordoesnotrequireMicrosoftWordtobeinstalledontheuser’scomputer.Thedocumentformatis.docx.MicrosoftOffice2007orlaterispreferredtoensurebestcompatibilitywiththegeneratedfile.

• Clickon“Export infrared images”tosavetheeditedinfraredimagestoauserchosenlocation.Theimagesareinthe.jpgformat.Theycannotbere-openedbytheSKFThermalCameraSoftware.AllcreatedelementswillbedisplayedontheimagestogetherwiththeSpan/Levelbar.


6.2ViewandExportReports

Figure 19 Report viewing mode

In“4 View Report”asshownonFigure19,theusercan:• Viewthegeneratedreport.• Changethezoomlevelbyclickingonthetoprightmagnifierglassicon.• Browsethroughthedifferentpagesbyusingthemousewheeltrackpad.

Alternativelythescrollbarontherightofthepagecanbeused.• Pagescanalsobedraggedwiththemousecursor.

Thereportsaresavedasa.pdffile,andcanbeprintedandsendbyemail.• E-mail:Opensanewemailonthedefaultemailclientonthecomputer.

Thereportwillbeaddedasanattachmentinpdfformat.Thereporttitlewillbeusedasafilenameforthe.pdffile.

• Save as pdf:Savethereportin.pdfformattotheuserchosenlocation.• Print:Opentheprintswindowtoprintthereport.


Note: Thelastgeneratedorselectedreportwillbeshownwhenclickingon“4 View Report”.

Reportsareassociatedtofoldersandsavedtogetherwiththeimagesselectedin“1 Image selection”.Previouslycreatedreportscanbeloadedusingtheimageselectiontab.Selectthefolderwheretheimagesandreportaresaved.Doubleclickonareporttoopenitinthereportviewertab.

Figure 20 Report browser

Reportscanbesorted,selectedanddeletedinthesamewayimagesareselected,(SeechapterImageselection).

WARNING:Deleting a folder will delete all images and reports that it contains.


6.3 Reportlayout

Figure 21 Report layout

Thereportincludesamaximumoftwopagesperinfraredimage.ThepageformatisA4.

Eachpagecontains:• SKFlogoonthetoprightcorner.• Companylogoonthetopleftcorner.• Infraredimagetitle.• Companynameandaddressasapagefooter(notonfirstpage).

Firstpageperimagecontains:• InfraredImagedetailsandproperties.• Infraredimagesnapshotwithcursorsandannotations.• Measurementcursorsdetailsandannotations.

Secondpageperimagecontains:• Visualimagewhenselectedwithannotationontheimage.• Problemdescriptiontextfield.• Recommendation/Commenttextfield.


7. Settings

Figure 22 Settings

• Language:ChoosethepreferedlanguageamongEnglish,French,German,Spanish,Italian,Portuguese,RussianandSimplifiedChinese.Thelanguagewillbechangedinstantlyafterselection.

• Unit of temperature:Choosebetween°C,°FandKelvin.• Date Format:Choosethepreferreddateformat.• Time format:Choosebetween12hor24h.• Auto-Save:Whenenabled,theimagesandreportswillbesavedeverytwominutes.

Auto-savealsosavesimagesandreportswhenanothertabisselectedandwhenthesoftwareisclosed.Itisrecommendedkeepthisfeatureenabled.

• Automatically load all images from the source folder:Whenloadingimagesintothesoftware,selectonlyoneimageandallimagesfromtheoriginalfolderwillbeloaded.

• Use graphics hardware acceleration for better graphics: Disabledbydefault.EnablethisfeatureoncomputerswithWindows7,orlater,toshowenhancedgraphicdetailsanddisplaygraphicalelementsfaster.

• Company Name:Fillinthecompanynameforthereport.• Company Address:Fillinthecompanyaddressforthereport.• Company logo:loadacompanylogotobeusedinthereport.

Thecompatibleformatsare.jpg,.png,.bmp.Thelogowillbeautomaticallyresized;theoriginalproportionswillbekept.Thelogofilesizemustbebelow1MB.


8. Systemrequirementsandtroubleshooting

Configuration Minimum RecommendedComputermicroprocessor

32-bitPentium®class,1,2GHz

64-bitDualorQuadCore,≥2,5GHz

DRAM 1GB 4GBormoreMonitorresolution 1024™768pixels 1920™1080pixelsOperatingSystem Microsoft®XP® MicrosoftWindows®7-8OperatingSystemComponents

Microsoft.NET®Frameworkversion4.0ornewer

Microsoft.NET®Frameworkversion4.0ornewer

WorddocumentSoftware

MicrosoftWord2000 MicrosoftWord2007

GraphicsinterfacehardwareandRAM

No 128MBRAMdedicatedgraphiccard

8.1 Troubleshooting

• Ifsomeelementsarenotdisplayedcorrectly,restartyourcomputer,thiswillnormallysolvetheissue.

• Ifthesoftwareappearstobeslowonyourcomputer,especiallyonWindowsXP,trydisablingorenablingthe“Graphicshardwareacceleration”setting.

• Downloadthelatestversionofthissoftwarefromwww.skf.com.

• Formoresupport,contactSKFMaintenanceProducts.



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SKF TKTI · the micro-SD card: a) Take the micro-SD card out of the camera and insert into a suitable card reader (provided). b) Connect the memory card reader to the PC. c) Open