THERMOPROTM TP9 IR Thermal Camera

User Manual

Wuhan Guide Infrared Co., Ltd.

No.6 ,Huanglong Hill South Road, East Lake Development Zone,

Wuhan, 430205,

P.R. China

Telephone: +86-27-81298339

Email: overseas@guide-infrared.com

Internet: www.guide-infared.com

© Wuhan Guide Infrared Co., Ltd., 2008

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The Quality Management System of Wuhan Guide Infrared Co., Ltd. is approved to ISO9001:2000 for the design and

manufacturing, stockholding, in-house repair and site servicing of non-contact temperature measuring

instrumentation.

Wuhan Guide Infrared Co., Ltd. reserves the right to make changes and improvements on any of the products

described in this manual without prior notice.

THERMOPROTM TP9Thermal Camera complies with current European directives relating to

electromagnetic compatibility and safety. (EMC directive 89/336/EEC; Low voltage directive

73/23/EEC).

Copyright

© Wuhan Guide Infrared Co., Ltd, 2008. All rights reserved worldwide. No parts of the products 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 Wuhan Guide Infrared

Co., Ltd.

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 Wuhan Guide Infrared Co., Ltd.

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Content
Precautions .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
System Configuration .................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Technical Specification ................................................................................................................................................................. 6
System Features ............................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Parts Described ........................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Load in/Load out battery .......................................................................................................................................................... 12
Charging Battery......................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Operation Button Instruction .................................................................................................................................................... 14
Quick Start Guide ....................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Operation Instruction ................................................................................................................................................................. 16
Emissivity setting ............................................................................................................................................................. 19
Basic Temperature Measurement ................................................................................................................................... 19
Dynamic real-time temperature measurement ............................................................................................................. 20
Static Temperature Measurement .................................................................................................................................. 20
Adjusting temperature range of frozen/ saved image ................................................................................................ 20
Image zoom....................................................................................................................................................................... 20
Frozen live images and save images .............................................................................................................................. 21
Replay image .................................................................................................................................................................... 24
Video recording ................................................................................................................................................................ 25
Video Replay..................................................................................................................................................................... 26
Visual Image ..................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Main Menu Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 27
“File”........................................................................................................................................................................ 27
Infra Fusion Analysis............................................................................................................................................. 31
Parameter submenu ............................................................................................................................................... 31
Menu Tools ............................................................................................................................................................. 35
Help submenu ........................................................................................................................................................ 36
Instruction on Configure the USB Driver ................................................................................................................................ 38
Data Transfer to PC .................................................................................................................................................................... 45
Troubleshooting.......................................................................................................................................................................... 46
Typical Emissivity Values ......................................................................................................................................................... 47

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 Precautions

The following precautions must be adhered to at all times and must be considered in addition to any advised

precautions issued at the relevant worksite or work area

 Keep the THERMOPROTM TP9 IR Thermal Camera steady during operation

 Do not use the THERMOPROTM TP9 IR Thermal Camera in temperature exceeding its working and

storage temperature ranges

 Do not direct the THERMOPROTM TP8 IR Thermal Camera at very high intensity radiation sources such as

the sun, carbon dioxide lasers or arc welders etc.

 Do not expose the THERMOPROTM TP9 IR Thermal Camera to dust and moisture. When operating the unit

near water, ensure that the unit is adequately guarded against splashes. Always replace the lens cap when

the unit is not in operation

 When the THERMOPROTM TP9 IR Thermal Camera is not in use or is to be transported, ensure that the unit

and its accessories are stored in the protective carry case

 Do not jam the holes or loudspeaker on the camera body

 Do not re-switch on the camera until 15 seconds later after switching it off

 Do not throw, knock or vibrate intensely the camera and its components in order to keep them from

damage

 Do not attempt to open the camera body, as this action will void the warranty

 Keep the SD memory card for the exclusive use of the camera

The THERMOPROTM TP9 IR Thermal Camera utilizes a Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) rechargeable battery pack. The

following safety precautions must be adhered to at all times to ensure the safe use of this equipment

 Do not disassemble or attempt to open the battery under any circumstances

 Do not expose the battery to fire or high temperatures

 Do not short circuit the battery

 Do keep the battery off moisture or water

 Charging of the battery should only be carried out using the recommended or supplied charging device

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 System Configuration

Please ensure that the following items have been correctly supplied:

Standard Configuration:

 IR Camera with visual camera, laser locator

 35mm IR lens

 5.7” VGA LCD Screen, 0.6” OLED viewfinder, touch pen

 SD card & card reader

 Two rechargeable Li-ion batteries

 Battery charger

 AC Adapter & cable

 VGA cable

 USB extension cable

 TV video cable

Optional Configuration:

 80mm Tele-lens

 19mm Wide angle lens

 2000℃ High temperature lens

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 Technical Specification

Imaging Performance

THERMAL

Detector type: Uncooled FPA microbolometer (640× 480 pixels, 25μm)

Spectral Range: 8-14μm

Thermal Sensitivity: 0.05°С at 30°С

Field of View/ Focus: 25.8°× 19.5°/ 35mm

11.5°× 8.6°/ 80mm
45.7°× 35.1°/ 19mm

Focus: Automatic or motorized

Electronic Zoom: ×2, ×4, x8

VISUAL

Built-in Digital Video: 5M

Image Presentation

External Display: 5.7″ high resolution color VGA LCD, 640× 480 pixels

Viewfinder 0.6″ built-in high resolution color OLED, 640× 480 pixels

Video Output: 60Hz VGA/ 50Hz PAL/ 60Hz NTSC switchable

Measurement

TemperatureRange: Filter 1: -20°С- +250°С; (Down to -40°С optional)

Filter 2: 200°С- +800°С (up to +2000°С optional)

Accuracy: Filter 1: ±1°С or ±1% of reading;

Filter 2: ±2°С or ±2% of reading

Measurement Modes: Auto hot spot & auto alarm in live/ zoomed image & video; 8
movable spots, 8 movable & changeable areas displaying either max,
min, or average, vertical & horizontal line profile, histogram &
isotherm in live/zoomed/frozen/saved image & video

Emissivity Correction: Variable from 0.01 to 1.00 (in 0.01 increment)

Measurement Features: Automatic correction based on distance, relative humidity,

atmospheric transmission and external optics

Optics Transmission Correction: Auto, based on signals from sensors

Image Storage

Type: 16GB SD card (8GB/32GB for optional)

File Format: JPEG (An individual file consists of infrared image, visual image,
voice annotation and remarks if any)
Voice Annotation: Up to 60 seconds per file

Remark Annotation: Selected from preset marks

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Video Record: H.264 Compressed Video With Temperature Measurement
MPEG4 Compressed Vide Without Temperature Measurement

Laser Locator

Classification Type: Class 2 semiconductor laser

Power System

Battery Type: Rechargeable Li-ion Camcorder battery, field- replaceable

Charging System: In camera or in battery charger, Vehicle Power Adapter (optional)

Battery Operating Time: Over 2 hours continuous operation

External Power Operation: 9V DC

Environmental Specification

Operating Temperature: -15°С- +50°С

Storage Temperature: -20°С- +60°С

Humidity: Operating and storing 10% to 95%, non- condensing

Encapsulation: IP54 IEC 529 housing

Shock: Operational: 25G, IEC 68-2-29

Vibration: Operational: 2G, IEC 68-2-6

Interfaces

USB 2.0: Real-time data transfer to PC; Image/Video transfer to PC

Video Output VGA/PAL/NTSC

Wi-Fi Built in 802.11.a/b/g

Illuminator Built in adjustable LED

Physical Characteristics

Housing: Magnalium

Weight: 0.85kg (excluding battery & LCD); 1.1kg(including battery & LCD)

Size: 186mm×106mm×83mm (Standard Model)

Tripod interface: 1/4″- 20

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 System Features
New features

 The highest-performance uncooled IR detector (640×480 pixels, 25 microns) offers performance 300% higher than

traditional detectors of 320*240 pixels, 45 microns , more details is shown because of the small pitch.

 640*480 VGA LCD screen and 640*480 OLED viewfinder enable flexible high-resolution image presentation

 Three options of the SD card (8G/16G/32G) enables the video storage in your IR camera.

 Easily switchable VGA/ PAL/ NTSC video output simplifies video viewing; simultaneous video output on VGA

LCD screen, OLED viewfinder, a VGA display and a TV display is available

 Camera can be controlled by touch screen, voice, remote control handle or joystick & buttons, enabling the camera

use in any demanded application

 Intelligent auto speech recognition system and intuitive touch screen free hands or at least reduce hand operation

 High-speed USB2.0 interface enables real-time data transfer, live video recording and camera control

 Real-time radiometric thermal video recording and JPEG image storage facilitate further analysis and report

generation

 Windows-style man-machine interface & status display screen showing component status reinforce the

user-friendly feature

 Compact & durable magnalium camera casing raises reliability and operation easiness

Imaging Performance
 Display 256-level gray and color thermal image on both VGA LCD screen and viewfinder

 Display 224 true color visual image

 Transfer live thermal video into PC via USB cable

 Auto or manual focusing of IR lens, manual focus on visual camera.

Temperature Measurement
 Auto hot-spot tracing and center-cursor temperature measurement pinpoint the problem

 Auto calibration ensures high accuracy.

 Up to 8 spots can be analyzed simultaneously in live or zoomed or frozen or saved images.

 Up to 8 areas can be analyzed simultaneously in live or zoomed or frozen or saved images, showing respective

Max, Min or Average temperature within each area

 Line analysis can be done in live or zoomed or frozen or saved images; line profile can be switched into horizontal

or vertical coordinates system

 Isotherm analysis can be done in live or zoomed or frozen or saved images

Image Storage
 Live images can be frozen to be static images to do multiple-spot analysis, multiple-area analysis, line analysis

and isotherm analysis

 Frozen images, comprising radiometric data, infrared image, visual image, voice annotation and text annotation,

can be saved into 2GB SD card or the built-in flash memory in standard JPEG format

 Up to 60-second digital clip of voice can be recorded and saved for each image

 SD card can accommodate 1000 images and the built-in flash memory can store 450 images
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 Live thermal video can be recorded onto PC via USB cable. Temperature measurement and different kinds of

analysis can be done on recorded video

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Image Playback

 Images saved into SD card or the built-in flash memory can be replayed on the camera

 Temperature measurement and different kinds of analysis can be done on replayed images

 Voice annotation, text annotation and visual images saved together with thermal images can be replayed as well

 Recorded thermal video can be replayed on PC

 Images saved in SD card and the built-in flash memory can be downloaded to PC for further analysis and report

generation with software Guide IrAnalyser®

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 Parts Described

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1. VGA LCD touch screen2. IR lens

3. Laser indicator 4. Illuminator
5. Visual light 6. VGA video interface/ joystick interface
7．USB2.0 interface 8. Battery door
9. View finder 10. Microphone to record voice annotation
11．Joystick 12. F1~F4 keys
13．Shoulder strap interface 14. RS232/ TV video interface
15．Power supply interface 16. SD card slot
17．Button S、Button C、Button A 18. Power on button.

1. Tightening gear 2. Touch pen

3. Contact pins at the LCD screen foot

Lithium rechargeable battery Battery Charger

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 RS232 / TV video cable

VGA video cable

USB cable

AC adapter

 If connecting the VGA cable and the video interface of RS232/ TV video cable to corresponding devices, such as a

VGA display device and a TV video display device, you can view the live video taken by the camera

simultaneously on VGA LCD touch screen, OLED viewfinder, the VGA display device and the TV video display

device.

 Insert SD card，please insert metal part into it and push it inside.

 Get out of SD card, press down and release it. Then it would be jump out.
 If there is no SD card inside camera，the information bar will diplay as follows:

 If there is a SD card inside it，this icon will disappear.

Caution：
 Please do not turn off the camera when it is saving, opening and deleting images.
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 Please do not get out of SD card when it is saving, opening and deleting images. Do not use this SD
card for non-infrared thermal camera application.

Load in/Load out battery

 Pull out knock of the battery gate to open it.

 Push one battery metal part inside it until it knocked, then closed the battery gate.
 Please turn off the camera before changing the battery.
 Pull out of battery gate knock, then pull out of battery.
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Charging Battery
There are two ways to charge battery：
 Charging battery inside camera
 Charging battery with battery charger
Charging battery inside camera
 When the battery is inside camera, it could be charging when it is connected power adapter.

Charging battery with battery charger

 Put the battery on the battery charger.

 Connecting battery charger power.
 The battery charger will make a sound after it is starting charging, it will display “**Hr**Min” on the
screen to show battery capacity status.
 The battery charger will also make a sound when it is finishing charging, it will display “FULL” on
the screen to show battery capacity full.

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Caution
 The capacity of charging battery would be reduced when it is not using. Please recharging it when it
is not used in a long time.
 Please remove battery out when do not use infrared thermal camera，put it under dry environment.
 Please use dry soft cloth to wipe metal contact of the battery.
 Please do not try to open or disconnect the battery.
 Please do not let the battery short circuit.

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 Operation Button Instruction
Power: Power on/off
Keep this button depressed for 2 seconds to turn on/off the camera.

Rocker: Multifunctional Joystick

When it is under real time infrared thermal status，moving up/down the joystick is manual focus,
moving right/left the joystick is zoom in.
Moving down the joystick to enter menu or parameter option，then moving the joystick to switch
from each menu and subsidiary menu, or changing the parameter value.
When the menu is high light, moving down the joystick to enter this menu option.
When the tools bar is high light, moving down the joystick to enter and implement.

Button S: Freeze/ Save

Press button S to freeze the picture in real infrared thermal status，press button again to save the
picture into SD card.

Button C: Cancel/Exit
Press button C to cancel without any changing parameters.
Keep button C depressed 2 seconds in real infrared thermal status，then it will calibrate.

Button A: Pallete/Filter
When it is in real time with basic information, keeping depressed button A for 2 seconds to swift
from “auto” mode to “manual” mode.
Press button A to switch from “max” to “min”, moving up/down joystick to change temperature
value.
Press button A in real time without menu, then it could switch from standard temperature filter to
high temperature filter(250℃~800℃)

Button F1:
If the light option is on in the parameter setting，pressing “F1” button to open/close the light and
adjust lightness.

Button F2: Infrared thermal image/Visual image

When there is no menu on the screen, please press button“F2”to switch from thermal image to
visual image.

Button F3: Laser Indication

When it is in real time without menu and laser indication option is on，pressing“F3”button to
open/close the laser indication.

Button F4: Auto Focus

When it is in real time without menu，press button“F4” to perform auto focus.

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 Quick Start Guide
 Ensure that the battery is fully charged and the SD memory card is inserted in the camera

 Insert the VGA LCD screen into the mounting foot and ensure it has locked into place

 Keep button On/ Off depressed for 2 seconds to switch on the camera

 Wait till the boot screen image disappears and uncover lens cap.

 Aim the camera at the target

 Press button F4 to automatically focus or move the joystick up or down to manually focus

 Press button A for 2 seconds to switch between Auto and Manual modes. In manual mode, press button A to

shift between T-max and T-min and up or down the joystick to setup the values.

 Use touch pen to touch the palettes and make selection among the 8 choices.

 Press button A to shift between temp-range filter.

 Press button F2 to switch between live visual image and thermal image. The visual light camera is in auto mode

without manual operation.

 Press button S to freeze the live image

 Press button S to store the frozen image into SD memory card

 Press button C to return to the live thermal image

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 Operation Instruction
Powering on the camera

Keep button On/ Off depressed for 2 seconds to power on the camera.

Then the loading image and boot screen flash as shown below appear in the screen

After the boot screen flash disappears, live image as shown below is displayed. Touch the screen or move the joystick
downward, basic information will be shown.

Icon Significance Function

Menu Bring up the main menu
upon click of the touch pen

General Parameter Display the mode

(auto/manual),temperature
unit and adjust T-max,
palette, T-min and emissivity
for the current image

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 Status bar Show the status of the
current image: live, frozen,
saved, auto mode, manual
mode, etc.

Zoom bar Indicate the magnification of

the current image

Illuminator Indicate on/off of the
illuminator and the
brightness level
Time Indicate the local time

Battery Status Indicate the power supply

type and the capacity
Tool Bar Touch it to display tool
menu to operate
temperature analysis

Non Uniformity Calibration (NUC)

 After powering on the camera and the boot screen flash disappears, the camera will automatically perform a Non

Uniformity Calibration (NUC). 3 times NUC will perform with 1min after power on. During operation, NUC will

perform regularly and the icon of NUC will display on the screen..

 If necessary, manual NUC can be performed. To perform a NUC manually, keep button C depressed and then

press button S when there is no menu or dialog box in live thermal image.

 During the NUC the live image pauses temporarily, whilst a shutter is placed in front of the detector

 This process takes only a couple of seconds, however for best results, please ensure that camera is pointed at a

low temperature uniform surface or the lens cap

Focusing

Thermal camera focusing

There are two methods to adjust focus in live image: manual and automatic

Before focusing, ensure the lens cap is uncovered and there is no menu or dialog box displayed in live thermal

image.

 To manually focus, aim the lens at the target and then move the joystick up or down

 To automatically focus, keep button F4 depressed till a frame appears in the image, aim the frame at the target

and then release button F4, then the camera will automatically focus till getting a clear image of the target.

 Note: When the temperature difference between the target and its surroundings is not great, it is

advisable to focus manually to get a clear image of the target

Temperature range, Filter and Palette

 When there is no menu displayed in live thermal image, keep button A depressed for 2 seconds and then release
it to switch between auto and manual modes. The prompt “Auto” or “Manual” will appear in the status bar at
the bottom of the screen. Or, touch the icon A/M in general menu to make the selection.

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 In Auto mode, contrast and brightness of the image are controlled automatically by the camera itself through

T-max and T-min. In manual mode, you can adjust the contrast and brightness manually by altering the values of

T-max and T-min.

 Switch from auto mode to manual mode, T-max or T-min will be highlighted by dark blue box, indicating being

selected. Press button A to shift between T-max and T-min and upward/downward the joystick to adjust the

value, when the background will be in yellow and the value will be in black.

 In manual mode, use touch pen to slide upwards/downwards, the background of T-max/T-min value will be

highlighted in yellow, and the value will be in black and change meanwhile.

 There are 8 palettes for selection. The object with different temperature will show strong contrast under the

severely changeable palette. Then the image noise will become manifest. The smooth transition palette will lead

the image soft with small contrast and unobvious noise.

 Click the palette with the touch pen, then the palette select menu is shown, select the needed menu, then click the

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 palette on the ride side of screen, then you could change the palette：

 The standard temperature range of the camera is -20 to 800°C, which is divided into two filter ranges. The range

for filter position 1 is –20 to 250°C; the range for filter position 2 is 250 to 800°C

 If the target temperature is beyond the current filter range, the symbol “+++” or “---” will appear in the

temperature display bar under the live image. It indicates that the filter range should be changed manually.

 To change the filter range manually, go to the live thermal image, and press button A for an instant to select the

filter ranges.

Note: While the live image under filter range 1 in auto models, the camera will automatically switch to filter

range 2 when the object in the imaging area is higher than 250°C for seconds. It is to protect the detector. In

manual mode, filter range shall not be changed automatically.

 After changing the option values, press button C to save the change and exit the menu.

Emissivity setting
The emissivity is different for different surface materials. To obtain the true surface temperature we must divide the
actual output by the emissivity value before we convert to temperature
Click the emissivity symbol on the right side via the touch pen, the emissivity value list will be shown which includes
the normal objects. Find the correct value and click return or Button C to quit the emissivity list.

It will be introduced in the menu introduction to set the emissivity on the sub menu.

Manually change the emissivity value also realizable. Click the emissivity value by touch pen and slide
to up/down and change the value.
Basic Temperature Measurement
For basic temperature measurement, first ensure that a suitable temperature range is set and the image

is in focus. Two methods are available, dynamic real-time temperature measurement and static

temperature measurement

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Dynamic real-time temperature measurement

 It is to measure the temperature of real-time thermal image in this method.

 There are two cursors on the live thermal image. One is always fixed in the centre of image; the

other is always tracing the hottest spot of the image. Under the live thermal image, two temperature

values are present on one side of the cursors.

 There are several analyses for real-time thermal image: spot analysis, line analysis, area analysis,

isotherm analysis and etc. These will be introduced in farther below..

Static Temperature Measurement

 This method is available when there is no menu displayed in frozen or saved thermal images.

 Keep the camera steady when you have the image in focus or choose and open a saved image.

Analysis the temperature measurement via the spot, line, area function in the tool bar. The detailed

introduction is farther below

Adjusting temperature range of frozen/ saved image

Temperature range of a frozen or saved image can be changed as well to adjust the image quality when
frozen or replay the thermal image.

Image zoom
When there is no menu displayed in live thermal image, move the joystick up or down to adjust focus
and left or right to zoom in or out the image continuously, with the current magnification shown in the
zoom bar under the image. TP9 is available for x2, x4, x8 zooming.

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Operation on the x1 image is also available for the zoomed image.
Note: for Infra-fusion function, the image must at original rooming x1.

Frozen live images and save images

 Keep the camera steady when you have the image in focus, then press Button S to freeze the live
image. Now the image status changes to be frozen. Prompt Frozen is shown in the status bar under
the image screen.
 Pressing button S again can save the frozen image directly into SD card. Then the camera will be
back to live image. The name of the saved image “IR*******” will be displayed in the status bar under
image screen for 2 seconds.

 Or you can do multiple kinds of operation on the frozen image before saving it into the memory
media, such as static temperature measurement, temperature range adjustment, spot analysis, line
analysis, area analysis, isotherm analysis, visual image display, recording and playback of voice
annotation, adding text annotation, histogram analysis, etc.
 When there is no menu displayed on the frozen image, you can do static temperature measurement
and temperature range adjustment as per instruction aforesaid.
To do the left operation listed above, press the joystick or use the touch pen to click the at the
bottom left of the screen to bring up the frozen toolbar as shown below.

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 Functions of the icons in the toolbar are listed below. Moving the joystick up, down, left or right can
toggle between each icons, pressing the joystick can select an icon and execute its command. Then
the button will change to yellow. Or you can simply use the touch pen to click each icon to select a
certain one. Here is the brief description. “Press” includes the cooperation of joystick and touch pen.

Button Description Function

Spot analysis Multi-spot temperature analysis on
static image
Line analysis Direct line temperature analysis on
static image
Area analysis Multi-area temperature analysis on
static image
Isotherm analysis Isotherm analysis on static image

Delete Delete the spot, line or area analysis

objects on static image
Visual image Display the corresponding visual
image of current frozen infrared
image
Voice recording Record voice annotation

Special mark Mark the special image

Save Save the frozen image into storage

media, including infrared image,
digital visual image, voice annotation
(if any) and text annotation (if any).

 Spot analysis, line analysis, area analysis and isotherm analysis will be explained in latter chapters.
Voice annotation and special mark will be introduced here.

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 If voice annotation is needed, press button “voice recording”, and, the voice recording menu will
display as follows:

 Click button , the voice recording start with time count down. During recording, the red button
will always flicker.
 For each image, max 60 seconds of voice annotation can be added. If voice annotation is less than 60
seconds, press button to stop voice recording. If it is not stopped until 60 seconds, the voice
recording will be stopped automatically.
 After voice recording, click button to replay the recorded speech. During replaying, you can
also click “stop” button to stop replaying.

 If you are unsatisfied with the voice annotation, you can repeat the steps above to get satisfied voice

annotation.

 Special mark on certain image is available. Click button , it will show “the image is annotated”,

this means this image is with special market. It will be shown with small icon in image list.

 After image annotation is done, click button or press button “S” at frozen image status, this
image will be saved into storage media. If the image is with voice annotation or text annotation, all
the information will be saved. The saved image name “IR******” will be shown at bottom of screen
for 2 seconds. The saved image format is JPEG, with temperature information, digital visual image,
voice annotation (if any) and text annotation (if any).
 To exit the frozen toolbar, click the button or press button C directly. Under frozen status, if
there is no menu, press button C will return to real-time working mode.
 If SD card space is not enough, when you save image, there will be prompt of SD card full. If any
error happens during storage, there will be prompt of error.

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Replay image
The saved image can be replayed or deleted from infrared camera.
 Enter the main menu, select “File list” under sub-menu “File”.

 Now the thumbnail images are displayed in the screen (6 per screen) and the file toolbar is displayed under the

image screen. If the image is with voice annotation or special mark, there will be corresponding icons at the left

top corner of the image.

 To toggle between the 6 images within one screen, click them with the touch pen or move the joystick up, down,

left or right. To select a certain image, click the image or press confirm button to display the image on full screen.

 To toggle between each icons of the file toolbar, click them with the touch pen or move the joystick left or right to

highlight the required tool and press the joystick to execute the corresponding function.

 Functions of the icons are listed below:

Button Description Function

Forward Forward to next screen

Back Back to last screen

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 Delete Delete selected file

Delete all Delete all the files

Exit Exit and return to file list or real-time

working mode

 If more than 6 images are saved, the images will be displayed by more than 1 screen. To toggle between the

screens, select icon forward direction or icon back direction.

 To delete a selected image, choose the icon Delete file. Then a dialog box “Delete this image?” will appear in the

screen. Choose button Yes to delete it or button No to cancel deletion.

 To delete all the saved images, choose the icon Delete all. Then a dialog box “Delete all images?” will appear in

the screen. Choose button Yes to confirm or button No to cancel deletion.

 Multiple kinds of analysis can be performed on replayed image, such as static temperature measurement, spot

analysis, area analysis, line analysis, isotherm analysis, visual image replay, voice annotation replay, text

annotation replay, etc.

 To do static temperature measurement, please refer to the sections Static temperature measurement.

 To do the other analysis, bring up the replay toolbar by clicking icon Menu at the right top corner of the screen

with the touch pen or pressing the joystick to enter submenu “File” and then “Analysis tools”. The toolbar offers

similar options to the frozen toolbar, whose functions are introduced below. Clicking each icon with the touch

pen can select them respectively. Or move the joystick up, down, left or right to highlight one option first and

press the joystick to select the highlighted option.

Note: If the image is without voice annotation, the voice replay icon will be dark, means can’t be
selected; If the image is without text annotation, the text annotation icon will also be dark, means
can’t be selected.

Video recording
 After well-focused, keep the camera body stable, click the shortcut button on toolbar at left bottom
corner (or enter main menu, select analysis tool option in submenu “File”) to display toolbar, click
to bring out video recording menu. It is also available at main menu, sub-menu, click
“video recording”, shows like below:

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 Press joystick to confirm recording, press button “S” to stop video recording and saved into SD card
automatically. Or, you can also click the red button by touch pen to start video recording, click the
white square button to stop video recording and save the video clip automatically.

Video Replay
 Under file list, move joystick left or right to highlight icon , press joystick (or click this icon
directly) to enter video clip list.

 Move rectangular box to icon (or click on this icon), press the Enter keytomove backward or

forwardoperating.

 Click theplay button or Press joystick enter key to play the selectedvideo

 Move therectangle boxtoicons (or clickonthisicon), presstheEnter key. The icons are respectively

deletingtheselectedvideo and allvideofiles. Whenthedelete buttonispressed, themiddle of the screenwill pop

upbelow prompt dialog box, click "Yes"means to deletethe image, click on the "No", do not

deletethevideoandreturnto the listmode.

 Moved the selected rectangle box to the icon (or click on this icon), press the Enter key to return the real-time

mode.

Button Description Function

Forward Forward to next screen

Back Back to last screen

Delete Delete selected file

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 Delete all Delete all the files

Exit Exit and return to file list or real-time

working mode

VisualImage

With visual image display function, the thermal imager canswitchbetweentheinfrared image and

visibleimageinreal-time,freezeorplaybackimagestate.

 When there is no menu in screen, press F2 to switch between the infrared image and visual image directly, or

press inthefreezetoolbar orplaybacktoolbartoswitchtothevisibleimagefromtheinfrared image.

 Press F2 directly to switch to infrared image from visible image.

Note: Without any manual operation, the visual imaging system can obtain a clear picture with auto
focus function
Main Menu Introduction
 The camera offers a user-friendly Windows-style main menu. The basic information column is brought up on the

screen by either clicking the screen or pressing the joystick at real-time. Again press the joystick or click “Menu”

onthe upper left cornerofthescreen with touch screen canbringupthemainmenu

 The menu containsfour submenus. The submenus can be navigated by either clicking with the touch pen or

moving the joystick up or down.

 In each submenu, options are navigated by either clicking with the touch pen or moving the joystick left or right.

The highlighted option is confirmed by clicking with the pen or pressing the joystick.

 To exit the menu system and return to a live thermal image, press button C or click the icon “Menu” at the right

top corner of the screen.

“File”

 Move joystick up and down or use touch screen to select “File” submenu.

 “File” submenu has two options, “File list” and “Analysis tool”. Select each option by moving joystick left and

right or using touch screen.

“File list”
“File list”: please see above chapter on image & video playback
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 “Analysis Tool”
 Select “Analysis tool”, and press the joystick or click it with touch pen, the toolbar will appear as below.

“Spot Analysis”

 Spot Analysis can be performed on live or zoomed or frozen or saved images.

 In real-time image, bring up the main menu, select “Analysis tool” under submenu “File”, and then select spot

to do spot analysis.

 In frozen images, bring up the frozen toolbar with the touch screen or joystick. Click the icon spot analysis to do

spot analysis.

 In saved images, spot analysis can be done when the images are replayed. Bring up the replay toolbar and select

spot analysis to do spot analysis.

 One spot can be added by clicking icon spot analysis, total 8 spots can be showed in screen.

 Each pointtemperaturevalue is displayedinthesideofthepoint, usethetouch pen toswitchbetweenvarious points,

the temperaturevalue of selected point isshown in red.

 To move theselectedpoint, use the touch pentodragthepointto the desired positionand release, the temperature of

selected point will changewith the point moving.

 Press the Deletekey todelete the selectedpoint.

 PressC keytoexitpointanalysis and return to real time thermal image.

“Line Analysis”

 Line analysis can be performed on live or zoomed or frozen or saved images.

 In live image, bring up the main menu, select “Analysis tool” under submenu “File”, and then select to do

line analysis.

 In frozen image, bring up the frozen toolbar, and select line analysis to do line analysis.

 In saved images, bring up thePlaybacktoolbar, selectlineanalysisto do line analysis.

 One line can be added by clicking icon line analysis, total 8 lines can be showed in screen.

 Many lines will be showed in screen with the yellow box at one end after line adding. When one line is select, the

green arrow will be at the corner of yellow box. To move the line, usethetouch pen todrag the linetothedesired

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 positionand release. Drag the green right angle to adjust the line angle, and drag the yellow box to adjust the line

length.

 Lineanalysiscontainsthe maximum temperature, minimumtemperatureandaverage temperature. The highest

temperature is in red,the lowest temperature is in blue and the average temperature is in black. The temperature

of the line is showed at one end. Maximum, minimum, averagetemperaturefunctioncan be setin the menu.

 Press theDeletekey todelete the selectedline.

 PresstheC keytoexitlineanalysis and return to real time infrared image.

Area Analysis

 Area analysis can be performed on live or zoomed or frozen or saved images.

 In live images, bring up the main menu, select “Analysis Tool” under submenu “File”, and then select the icon

to do area analysis.

 In frozen images, bring up the frozen toolbar, select area analysis to do area analysis.

 In saved images, bring up the replay toolbar, select area analysis to do area analysis.

 One rectangle area can be added by clicking icon area analysis, total 8 rectangle areas can be showed in screen.

 Use touch pen toswitchbetweenthe rectangle areas. Green rectangular icon will be showed for the selected area.
Themaximum temperature is showed in red, minimum temperature is showed in blue withautomatic tracking.
Theaveragetemperature is showed in black at the upper-right corneroftherectangle. Maximum, minimum,
andaveragetemperaturefunction can be set in the menu.

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 To move the area, usethetouch pen todrag the area Centretothedesired positionand release. The temperature of

area selected will change with the area moving.

 change the size of a selected area: click one of its four corners with stylus, drag the corner to the
desired position and then release it

 Areas can be set to display the Maximum, Average or Minimum temperature. This is done by
setting the value of sub-option AreaFunc in option Analysis under submenu Parameter.

 Delete the selected area by clicking .

 Press C to exit and return to infrared image.

Isotherm Analysis
 Isotherm analysis highlights the areas with same temperature in same color.

 Isotherm Analysis can be performed on live images.

 In live images, enter the main menu, select option Isotherm under submenu “File” to activate
this function.

 In frozen images, bring up the frozen toolbar and choose the icon Isotherm analysis to activate this
function.

 In saved images, bring up the frozen toolbar and choose the icon Isotherm analysis to activate this
function.

 After entering Isotherm Analysis, there will be two icons on the right palette used to show
the temperature range that needed to be analyzed. Drag these icons by stylus to analyze in different
scenes.

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 Temperature range is shown in the status bar on below of the screen.

 There are three isotherm colors to choose from. This is done by setting the value of sub-option
IsoColor in option Analysis under submenu Parameter

 Press C to exit and return to infrared image.

Infra Fusion Analysis

In live image mode, click icon in toolbar to enter infra fusion menu. Infra fusion transparent
percentage and distance can be set.

Parameter submenu
 Camera setup parameters can be set for the camera. Click the icon menu at the right top corner of the
screen with the stylus to bring up the main menu and then click the submenu Parameter. Or press
the joystick to bring up the main menu and move the joystick up or down to select the submenu
Parameter.

 Five options Analysis, Target, System, Function and Default are present in the screen. Clicking them
respectively with the touch pen or moving the joystick left or right can toggle between them

 Analysis: Allows for temperature analysis parameters for live and zoomed images to be set up

 Target: Allows for temperature measurement parameters of the target to be set up

 System: Allows for parameters of the camera functions to be set up

 Function: Allows for some camera functions to be set up

 Default: Resumes the factory configured values of all the parameters

Analysis
 Click option Analysis with stylus or press the joystick to select it. Then the Analysis dialog box
appears on the screen.

 Clicking by stylus or moving the joystick up or down to switchover sub-options in parameter box.
The chosen option will be highlighted. Press the joystick or click by stylus to choose the option, the
option value can be changed and shown in yellow.

 If there are several values to choose from for an option, click in parameter column with stylus
to choose the needed values. Moving the joystick up or down can also alter values of the option

 Moving the joystick left or right can toggle between each digit of the option values if the values
contain several digits. Clicking with stylus can also change the option values.

 Press enter button to save the parameters; press button C to cancel the changes on parameters. Then
the dialog box will be closed and the original image status will be resumed.

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 IsoColor: To choose a certain color for isotherm, black, white or green

 AreaFunc: To set the temperature type of areas in area analysis, maximum, minimum or average

 AudioAlarm: To activate or inactivate the audio alarm for live thermal images

 AlarmTemp: To set the scene temperature threshold above which the audio alarm will sound

Target Option
 Click option Target with the touch pen or press the joystick to select it. Then the Target dialog box
appears on the screen

 Clicking by stylus or moving the joystick up or down to switchover sub-options in parameter box.
The chosen option will be highlighted. Press the joystick or click by stylus to choose the option, the
option value can be changed and shown in yellow.

 Moving the joystick left or right can toggle between each digit of the option values if the values
contain several digits. Clicking with stylus can also change the option values.

 Press enter button to save the parameters; press button C to cancel the changes on parameters. Then
the dialog box will be closed and the original image status will be resumed.

 Emiss: To set emissivity value between 0.01 and 1.00 (Note: this emissivity is only the target
emissivity of center point, spot analysis, line analysis and area analysis, not the emissivity of all
points on screen.)

 RelHum: To set relative humidity percentage value between 0 and 100

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 Distance: To set distance for target. (As the application of advanced automatic correction distance
algorithm, the negative effects of distance to the temperature measurement will be revised
automatically.)

 Background temperature: To set distance by referring to the background temperature, the

temperature reading can be revised.

 Ambient temperature: This temperature is obtained from inside temperature sensor, which has
nothing to do with temperature measurement.

 Dew-point Temperature: This temperature is obtained from inside temperature sensor, which has
nothing to do with temperature measurement.

System Option
 Click option System with stylus or press the joystick to select it. Then the System dialog box appears
on the screen

 Clicking by stylus or moving the joystick up or down to switchover sub-options in parameter box.
The chosen option will be highlighted. Press the joystick or click by stylus to choose the option, the
option value can be changed and shown in yellow.

 If there are several values to choose from for an option, click in parameter column with stylus
to choose the needed values. Moving the joystick up or down can also alter values of the option

 Moving the joystick left or right can toggle between each digit of the option values if the values
contain several digits. Clicking with stylus can also change the option values.

 Press enter button to save the parameters; press button C to cancel the changes on parameters. Then
the dialog box will be closed and the original image status will be resumed.

 TempUnit: To set the temperature unit for measurement, degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit

 FrameAver: To set the number of frames for frame averaging algorithm to freeze image，The value are 1,4,8,16,

the larger the value , the less noise of the thermal image, but meanwhile, the possibility of blurred
thermal image by camera shaking, so keep as much as steady when you chose a large value.

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 Language: To select the language for man-machine communication

 VideoOut: To turn on or off the video output function. PAL and NTSC can be selected as per requirements. The

default setting is off.

 Date&Time: To set date and time for the camera. After setup, date of the camera will automatically update.

Function option
 Click option Function with the touch pen or press the joystick to select it. Then the Function dialog box appears

on the screen

 Clicking each option box with the touch pen or pressing button S can toggle between the options. Clicking each

value respectively with the touch pen or moving the joystick up or down can alter values of the option.

 When press the joystick vertically, the parameter will be saved and the will exit the parameter
dialog.If you abandon the revised parameter setting, press button C or click cancel button, the
parameter will keep the same as before.

Laser: To turn on or off the laser locator. After setting On, keep button F3 depressed to turn on the laser locator.

Attention: the light from the Laser may harm human eyes, don’t aim human eyes during this
operation.

 Illuminator: Turn on and off the illuminator function. When the function is on, in the real time
operation, press F1 can turn on or off this function.

 Auto off：To turn on or off the auto turnoff function. There are 3 options of auto off: 10 Min,30Min or 60Min. the
camera will automatically turn off if there is no operation on it in successive 10 minutes, 30 minutes or 60

minutes.

 PowerAlarm: To turn on or off the power alarm function. If setting on, the power alarm will sound every one

minute when the battery is to use up. If you keep using, the camera will be turn off after 10 minutes to protect

the battery useful time.

“Default”option
 User can modify the parameter, most of the parameter can be effectively used, but some parameters
will be modified irrelevantly then will influent the camera working status, even leads the camera
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 can’t work appropriately. In this condition, you can use the Default option to make the camera come
back to normal working status.

 Click option Default with the touch pen or press the joystick to select it. Then the Default dialog box
appears on the screen.

 Press the joystick vertically, the parameter will recover to default value. Press C will cancel this
operation and exit this menu.

Menu Tools
 In real time mode, when there is no menu on the screen, press the joystick vertically or click the
“Menu” button by using the touch pen, which can bring up the main menu. Move the joystick up or
down to select the submenu Tools, or use the touch pen directly.

 There are three options under the “Parameter” submenu, they are “Touch pen adjust”, “Video
recording” and WiFi, move the joystick right or left to highlight and chose.

Touch pen adjust: To adjust the touch pen with the cursor to improve the operation accuracy of the
pen.

Video recording: Take thermal video

Wi-Fi: Transmit image and video in real time.

“Touch pen adjust”option

 Only in real time thermal mode can operate touch pen adjusting.

 Select “ Touch pen adjust” and press joystick vertically, or use the touch pen to click, then you will
enter the adjust interface.

 There are 5 cursors on the screen, click the center of the cursors(touch the cursor and remove the pen

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 quickly, then move to next one)

 After click the cursors, a dialog will pop up to inform the adjusting is finished. Chose button
Confirm, the camera will remember the touch pen parameter and come back to the real time mode.

 Chose Cancel or presbutton C, you can exit the adjusting interface and come back to the real time
mode.

Error calibration may cause touch pen cannot work, please us buttons to do the operation.

Video recording
 Please refer to the Video recording operation.

Wi-Fi Option
Click Wi-Fi option in main menu to enter the set up interface

Helpsubmenu
 In live image mode, click the icon Menu at the right top corner of the screen with the touch pen to bring up the

main menu and then click the submenu Help. Or press the joystick to bring up the main menu and move the

joystick up or down to select the submenu Help.

 Under “Help” submenu there are two options: “Help” and “About”. Move joystick right or left to
highlight the item and chose.

 Help: Select “help” you will see the basic operation, in details please refers to user manual.

 About: Select “about”, information such as version number will pop up.

 System update: when system update file is saved in certain directory, enter this menu can update
the system.

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Powering off the camera

 To power off the camera after use, keep button Power depressed till the progress bar “Power off” moves and

disappear in 3 seconds.

 Under the case that no progress bar is displayed in the screen, keep button Power depressed for 5 seconds. Then

the camera will switch off.

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Instruction on Configure the USB Driver
Remarks: This instruction could used to configure TP9 USB Driver on Mricrosoft Windows in any version incluidng
Windows 7 (32 bits/64 bits), Windows 8.
Please config the USB Driver for TP9 by the following instructions.
1. Starting the config process, please switch on TP9 and connect it to PC by USB cable.
2. Open Device Manager on PC and you will found an unrecognized device named RNDIS/Ethernet Gadget
which is the device we needs to config.

3. Select the device and click the right mouse button. Select Properties to continue.

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4. Click Update Driverto install the driver.

5. Click Browse my computer for driver software to continue.

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6. Click Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer to continue.

7. Click Network adapters to continue.

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8. Click Microsoft Corporation and you will found the list of device at the right side bar.

9. Click Remote NDIS Compatible Device to install the driver.

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10. The PC will update the driver automatically and will remind you after the driver installed.

11. The PC will recognize the device after driver installed.

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12. Enter Network and Sharing Centerand click Change adapter settings to config the USB Driver.

13. You will found a new device in the Local Area Connection which named RNDIS/Ethernet Gadget. Click it by
mouse right button and clickProperties to continue.

14. ClickInternet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) to config the IP of the USB.

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15. Config the IP address as below. Click OK to finish USB Driver configuration.
IP address: 192.168.2.110
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway:192.168.2.2

After Configure USB correctly, user was enable yo transfer data including images, recorded videos and real-time
video to PC

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Data Transfer to PC
 Ensure there is USB2.0 interface in the PC

 There have two way to transfer data from TP9 to PC:

1. To transfer the data saved in SD card into PC, use the SD card reader to process.

2. Connect TP9 with PC via USB cable, click My Computer and input the path
ftp://192.168.2.109:20 to enter the SD card.

To format the SD card, please select FAT32 file system before format or the SD card cannot be
used in the camera.

To operate the camera via IrAnalyser®, USB driver must be installed in the PC first.

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 Troubleshooting

The camera does not turn on Battery improperly installed (i.e. battery is not locked in

place). Remove battery and install correctly.

Battery contacts are dirty. Clean battery contacts.

Battery charge is low. Recharge battery or replace with

fully charged item.

Battery performance is poor Battery may be defective. Replace battery.

Image is blurry The target is not in focus. Adjust focus.

Brightness and contrast are inappropriate. Adjust Tmin

and Tmax

Visual image is blurry The target is not in focus. Adjust focus of the visual

camera.

Image contrast is low or there is Temperature set points Tmin and Tmax are

no image inappropriate. Change the lower set point and upper set

point to values that are more consistent with target

temperatures.

Emissivity setting is incorrect. This affects the

temperature range set points. Check and amend the

emissivity setting.

The lens cap is on. Remove lens cap.

Condensation on camera lens. Place camera in a dry

area at room temperature until condensation

evaporates.

Non-uniformity appears in the image. Perform a

non-uniformity calibration

Temperature measurement is Emissivity setting is incorrect. Check and amend the

inaccurate emissivity setting.

Filter range is inappropriate. Select a filter range that is

suitable for the target temperature being measured.

The target is not in focus. Adjust focus.

Condensation on camera lens. Place camera in a dry

area at room temperature until condensation

evaporates.

Non-uniformity is severe. Press non-uniformity

calibration.

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 Typical Emissivity Values

Metals Tungsten 0.13

Aluminium 0.05 Zinc 0.05

Oxidized 0.3 Oxidized 0.11

Chromium 0.15 Refractories

Cobalt 0.18 Alumina 0.4

Gold 0.02 Red Brick 0.93

Iron & Steel 0.18 Alloys

Oxidized 0.85 Brass 0.1

Lead 0.16 Oxidized 0.61

Oxidized 0.63 Miscellaneous

Magnesium 0.12 Asphalt 0.9

Nickel 0.15 Carbon >0.90

Platinum 0.1 Soot 0.95

Silver 0.03 Cement & Concrete 0.9

Tin 0.09 Cloth 0.85

Titanium 0.3

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