Optris thermal cameras

Settings – Camera access

First of all, select the the connection type:

• USB: Select the camera from the dropdown list. Clicking on the <Discover> button displays a list of all detected, active Optris cameras.

• Ethernet: Enter the network address of the camera and the port number. Click the <Check camera access> button to verify that the connection to the camera is successful.

Settings – Configuration

Measurement areas

Custom measurement areas can be defined for each camera by importing layout files.

You can define the measurement areas using the PIX Connect camera software and export them as a layout file (XML file). The procedure is described in the documentation for the PIX Connect software.

By clicking on <Load>, you can load the layout file into ibaCapture and then select the desired measurement area.

For each measurement area, ibaCapture automatically generates the following temperature values, which can be recorded as signals in ibaPDA:

• Average temperature

• Hot spot temperature

• Cold spot temperature

Optris calibration files source directory

Each camera requires calibration files, which are provided by PIX Connect. When the camera is connected and PIX Connect is launched, the software automatically downloads all necessary files.

This requires an Internet connection. Further details are described in the Optris documentation.

Image color palette settings

You can choose different color palettes from the dropdown list to display the temperatures.

By scaling the temperature range, you can assign colors to the temperature values within the reference bar.

A description of the settings can be found in the documentation for PIX Connect.

Calibrated temperature range

The <auto> setting applies the settings of the PIX Connect software.

Manual radiation parameters

These parameters relate to the radiation loss of surfaces and the ambient temperature, which influence the surface temperature. The parameters depend on the material, among other things, and are described in the documentation for PIX Connect.

Port settings

The Optris Frame Grabber runs as a separate process and uses three ports. The port numbers are set automatically, but can be changed:

• Control port: Communication with the ibaCapture Server

• Video output port: Video stream handling

• ibaPDA output port: Thermal data output to ibaPDA

Video encoder configuration

Select the desired encoder from the dropdown list. The corresponding configuration options are displayed accordingly. Available for selection are:

• NVIDIA

• Intel Quick Sync

For further information, see chapter Video encoder.