Status Bar; Stadiametric Rangefinder - Pulsar AXION KEY Mode D'emploi

Date
Setting the Date
Enter the 'Date' submenu with a short press of the Menu button (3). The date appears in
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dd/mm/yyyy format.
Set the required year, month and day with the UP (4) / DOWN (2) buttons. Press the Menu
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button (3) to move through the digits.
To save your chosen date and exit the submenu, press and hold down the Menu button (3).
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Time
Setting the Time
Enter the 'Time' submenu with a short press of the Menu button (3).
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Select the time format (24-hour clock or AM/PM) by pressing the UP (4) / DOWN (2) buttons.
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Press the Menu button (3) to move to the hour setting.
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Set the hour by pressing the UP (4) / DOWN (2) buttons.
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Press the Menu button (3) to move to the minute setting.
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Set the minute by pressing the UP (4) / DOWN (2) buttons.
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To save your chosen time and exit the submenu, press and hold down the Menu button (3).
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Units of
Selecting a unit of measurement
Measurement
Enter the 'M/Y' submenu with a short press of the Menu button (3).
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M
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Set the unit of measurement (metres or yards) by pressing the UP (4) / DOWN (2) buttons;
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Y
then press the Мenu button (3) .
Return to the submenu occurs automatically.
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Default
Restore Factory Settings
Settings
Enter the 'Default Settings' submenu with a short press of the Menu button (3).
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Select the 'YES' option to reset to factory settings or 'NO' to cancel with the UP (4) / DOWN (2)
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buttons.
Confirm your selection with a short press of the Menu button (3).
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If the YES option has been selected, the message 'Do you want to return to default settings?'
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will appear together with options YES and NO. Select YES to format the memory card.
If the NO option has been selected, formatting will be cancelled and the submenu will
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reappear.
The following settings will be restored to their factory state before being set by the user:
Operating mode – video
Mode – forest
Calibration mode – automatic
Language – English
Magnification – original value
Colour palette – Hot White
Unit of measurement – metres
Note: When resetting to factory settings the date/time settings and the user pixel map are
saved.
Removal of
When using the device, defective (broken) pixels may appear on the sensor: i.e. bright or dark
Defective Pixels
points of constant brightness that are visible on the image. AXION KEY thermal imagers offer
the possibility of removing any defective pixels on the sensor programmatically, as well as to
cancel any deletion.
Open the submenu by pressing the Menu button (3).
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Select the icon with a short press of the Menu button (3).
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A marker will appear on the left side of the display.
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A magnifying glass will appear on the right side of the display – an enlarged image with a
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fixed cross – that is required to facilitate a search for the defective pixel and to align the
marker with it. There are horizontal and vertical directional arrows to move the marker
with the coordinates along the X and Y axes.
Use the UP (4)/DOWN (2) buttons to move the marker to align its centre with the defective pixel.
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A short press of the Menu button (3) switches the marker direction from the horizontal to the
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vertical and vice versa.
Using the UP (4) and DOWN (2) buttons, align the defective pixel with the fixed cross in the
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frame – the pixel should disappear.
Delete the defective pixel with a short press of the On/Calibration ON button (5).
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Where a pixel has been successfully deleted, the word 'OK' will appear briefly on the screen.
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Then, by moving the marker across the display, you can delete the next defective tile.
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To exit the 'Delete defective pixels' function, press and hold down the Menu button (3).
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Return to Return all defective pixels previously disabled by the user to their original state:
factory
Open the submenu by pressing the Menu button (3).
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'pixel map'
Select the icon and press the Menu button (3).
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Select 'YES' if you want to return to the factory pixel map and 'NO' if you do not.
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Confirm your selection with a short press of the Menu button (3).
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Attention! One or two pixels on the imager display in the form of black, bright white or
coloured (blue or red) dots may appear. These are not a defect.

STATUS BAR

The status bar is located at the bottom of the display and displays information relating to the operational status
of the device, including:
Observation mode
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Calibration mode (when in automatic calibration mode with 3 seconds remaining until automatic calibration, a
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countdown timer will appear in place of the calibration icon).
Current full magnification
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USB connection (if the device is connected)
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Colour palette (displayed only when the Hot Black palette is installed)
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Current time
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Battery discharge level (when the device is powered by the rechargeable battery)
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External power supply indicator (when the device is powered from an external supply)
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Note: when calibration is in progress, the display image freezes for the duration of the calibration

STADIAMETRIC RANGEFINDER

Thermal imagers are fitted with a stadiametric rangefinder that enables the distance to an object to be defined
where its size is known.
The stadiametric rangefinder function is accessed by a short press of the Menu button (3) and selecting the
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icon .
Bars will appear on the display to determine the distance, icons of three objects and digits of the estimated
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distance of these three objects.
There are three pre-set values for objects:
Hare – height 0.3 m
Boar – height 0.7 m
Deer – height 1.7 m
Place the lower fixed cursor beneath the object and, with the UP (4) / DOWN (2)
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navigation buttons, move the upper horizontal cursor relative to the lower
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