Flir ThermovisionVoyager II Operators Manual

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MENUS
Voyager’s menus allow the operator to customize certain system features. 
Pressing the SETUP button will activate the Voyager’s menu structure.
Th  e Voyager II is continually evolving as FLIR incorporates product
improvements, so the menus you see may be slightly diff erent from the 
ones shown here. If you have any questions, call an Applications Expert 
at 1.888.747.FLIR.
To navigate the menus, use the Joystick to move the cursor up and down 
from one selection to the next. To activate a selection, move the Joystick 
left or right. Once you are satisfi ed with your changes, press the SETUP 
button to exit the menus. Each of the menu items are explained on the 
next page.
Disable (Enable) Elevation Icon – Selecting this item toggles the 
elevation icon on and off . Some operators prefer an image less cluttered 
with symbology, so they turn this icon off .  When the elevation icon is 
disabled, the menu item changes to “Enable Elevation Icon”.  W h e n  t h e  
icon is enabled, the menu item is “Disable Elevation Icon”. 
						

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Set Video Polarity – Selecting this item will toggle the infrared 
imagery from white-hot (or red-hot, if the NIGHT setting is active) to 
black-hot. Th e diff  erence between white-hot and black-hot is shown below; 
white-hot is on the left and black-hot on the right. Th  e use of white-hot or 
black-hot display mode is strictly a personal preference; experiment with 
the diff erent settings in diff erent conditions and see which is preferred.
Align Thermal Images – If the operator has selected to leave the 
Foveal View (picture-in-picture) active, the thermal images may require 
a small amount of alignment to counteract parallax. Select this item and 
use the Joystick to steer the inner image around until it is aligned with the 
outer image.
Enable (Disable) Foveal View – Operators can view Voyager’s 
two thermal imagers separately – with steps of electronic zoom providing 
transition from one to the other – or overlaid, with the Narrow FOV image 
nested within the Wide FOV image. Th  is nested image presentation is a 
“Foveal ” view, and lets the operator zoom from the Wide FOV to the Narrow 
without losing image resolution. Activating this menu selection toggles 
Foveal view on and off . When the Foveal view is disabled, the menu item 
changes to “Enable Foveal View”. When it is enabled, the menu item 
changes to “Disable Foveal View”.
Enable (Disable) Color Thermal Video – Some people prefer
 to look at the thermal images in color instead of grayscale. Enabling this 
menu item will activate two color palettes, called “rainbow” and “fusion,” 
and change the function of the JCU’s NIGHT button to cycle through 
all four settings: grayscale, red, rainbow and fusion, instead of just two 
settings. Examples of the color thermal video options are shown on the 
next page. 
						

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Icon Display
From the main menu, it is possible to control the display of icons on the 
screen by toggling through three setting: Hide Icons, Show Icons, and 
Display Minimal Icons. Th  e default setting is Display Minimal Icons.
Hide Icons – Selecting this menu item will turn off   the on-screen icons 
except when their corresponding controls are actively in use. 
Display Minimal Icons – When the Minimal Icon mode is selected, 
the azimuth icon and the stabilization icons are displayed continuously 
on screen. Home, Scene, Zoom, Wide FOV and Narrow FOV icons will 
display on screen for 3 seconds only before disappearing. Elevation is still 
an optional icon, selectable from the Setup Menu.
Azimuth Icon Stabilization Icon
 Show Icons - Selecting this menu item will turn on all the on-screen 
icons at all times.
Restore Factory Defaults – Select this item to restore the 
Voyager II to its factory default settings. 
						

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MAINTENANCE MENU
Th  e Maintenance Menu contains the following functions.
Display Version Information
Th  e Display Version Information function will display the software version 
information for the Voyager II camera. If you are having any problems 
with the camera, it will be useful to have this information available when 
contacting FLIR technical support. An example of the display is shown 
below.
Adjust Monitor (using test pattern)
Quite often the video f rom the Voyager II camera can be optimized by 
adjusting the monitor that is being used to show the video. Th e Adjust 
Monitor function is useful for setting up the monitor to give the best detail 
and contrast.  An example of the test pattern is shown on the next page. 
						

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When the test pattern is displayed, the monitor brightness and contrast, 
can be adjusted to give the best image. 
Joystick Mode – Th  e joystick can be used in either “airplane” or  
“gaming” mode. Th  e choice of which mode to use is a matter of personal 
preference. Chances are, one mode will feel more natural than the other. 
1.  A i r p l a n e  M o d e : moving the joystick forward causes the camera 
  to move down
2. Gaming Mode: moving the joystick forward causes the camera to 
 move up
NMEA Menu - Th  e NMEA Menu and its individual functions are 
described separately in the following section of the manual. 
Park -
 When Park is selected, the stabilization mode is disabled and the 
camera returns to its Park position, looking forward and down (900). Th e 
Park function is accessible from the setup menu. While in Park position 
the Park icon displays on the video screen. 
Touching the joystick or any of the buttons on the Joystick Control Unit 
will return the camera to its previous state (before going into Park) 
						

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Th  is section describes the set of NMEA Interface Functions supported 
on the Voyager II. Th e confi  guration and use of these features is described 
in this manual. For information regarding installation of the Voyager II 
NMEA Interface Card, please refer to the Voyager Installation Guide. 
NMEA INTERFACE FUNCTIONS
Th  e NMEA interface allows the Voyager II to communicate with radar, 
GPS or other devices using the National Marine Electronics Association
(NMEA) 0183 Protocol. NMEA 0183 (or NMEA for short) is a 
combined electrical and data specifi cation for communication between 
marine electronic devices. Additional information regarding the protocol 
can be found on the NMEA web site: http://w w w.nmea.org/pub/0183/.
Th  e NMEA protocol allows the camera to automatically point toward 
vessels and other objects that show up on the display and to track their 
movement. Th  e Voyager connects to the other equipment via a serial cable. 
Th  e Voyager has three NMEA modes of operation:
Radar Cursor Tracking  - Th is function is implemented 
using the NMEA Radar System Data (RSD) sentence format
Slew to Waypoint  - Uses the NMEA Bearing and Distance to 
Waypoint, Great Circle (BWC) sentence format
Radar Tracking  - Uses the NMEA Tracked Target Message 
(T TM) sentence format
Th  ese functions are confi gured with the NMEA Interface Setup Menu. 
Th  e menus and confi guration choices are described below.
NMEA Interface Setup Menu
Th  e NMEA menu is accessed from the Voyager II setup menu. To access 
the main setup menu, push the Setup button on the Joystick Control Unit 
(JCU). Th  en use the joystick to toggle down to the NMEA Menu. 
  
						

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The NMEA menu has the following options:  
						

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By default the three possible NMEA modes of operation are disabled. Th e 
NMEA menu includes the following choices, which are described in more 
detail below:
Enable Radar Cursor Tracking
Enable Slew to Waypoint
Enable Radar Tracking
 
When one of the modes is selected, that menu item changes from “Enable” 
to “Disable”. Th  e NMEA menu allows the Voyager II user to enable more 
than one NMEA mode at a time (refer to the Message Priority section 
below for more information on how the diff erent modes interoperate). 
Radar Cursor Tracking – With this function enabled you 
can control the camera by using the cursor on your radar display screen 
to highlight a target. Th  e camera will track (point toward) whatever 
target is selected by the cursor. Moving the cursor to a diff  erent target will 
move the camera to the new target (see note below). Th  e Voyager II will 
continue to follow the cursor until this function is disabled from the main 
menu. Th  is function is implemented with NMEA RSD messages. When 
the camera is in the Radar Cursor Tracking mode, the following icon is 
continuously displayed: 
NOTE: Please keep in mind that the Voyager II will point toward 
the cursor position for the dwell time period (a minimum of 10 seconds). 
If the cursor is moved during that time, the Voyager II will not move 
immediately to the new position. It will ignore all other RSD messages 
(produced when the cursor is moved to another position) until the dwell 
time expires. Th  en it will respond to the next RSD message received.
Slew to Waypoint – 
With this option enabled, the camera 
will slew (move) to a pre-selected waypoint when that waypoint gets to within 
approximately a 3 mile (5km) range, based on waypoint location information from 
the NMEA BWC messages. 
For example, while en route the operator could designate 
a buoy, an 
island or any other desired landmark as a navigation waypoint and 
the Voyager II will point toward it automatically when in range. 
Th e Voyager II will remain on the target for the specifi ed  dwell 
time. If an additional BWC message is received, the Voyager II