22  Screening alarm

22.1  General

The screening alarm can be used,‎ for example,‎ at airports to detect passengers with elevated body temperatures,‎ which may indicate the presence of a fever.
Activating the screening alarm will turn on a measurement box and screening data in the result table.
icon The sampled average temperature.
icon The alarm temperature.
icon The measured temperature.
The alarm will trigger when the measurement box measures a temperature higher than the alarm temperature. The alarm temperature is,‎ in turn,‎ the sum of a specified allowed deviation and a sampled average value.

22.2  Procedure

Follow this procedure:

Enable the screening mode by selecting icon (Settings)‎ > Device settings > Set up camera > Screening mode = On.

Push the joystick to display the menu system.

Use the joystick to go to icon (Recording mode)‎.

Push the joystick. This displays a submenu.

Select icon (Screening)‎.

Push the joystick. This displays a dialog box where you can define the settings for the alarm.

  • Allowed deviation: The allowed deviation from the sampled average.
  • Alarm sound: Applicable values are Beep or No sound.

Push the joystick. This closes the dialog box.

Aim the camera toward a point of interest. The object should be within the frame of the measurement box.

Push and hold the programmable button icon to reset the sampled average.

Push the programmable button icon to sample.

Aim the camera toward more points of interest. Sample 10 times to build up a sample base by pushing the programmable button icon.

The alarm is now set up and ready to use. Occasionally record a few samples if the alarm is used for a long time or if the conditions change.