Monarch Instrument Nova-Strobe PBL - Manual (Page 5)

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Figure 1 LED Strobe
Control Panel
1.0 OVERVIEW
The Nova-Strobe Deluxe DBL and Phaser PBL LED (Light Emitting Diode)
are rugged portable battery powered LED Stroboscopes used for inspection
and to stop motion to determine the speed of rotating objects. The units have
a pistol grip with lockable trigger switch and wrist strap for comfortable
hand held operation or they may be mounted on a tripod using the integral
¼ -20 UNC thread at the base of the handle. Although the DBL and PBL
are similar, the PBL has the additional ability to phase shift the image with
respect to an external signal and can animate the image in slow motion
rotation for inspection purposes. The PBL can also run continuously from
an external power supply.
The Deluxe and Phaser LED
Strobes have a two line backlit
alpha-numeric liquid crystal
display (LCD) and a 12 key keypad
enables the user to simply enter
data and control the operation
of the unit. The keys have dual
functions – the primary function is
shown by the black printing on the
blue background on the top half of
the key. The secondary function
is as a numeric keypad and the
numerics are shown against a
white background on the bottom
half of the key – 0 to 9, period and ENTER. The LCD display has several
icons which will be explained later in this manual.
1.1 Modes of Operation
The stroboscope has two basic modes of operation – INTERNAL and
EXTERNAL.