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DUO
STEP 1: POWER TO THE CAMERA
Plug an external power source into the mini-USB port on side of unit. A
USB battery, UAS power cable, or wall charger that outputs 5V ~0.5A all
work well. The camera has reverse polarity protection and accepts 5-26
Volts. Use the included Bench cable for initial power, display testing, and
QUICK START GUIDE
configuration. P/N: 436-0100-01-00S

On initial power-up, LED #2 will flash red for approximately 15 seconds then
it will change to solid Blue; at this point LED #1 will flash yellow for about 5
seconds, then change to solid Green indicating the camera is ready for use.

MICRO-HDMI
CONNECTOR

MINI-USB
CONNECTOR

LED #2 RED–BLUE
LED #1 YELLOW–GREEN

PLEASE READ THE USER MANUAL FOR COMPLETE


STEP 2: DISPLAY VIDEO PRODUCT INFORMATION. HAVE QUESTIONS?
Duo can display either analog or digital DO NOT RETURN THIS PRODUCT TO THE STORE.
video. To display analog video to a monitor
or television, use the yellow RCA plug on the CALL OUR TOLL-FREE CONSUMER HELP LINE AT
supplied Bench Cable to connect Duo to the 866.667.7732 FOR ASSISTANCE WITH YOUR FLIR
monitor’s video input. DRONE PRODUCT.
For digital video, power the camera as
described in Step 1 and connect Duo to an
HDMI display through the micro-HDMI camera
port. This will automatically disable the analog
video output and turn on the HDMI output.

STEP 3: RECORDING VIDEO


Press the Record button to start recording video to memory card. The LED
#1 will blink red to indicate active recording and the camera will beep. Press
the Record button again to stop recording video.

RECORD BUTTON

SPEAKER

MICRO SD CARD SLOT

LED #1 BLINKS RED

STEP 4: RETRIEVE RECORDINGS


Connect the USB cable to a computer to view SD card as a mass storage
device and retrieve files as you normally would. Note that Duo cannot
record when connected to a computer. Duo will encode the date and
timestamps as part of file name after syncing its clock with the mobile app.
STEP 5: ACTIVATING BLUETOOTH FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
The camera Bluetooth is enabled on Why doesn’t my camera connect?
start-up and automatically disables
Verify Bluetooth is enabled or press the
after 2 minutes. To enable or disable it
Bluetooth button to manually enable
manually, press the Bluetooth button
Bluetooth.
on the side of the camera.
BLUETOOTH Is there an internal battery?
BUTTON
Duo does not have an internal battery, as
it is designed for lightweight integration
platforms that can provide power to the
camera, such as small Unmanned Aerial
STEP 6: CONNECTING TO CAMERA BLUETOOTH
Systems (sUAS) or drones. Evaluate your
Download the FLIR UAS mobile phone app from Google Android Play Store sUAS for available power connections.
or Apple iOS App Store. This connects to the camera over Bluetooth so
that you can change camera settings and start or stop recording remotely. How do I mount on my airframe?
Launch the FLIR UAS app and it will automatically display a list of cameras Duo has familiar action-camera dimensions
nearby, select your camera and wait for settings to sync. that allow easy integration onto existing
Note that no images are transferred to the phone and all recordings are mounts; however, due to the many unique
saved on the SD card. mount configurations it is recommended
your system is reviewed for compatibility.

STEP 7: CONFIGURE DUO WITH THE APP What are Radiometric JPEG images?
The FLIR UAS app lets you configure lots of Radiometric JPEG images are compatible
Duos functions and options, but here are a with FLIR’s free FLIR Tools software. FLIR
few to get you started: Tools can be used to view infrared, visible,
Select IR Color Palette to apply different and MSX blended images, as well as to
thermal colorization schemes to your infrared thermally tune images to bring out the
images and video. details you need.

Select Display Video Mode to select whether What is MSX?


the streaming video is IR only, Visible only, MSX stands for Multi-Spectral Dynamic
MSX ®, or Picture-In-Picture mode. Imaging, which is FLIR’s patented real
Select Video or Still Images tabs to configure time thermal image enhancement feature.
Duo for recording either videos or still images. MSX embosses key visible light details
onto thermal images so that structural
edges, textures, numbers, labels, and other
identifiable features captured by the color
camera are highlighted. This adds extra
perspective to the thermal image for easy
STEP 8: ADVANCED SETTINGS orientation.
Press the Settings button on the app’s main
screen to view advanced recording features,
PWM and MAVLink setup, and camera
information.
Some of the advanced features you can
configure:
• IR Recording with IR Colorized and Raw
TIFF selection
• Analog video NTSC and PAL selection
• FLIR JPEG and IR TIFF Image selection
• Camera orientation if you need to mount
Duo upside down
• LED and speaker control

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