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Olympus IV12D2-60 videoimage borescope system, working


Olympus IV12D2-60 VIdeoimage Borescope System
For sale- an Olympus IV12D2-60 Industrial VIdeoimage Borescope System. The system is comprised of three major pieces. First is the scope itself; I believe the 12 in the model number probably tells you a lot about it if you know how to speak that particular Olympus Optical language. I think the 60 at the end means it is 6 meters long. I didn t measure it but there was a lot of it out on the living room floor at one point, 6 meters would not surprise me.
The other two components are an IV-2 OES Control Unit and an ILX-6300 Xenon High Intensity Light Source. When I first plugged the system in and had the scope snaking around in the living room floor like some skinny anaconda I couldn t get any image on the TV screen. The IV-2 has three BNC composite video outputs, nothing from any of them.
But when I brought it out today to take pictures I happened to notice that the piece of the scope that plugs into the IV-2 CCU needs to be twisted maybe 15 or 20 degrees clockwise in order to complete the connection. I don t have a manual and I would never have guessed, just happened to notice a couple of red and green dots on the two connectors. When I made that turn the screen came to life since I had the color bar button depressed.
What you see in the pictures is part of a US penny wedged into the foam padding just in front of the fiberscope. The pictures were taken mid-afternoon and the room was awash in glare. In the picture that includes the image on screen those are my living room blinds reflected in the upper part of the picture. But if you enlarge it I think you can see the date on the penny, 1983, towards the top. My head is reflected just to the left of Lincoln s beard jutting out.
I have no experience with borescopes, only a few video endoscopes is as close as I have come to this in the past. But I do have video experience, I doubt what I am seeing in places is a problem with the scope itself. Kind of a smeared looked rather than what I would think I would see if fibers were damaged.But I could be mistaken.
If it is a problem with the tip there are two other tips included, an AT100D/NF-IV12D2 and an AT100S-IV12D2. At least according to the small packages that is what they are. I was reluctant to try to remove the tip that is on the scope now, so the extra tips have not been tested. Optically maybe they are better, maybe they are worse.
Now that it is plugged in correctly the IV-2 appears to work just fine as does the ILX-6300. I have no way of knowing how many hours are on the xenon illumination lamp, so it may last another year, or it might not last an hour. Both of those pieces are physically in very good shape. The scope I would say is used but not abused, probably still has a lot of life left in it. I am guessing the government agency that surplused it moved on to something in Hi Def. If you were in their business you would too.
Other than the smudged spots in the picture that I attribute to dirt on the tip, the only thing I notice (can t help but) is that a cable that should go between the IV-2 Brightness Adjust and the ILX-6300 Remote connections (I think) is included but one end has been pulled off. The cable and parts are in the plastic bag shown in with the scope. I think all the parts are there, but whether it can be repaired or needs to be replaced I have no idea.



Olympus IV12D2-60 videoimage borescope system, working Olympus IV12D2-60 videoimage borescope system, working Olympus IV12D2-60 videoimage borescope system, working Olympus IV12D2-60 videoimage borescope system, working Olympus IV12D2-60 videoimage borescope system, working