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Contents
1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................... 7
1.1 General Description ........................................................................... 7
1.2 Items Furnished With Instrument ........................................................ 7
1.3 Technical Data .................................................................................... 8
2. PREPARATION FOR USE ............................................................... 11
2.1 Unpacking And Inspection ............................................................... 11
2.2 Preparation For Use .........................................................................11
2.3 Warranty ...........................................................................................12
2.4 Shipping ...........................................................................................12
3. APPLICATION ................................................................................. 12
3.1 Decibel Scale ...................................................................................12
3.2 Sound Level Meter ...........................................................................12
3.3 Measurement And Exposure Standards ..........................................13
3.3.1 Steady Level or Slowly Varying Noise ............................................. 13
3.3.2 Impact Noise .................................................................................... 15
3.4 Dosimeter .........................................................................................15
3.5 Dosimeter Equation ..........................................................................15
3.6 Sound Fields ....................................................................................16
3.6.1 Free Field .......................................................................................... 16
3.6.2 Reverberant Field ............................................................................. 16
3.7 Microphone Orientation ....................................................................16
3.7.1 Area Monitor in a Free Field ............................................................. 16
3.7.2 Fixed Position Monitor in a Reverberant Field ................................. 16
3.7.3 Use of Dosimeter as a Personal Monitor ........................................ 16
3.8 Windscreen .......................................................................................17
4. OPERATION .................................................................................... 17
4.1 Safety Precautions ...........................................................................17
4.2 Operating Items And Features .........................................................17
4.3 Top Panel Operating Features ........................................................19
4.4 Battery Charging ..............................................................................19
4.5 Preliminary Checks ..........................................................................20
4.5.1 Underrange Display ......................................................................... 20
4.5.2 Overrange Display ........................................................................... 20
4.5.3 Diagnostic Memory Test .................................................................. 20
4.6 Setting The Dosimeter Parameters ..................................................21
4.6.1 The Dosimeter Parameters ............................................................. 21
4.6.2 To Program the Dosimeter ............................................................... 21
4.7 Security Controls ..............................................................................23
4.8 Selection Of Parallel Or Serial Output Format .................................23
4.9 Automatic Data Logger .....................................................................23
4.10 Data Output Formats ........................................................................24
4.11 Parallel Output And Serial Format 2 “Prn 2” ....................................24
4.12 Spreadsheet Output Format “Prn 1” .................................................26
4.13 Calibration ........................................................................................27
4.14 Dosimeter Application ......................................................................28
4.15 Error Message ..................................................................................30
