Radiation Alert AM-7149 Manuel utilisateur
S.E. Internaonal, Inc. P.O. Box 39, 436 Farm Rd. Summertown, TN 38483 USA
1.800.293.5759 | 931.964.3561 | Fax: 1.931.964.3564
www.seintl.com | radia[email protected]om
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Radiation Alert®
Area Monitor
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Contents
Chapter 1: Introducon 3
Precauons 3
Chapter 2: Quick Start 4
Chapter 3: General Operaon 5
The General Operaon Screens 5
The Main Screen 5
The System Info Screen 5
Display of Alarms 5
Chapter 4: Selecng Base Units of Measurement 6
Chapter 5: Connecng Relays and Triggers 6
Chapter 6: Seng The Alarm Levels 7
The Set Alarm Levels Screen 7
The Set Indicators Screen 7
Chapter 7: Ethernet Conguraon 8
The Set Communicaons Screen 8
Chapter 8: Area Monitor PC Soware 8
Installing the Area Monitor Server PC Soware 8
Area Monitor Soware Menu Items 8-9
Help Menu 10
View Detail Window 10
Exporng Data 10
Loading A Floor Plan 10
Deleng Units from Area Monitor Server Soware 11
Acknowledging Alarms and Warnings 11
How to Send Alerts Via Email and Text Message 12
Soware Alerts 12
Hardware Alerts 13
Chapter 9: Calibraon Sengs 14
The Area Monitor Calibraon Screens 14
Accessing The Calibraon Sengs Screen 14
The Set High Voltage Screen 14
The Set Threshold Screen 15
The Set Dead Time Screen 15
The Set Cal Constant Screen 16
Setup and Calibraon Sequence 16
Chapter 10: Unit Conversions 17
Radiaon Measurement Units 17
Converng CPS to mR/hr 17
Chapter 11: Glossary of Common Terms 18
Appendix A: Technical Specicaons 19
Appendix B: Limited Warranty 20
Appendix C: Relays and Triggers Technical Info 21
Appendix D: How to Send a Text Message Via Email 21
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Chapter 1: Introducon
The Radiaon Alert® Area Monitor is one of the most user friendly, all inclusive, state of the art radiaon area
monitors available. The easy to use interface is an intelligent resisve touch screen display featuring a large 5
digit LED readout.
It comes with either an internal or external detector and free soware for monitoring every Radiaon
Alert® Area Monitor on your network. Includes user selectable warning indicators for low and high radiaon
alarm levels, low baery, and detector failure. All the sengs are stored internally, even when power is
disconnected.
Precauons
To keep the Area Monitor in good condion, handle it with care, and observe the following precauons:
• CAUTION: Never touch the Area Monitor or the external detector to a surface that may be contaminated.
You may contaminate the instrument.
• Do not get the Area Monitor wet. Water can damage the circuitry.
• Do not put the Area Monitor in a microwave oven. It cannot measure microwaves, and you may damage
it or the oven.
• This instrument may be sensive to and may not operate properly in radio frequency, microwave,
electrostac, and high electromagnec elds.
• In the event of exposure to high stac discharge, which may result in the screen going blank, please
restart the unit to resume normal funon.
• Do Not connect or disconnect an external probe to the base unit while the Area Monitor is powered on.
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Chapter 2: Quick Start
1. If you are using an external detector, ensure that the
unit is powered o before connecng the detector to the Area
Monitor with the included C to C cable. (If your Area Monitor has
an internal detector, skip this step and proceed to step 2.) Note the
Maximum Cable Lengths for GM Probes is 100 and for Scinllaon
Probes is 50
2. Connect the included +12VDC power supply into the right
side of the Area Monitor, located to the le of the power switch.
Then plug the power supply into an electrical outlet.
3. Once you have connected the probe and power, change the
Power switch to the ON posion. The power switch is located on
the boom of the Area Monitor to the le of the Ethernet jack.
4. The Area Monitor will quickly go to the start up screen
while the system boots up. It will take approximately 30 seconds to
nish the boot process.
5. Aer the boot process has been completed, the main
screen will be displayed and the Area Monitor is now operaonal.
The display will update to show the current radiaon rate within a
few seconds.
7. To silence or acknowledge any alarm, tap the “ALARM”
buon that appears towards the lower center of the screen when
an alarm has been triggered.
6. To see details of the system set up, tap the “System…”
buon on the touch-screen display.
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The General Operaon Screens
The Radiaon Alert® Area Monitor has two separate screens for general operaon of the unit; The Main Screen
and the System Info Screen. In order to enter the System Settings, press "System". The Default Passkey is 1234.
The Main Screen Figure 3(1)
The Main Screen is divided into two general secons. The top
two thirds displays the current radiaon rate. The lower secon
displays the units used, voltages of both the external power and
the internal baery, and the “System…” buon. This area is
also used to display alarm informaon and provide a buon to
acknowledge and/or silence current alarms.
The System Info Screen Figure 3(2)
Pressing the “System” buon will open the system informaon
screen.
This screen displays several key system parameters. They cannot
be edited from this screen. The upper right corner displays the
current radiaon rate. All alarms are sll acve and funcon as
normal while this screen is displayed.
Press the “Back…” buon to return to the main screen.
Display of Alarms Figure 3(3)
There are three alarm types:
Hardware Fail Low High
Soware Fail Radiaon
Warning
Crical Radiaon
Alert
The Fail condion occurs when the incoming count rate is lower than the entered set point, which is normally
set to some fracon of the ambient background. The Fail alarm indicates the Area Monitor is not funconing
properly (e.g. the detector has failed or has been disconnected). To silence or acknowledge any alarm, tap the
“ALARM” buon that appears towards the lower center of the screen. Once the alarm has been acknowledged,
the horn will stop and the strobe will connue to ash unl the levels fall below the alarm set threshold. Note:
By default, the fail alarm is deacvated.
Chapter 3: General Operaon
Figure 3(1)
Figure 3(2)
Figure 3(3)
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Chapter 4: Selecng Base Units of Measurement
The Set Base Unit Screen Figure 5(1)
The Base Unit sets the units of measurment that will be used
for the Area Monitor display and the alarm set points. From the
calibraon Sengs screen, tap the “Base Unit…” buon to open
the Set Base Unit screen
Tap the radio buon next to the desired Base Unit, and the
displayed rate will immediately be converted to that unit. The
displayed value updated within 2 seconds . When nished, tap
the “Back…” buon to return to the Calibraon Sengs screen.
The Base Unit also determines what MINIMUM subunit will be displayed. For example, if the base unit is mR/h
and the radiaon eld on the detector is 80 µR/h, the displayed value will be 0.1 mR/h.
Figure 5(1)
DB-9 Relay Connector
The Radiaon Alert Area Monitor can interface with external
triggers and external strobes/horns via the DB-9 relay connector,
located on the boom of the unit. See “Appendix C: Relay and
Triggers Technical Info” for more informaon.
Connecng The Remote Alarm
Connect the remote alarm with a standard serial cable by
plugging the female end of the cable into the boom of the area monitor and the male end into
the boom of the remote alarm. Once the unit is connected, you can set alarm response sengs in the Set
Alarm Indicators screen. Note: All alarm indicators can be modied directly on the Area Monitor or via the Area
Monitor PC soware.
To enter the set alarm indicators screen (Figure 6(2)), use the included pin, a paper clip, or another small
object to press the recessed buon on the boom of the Area Monitor. This will cause the Passkey Screen to
display: Figure 4(1). Enter your passkey and select the set buon, then select the Indicators buon to open the
Set Alarm Indicators screen. The strobe and siren sengs only apply to the local unit. The relays control the
remote alarm, and the remote alarm’s strobe and audio sengs are built into the alarm.
Assigning any alarm to relay A will cause the audible alarm to sound and the strobe light to ash, without
pause when triggered in the remote alarm. Relay A is generally intended for the high alarm.
Relay B will cause the audible alarm to cycle on and o for about one second each when triggered in the
remote alarm. The strobe will ash connuously. Relay b is generally intended for the low alarm.
Relay C will cause the audible alarm to make a short “blip” about once per second when triggered in the
remote alarm. The strobe will ash connuously. Relay C is generally intended for the fail alarm.
Chapter 5: Connecng Relays and Triggers
Figure 6(2)
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Chapter 6: Seng The Alarm Levels
The Set Alarm Levels Screen Figure 6(1)
The Set Alarm Levels Screen is used to set the levels at which the
three alarms are triggered. From the Calibraon Sengs screen,
tap the “Alarms…” buon to open the Set Alarm Levels Screen.
Tap the radio buon next to the alarm type to be set. Use the
keypad to enter the desired Alarm Level. Any value, including
fraconal, may be entered. The modied Alarm Level(s) will not
be applied unl the “Set” buon is tapped, at which point the
display will return to the Calibraon Sengs screen. Tap the “Back…” buon instead to cancel any modied
value(s) and return to the Calibraon Sengs screen.
The Fail alarm sets the level below which an instrument failure is indicated. The Low Alarm is intended for use
as a warning level, and the High Alarm is intended as a true level of interest.
The units used for the Alarm levels are determined by the Base Unit seng. If the Base Unit is changed the
alarm sengs will not be corrected. For example, if an alarm level of 100 mR/h is set and then the base unit is
changed to µR/h, the actual applied alarm value will become 100 µR/h.
Seng any Alarm Level to zero will disable that alarm.
NOTE: If you change the unit of measurement, you will need to reset your alarms with the current unit of
measure.
The Set Indicators Screen Figure 6(2)
The Set Indicators screen is used to set which annunciators are associated with the three alarms. From the
Calibraon Sengs screen, tap the “Indicators…” buon to open
the Set Indicators screen.
For each alarm type, tap the associated radio buons to trigger
one of three relays (accessible through the DB9-M connector on
the boom of the Area Monitor), ulize the strobe light on the
front of the Area Monitor, and to set the siren to sound fully,
use an intermient paern (1 second on, 1 second o), or be
disabled.
The modied Alarm Indicators will not be applied unl the “Set” buon is tapped, at which point the display
will return to the Calibraon Sengs screen. Tap the “Back…” buon instead to cancel any modied value(s)
and return to the Calibraon Sengs screen.
For informaon about seng up text and email alerts for your alarms, please refer to the “How to Send Alerts
Via Email and Text Message” secon on page 12 of Chapter 8.
Figure 6(1)
Figure 6(2)
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Chapter 7: Ethernet Conguraon
The Set Communicaons Screen Figure 7(1)
In addion to the touch screen interface, the Area Monitor
can communicate with a PC using USB and/or Ethernet and
the included Area Monitor PC Soware. From the Calibraon
Sengs screen, tap the “Comms…” buon to open the Set
Communicaons screen.
Tap the appropriate radio buon to enable the Ethernet and or
Serial (USB) funconality. For Ethernet, the IP address of the PC
to which data will be sent must be specied on this screen. The modied Communicaons Sengs will not be
applied unl the “Set” buon is tapped, at which point the display will return to the Calibraon Sengs
screen. Tap the “Back…” buon instead to cancel any modied value(s) and return to the Calibraon Sengs
screen.
Figure 7(1)
The Area Monitor Server Soware enables users to remotely monitor and congure the Radiaon Alert Area
Monitor via USB or Ethernet, view the area monitors in real me, export collected data, and change the
sengs of the unit.
Installing the Area Monitor Server PC Soware
There is no addional charge for the Area Monitor Server Soware. It can be downloaded at seintl.com/area_
monitor_soware. Once you have downloaded the installer to the PC you would like to install the soware on,
double click the exe le to begin your soware installaon. Follow the on-screen prompts unl the install is
complete.
Area Monitor Server Soware Menu Items
File Menu
Exit
To exit the soware, click EXIT in the File Menu.
View Menu
Floor Plan
To load an image of your oor plan, go to View > Floor Plan to open the Floor Plan window. From here, you can
place the area monitors listed in the main window of the Area Monitor Server Soware on a customized map
you can load into the soware. Accepted le formats for oor plan images are jpg (jpeg), png, bmp, and
les.
Chapter 8: Area Monitor PC Soware
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Lost Connecon Status. Once it has lost a connecon, you can hide it from being
displayed in the main screen.
Server IP Address
Shows the IP address for the computer with the Area Monitor Server Soware installed.
Hide Unconnected
In the event that you have lost a network connecon or change the serial number of the area monitor
connected to the soware, the Area Monitor Server will lose the connecon to the previous serial number of
the area monitor and create a new area monitor in the soware window. Aer a unit fails on the network, or
the network connecon to the unit fails, it take approximately 5-10 seconds for the area monitor soware to
register the lost connecon. If you changed the serial number of the area monitor, the previous sengs will
appear as an area monitor that has a lost connecon. To remove the one listed with the older sengs, go to
View > Hide Unconnected.
Calibraon and Sengs
The Calibraon and Sengs screen is used to
change the High Voltage, Threshold, Dead Time, Cal
Constant, IP Address, Alarms, Units, Serial Number,
and Communicaon sengs.
You can access the Calibraon and Sengs Screen
two ways. For both, select the row in which the
area monitor is listed in the main window. An arrow
to the le side of the row will indicate you have
selected the correct unit.
1) Select View > Calibraon and Sengs
2) Right Click on the row and then click on
Calibraon and Sengs.
NOTE: Be sure to set your unit of measurement rst. When changing units of measurement, if you have
already set the alarm levels, then the same numeric value will be assigned to the new unit of measurement.
For example, if the alarm level is set at 300 CPM (Counts Per Minute) and then the units of measurement are
changed to mR/hr, then the alarm seng will change to 300 mR/hr. The numeric value stays the same, but
the unit of measurement changes. NOTE: If you change the unit of measurement, you will need to reset your
alarms with the current unit of measure.
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Help Menu
Open Help File
Opens a searchable help le for answering basic quesons about the use of the soware.
About RSA Area Monitor Server Soware
Opens a window that shows the version number of the soware, technical support contact, and the locaon of
the les on your computer that are created when each new area monitor is added or changed in the soware.
View Detail Window
The View Detail Window displays a histogram of the
collected data, the current count rate, the status of
the connecon, the serial number, and the IP address
of the unit. It is also used as a means of collecng
data, seng the data logging frequency, and exporng
the data received from the area monitor to a text le.
You can also select how frequently to log the data in
the Data Opons menu, located in the lower right
corner of the View Detail screen.
Exporng Data
You can select the last hour, the last day, the last week, or the last month to export, as well as custom date
ranges to export. Exporng data is located at the boom of the View Detail screen just below the data opons.
Loading a Floor Plan
To load an image of your oor plan into the Area Monitor Server
Soware, open View > Floor Plan to open the oor plan window.
Click the Load Floor Plan Image buon, select the image of your
oor plan, and click Open.
You will now see your oor plan image in the oor plan window.
There will also be green square icons (connected area monitors) or
purple square icons (lost connecon) that represent each monitor
on the network. To drag them to the proper posion on the oor
plan map, scroll over the small box in the upper le corner of each
icon and hold down the mouse buon to drag them to the desired
posion on the oor plan map. Once you have placed them where
you want them on the oor plan, check the Lock Monitor Locaons
check box in the upper le of the Floor Plan window. This will
ensure that the locaons of the area monitors on the oor plan
map will not be moved accidentally.
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