TABLE OF CONTENTS IntroductIon confIgurIng the wIreless setup • Configure the receiver dongle • Configure the SoundEar®3 devices • Registered devices defIne settIngs • 2-way connection with wireless dongles • Light day - 300, 310 and XL • Light night – SoundEar3-300, -310 and XL • Noise levels – SoundEar3-320 • Mini display • Alarm e-mail VIew lIVe measurements • Check whether the noise limit has been exceeded in ive measurement view • View live measurements for a specific device system confIgured In adVance...
INTROduCTION This manual describes the functionalities when using SoundEar®3 with wireless dongles. For a full description of the software function- alities, such as library and generating a noise report, please consult the main manual. Important: All measurement data is stored via the software. To collect and log measurements, the SoundEar® software must be up and running. Amber wireless uSB dongle CONFIguRINg ThE wIRELESS SETuP CONFIguRE ThE RECEIVER dONgLE start out by configuring the wireless dongle that you will be using as a receiver: 1. Open the SoundEar® software and insert the wireless dongle that you want to use as the receiver directly in the PC. This dongle will connect to the remaining wireless dongles in your SoundEar®3 devices and receive measurements from them. R e t u R n t o ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s...
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3. Click ‘OK’ to add the receiver to the SoundEar® software. R e t u R n t o ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s S o u n d E a r ® 3 – m a n u a l...
CONFIguRINg ThE wIRELESS SETuP CONFIguRE ThE SOuNdEAR®3 dEVICES 1. Insert the wireless dongle in the uSB port on your SoundEar®3 device and connect the SoundEar®3 device to power. If you have multiple SoundEar®3 devices, you can proceed and do the same for the remaining devices. Or you can do the configuration of the devices one by one. R e t u R n t o ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s...
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CONFIguRINg ThE wIRELESS SETuP CONFIguRE ThE SOuNdEAR®3 dEVICES 2. Open the SoundEar® software with the receiver dongle connected to your PC. A pop-up window will appear on your screen with the SoundEar®3 device(s) listed on the left. If you are configuring your devices one by one, only one device name will appear in the list at a time, making it easier to keep track of things. 3. If you are configuring all of your SoundEar®3 devices at once, you can click the button ‘Identify device’ in the upper right corner to see which device you are currently configuring. The Id will start to flash in the mini display of the Sound- Ear®3 device that you are currently configuring. R e t u R n t o ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s...
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CONFIguRINg ThE wIRELESS SETuP CONFIguRE ThE SOuNdEAR®3 dEVICES 1. name: 2. unique Id: 3. location: 4. alarm threshold/e-mail: Name your device. unique Id as shown in the Location of device. Set the alarm threshold and software. enter e-mail address, if you want to receive an alarm e- mail when noise levels are exceeded. The settings for wireless channel and net ID are recommended and should not be changed, unless you have more than one system.
REgISTEREd dEVICES You can view all registered devices in the software. go to the menu ‘Setup’ and select ‘wireless’ . In the first column with ‘Registered devices’ , you can see what units are configured to the SoundEar® soft- ware along with their Id, name and unique Id. R e t u R n t o ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s S o u n d E a r ® 3 – m a n u a l...
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You can remove a device from the network by select- ing the device in the left column and clicking ‘Re- move’ . noTE! If you wish to add the SoundEar®3 device to the SoundEar® software again, you must do a factory reset of the SoundEar®3 device. R e t u R n t o ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s...
1. double-click the column for the SoundEar®3 device that you want to configure. 2. Click on ‘define Settings’ in the left-side menu. R e t u R n t o ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s S o u n d E a r ® 3 – m a n u a l...
dEFINE SETTINgS LIghT dAY – 300, 310 ANd XL go through the different tabs to define your settings. 1. use the slider to set the limit for the green, yellow and red ear. For now, we will set the “yellow ear” to 60 dB and red to 75 dB. 2. Select how long the noise level should be exceeded before the red ear turns on. here, we have selected 3 sec. 3. As a standard, the visual alarm is measured in LAeq1s. If needed, you can also select LAF max, LAS max or LC peak. here, we will select LAeq 1s. 4. Then select whether the red ear should flash or just be lit, and for how long. 5. Click “Configure” to save your settings. R e t u R n t o ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s S o u n d E a r ®...
dEFINE SETTINgS LIghT NIghT – 300, 310 ANd XL If needed, you can create an alternate light setting during night time. this allows you to turn off the light emanating from the device, preventing it from disturbing people while they sleep. 1. Check the ‘Night’ box and set the time period for your 2. Set the limits for green, yellow and red ear using night settings. In this example, it is set to start at the slider. In this example, we will set them all to 60 22:00 in the evening and end at 07:00 in the morning.
dEFINE SETTINgS noISE LEVEL 320 even though the 320 does not have a visual alarm, you can still set the background in live measurements to make it easy to see when the noise level has been exceeded. R e t u R n t o ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s S o u n d E a r ®...
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dEFINE SETTINgS noISE LEVEL 320 now, go to "live measurements" and your screen background will show your settings. Red: 80 – 120 dB Yellow: 7 0 – 80 dB green: 20 – 70 dB If you want an alternate night setting, check the box After 22:00 your screen will now show your night settings: ‘Night’ and create your settings. • green: 20 – 60 dB • Red: 60 – 120 dB R e t u R n t o ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s S o u n d E a r ®...
MInI dISPLay select what should be shown in the mini display of your soundear®3. 1. Select in the drop-down menu, whether you want the display to show the time, the current noise level in LAeq 1 second, or the alarm level for the red ear. You can also choose to turn the mini display off. 2. If you do not want anyone to be able to change these settings manually on the device, check the ‘Locked dis- play’ box. 3. when you have made your settings, click ‘Configure’ . R e t u R n t o ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s...
dEFINE SETTINgS ALARM E-MAIL how to get e-mail notifications about critical noise levels – using the ‘alarm’ setting: 1. go to the tab ‘Alarm’ and select the noise limit and duration at which the system will send an e-mail notification. In this case, 60 dB for more than 20 seconds. 2. Enter the e-mail address(es) that you want the notifications sent to.
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dEFINE SETTINgS ALARM E-MAIL 3. Check the ‘Show on live measurements’ box, if you want the alarm level to show in the ‘Live Measurement’ view for your device: 4. when you have created your settings, click ‘Configure’ . noTE: The software needs to be running to generate an alarm e-mail. R e t u R n t o ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s S o u n d E a r ®...
‘measurement data’ and se- lect ‘live measurement’. the column will switch from grey to green, when the soundear® software starts to receive measurements from the soundear®3 device.
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VIEW LIVE MEaSUREMEnTS You can check how strong the signal from any given device is, by hovering the mouse cursor over the column. You can also see whether an alarm has been set. R e t u R n t o ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s S o u n d E a r ® 3 – m a n u a l...
VIEW LIVE MEaSUREMEnTS ChECK whEThER ThE NOISE LIMIT hAS BEEN EXCEEdEd In LIVE MEaSUREMEnT VIEW In the ‘live measurement’ view, it is easy to check whether the set noise limit of one of your devices has been exceeded and an alarm e-mail has been sent. If that is the case, the top of the column will have a bright red colour. Place the cursor over the bright red part of the column to see how high the noise level was.
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VIEW LIVE MEaSUREMEnTS ChECK whEThER ThE NOISE LIMIT hAS BEEN EXCEEdEd In LIVE MEaSUREMEnT VIEW You can double-click the column to check when the noise level was exceeded. R e t u R n t o ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s S o u n d E a r ® 3 – m a n u a l...
VIEW LIVE MEaSUREMEnTS VIEw LIVE MEASuREMENTS FOR A SPECIFIC dEVICE to view live measurements for a specific device, double-click the column for that specific device. Alternatively, click on the menu ‘devices’ and choose what device you want to see. R e t u R n t o ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s S o u n d E a r ®...
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VIEW LIVE MEaSUREMEnTS VIEw LIVE MEASuREMENTS FOR A SPECIFIC dEVICE You can place the cursor over the graph to see the exact noise level measured at a certain time. R e t u R n t o ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s S o u n d E a r ® 3 – m a n u a l...
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VIEW LIVE MEaSUREMEnTS VIEw LIVE MEASuREMENTS FOR A SPECIFIC dEVICE go to ’SETuP’ and select ‘device info’ in the left side menu, to see the firmware version of the SoundEar®3 device. here, you can see that the firmware version of the Sound- Ear®3 – 300 is version 1.8.7. R e t u R n t o ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s S o u n d E a r ® 3 – m a n u a l...
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IMPoRTanT: All measurement data is stored via the soft- ware. To collect and log measurements, the SoundEar® software must be up and running. R e t u R n t o ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s S o u n d E a r ® 3 – m a n u a l...
SYSTEM CONFIguREd IN AdVANCE you may have chosen to have your whole system set up in advance. In this case, all files are located on the soundear® usB key, ready to be imported by your software. 1. go to the menu ‘Setup’ and select ‘wireless’ . 2. Click ’Import device list’ . R e t u R n t o ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s...
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SYSTEM CONFIguREd IN AdVANCE The device list is located on your SoundEar® uSB key. The device list has the ending ‘ . se3’ . Open the file; the software now imports the devices to your software. noTE! Importing a new device list will delete the existing device list. when you have imported the device list, connect the receiving amber dongle to the PC and the transmitter dongles to the SoundEar®3 device(s). R e t u R n t o ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s S o u n d E a r ® 3 – m a n u a l...
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uK: The crossed-out wheeled bin means that within the European union the product must be taken to separate collection at the product end of its life. This applies not only to your device but also to any enhancements marked with this symbol. do not dispose of these products as unsorted municipal waste.
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