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Ludlum Measurements 4500 Operator's Manual

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LUDLUM MODEL 4500
RADIATION PORTAL MONITOR
OPERATOR'S MANUAL
Version 2.00
April 2003
LUDLUM MEASUREMENTS, INC.
501 OAK ST., PO BOX 810
SWEETWATER, TX 79556
915/235-5494 FAX: 915/235-4672

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  • Page 1 LUDLUM MODEL 4500 RADIATION PORTAL MONITOR OPERATOR’S MANUAL Version 2.00 April 2003 LUDLUM MEASUREMENTS, INC. 501 OAK ST., PO BOX 810 SWEETWATER, TX 79556 915/235-5494 FAX: 915/235-4672...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Model 4500 Operator’s Manual April 2003 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. GENERAL ..........................2 2. BLOCK DIAGRAM....................... 2 3. GETTING STARTED......................2 3.1 Power ............................. 2 3.2 On/Off Switch........................3 3.3 Fuses ............................3 4. MAINTENANCE........................3 5. TROUBLESHOOTING......................3 5.1 Infrared (IR) Sensors......................3 5.2 Instrument Failure ........................

  • Page 3: General

    “brain”, receiving input from Detectors 3. GETTING STARTED When power is applied for the first time, 3.1 Power the Model 4500 has a warm-up time of Power input to the control box is approximately 1 minute. During this time, normally a hard-wired 120VAC mains the control box initializes, and a 30-second connection.

  • Page 5: Power

    AGC-1 (main AC fuse) and a 5-amp ABC-5 (battery fuse). 4. MAINTENANCE The Ludlum Model 4500 portal system result, the CHECKING indicator of the is built to last for many years. The only Remote Status Display might remain on all regular maintenance that is required is to the time.
  • Page 6 Model 4500 Operator’s Manual April 2003 Emitter Front Emitter Side SENSOR RECEIVER unit is powered up and the beam is present. The receivers are the sensors that are This red LED can be seen by looking located on the same side of the lane as the...

  • Page 7: Instrument Failure

    Model 4500 Operator’s Manual April 2003 8. Move the emitter down until the light be called. Disabling the detector allows the turns off. system to run with the other working 9. Note the angle. detectors. 10. Move the emitter to the middle of the two angle readings.

  • Page 8: Testing Battery, Line Power And Fuse

    2. Remove the Battery (5A) fuse. 3. Power the unit ON ( 0= off, 1= on). 6. SELF-DIAGNOSTICS The Ludlum Model 4500 portal system blocked by ice or snow, then a FAIL has many built-in self-diagnostics. condition will be activated.

  • Page 9: Remote Status Display

    Model 4500 Operator’s Manual April 2003 7. REMOTE STATUS DISPLAY The Model 4500 Remote Status Display is the primary indicator of status to the Reset-a pushbutton with two functions: operator. The following is a description of 1) If an alarm is present, it can be used...

  • Page 10: Software Overview

    Model 4500 Operator’s Manual April 2003 8. SOFTWARE OVERVIEW The Display Window is a tabbed “Timeout” indicates that no data was window that can display 12 lanes. received from the lane for 20 seconds. indicator next to the Car Counter turns red “Retrying”...
  • Page 11 Model 4500 Operator’s Manual April 2003 The Prefs menu has five password- The Monitor software operates just like protected options. They are Search the Supervisor software without the ability Network, Assign Instruments, to change any parameters. The only option Parameters, Options, and Set Password.

  • Page 12: Configuring Lanes

    Model 4500 Operator’s Manual April 2003 9. CONFIGURING LANES Use the Prefs/Search Network menu to Disable All: Disable all lanes search for all Model 4500 monitors on the Unassigned: Displays a list of all network. After searching the network, use unassigned Model 4500s.
  • Page 13 Model 4500 If the Alarm Hold Time is zero, the Model will go into a fail condition. 4500 will alarm until the reset button is pressed. The Sensor Fail sets the amount of Sum Alarms Active:...

  • Page 14: Changing The Password

    Model 4500 Operator’s Manual April 2003 11. CHANGING THE PASSWORD Note: The default password is “4500”. To change the password, you must enter After running the program for the first time, the old password, type in a new password, be sure to change the password to something and then confirm the new password.

  • Page 15: Data Archiving

    Model 4500 Operator’s Manual April 2003 13. DATA ARCHIVING There are three databases used in the YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS_name.mdb Supervisor program. The alarms.mdb stores where “name” is either alarms, noalarms, or the data for the vehicles that alarmed. The background. noalarms.mdb stores the data for vehicles that did not alarm.

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