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Summary of Contents for Pambry PED 1780
- Page 1 PERSONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITOR USER MANUAL...
- Page 2 GENERAL INFORMATION CALIBRATION Software Revision Noise Safety Information Particulate Matter Warnings Gas Sensors Glossary Introduction SPECIFICATIONS Features Description FIRMWARE UPDATE Capability USING THE INSTRUMENT ANNEX A – SENSOR OPTIONS Charging Before Use ANNEX B – TIME WEIGHTED AVERAGE (TWA) Using the Instrument Switch ON Switch OFF ANNEX C –...
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Page 3: General Information
GENERAL INFORMATION GLOSSARY Software Revision ACGIH American Conference of Governmental The User Manual supplied with the PED 1780 reflects the firmware installed at the time Industrial Hygienists of manufacture. Updating the firmware may add or change product features. ATEX ATmospheres EXplosif... - Page 4 Thank you for purchasing the Personal Environment Monitor from Pambry Instruments This feature monitors the PED 1780 motion status. It will detect if the unit is not worn Limited. This device is a multi-purpose instrument to monitor the environment as during the recording session.
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Page 5: Using The Instrument
Display means that the battery is “fully charged”. If the instrument is The PED 1780 provides a full colour, back-lit LCD display. The top of the display provides powered off, the charging status is shown on the display screen. system information, such as battery level and recording time. The remainder of the display Charging may take up to 5 hours. - Page 6 When the instrument is set to record the data, the display always reflects the last reading taken. If one or both limits The method of accessing the stored files in your PED 1780 is by using your computer’s file are exceeded and then return to a lower alarm state (or explorer application, where the stored files can be downloaded and manipulated as required.
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Page 7: Configuring The Instrument
CONFIGURING THE INSTRUMENT The PED 1780 display has pages that can be configured to display any of the The screens displayed as graphs can display up to four quantities. The different information collected by the sensors fitted to the instrument. Some sensors e.g. the... - Page 8 Buttons Select the CONFIG option. The menus described in the following sections are accessed using the two buttons on This is where the format of each of the above pages is setup. the instrument front panel. Each page has a menu item in this section to allow the User to define how the information will be displayed.
- Page 9 SETTINGS Whereas the PAGES menu item configures the display The options for the AIR QUALITY dedicated page are set up items, the SETTINGS menu is used to change any of the in this menu. configurable quantities for the SOUND and PARTICULATES Navigate down the list of available items and select the sensors, ALARM levels and the SYSTEM settings.
- Page 10 The Fast response is more capable of recording the short-term ambient noise. The meter The first setting for the PARTICULATES sensor is the response time in this case is 0.125 seconds. sample time, which can be selected as OFF, 1sec, 1min, 5min and 15min.
- Page 11 The SELECT SENSORS option allows a choice Alarm Indication of the sensor data that is included in the reports. The User can set alarm levels Any or all of the sensors can be selected from the on any of the measurable resulting menu.
- Page 12 It may be useful to be informed if one of the sensors has er / USB temporarily gone into an alarm condition and then returned This menu ENABLES/DISABLES the functions related to the Power and the USB to a non-alarm state. The LCD Dot can be set to “On Alarm” access to the instrument.
- Page 13 Restore/Backup Now that all the settings have been modified to suit the mode of use, the User can elect to save the new settings to a BACKUP file on the device. Once saved, the settings can be restored to the same instrument (in the case of another User having made undesirable changes), or they can be restored to additional instruments of the same...
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Page 14: Specifications
In the case of a fault or when additional procedural calibrations are required based Sound Exposure Measurement on the critical needs of your application, calibration can be undertaken at Pambry Electronics Limited or the product can be returned to your distributor for checking,... - Page 15 The sample rate of this sensor has an impact on the battery discharge rate for the CO measurement (optional) instrument. Typically, the available battery life will decrease as the sample rate increases. CO A CO C This is estimated in the following table: Measurement Range: 0-1000ppm Measurement Range:...
- Page 16 Data logging Calibration adapters Data logging Internal eMMC memory A calibration adaptor to interface the PED 1780 to a standard 0.5” sound/noise calibration standard is available. Summary results for the measurement time Environmental File type reports: *.txt; Operating temperature 0°C to +50°C history: *.csv...
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Page 17: Firmware Update
FIRMWARE UPDATE ANNEX A – SENSOR OPTIONS Firmware is the software that is inside the PED 1780. Pambry Electronics Limited may release new versions of the firmware that add enhanced functions. PED 1780/PM Particulate Matter To update the firmware, you need a USB connection from your computer to your PED... - Page 18 The general formula for calculating TWA is as follows: substance. The PED 1780 measures the concentration of contaminant at the interval set by the TWA = ∫C(t)T dt...
- Page 19 24 hours. This is what the PED 1780 does - it tells you when Earplugs work on the different principle of simply blocking sound waves from entering you have received enough noise on a daily (8hr) basis and will help to save your hearing.
- Page 20 Figure 1 - Frequency Weighting Curves What is SNR and NNR? SNR stands for Single Number Rating whilst NRR stands for Noise Reduction Rating. These two systems are slightly different in their test method but basically provide a number value that can be used to compare the level of noise attenuation offered by different hearing protectors.
- Page 21 ANNEX E – REPORT FILE EXAMPLE ANNEX F – HISTORY FILE EXAMPLE...
- Page 22 ANNEX G : UK DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY ANNEX H : EU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY...
- Page 23 Pambry Electronics Ltd Pambry House, Units 7 & 8 Ventura Centre, Ventura Place, Upton Industrial Estate, Upton, Poole, Dorset BH16 5SW UK Tel: 01202 624910 Email: sales@pambry.co.uk www.pambry-instruments.com...
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