Ametek ORTEC radEAGLET User manual

radEAGLET
Next Generation Radionuclide Identification Device
User Manual
Software 3.2.0 • Document 3.2.2o • 2018-10-24

ORTEC
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Contents
1 Welcome 11
1.1 Conventions Used in This Document ....................... 11
1.2 Safety Warnings .................................. 11
1.3 Instrument Safety .................................. 12
1.4 Before First Use .................................. 12
1.5 The radEAGLET ................................... 13
1.5.1 Detectors ................................. 13
1.5.1.1 Scintillation Detector ..................... 13
1.5.1.2 Geiger-Müller Detector .................... 13
1.5.1.3 Neutron Detector ....................... 14
1.5.2 Overview .................................. 15
1.5.3 Hardware Accessories .......................... 15
1.5.4 Connectors ................................. 16
2 Using the radEAGLET 19
2.1 The radEAGLET Display .............................. 19
2.1.1 Status LEDs ................................ 21
2.2 Using the radEAGLET Keys ............................ 21
2.2.1 Using Command Lists ........................... 22
2.2.2 Using Menus ................................ 22
2.2.3 Changing Values .............................. 23
2.2.4 Entering the Password .......................... 24
2.2.5 Saving Screenshots ............................ 26
2.3 Starting Up the radEAGLET ............................ 26
2.4 Switching Off the radEAGLET ........................... 29
3radEAGLET Measuring Modes 31
3.1 Dose Rate Mode .................................. 31
3.2 Easy ID Mode .................................... 33
3.3 Detect Mode .................................... 34
4radEAGLET Warnings and Alarms 39
4.1 Gamma Warning and Alarm Display ....................... 39
4.1.1 Neutron Alarm Display .......................... 41
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CONTENTS radEAGLET User Manual
5radEAGLET Advanced Operations 43
5.1 Spectrum ...................................... 44
5.2 Basic Settings .................................... 49
5.3 Time and Date .................................... 50
5.4 Display ........................................ 51
5.5 Feedback ...................................... 53
5.6 Connectivity ..................................... 54
5.7 Wi-Fi Settings .................................... 54
5.8 Hotspot Settings .................................. 56
5.9 Bluetooth Settings ................................. 58
5.10 USB Connectivity .................................. 59
5.10.1 USB Cable to Host Computer ...................... 60
5.10.2 USB Storage Device ............................ 61
5.10.3 USB Ethernet Adaptor .......................... 63
5.11 Services ....................................... 63
5.12 Reachback Settings ................................ 64
5.13 GPS ......................................... 65
5.14 Easy Calibration ................................... 67
5.15 Protected Settings ................................. 69
5.16 System Information ................................. 70
5.17 Alarm Settings ................................... 71
5.18 Calibration ...................................... 72
5.19 ID Settings ...................................... 74
5.20 Easy ID Settings ................................... 74
5.21 Nuclide Library ................................... 75
5.22 Storage Management ............................... 78
5.23 Set Password .................................... 81
5.24 Factory Settings .................................. 81
5.25 Collect Reachback ................................. 81
5.26 Send Data ...................................... 84
5.27 Self Test ....................................... 86
5.28 About ......................................... 88
5.29 Shutdown ...................................... 88
6 Accessing radEAGLET Data 91
6.1 Storage Management ............................... 91
6.2 Data Transfer .................................... 91
6.3 Web Interface .................................... 92
6.4 Sending Data via E-Mail .............................. 92
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7radEAGLET Web Interface 93
7.1 Device Info ...................................... 93
7.2 Wi-Fi Info ....................................... 94
7.3 Remote Screen ................................... 96
7.4 Spectrum Browser ................................. 96
7.4.1 Spectrum Inspector ............................ 98
7.4.1.1 Spectrum Diagram ...................... 98
7.4.1.2 Manual Peak Analysis .....................100
7.4.1.3 Automatic Peak Analysis ...................100
7.4.1.4 Spectrum Details .......................103
7.4.1.5 PDF Report Creation .....................105
7.5 Spectrum File Viewer ................................107
7.6 Device Settings ...................................107
7.7 Reachback Settings ................................108
7.8 Software Update ..................................110
7.9 Documents .....................................111
7.10 Storage Management ...............................111
8 Powering the radEAGLET 113
8.1 External Power Sources ..............................113
8.1.1 Wall Power Supply .............................113
8.1.2 USB Powerbank ..............................113
8.2 Charging the Battery ................................114
8.2.1 Charging Durations ............................114
8.3 Battery Power Saving Tips .............................114
Appendix 117
A Nuclide Library 117
B Glossary 123
C Technological Background, Limitations 125
C.1 Stabilization .....................................125
C.1.1 Initial Stabilization .............................125
C.1.2 Continuous Temperature Monitoring ..................125
C.1.3 Continuous Spectroscopic Adjustments ................125
C.2 Calibration ......................................126
C.2.1 Checking the Calibration .........................126
C.2.2 Re-Calibrating Using the Calibration Mode ...............126
C.3 Effective Range of Measurement .........................127
C.4 Determination of the Full Width at Half Maximum ...............127
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CONTENTS radEAGLET User Manual
C.5 Over-Range Characteristics for the Scintillator and the Nuclide Identification 127
C.6 Live, Real and Dead Times .............................128
C.7 Scaling of the Vertical Spectrum Axis ......................128
D Troubleshooting 129
D.1 The Stabilization Icon is Red ............................129
D.2 System Switches Back to Black Screen .....................129
D.3 System Keeps Running Although the Internal On/Off Switch is Set to Off . . 129
D.4 Checking the Proper Function of the System ..................130
E Info Pool 133
E.1 ınnoRIID radEAGLET: Specifications ........................133
E.2 Unmanned Neutron Detection Testing ......................137
E.3 CE Certificate ....................................138
E.4 Warranty ......................................139
E.5 Quality Control ...................................139
E.6 Service ........................................139
E.7 Damage in Transit .................................140
E.8 Bibliography .....................................140
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List of Figures
1 Annotated top view of the radEAGLET instrument ................. 14
2 The radEAGLET in its case ............................... 15
3 The radEAGLET with accessories ........................... 16
4 Front and rear views of the radEAGLET ....................... 17
5 Anatomy of the radEAGLET display .......................... 19
6 The current functions of keys shown along the bottom of the radEAGLET display. 22
7 Cycling command pairs ................................. 23
8 A menu with the third item accented ......................... 23
9 Changing switches ................................... 24
10 Changing values by choosing from a list ....................... 24
11 Entering the password ................................. 25
12 After entering the password .............................. 25
13 Status bar after saving a screenshot ......................... 26
14 Box with potassium chloride (KCl) for stabilization and calibration ......... 27
15 Starting the radEAGLET ................................ 27
16 Initial stabilization .................................... 28
17 Initial Stabilization after identification of the stabilization source .......... 28
18 Dose rate display .................................... 31
19 Dose rate display with gamma warning ........................ 32
20 Dose rate display with gamma alarm ......................... 33
21 The Easy ID screen ................................... 33
22 The Easy ID results ................................... 34
23 Detect mode background measurement ....................... 35
24 Detect mode chart ................................... 35
25 Detect mode: Approaching a source ......................... 36
26 Detect mode: Close to a source ............................ 36
27 A warning reported on screen ............................. 40
28 An alarm reported on screen ............................. 40
29 An neutron alarm reported on screen ........................ 41
30 The advanced operations menu ............................ 44
31 The spectrum screen .................................. 45
32 Result of a spectrum analysis ............................. 45
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List of Figures radEAGLET User Manual
33 Spectrum with cursor ................................. 46
34 Zoomed spectrum with cursor ............................ 46
35 Spectrum with Region Of Interest ........................... 47
36 Info about a saved spectrum’s file name ....................... 48
37 Spectrum files available for loading .......................... 48
38 The Auto ID Waterfall display ............................. 49
39 The basic settings menu ................................ 50
40 The clock settings .................................... 51
41 The display settings ................................... 51
42 The feedback settings ................................. 53
43 The connectivity menu ................................. 54
44 The Wi-Fi settings .................................... 55
45 The Wi-Fi settings .................................... 55
46 Connected to a Wi-Fi network ............................. 56
47 Hotspot is off ...................................... 57
48 Hotspot: Web interface info .............................. 57
49 Hotspot access credentials .............................. 58
50 Bluetooth main settings radEAGLET ......................... 59
51 Bluetooth instructions on a pristine radEAGLET ................... 59
52 Connect to a known Bluetooth device ......................... 60
53 Web interface address for devices connected via Bluetooth ............ 60
54 USB cable connection information .......................... 61
55 Data transfer to a USB mass storage device .................... 62
56 Data transfer complete ................................ 62
57 Ethernet LAN connection information ........................ 63
58 The services screen .................................. 64
59 The reachback settings ................................. 65
60 The GPS settings when GPS is off ........................... 66
61 The GPS settings immediately after switching on GPS ............... 66
62 The GPS settings while searching satellites ..................... 67
63 The GPS settings after determinig the location ................... 67
64 Selecting a source for easy calibration ........................ 68
65 Easy calibration in progress .............................. 68
66 Easy calibration finished ................................ 69
67 The protected settings menu ............................. 69
68 The hardware status .................................. 70
69 The alarm settings ................................... 71
70 The calibration screen ................................. 73
71 The calibration screen after measurement ..................... 73
72 The ID settings menu .................................. 74
73 The easy ID settings .................................. 75
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radEAGLET User Manual List of Figures
74 The nuclide library ready for selecting a nuclide ................... 75
75 The nuclide library with 131I selected for editing its category ............ 76
76 The nuclide library with 131I selected for editing its On/Off property ....... 77
77 Storage management: Summary ........................... 78
78 Storage management: List of folders with different types of data ......... 79
79 Storage management: Commands for a type of data ................ 79
80 Storage management: List of files of a certain type ................. 80
81 Storage management: Specify files to be deleted .................. 80
82 Setting the password .................................. 81
83 Reset to factory settings ................................ 82
84 Settings for a new measurement ........................... 82
85 Collecting data ...................................... 83
86 Collected measurements ................................ 83
87 Checking the Internet connection ........................... 84
88 No Internet connection ................................. 85
89 File types for mailing .................................. 85
90 Selecting files ...................................... 86
91 Ready to send files ................................... 86
92 The self test screen ................................... 87
93 The instrument information .............................. 88
94 Shut down verification ................................. 89
95 The menu overlay of the Web interface ........................ 93
96 The device information in the Web interface ..................... 94
97 The Wi-Fi hotspot info in the Web interface (off) ................... 94
98 The Wi-Fi hotspot info in the Web interface (on) ................... 95
99 The remote radEAGLET’s screen in the Web interface ............... 96
100 The spectrum browser in the Web interface .................... 97
101 Spectrum diagramm in the Web interface ...................... 98
102 Zooming into the spectrum .............................. 99
103 Enlarged part of the spectrum .............................100
104 Marking a peak for analysis ..............................101
105 Results for a manually marked peak ..........................101
106 Results of an automatic peak analysis ........................102
107 Spectrum with scaling methods and detail overview ................103
108 Spectrum with expanded detail information .....................104
109 Comment subsection of spectrum details ......................105
110 PDF report of a spectrum ...............................106
111 The spectrum file viewer in the Web interface ....................107
112 The radEAGLET settings in the Web interface ....................107
113 The reachback settings in the Web interface ....................108
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List of Figures radEAGLET User Manual
114 The reachback settings in the Web interface ....................109
115 Adding a recipient for reachback messages .....................109
116 Update software on the radEAGLET in the Web interface .............110
117 Transfer software to the radEAGLET in the Web interface .............110
118 Ready to install the transferred software ......................110
119 Successful installation of the software ........................111
120 Documents available on your radEAGLET .......................111
121 Managing the storage in the Web-interface .....................112
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