LION Alcolmeter 700 Instruction Manual

Product conforms to the requirements of:
BS EN15964:2011
lion alcolmeter® 700
Instrument Version: 700 English
*User Handbook*
Document Ref: RM79009 (Ver: 2)
© 2016, Lion Laboratories Limited

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PLEASE...
Read this handbook carefully –BEFORE
using the instrument for the first time: then
retain it for future reference.

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Contents
Contents .......................................................................................................4
Glossary ........................................................................................................6
Introduction..................................................................................................7
Principle of Operation...................................................................................7
Technical Details...........................................................................................9
Instrument Features ...................................................................................12
Action Button .........................................................................................13
Up and Down Button..............................................................................13
Graphics display .....................................................................................14
Beeper ....................................................................................................14
Breath sampling port..............................................................................14
Disposable Mouthpiece..........................................................................14
Leather Pouch ........................................................................................15
Silicone skin............................................................................................15
Power unit..............................................................................................15
Silicone skin............................................................................................16
Subject Breath Test Procedure ...................................................................17
Step by Step............................................................................................17
The breath test procedure summarised.................................................24
Invalid breath samples ...........................................................................25
Manual breath sampling ........................................................................25
Menu access ...............................................................................................26
Log access...............................................................................................27
Extended menu ......................................................................................28
PIN entry.................................................................................................28
Set time and date ...................................................................................28
Set language ...........................................................................................28
Standard Type Selection (Wet or Dry)....................................................29
Calibration check....................................................................................29
The Calibration CHECK Procedure..........................................................29
Calibration Adjustment ..........................................................................31
The auto power down function..............................................................32

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Mouthpiece port illumination ................................................................32
Indication LED’s......................................................................................32
Fuel cell heater.......................................................................................32
Printing with the lion alcolmeter® 700 .......................................................33
Warning messages......................................................................................34
Fatal error messages ..............................................................................34
Error code messages ..............................................................................34
Non-fatal error messages.......................................................................35
Care and maintenance................................................................................36
Cleaning the instrument.........................................................................36
Changing the batteries ...........................................................................36
Do’s and Don’ts...........................................................................................37
Do's.........................................................................................................37
Don’ts .....................................................................................................37
Appendix I: Supplier’s Details ....................................................................38
Appendix II: Manufacturer’s Details ..........................................................39

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Glossary
Terminology
BAC
Blood Alcohol Concentration
BrAC
Breath Alcohol Concentration
Calibration
Adjustment
Adjusts the calibration of the instrument
Calibration
Check
Checks the calibration of the instrument
Configuration
PC application that sets up the functionality of the
instrument
Deep-lung air
Air within the lungs that is in intimate contact with the
blood
Dry Gas
Dry alcohol gas of a known concentration provided from a
gas cylinder
Operator
Person who is carrying out the breath test
PIN
Personal Identification Number, used to unlock features
Sampling
Port
White plastic protrusion in top channel of the instrument
that fits into the mouthpiece
Service lock
Time until the next service should be carried out
Subject
Person who is to have a breath test performed upon them
Suck back
Intake of breath by the subject during the sampling
routine
Suspicious
liquid
Liquid with an unknown alcohol content
Trigger Flow
Minimum air flow speed necessary for automatic
sampling
Wet vapour
Wet alcohol vapour of a known concentration provided by
a simulator

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Introduction
The lion alcolmeter® 700 devices are hand-held portable instruments for
fast, on the spot determination of a subject’s breath (or blood) alcohol
concentration level. They are some of the latest in the range of lion
alcolmeter® instruments produced by Lion Laboratories Limited of Barry,
South Wales, in the United Kingdom. Lion Laboratories is a company
specialised in breath alcohol detection technology for applications in
traffic law enforcement, commercial health and safety, and in medicine.
This handbook explains the following aspects of the instrument, so please
read it carefully:
•Basic principles of operation.
•How to run a breath test.
•Interpretation of results.
•Care and basic maintenance.
•Calibration checking.
•Calibration adjustment.
•System configuration.
•Basic maintenance.
Principle of Operation
The lion alcolmeter®700 uses an electrochemical fuel cell sensor to
measure the concentration of alcohol vapour in the subject’s expired
breath, a measured amount of which is drawn from the mouthpiece into
the fuel cell by means of the sampling system.
In the fuel cell a voltage is generated in proportion to the breath alcohol
concentration: it is therefore amplified and displayed in terms of the
subject’s alcohol level.

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The breath sampling system is factory-set to sample deep-lung air; it is the
breath from the bottom of the lungs that truly reflects the amount of
alcohol in the body.
To ensure repeatable and accurate results across the temperature range,
and particularly at low temperatures the lion alcolmeter®700 uses a
heater to heat the neck of the fuel cell. This stops the build up of
condensation which can affect the alcohol concentration in the sample.

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Technical Details
Factor
Target
Comments
Specificity
Specific to alcohol only
When used correctly, not
sensitive to acetone, paint
and glue evaporation, food,
sweets, methane and all
materials without any
alcohol content which can be
found in human breath
Measurement
range
0.02mg/L breath (BrAC)
Minimum Note 1
2.00mg/L breath (BrAC)
Maximum
Measurement
Accuracy
±0.02mg/L ≤ 0.20mg/L
±10% above 0.20mg/L
In Active Mode only
Measurement
step
0.01mg/L
Response time
less than 60 seconds
0.22mg/L alcohol level
Recovery time
less than 100 seconds
0.22mg/L alcohol level
Sampling
frequency
Less than 25 seconds
Negative test result
Operating
temperature
range
-5oC
Minimum
40oC
Maximum

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Ready time
15 seconds
Less than 60 seconds
From switch on at 20oC
From switch on at -5oC
Operating
humidity range
10% to 95%
Non-condensing
Storage
temperature
-40oC
Minimum
70oC
Maximum
Measurement
methods
Active
Using mouthpiece, with
automatic or manual
sampling
Cup
Using cup, with automatic or
manual sampling
Sniffer
User activates the sampling
system to sample the air
around a subject or suspect
liquid
Trigger Flow
9L/min Note 2
In active test mode only
9L/min Note 2
In passive cup test mode
only
Trigger Flow
1.2L Note 2
In active test mode only
0.1L Note 2
In passive cup test mode
only

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Note 1: Below this value the instrument will report zero.
Note 2: These values are configurable and may vary depending upon the
customer’s requirements.
Note 3: Testing was carried out by performing tests without alcohol
present sequentially at room temperature.
Power supply
2 x AA Alkaline
batteries
Number of tests
1000 note 3
Minimum
Instrument
weight
123g
Without any accessories
Audible notes
Instrument will
beep
Upon successful and unsuccessful
tests as a minimum
Radio frequency
interference
Compliance
EN 61326-1:2006
Mechanical
stress testing
Compliance
EN 62262:1995 / A1:2002 (IK-05)
Dust and ingress
protection
Compliance
EN 60529:2001 (IP-54)
Calibration
frequency
Every 6
months
The instrument shall display, and
lock if the instrument is not
calibrated within this calibration
time

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Instrument Features
Please note the following user features of the instrument:
1 –Disposable mouthpiece 5 –Display
2 –Action button (AB) 6 –Beeper (internal)
3 –Down button (DB) 7 –Protective Silicone skin
4 –Up button (UB) 8 –Wrist strap
6
Mouthpiece port
illumination
Pass and Fail indication
5
1
3
4
6
2
7
8

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Action Button
The Action Button (AB), bearing a power
symbol and located below the display and
two other buttons, is Action Button (AB).
This switches the instrument ON: simply
press AB and release.
AB may also be used at certain stages in
the lion alcolmeter® 700’s operation to
switch it OFF.
Up and Down Button
Located directly above AB, the smaller
two buttons are Down Button (DB) and Up
Button (UB). These are used to scroll
around the instrument’s menus.

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Graphics display
The illuminated display instructs the user during breath sampling, and
shows the subject’s breath alcohol reading. The small icon at the top right
shows the power unit’s charge level.
Beeper
This provides various audible tone messages to the instrument operator,
and the subject.
Breath sampling port
The port located in the top channel of the instrument is the entrance to
the fuel cell alcohol detector and to the breath flow sensor. Do not allow
fluids to enter this port, or serious damage to the instrument may result.
Disposable Mouthpiece
The disposable mouthpiece is supplied
packed in individual, hygienic wrappers. It is
fitted to the instrument by locking its
sampling port into the small hole in the side
of the tube: it may be attached either way
round, whichever is more convenient to the
operator, the subject or the situation. But
the subject MUST blow through the wide-
bore, lipped end, or the instrument’s
automatic sampling system will not operate.
Lipped End
A NEW mouthpiece MUST be used for each complete breath test.

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Leather Pouch
This protects the instrument from most levels of shock likely to be
encountered during operational use, and is fitted with a mouthpiece
storage pocket. The lion alcolmeter® 700 should normally be left in place,
in its pouch, during use.
Silicone skin
This protects the instrument from dirt and shock that the instrument may
encounter during normal use. The lion alcolmeter® 700 should be left in
the silicone skin during use.
Power unit
The power unit is located in the rear of the instrument. It holds 2 x AA
alkaline batteries: these should provide enough power for at least one
thousand tests (depending on operating conditions).
The low power warning message appears when there is enough power for
about twenty more breath tests (depending on conditions of usage).
DO NOT USE RECHARGEABLE AA BATTERIES AS THESE HAVE A LOWER
POWER CAPACITY THAN ALKALINES AND THE INSTRUMENT MAY NOT
ACHIEVE THE STATED SPECIFICATION

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Silicone skin
This protects the instrument from most levels of shock likely to be
encountered during operational use. The skin should be carefully fitted
and removed from the instrument through the large hole at the front.
To replace the batteries the skin should be removed from the instrument
to allow access to the battery compartment.

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Subject Breath Test Procedure
Step by Step
STEP 1 –Preliminary questions to the subject
As far as possible, ensure the subject has taken nothing by mouth
(alcoholic or otherwise) in the last twenty minutes, and has not smoked in
the last two minutes. If necessary, wait.
STEP 2 –Switch on
Press Action Button (AB) until the operator hears the beep. The
instrument will power up displaying the time, date, and serial number of
the instrument. If enabled, the temperature of the instrument will also be
displayed and it will also display the number of days until the next service
is required.
The instrument will then come ready to take a test.
The display shows the battery status and the type of test that it is ready to
take.
If the instrument is in the required test mode then the operator is ready to
commence the test sequence. If the operator wishes to change the type

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of test, then this can be changed by pressing the Down Button (DB) under
the down arrow.
STEP 3 –Function selection
Press and release the Down Button (DB), and the operator can scroll
through the different test modes that the instrument can carry out. Scroll
through the menu and then use the test option that is required: there are
three possible options: Mouthpiece, Cup and Sniffer.
Breath Test
Mouthpiece test, gives a quantitative result,
which the user interprets as being within limits.
Manual sampling can be used.
Cup Test
The cup must be fitted onto the instrument,
and the subject instructed to blow into the cup.
The sampling can be either manual or
automatic. This test will give either a pass or
fail result.
Sniffer Test
The sniffer test allows the operator to take a
sample of air from the environment around the
subject, or around a suspicious liquid. The
sniffer test will only take a small sample of the
air and can be affected by environmental
conditions, particularly wind. When using the
sniffer test it is recommended that the
instrument be held as close to the subject’s
mouth or the liquid as possible.

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Step 4 –Test preparation
Mouthpiece Test –allows the user to carry out a test with a mouthpiece.
To carry out a test using a mouthpiece follow the following instructions.
Attach a new mouthpiece
The mouthpiece must be attached in a hygienic manner, or the subject
could justifiably object to putting it in their mouth. Tear open the wrapper
from the non-lipped end, and peel back far enough to expose the hole in
the side. Now, holding the mouthpiece through the wrapper around the
blowing (lipped) end, push the side hole over the lion alcolmeter® 700’s
sampling port, so it locks firmly into place. The operator may attach it
either way round, whichever is more convenient. Now remove the
wrapper completely (or have the subject do this himself).

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Cup test –allows the user to carry out a test with a cup.
To carry out tests using a cup, select the cup test routine. If this routine
does not appear automatically you can scroll through the test types by
pressing the Down Button (DB) on any of the “Ready” screens.
Attach a new cup
The cup must be fitted so that it is held securely onto the top of the
instrument. It is advisable to replace them on a regular basis, or when
they appear to be contaminated. The cup allows for rapid screening of
subjects to determine if alcohol is present. It is advisable to carry out a
mouthpiece test if a quantifiable alcohol level is needed.
The cup test can be affected by environmental conditions such as the
presence of alcohol in the ambient air, or high winds.
This test is an indicative test and will only give a pass or fail result, it
should only be used to determine if there is alcohol present in the exhaled
breath from a subject. For more accurate testing it is recommended that a
mouthpiece test is carried out.