Ludlum Measurements 3003 User manual

Model 3003 Multi-Detector Survey Meter/SCA
Ludlum Measurements
May 2021
Serial Number: 25020730 and Succeeding
Firmware: F.3.0.1059 and Higher

Model 3003 Multi-Detector Survey Meter/SCA
Ludlum Measurements
May 2021
Serial Number: 25020730 and Succeeding
Firmware: F.3.0.1059 and Higher

STATEMENT OF WARRANTY
Ludlum Measurements, Inc. warrants the products covered in this manual to be free of de-
fects due to workmanship, material, and design for a period of twelve months from the date
of delivery. The calibration of a product is warranted to be within its specified accuracy lim-
its at the time of shipment. In the event of instrument failure, notify Ludlum Measurements
to determine if repair, recalibration, or replacement is required.
This warranty excludes the replacement of photomultiplier tubes, G-M and proportional
tubes, and scintillation crystals which are broken due to excessive physical abuse or used
for purposes other than intended.
There are no warranties, express or implied, including without limitation any implied war-
ranty of merchantability or fitness, which extend beyond the description of the face there
of. If the product does not perform as warranted herein, purchaser’s sole remedy shall be
repair or replacement, at the option of Ludlum Measurements. In no event will Ludlum
Measurements be liable for damages, lost revenue, lost wages, or any other incidental or
consequential damages, arising from the purchase, use, or inability to use product.
RETURN OF GOODS TO MANUFACTURER
If equipment needs to be returned to Ludlum Measurements, Inc. for repair or calibration,
please send to the address below. All shipments should include documentation contain-
ing return shipping address, customer name, telephone number, description of service re-
quested, and all other necessary information. Your cooperation will expedite the return of
your equipment.
LUDLUM MEASUREMENTS, INC.
ATTN: REPAIR DEPARTMENT
501 OAK STREET
SWEETWATER, TX 79556
800-622-0828 325-235-5494
FAX [phone]

CONTENTS
Contents 3
List of Figures 7
List of Tables 9
1 Introduction 11
2 Getting Started 13
2.1 Unpacking and Repacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.2 Battery Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.3 Turning the Instrument On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.4 Instrument Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.4.1 Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.4.2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.4.3 Calibration Due . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.5 Instrument Operational Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.6 Sigma Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.7 Detector Failure Diagnostic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.7.1 Detector Loss of Count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.7.2 Detector Over Max . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.7.3 Detector Over Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.7.4 Detector Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.8 Instrument Use And Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.8.1 ON/AUD Button: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.8.2 UNITS Button: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.8.3 DETECTOR Button: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.8.4 MODE Button: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.8.5 ACK/RST Button: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.8.6 LOG Button: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.8.7 PRG Button: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.9 RATE Mode Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.10 MAX Mode Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.11 COUNT Mode Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2.12 DOSE Mode Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3 Specifications 33
4 Setup Mode 35
4.1 Setup Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4.2 Setup Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4.3 Entering Setup Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4.4 Setup Mode Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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4CONTENTS
4.5 Model 3003 List of Parameters (in order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
4.6 Page 1 - Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4.7 Page 2 - Datalogging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4.8 Page 3 - Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
4.9 Page 4 - Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.10 Page 5 - Channel 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4.11 Page 6 - Channel 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
4.12 Page 7 - Unit 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
4.13 Page 8 - Unit 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
4.14 Page 9 - Unit 3 (if supported) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
4.15 Page 10 - Reset (WARNING!!!) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
5 Datalogging 75
5.1 Datalogging Operation – Mode 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
5.2 Datalogging Operation – Mode 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
5.3 Datalogging Operation – Mode 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
5.4 Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
6 Software 79
6.1 Connecting to Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
7 Advanced Features 81
7.1 Dead Time Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
7.2 Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
7.3 R to Sv Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
7.4 Software Calibration Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
7.5 Instrument Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
7.6 Other Device Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
7.7 Battery Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
7.8 Real-time Streaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
8 Safety Considerations 85
8.1 Environmental Conditions for Normal Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
8.2 Warning Markings and Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
8.3 Cleaning and Maintenance Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
9 Revision History 87
10 Recycling 89
11 Options 91
A Auxiliary Communications 93
A.1 AuxComm Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
A.2 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
A.3 Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
A.3.1 AuxComm Usage - Hot Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
A.3.2 AuxComm Usage - Pairing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
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A.4 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
A.4.1 AuxComm Setting - Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
A.4.2 AuxComm Setting - Off Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
A.4.3 AuxComm Setting - Pwr Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
A.4.4 AuxComm Setting - Write Protect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
A.4.5 AuxComm Setting - Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
A.4.6 AuxComm Setting - Auto Mode Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
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