Ludlum Measurements 3007i User manual

Model 3007i and 3007Bi Neutron Dose Survey
Meter
Ludlum Measurements
October 2022
Serial Number: 25022487 and Succeeding
Firmware: F.4.0.1120 and Higher

Model 3007i and 3007Bi Neutron Dose Survey
Meter
Ludlum Measurements
October 2022
Serial Number: 25022487 and Succeeding
Firmware: F.4.0.1120 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 Detector Failure Diagnostic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.6.1 Detector Loss of Count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.6.2 Detector Over Max . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.6.3 Detector Over Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.6.4 Detector Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.7 Instrument Use And Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.7.1 ON/AUD Button: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.7.2 UNITS Button: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.7.3 DETECTOR Button: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.7.4 MODE Button: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.7.5 LOG Button: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.8 RATE Mode Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.9 MAX Mode Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.10 COUNT Mode Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.11 DOSE Mode Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3 Specifications 33
4 Setup Mode 35
4.1 Setup Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4.2 Setup Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4.3 Entering Setup Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
4.4 Setup Mode Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4.5 Model 3007i List of Parameters (in order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4.6 Page 1 - Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
4.7 Page 2 - Datalogging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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4.8 Page 3 - Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
4.9 Page 4 - Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
4.10 Page 5 - Channel 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.11 Page 6 - Unit 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4.12 Page 7 - Unit 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
4.13 Page 8 - Reset (WARNING!!!) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
5 Datalogging 65
5.1 Datalogging Operation – Mode 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
5.2 Datalogging Operation – Mode 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
5.3 Datalogging Operation – Mode 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
5.4 Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
6 Software 69
6.1 Connecting to Lumic 2.0 Calibration/Configuration Software . . . . . . . . . . 69
7 Advanced Features 71
7.1 Dead Time Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
7.2 Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
7.3 R to Sv Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
7.4 Software Calibration Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
7.5 Instrument Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
7.6 Other Device Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
7.7 Battery Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
7.8 Real-time Streaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
8 Safety Considerations 75
8.1 Environmental Conditions for Normal Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
8.2 Warning Markings and Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
8.3 Cleaning and Maintenance Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
9 Revision History 77
10 Recycling 79
11 Options 81
12 Standard Parts List 83
A Auxiliary Communications 85
A.1 AuxComm Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
A.2 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
A.3 Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
A.3.1 AuxComm Usage - Hot Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
A.3.2 AuxComm Usage - Pairing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
A.4 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
A.4.1 AuxComm Setting - Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
A.4.2 AuxComm Setting - Off Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
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A.4.3 AuxComm Setting - Pwr Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
A.4.4 AuxComm Setting - Write Protect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
A.4.5 AuxComm Setting - Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
A.4.6 AuxComm Setting - Auto Mode Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
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LIST OF FIGURES
2.1 Startup Display (All Segments Shown) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.2 Hardware Revision Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.3 Firmware Version Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.4 Battery Voltage Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.5 Startup Display Showing 189 Stored Data Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.6 Instrument Date Reset (Audio Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.7 Definitions Reset (Audio Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.8 Calibration Due (Audio Alarm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.9 Detector Loss of Count Display (Display Will Flash) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.10 Detector Over Max (Display Will Flash) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.11 Detector Over Range (Display Will Flash) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.12 Detector Overload Alarm (Display Will Flash) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.13 WiFi Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.14 RATE Mode Displaying Background Radiation Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.15 MAX Mode Display With ALARM Indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.16 COUNT Mode Displaying COUNT Timer of 5 Minutes, 30 Seconds . . . . . . . . . 29
2.17 COUNT Mode Displaying COUNT Timer of 100k Seconds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2.18 DOSE Mode Operation Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.1 Backlight/Setup Protect Dipswitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4.2 Setup Page Selection Display (showing page 4-CAL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4.3 Detector Operation Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
5.1 Displaying Datalog Table Index of 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
5.2 Displaying Datalog Location ID Table Index of 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
A.1 Example – Device Selection In Lumic Linker App (iOS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
A.2 Example – Pairing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
A.3 Example – Model 3000 series Found in Lumic Linker App (iOS) . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
A.4 Example – Entering PIN In Lumic Linker App (iOS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
A.5 Example – Lumic 2.0 Calibration Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
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LIST OF TABLES
2.1 COUNT Mode Units and Result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
7.1 Features That Affect Units in All Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
12.1 Standard Parts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
A.1 AuxComm Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
A.2 AuxComm Auto Off Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
A.3 AuxComm Power on at Boot-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
A.4 AuxComm Write Protect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
A.5 AuxComm Encription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
A.6 AuxComm Auto Mode Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
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CHAPTER
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INTRODUCTION
The Model 3007i is an ergonomic instrument which can be used for radiation survey pur-
poses. The Model 3007i features the ability to measure radiation in count rate, exposure/dose
rate, activity rate, integrated exposure/dose, time-averaged rates, and scaler counts. It in-
cludes an external radiation detector to detect neutron radiation. The Model 3007i version
also includes the addition of an internal detector for tracking user exposure rate or dose.
The Model 3007i features a large backlit LCD (liquid crystal display), an audio warning, and
easy, intuitive use. The unit body is made of lightweight but durable plastic. It is intended
for outdoor use and can resist splashing water. The foam grip provides a comfortable, er-
gonomic grip but may be removed for ease of decontamination.
There are different versions of the Model 3007i - the Model 3007i and the Model 3007Bi. The
difference is the detector’s boron moderation. The Model 3007Bi has more boron modera-
tion, which helps with the over-response of the 5 keV region. However, the Model 3007i has
better sensitivity than the Model 3007Bi. (Unless specifically named, references to the Model
3007i in this manual will refer to both the Model 3007i and the Model 3007Bi.)
Four modes of operation are available for the Model 3007i – RATE, MAX, COUNT, and DOSE.
RATE mode operation will display the current count, exposure/dose rate, or activity rate.
MAX mode is used to capture the highest count, activity, or exposure/dose rate detected –
useful for finding a peak rate when the display is not visible. Two sets of units (primary and
secondary) for RATE and MAX modes can be chosen from among cps, cpm, Bq, Bq/cm²,
dpm, rem/hr, R/h, or Sv/h. The user can switch between these two units by simply pressing
the UNITS button.
COUNT mode allows the user to perform a count for a predetermined time. Depending
on the count units chosen, the result can be a scaler count (in counts or disintegrations), a
time-averaged rate (cpm, dpm, Bq, Bq/cm², cps), a time-averaged exposure or dose (R/h,
Sv/h, rem/h), or an integrated exposure or dose rate (R, Sv, rem).
DOSE mode allows the user to view a real time integrated dose (R, Sv, or rem) with the possi-
bility of continually monitoring the integrated dose during other modes of operation.
The Model 3007i primary keypad includes four push buttons: ON/AUD to toggle instrument
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power and adjust the click audio level, UNITS to change between available units, DETECTOR
to change between available detectors, and MODE to switch between available modes.
The standard handle includes a LOG button that allows the instrument to log up to 1000 data
points when activated with the optional Lumic Datalogging Kit.
The display will be automatically back-lit if light levels are low or can be set to a user defined
light level. The display back-light can also be configured for “Continuous On” operation.
RATE, MAX, COUNT, and DOSE modes can be silent or utilize a “click” audio; the “click”
audio is always silent during COUNT mode by default.
Setup of the instrument is accomplished through the front-panel buttons, or through Lumic
2.0 software available from Ludlum Measurements.
Front-panel setup can be disabled via the internal switch on the Model 3007i in order to
protect settings from inadvertent changes. When the settings are protected, the user can
view the settings or modify a limited number of settings as defined with the Lumic software.
Using the Lumic software, the Model 3007i can be configured to allow changes to the alarms
and or count time even when in protect mode.
The unit is operated with four alkaline AA batteries for operation from -20 to 50 °C (-5 to
122 °F). Battery life for the Model 3007i is approximately 175 hours under normal usage. A
low-battery indicator on the LCD warns when less than 16 hours of battery life remain.
The Model 3007i may optionally be provided with a 1/8-inch stereo headphone jack that
would allow for headphone use for audio output. It is located to the left of the detector
connector.
If a headphone jack is not in use, the Model 3007i may optionally be provided with an RS232
serial output for connection to PC or other electronic device.
For more advanced use: See Appendix A for information on our Auxiliary Communications
features, which allow the instrument to expand its capabilities with a variety of external de-
vices through a standard serial interface.
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