Particle Measuring Systems LASAIR II 310 User manual

LASAIR II
Operator's Manual
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LASAIR®II
310/510/350L/550L
Operator’s Manual
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Software Version: 2.0

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LASAIR II 310/510/350l/510L Operator’s Manual
PN 1000000982 Rev N
© 2006 Particle Measuring Systems Inc.
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LASAIR® and HandiLaz® are registered trademarks of Particle Measuring Systems, Inc.
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Quality Statement
The Quality Policy of Particle Measuring Systems is to strive to meet or exceed the needs and
expectations of our customers and to align the activities of all employees with the common focus
of customer satisfaction through continuous improvement in the quality of our products and
services.
Environmental Information
This equipment must be properly disposed of at end-of-life by means of an authorized waste
management system. Information regarding dismantling of the equipment and location of any
hazardous materials can be located on our web site at:
http://www.pmeasuring.com/support/papers/disassemblyinstructions.
Battery Disposal
At end-of-life, batteries should be recycled or discarded safely. Discarding batteries in unsorted
waste is improper disposal, and may be harmful to the environment and human health. Your local
waste authority will have information on return and collection systems in your area.
For California consumers, contact Particle Measuring Systems, Customer Service Department at
(877)-475-3317 for instructions on returning used, rechargeable batteries for reuse, recycling, or
proper disposal at no cost.

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- Declaration of Conformity
Application of Council Directive(s): 89 / 336 /EEC, 73 / 23 /EEC
Standard(s) to which Conformity is Declared: EMC EN 61326: 1997/A1: 1998/A2: 2001
Safety EN 61010-1: 2001
Manufacturer’s Name: Particle Measuring Systems, Inc.
Manufacturer’s Address: 5475 Airport Boulevard, Boulder, CO 80301 USA
Manufacturer’s Telephone/FAX: [phone]
Distributor’s Name: Particle Measuring Technique, Great Britain
Distributor’s Address Unit B1 South, Willow End Park
Danemoor, Malvern WR14 1XZ
Worchestershire, WR13 6NN United Kingdom
Distributor’s Telephone/FAX: [phone]
Type of Equipment: Particle Counter
Model No: LASAIR II
I, the undersigned, hereby declare that the equipment specified above conforms to the above
Directive(s) and Standard(s).
Signature: Signature:
Full Name: Kristi Urquidi Full Name: David Hall
Position: Vice President Operations Position: Managing Director
Place: Boulder Date: January 12, 2004 Place: Malvern Date: January 12, 2004
WARNING
All I/O cables and accessories must meet current factory specifications in order for this unit to
remain in compliance with CE marking requirements. Consult the factory for details.

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Quality Statement - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ii
Environmental Information - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ii
Battery Disposal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ii
Chapter 1: Getting Started - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-1
Product Overview - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-1
Counting Technique - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-1
Description - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-2
External Features - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-3
Internal Components - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-6
Specifications - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-7
Battery Usage Specifications - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-9
Chapter 2: Unpacking and Installation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-1
Unpacking - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-1
Installing the LASAIR II- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-2
Connecting Your Power Source - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-2
Installing the Battery Pack - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-2
Connecting the Sample Probe, 310 and 510 Versions - - - - - - - - - - - 2-3
Connecting the Sample Probe, 350L and 550L Versions - - - - - - - - - 2-4
Connecting and Disconnecting the
Temperature/Relative Humidity (T/RH) Sensor- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-8
Connecting to a PC or Facility Management System- - - - - - - - - - - - 2-8
Chapter 3: Controls and Displays- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-1
Front Panel Layout- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-1
Control Panel Keys - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-1
Hierarchy of Screens - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-2
General Guidelines for Screen Navigation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-4
Display Screens- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-4
Main Display Screen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-5
Analog Data Display Screen- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-8
Setting Up the Display Screens - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-9
Chapter 4: Taking a Quick Sample—Software Version 2.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 4-1

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Chapter 5: Setup - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-1
Edit Mode- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-1
Edit/Navigation Softkey Icon Functions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-2
Field Editing Softkey Icon Functions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-2
Location Name Editing Softkey Icon Functions- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-2
Using Edit Mode - - General Procedure - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-2
Sampling Setup Screen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-3
Main Page Setup Functions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-3
Advanced Page Setup Functions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-3
Location Page Setup Functions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-3
Start Sampling by Time-of-day - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-6
Sampling Beep Mode (LASAIR II 310-550L Models Only) - - - - - - 5-7
Printing Sampling Parameters- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-8
Location Name Setup Screen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-8
Alarm Setup Screen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-11
Silencing Alarms - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-11
Accessing the Alarm Setup Screen- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-12
Printing on Alarm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-13
Setting Particle Alarms - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-14
Automatic Changes in Particle Alarms - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-15
Setting Analog Alarms - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-15
Printing Sampling and Alarm Parameters - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-16
The Statistics Mode - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-17
Recipes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-17
Main Setup Screen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-17
Analog Data Setup Screen- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-19
Password and Remote Access Security - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-20
Communications Setup Screens (Comm Setup)- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-22
Comm Setup - Network Page - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-22
Network Parameters - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-23
Comm Setup - Serial Screen- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5-23
Chapter 6: Operation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-1
Collecting Sample Data- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-1
Viewing Sample Data- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-2
Viewing Data on the Main Display Screen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-2
Viewing Data on the Data Table Screen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-2
Navigating in the Data Table Screen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-4
Controlling how the Data is Displayed - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-6
Controlling what Data is Displayed - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-7
Printer Output - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-14
Statistics Mode Sample Print - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-16
Silencing Alarms - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-16
Saving Data to Other Media- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-17

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Monitoring the Sample Data File- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-17
Saving the Sample Data File- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-17
Erasing Data from LASAIR II Memory- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-18
Restoring Deleted Data- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-18
Chapter 7: Operation with a PC, Facility Net, or Pharmaceutical Net- - - - - 7-1
Communications Overview - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-1
PMS TCP/IP Protocol - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-1
Web Server - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-2
LASAIR II Serial Interface- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-2
PMS Multi-Drop Protocol (MiniLaz Emulation) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-2
4-20 mA Output - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-2
Configuring LASAIR II Communications - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-2
Ethernet Communications Setup Screen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-3
Serial Communication Setup Screen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-5
Setting the Communications Screen for 0.5 and 5.0 µm Output Only (2 Channel
Pharmaceutical Output) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-7
Using LASAIR II in Remote Mode- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-7
Preparing LASAIR II for use in Remote Mode - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-7
Connecting to a Dedicated or Networked PC- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-9
Controlling LASAIR II with Facility Net (On-line Method)- - - - - - - - - 7-9
Preparing LASAIR II and Facility Net for On-Line Operation - - - - - 7-10
Controlling LASAIR II with Browser Software - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-10
Web Browser Interface Advantages- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-11
Web Browser Interface Functions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-11
Establishing Communications Through a Web Browser - - - - - - - - - 7-11
Displaying Data on the Web Browser- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-12
Particle and Analog Data Window Control Icons and Buttons - - - - - 7-14
Saving Sample Data File - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-14
Deleting Sample Data Records - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-15
Setup Windows - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-17
Location Name Setup Window - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-19
Considerations for MiniLaz Replacement Use - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7-21

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Chapter 8: Statistics Mode - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-1
Statistics Mode Features - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-1
Statistics Mode Screens - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-2
Cleanliness Standards- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-2
ISO 14644-1 Standard - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-3
EC-GMP Standard - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-4
FS-209E Standard- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-5
BS-5295 Standard- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-6
Alarms in Statistical Mode - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-7
Communications in Statistics Mode - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-7
Hierarchy of Screens in Statistical Mode - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-8
Statistics Setup Screens- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-9
Statistics Setup Main Screen- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-9
About Location Names or Numbers- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-10
Statistics Setup-Setup Screen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-11
Statistics Mode Operation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-12
Collecting Sample Data - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-12
When Sample Acknowledge is Activated - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-13
When Using Auto-incrementing of LASAIR II
Location Names/Numbers - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-14
When Using Auto-selection of User-created Location Names - - - - - 8-15
When Not Using the Auto-increment Mode - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-15
Observing Statistical Results - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-16
Statistics Summary Screen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-16
Statistics Summary Screen Softkey Function- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-17
Statistics Data Table Screen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-17
When All Samples Are Complete - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-18
Interrupting a Sample - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-19
Disabling the Statistics Mode- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-19
Printing a Statistics Report - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-20
Printing Supplemental Channel Data - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-20
Printout and Legend - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-21
Invalid Sample Data - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-23
Chapter 9: Recipes- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9-1
Recipe Database - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9-1
Sample Recipe Data - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9-1
Statistics Recipe Data - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9-2
Information not Saved for a Statistics Recipe - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9-3
Recipe Setup Screen- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9-3
Recipe Setup Screen - Setup Page - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9-3
Recipe Names - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9-4
Editing Recipes by means of the Web Server feature - - - - - - - - - - - 9-5
Loading and Using Recipes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9-6

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Using Recipes with Different LASAIR II Models - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9-7
Recipe Use with the Web Server (i.e. Using Internet Explorer) - - - - - - - 9-8
Differences with the Web version:- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9-8
Uploading and Downloading Files- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9-9
Chapter 10: Maintenance - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10-1
Cleaning and Disinfecting - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10-1
Tested Cleaning Chemicals - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10-1
Cleaning Method - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10-2
Replacing the Paper Roll- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10-3
Reconditioning the Battery - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10-3
Battery Disposal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10-4
Calibration - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10-4
Other Maintenance or Operational Problems - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10-5
Appendix A: Troubleshooting - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A-1
Getting Technical Support- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A-6
Appendix B: Connecting to a Computer or Network - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - B-1
Web Browser Interface - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - B-1
Hardware Requirements- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - B-1
Software Requirements - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - B-1
Cable Requirements - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - B-1
Setting Up LASAIR II for Direct Web Browser Interface - - - - - - - - B-2
Setting up the PC for Direct Web Browser Interface with LASAIR II B-4
Setting up for Web Browser Interface over an Ethernet Network - - - B-6
Appendix C: Downloading Data to Facility Net - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C-1
Overview - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C-1
Preparations for Setup- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C-1
Configuring LASAIR II to Communicate with Facility Net - - - - - - - - - C-2
Downloading the Data - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C-2
Configuring Facility Net (or Pharmaceutical Net) for the LASAIR II - - - C-2
Miscellaneous - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C-5
Downloading at Network Stations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C-5
Mobile-Collected Data (Case A): Erase Regularly - - - - - - - - - - - - - C-6
Data Buffering - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C-6
Assigning Location Names to Facilitate Mobile Data Downloading - C-6
Appendix D: TCP/IP Protocol: A Brief Overview - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - D-1
TCP/IP's Network Layer - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - D-1
Ping- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - D-1