Polimaster PM1605 Quick start guide

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Equipment
РМ1605 Instrument
Software
“РМ1605 Software”
Manufacturer
Polimaster
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According Copyright protection laws and regulations, current
Software Guide cannot be copied in any way without the prior
approval in writing from the Polimaster company.
Trademarks Windows 7, Windows 8 are registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation. Current Software Guide may include another
trademarks, as well as copyrighted ones.
Validity The software guide has passed validity and correctness check.
It contains instructions and descriptions that are considered to be
true for PM1605 Software as of the time of this Software Guide
publication.
Documented Software and its settings are subject to change with
no substantial effect on its functionality. Polimaster reserves the
right to change Software in such a way not mentioning it in
Software Guides.
Developed by Polimaster company.
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................4
SOFTWARE APPLICATION FIELD ............................................................................................. 5
SOFTWARE IS INTENDED FOR:.................................................................................................. 6
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:........................................................................................................... 7
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION............................................................................................8
WORKING WITH PROGRAM..........................................................................................12
MAIN PROGRAM WINDOW STRUCTURE: ............................................................................. 15
MAIN PROGRAM WINDOW MENU ........................................................................................... 16
TOOL BAR................................................................................................................................ 17
SOFTWARE/INSTRUMENT SETTINGS....................................................................................... 22
INTERFACE LANGUAGE........................................................................................................... 22
INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOFTWARE UPDATES AVAILABILITY........................................... 23
THRESHOLDS SETTING ........................................................................................................... 24
RESET STATISTICS.................................................................................................................. 25
DOSE RESET ............................................................................................................................ 25
MEASUREMENT UNITS ............................................................................................................ 26
HISTORY MODE.................................................................................................................27
HISTORY EVENTS.................................................................................................................... 28
GRAPHICAL HISTORY DISPLAY MODE .................................................................................... 30
HISTORY RECORDS SETTING .................................................................................................. 33
HISTORY EXPORT.................................................................................................................... 33
PRINTING HISTORY ................................................................................................................ 34
HISTORY RESET ...................................................................................................................... 34
INSTRUMENT OPERATION.............................................................................................35
MEASUREMENT MODE ............................................................................................................ 35
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INTRODUCTION
Software Guide provides full and detailed information on “РМ1605 Software” software
(further – software) interface structure, describes all the program functions and software-
hardware communication.
The Software Guide familiarizes users with technical specifications and functions of the
software.
“РМ1605 Software”software (further – software) developed by the Polimaster company,
enables operational control over radiation situation and output on the PC display of the data
read in the real time mode by detector of the connected instrument.
The instrument is connected to a PC by means of an USB cable. The instrument and PC
communicate by means of USB interface.
Carefully study this Software Guide before start working with the РМ1605 software and
РМ1605 instrument. It is recommended to avoid wrong actions and to enhance software
operational reliability.
Upon reading retain this Software Guide for future references.
Using the sof
tware with any other instruments can lead to unpredictable
results.
User must have at least initial experience in working with PC under
Windows family system to operate "РМ1605 Software".
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SOFTWARE APPLICATION FIELD
The software is an integral part of the instrument. Graphically simple, convenient and
intuitive user interface of the “РМ1605 Software” is designed for the wide range of
specialists as well as for the customers, without expertise and training, for:
1. Providing personal safety while working with ionizing radiation sources when
carrying out researches;
2. Providing personal safety of personnel by means of constant dose and dose rate
control, and instant alarm if there is personal radiation hazard;
3. Early warning of possible radiation contamination or terrorist attack.
SOFTWARE ENABLES:
1. Reading out events information (further – instrument history) from the instrument’s
non-volatile memory;
2. Conducting on-line real time measurement and displaying the results in digital mode;
3. Read/record operation settings of the connected instrument:
•DE and DER threshold values;
•History saving/recording interval;
•Measurement units;
•Enable/disable different alarm types.
4. Save measurement history on PC (history export);
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SOFTWARE IS INTENDED FOR:
1. Instrument-PC USB interfacing;
2. Reading out events information (further – instrument history) from the instrument’s non-
volatile memory and saving it to PC (history export);
3. Conducting on-line real time measurement and displaying the results in digital mode;
4. Control and alarm on the DER thresholds exceeding;
5. Control and alarm on the DE thresholds exceeding;
6. Read/record operation settings of the connected instrument:
•DER and DE thresholds values;
•History saving/recording interval;
•Measurement units;
•Reset of the accumulated DE;
•Enable/disable different alarm types.
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Hardware and software requirements for proper “РМ1605 Software”operation:
1. PC with compatible operating systems:
•Microsoft Windows 7, 32-bit, 64-bit,
•Microsoft Windows 8, 64-bit.
2. USB – cable.
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SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
To install the software it is necessary to carry out following procedure.
1. Insert the CD with the software installation package (included in the delivery set) in the
CD drive of your computer. Then using any file manager open the CD and run the file
setup.exe, located in the root directory
2. After the file is running the Setup Wizard window will open.
3. Click the Next button to run the setup of the РМ1605 Software.
In the new window Setup wizard will ask you to select a different folder to install the
software, or agree with the proposed folder. Default folder is C:\Program
Files\Polimaster\РМ1605\.
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4. Click the Next button to continue installing the of the “РМ1605 Software”. In the new
window choose the Next button to confirm the Installation. It will start the installation
process of the software:
Start the “РМ1605 Software” installation:
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5. After finishing the installation the system will begin searching for the pre-installed
drivers required for the program and instrument operation. In that case the user should install
the drivers in the manual mode.
After successful driver installation will appear the following message “Installation
completed successfully”.
6. Click the Close button to finish installation of the “PM1605 software”.
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7. If you need to restart the PC, the screen displays a dialog box informing that to save the
configuration changes you have to restart the PC. The user can restart the computer
immediately (click the Yes button) or later (click the No button).
8. The “РМ1605 Software” is successfully installed.
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WORKING WITH PROGRAM
Further are described the procedures of connecting the instrument to the PC, connecting the
instrument to the software, start the software, exit the program and disconnecting of the
instrument.
During installation “РМ1605 Software” creates all necessary icons and shortcuts in
Windows menu or on the desktop.
To launch the software after the installation:
- choose the Start menu item ;
- choose the Main menu line Start > Programs > Polimaster > 1605;
- or click the quick-start icon on the desktop.
As a result main program window will appear. Without the instrument connected the main
program window remains inactive. Connect the РМ1605 instrument to PC by the USB cable;
Software starts to read the instrument characteristics, and the status bar with the Reading
settings message will appear at the bottom of the window.
Carefully study this Software Guide before starting work with the
“РМ1605 Software”.
It is recommended to avoid wrong actions and to
enhance software operational reliability.
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Software will establish connection with the instrument and display the serial number and
software version of the instrument on the top of the main program window.
After parameters reading the main program window becomes active.
For proper program exit select one of the following ways: Select Device menu of the main
program window and click Exit command or use the standard Close button .
Disconnect the USB cable from the PC.
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MAIN PROGRAM WINDOW
Simple graphic interface of the main program window represents a set of commands and
tools for PC user to interact with the connected instrument and work with measurement
results.
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MAIN PROGRAM WINDOW STRUCTURE:
Main program window consists of:
1. Menu of the main program window (Device, Help).
2. Field for displaying the device serial number;
3. History button on the right of the serial number;
4. Battery charge indication bar under the History button;
5. Field for displaying the accumulated dose and dose accumulation time is located
under the battery charge indication bar;
6. Main program window Tool Bar. The toolbar is located under the battery charge
indication bar. Toolbar buttons correspond to the parameters of the instrument
settings: Device status, Indication, Sound and Light, Behavior, Thresholds, History
settings, Actions and Menu configuration.
7. Refresh and Apply buttons are located under the Tool bar.
Detailed description of all the commands and functions of the main program window and
toolbar is given further in the Guide.
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MAIN PROGRAM WINDOW MENU
Menu Device commands:
Menu Help commands:
•Refresh device settings command allows to view,
update and change instrument settings;
•History
command allows to view instrument
history;
•Device status
displays the instrument real time
operation;
•Clear History
command allows to clear the
history of the instrument;
•Reset Dose
command allows to reset the
accumulated dose value;
•Exit
command allows closing and quitting the
program.
•Language – change of the program interface
language;
•About - i
nformation on Software version and the
EULA;
•Check for updates – check for updates manually;
•Check for update on startup – check for updates
automatically.
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TOOL BAR
By selecting options from the toolbar you can change various settings of the program and of
the instrument. To save the changes made to the instrument settings you need to click the
Apply button at the bottom right of the main window. To save the changes made to the
software, you need to click the Refresh button in the bottom left of the main window.
Some of the toolbar buttons can duplicate basic commands of the main program window.
1. Device status tab
Device status tab can be opened from the Device menu of the Main program window,
Device status line, or from the corresponding tab on the Tool bar.
The Device status tab of the toolbar contains following items:
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- Display imitating the instrument display and showing all the instrument readings in real
time;
- Reset statistics button in the right corner of the tab;
- Reset dose button in the right corner of the tab.
The screen displays the following information:
- Instrument operation mode;
- Accumulated dose (in the set units);
- Indication of the measurement statistical error (in percent);
- Indication of the dose accumulation time (dd.hh:mm:ss);
- Dose rate (in the set units).
Reset dose function is repeated in the main program window menu, as well as in the Actions
tab of the Toolbar.
Reset statistics function is repeated in the Actions tab of the Toolbar.
Descriptions of these features will be described in the Program/Instrument Settings Item.
2. Indication tab
Indication tab contains only one line – Display in Sievert. This check box when selected by
the user shows that measurements are made in Sievert, when not – in Roentgen.
3. Sound and Light tab
The Sound and Light tab of the toolbar contains following items:
−Sound Alarm enabled - switches on/off the instrument sound alarm;
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−Vibro Alarm enabled - switches on/off the instrument vibro alarm;
−Light Alarm enabled - switches on/off the instrument light alarm;
−Volume – allows changing the alarm sound volume;
−Backlight time – allows changing the display backlight time (in seconds).
4. Behavior tab.
The Behavior tab of the toolbar contains following item:
- Coefficient n– change of the coefficient n.
5. Thresholds tab
The Thresholds tab of the toolbar contains following items:
- Attention Gamma Threshold - first alarm threshold;
- Danger Gamma Threshold - second alarm threshold;
- Attention Dose Threshold - first accumulated dose alarm threshold value;
- Danger Dose Threshold - second accumulated dose alarm threshold value;
6. History settings tab
The History settings tab of the toolbar contains following items:
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−History Recording Interval - value of time intervals in which the current count rate
values are recorded in the instrument memory (hh:mm:ss);
−History record type (linear, cyclic). If checkbox is flagged – history is linear, if not –
history is cyclic).
The number of history events stored in the instrument memory is limited by its internal
memory space. Linear history - in the case of memory overfilling history recording stops.
Cyclic history - in the case of memory overfilling history recording continues by deleting the
initial entries.
7. Actions tab
The Actions tab of the toolbar contains following item:
- Synchronize time – if this check box is selected, the time synchronization between
instrument and PC after the battery replacement is carried out;
- Clear history – this item allows clearing the instrument history;
- Reset statistics – this item enables resetting of gamma-background measurement data
buffer accumulated by the instrument and measurement will be started anew.
- Reset dose – if this check box is selected, the dose equivalent accumulated by the
instrument, as well as dose accumulation time reset is carried out.
Time synchronization is enabled by default, as well as the Clear History and Reset Dose
checkboxes are disabled.
8. Menu Configuration tab
In case of need to hide some of the instrument functions to prevent their use, there is a
Configuration menu tab. It gives the possibility to choose necessary instrument functions
with the help of software tools,and other functions hide and make inaccessible.
The Configuration tab allows selecting necessary menu items to be displayed in the
instrument.
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