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Recording Data
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Recording Data
How do I record sound level
data?
When the soundBadge is recording
a main-measurement, is displayed
near the battery indicator and it
records and stores sound levels every
1/4 s. Th
ere are two ways to start
a main-measurement: (1) using a
count-up timer aft er which you must
stop the measurement yourself, or (2)
using a count-down timer where you
pre-set a measurement duration and
the soundBadge automotically stops
the measurement for you.
Start a main-measurement using
the count-up timer
Press the
button to advance to the
TIME
main page. If
ELAPSED TIME
is not displayed, press the
button to
display it.
Make sure the Elapsed Timer is set
to 00:00 (follow the steps in ‘Start a
mean-measurment using the count
-down’ timer to view it and set it to 00:00).
Press the
and
together. Th
e timer
will display 00:00 and begin to count-up.
Indicators will change from pause ( ) to play
( ) and count-up will be indicated by ( ).
Note: Th
e display will read minutes and
seconds (e.g. 30:45) until 1 hour has passed,
then it will read hours and minutes.
Start a main-measurement
using the count-down timer
Press the
button to advance to the
TIME
main page. If
ELAPSED TIME
is not
displayed, press the
button to display it.
Hold
down for 2 seconds to begin to
set the count-down duration. Th
e display
will show ‘hh:--’ with ‘--’ fl ashing.
Set the minutes by pressing
until
it is correct. Hint: holding down
will
increment the units rapidly.
Press
to advance to setting the hours.
Th
e hours digits will fl ash.
Press
until the correct number of hours
is displayed.
Press
, the display will fl ash all digits.
Press
to again start the main-
measurement and begin the count-down.
Th
e recording indicator will change from
pause ( ) to play ( ) and count-down will be
indicated by ( ).
Pausing and resuming or stopping
a main-measurment
A main measurement can be paused
and resumed. When paused no data
is stored. To pause/resume a main
measurement:
Press the
button to advance to the
TIME
main page. If
ELAPSED TIME
is not displayed, press the
button to
display it.
Press
and
together to toggle
between pause and resume. When
paused, will be displayed and will
fl ash. To stop a measurement, hold
and
together for 2 seconds, will
be displayed.
Pausing and resuming will
create blank time in the data
fi le (this will not consume
memory). To create a new
data fi le, fi rst stop the main-
measurement then start a
new one.
