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CEL-960 Human Vibration Meter 

HB4040-01 

User Manual 

 

CASELLA  MEASUREMENT 
Regent House, 
Wolseley Road, 
Kempston, 
Bedford, 
MK42 7JY, U.K. 
Phone: +44 (0) 1234 844 100 
Fax: +44 (0) 1234 841 490 
E-mail: [email protected] 
Web: www.casellameasurement.com 

 

 

 

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Summary of Contents for CEL-960

Page 1: ...n Meter HB4040 01 User Manual CASELLA MEASUREMENT Regent House Wolseley Road Kempston Bedford MK42 7JY U K Phone 44 0 1234 844 100 Fax 44 0 1234 841 490 E mail info casellacel com Web www casellameasu...

Page 2: ...nector 7 2 2 LED s 8 2 2 1 Measurement On Off LED 8 2 2 2 Wireless communication LED 8 2 2 3 Battery LED 8 2 2 4 Alarm LED 8 2 3 On Off key 9 2 4 Charging the battery 10 3 Using the CEL 960 in stand a...

Page 3: ...Bluetooth 30 4 8 2 Transfer via USB on PC 33 4 8 3 Deletion 33 4 9 Reading data stored on the PC 34 4 10 Secondary functions 36 4 10 1 Connection 36 4 10 2 Disconnection 36 4 10 3 Calibration of CEL...

Page 4: ...50 7 1 Standards 50 7 2 Metrology 50 7 3 Memory module 51 7 4 Battery 51 7 5 Physical characteristics 52 7 6 Comment on the influence of the electromagnetic environment 52 8 Maintenance 53 8 1 Auto Te...

Page 5: ...B96 which wirelessly connects to the CEL 960 and runs on a PDA or more typically a laptop PC The software allows the instrument to be set up in a so called workshop a measurement to be initiated and r...

Page 6: ...Pass acceleration aw Weighted acceleration Wd Wh Wk filter apk Band Pass peak acceleration apk pk Band Pass peak to peak acceleration apk Weighted peak acceleration Wd Wh Wk filter apk pk Weighted pea...

Page 7: ...machine under investigation or alternatively securely attached using the most appropriate fixing supplied e g V Block and nylon cable ties If in any doubt refer to guidance given in ISO 5349 2 and or...

Page 8: ...etails of system errors Permanently red at start low battery or insufficient memory Blinking red low battery during measurement 2 2 2 Wireless communication LED This blue LED shows the status of the w...

Page 9: ...30 s Briefly press the key to reactivate the LED for 1 minute The CEL 960 is in stand by mode press the On Off key for more than 5s to stop the instrument The CEL 960 is in measurement storage mode a...

Page 10: ...rogress After 3 hours the charging is finished and the Battery LED turns off the battery is now correctly charged It is also possible to charge the battery using the USB cable but the charge may be in...

Page 11: ...ation of CEL 960 No calibration can be performed in the stand alone mode A PC is required for this operation 3 3 Measurement mode Pressing the On Off key for 5 seconds will start the measurement The L...

Page 12: ...universal as possible and all basic actions can be accessed directly from each screen Only functions that are specific to a particular instrument require a specific action use of the stylus on the ar...

Page 13: ...o results screen 4 3 Implementation When the software program is started for the first time the user is prompted for a licence number which will allow unlocking operating modes and options The softwar...

Page 14: ...e screen shows the list of instruments that can be assigned to the workshop this list is built up as CEL 960 instruments are detected in the immediate surroundings of the PDA Already assigned instrume...

Page 15: ...nd selecting the icon A confirmation is always requested to avoid any error Creation editing deletion procedures are the same for all screens workshop configuration 4 4 3 Assignment Removal of a CEL 9...

Page 16: ...date and time of the PC to all Instruments by clicking on icon 4 5 Configuration management screen The configuration of the CEL 960 s assigned to the workshop is achieved from this screen using icon U...

Page 17: ...iguration of the measurement This configuration of the parameters of the instrument allows selecting depending on the type of measurement Type of accelerometer Measurement unit Coefficients used in th...

Page 18: ...esulting from calculation over the 3 axes and stored at each integration time Note the spectrum is calculated on a single axis Storage of global results per axis Global values calculated on each axis...

Page 19: ...s selecting the operating mode for the detector None the operating mode does not take the presence detector into account This option is selected if one does not want to use this detector or if the tra...

Page 20: ...is triggered on threshold after the values goes below the threshold the signal keeps being recorded during this time The maximum recording time the recording time is limited to a maximum value in ord...

Page 21: ...gram the name of the configuration the date and time for measurement start and its duration 4 types of starts are available depending on the selected strategy Immediate start of the measurement Delaye...

Page 22: ...g on arrows when the cursor is placed on the hours minutes or seconds field The value of each field can also be entered through the keyboard If the duration key is not checked the CEL 960 will record...

Page 23: ...by pressing the On Off key There is minimal consumption during the stand by phase 4 5 2 3 Start on detection of presence This programming mode is only available in whole body WBV measurement mode and...

Page 24: ...to press any key to reactivate the measured indicator for a few seconds The alarm LED is not dealt with by the discreet mode The user must disable it in the Alarm configuration screen by checking the...

Page 25: ...the workshop i e listed on the right side of the screen receives this configuration and in turn sends to the PC the programmed date and time to end the measurement With this information the operator c...

Page 26: ...tab 4 6 1 1 Visual display of measurement results The results screen displays the results as well as the status of the selected CEL 960 To select a CEL 960 instrument click on its icon on the right s...

Page 27: ...ed or weighted acceleration by simply clicking on this area In the peak level part the operator can view the weighted or un weighted peak level In the global results area he she can access results to...

Page 28: ...enomenon in the measurement file the operator can use one of the following icons Coding Marking the indicator corresponding to code marker 1 or 2 will be displayed on screen to indicate the coding of...

Page 29: ...ys of stopping the CEL 960 Through the instrument keyboard This stop is allowed provided the keyboard has not been disabled The operator can stop the measurement by holding the on off fey for more tha...

Page 30: ...nts the number of alarm triggers For this counter a specific case exists if the alarm refers to A 8 or VDV obviously if the alarm level has been exceeded once this situation remains until the end of t...

Page 31: ...orresponding to the selected file Data is archived in a sub folder of the folder mentioned at the bottom of the screen The name of the measurement sub folders are built based CEL 960 serial number s a...

Page 32: ...ocuments To create a new folder click on icon This leads to the opening of a new window used to enter the name of the folder Once the folder is named validate by clicking on Once the storage folder is...

Page 33: ...folder contains real time signal recording files If configuration files were to be deleted the operator would lose part of his her configurations such as calibration but basic instrument information w...

Page 34: ...ption WAV files can be associated with BIV data files These files will be automatically deleted when the BIV file with which they are associated is deleted However only 500 WAV files can be deleted di...

Page 35: ...r created to store data is opened for the first time To open a measurement storage folder select this folder and click on icon The list of the files associated with this measurement is displayed in th...

Page 36: ...the CEL 960 icon Here are some of these functions Connect to the CEL 960 Disconnect from the CEL 960 Calibrate the CEL 960 Manual start of the measurement Stop the measurement SD Card formatting Upda...

Page 37: ...icking on the selected CEL 960 in the pull down list Click on calibration to display the following screen The operator selects the type of calibration to perform o Calibration by sensitivity o Calibra...

Page 38: ...calibration process using a calibrator Screen 1 Generic screen to start calibration Screen 2 Start screen for the calibration of channel X Screen 3 Calibration of channel X in progress Screen 4 End o...

Page 39: ...olour represents the fact that a stable value has been reached while the green colour means that the final value has been found The following screens present the calibration procedure Actions to be pe...

Page 40: ...ement stop The measurement can be forced to stop using this command 4 10 6 Rename the instrument The operator can associate the name of the individual wearing the CEL 960 or any other identification i...

Page 41: ...960 memory Do a backup before starting this action The following tests are performed Bluetooth communication Real time clock operating check up through a read write operation Presence detector WBA001...

Page 42: ...e SDCard A damaged file can inhibit reading or storage operations In this case the memory must be re formatted to ensure proper operations Launching function SDCard formatting will start this action 4...

Page 43: ...ucer must be entered in the screen below Overload and under load levels will be adjusted accordingly by CEL 960 Click on icon to transfer the information to the instrument 4 10 12 Updating the firmwar...

Page 44: ...t 3 to 4 minutes switch the instrument off and make sure that the software version number corresponds to the uploaded version by checking the internal configuration see section 4 10 2 If an error occu...

Page 45: ...dongle can be connected which will be automatically detected by the computer Turn CEL 960 on by pressing on the On Off key 5 2 Launching software dB96 on the PC After launching the application the use...

Page 46: ...5 4 1 Data transfer via Bluetooth This transfer is achieved in the same way as with a PDA see section 4 8 1 Given the larger size of a PC screen as compared with the PDA screen size one can directly s...

Page 47: ...ted with the different BIV files The maximum number of WAV files is 100 files per WAV sub folder There can then be several WAV folders associated with the same BIV file By importing BIV files in dB98...

Page 48: ...al time watchdog 8 ALARM_SYSTEM_CMX CMX problem System problem real time kernel 16 ALARM_PB_MEASURE Measurement problem cannot stop real time The measurement task does not take into account the measur...

Page 49: ...ARM_COM_BOARD_TEST Test card communication problem 1024 ALARM_VERY_LOW_BAT Very low battery alarm 2048 ALARM_SUPPLY_CONSO Battery problem or analogue voltage or consumption alarm 4096 ALARM_ACCES_SDCA...

Page 50: ...pass and weighted peak and peak to peak acceleration Peak factor Equivalent acceleration Daily exposure Mobile RMS vibration MTVV Vibration dose VDV Seat efficiency SEAT option Band pass acceleration...

Page 51: ...nd arm transducer CEL 960ACC3 Sensitivity 10mV g Dynamic range 500g Bandwidth 1 1200Hz 1dB Resonance frequency 36kHz Weight 13g Temperature range 40 C 125 C Output impedance 500 Ohms Supply voltage 18...

Page 52: ...tooth ON 15H 9H 9H Charging time 6h 7 5 Physical characteristics Dimensions 100 mm 55 mm 25 mm Total weight 140g IP53 protection 7 6 Comment on the influence of the electromagnetic environment As they...

Page 53: ...recommend doing an Auto Test on a regular basis to ensure the CEL 960 instrument is operating without any faults 8 1 Auto Test Refer to section 4 10 3 Auto test 8 2 Disposal In no event should the CE...

Page 54: ...nfiguration Overload Edit configuration Under load Delete configuration Icon for access to the spectrum display Remove CEL 960 from the workshop Icon indicating that CEL 960 is in storage mode Add CEL...

Page 55: ...xis MTVV Maximum value for the mobile RMS acceleration Time constant used for the calculation of mobile RMS acceleration Time constant 125ms time constant 1s time constant 8s VDV Vibration dose in m s...

Page 56: ...ration acceleration ahv ahwx 2 ahwy 2 ahwz 2 1 2 A 8 daily exposure to hand arm vibrations m s2 A 8 ahv T To 1 2 with T0 28800s A 8 A 8 v daily exposure to whole body vibrations m s2 A 8 max A 8 x A 8...

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