GQ GMC-300E Plus Geiger Counter
User Guide
GQ Electronics LLC
Revision 2.12
Oct-2017
Page 1: ...GQ GMC 300E Plus Geiger Counter User Guide GQ Electronics LLC Revision 2 12 Oct 2017...
Page 2: ...are 3 15 Re 1 01 Feb 2014 GQ Electronics LLC Revised for firmware 3 18 Re 2 00 Jan 2015 GQ Electronics LLC Revised for firmware 4 00 Re 2 10 Sep 2016 GQ Electronics LLC Content Revised Re 2 11 Sep 201...
Page 3: ...ata Saving Setting 14 Add Note or Add Location for data saving 15 Note Location Input 15 History data searching 15 History data menu 15 Erase Saved History Data 16 Swivel Display Setting 16 Calibrate...
Page 4: ...4 Tube recovery time 23 Extend battery operating time 23 Third party software developers 24...
Page 5: ...r Counter software and the GQ Geiger Counter Data Viewer software The GQ GMC 300E Plus Soft Geiger Counter software s appearance is an exact copy of the GMC 300E Plus hardware human interface You can...
Page 6: ...300E Plus main unit 2 USB cable 3 Quick start guide 4 Download link for SoftGeigerCounter software and USB driver for Windows 32 and 64 bits see Quick start guide For USB driver installation on Windo...
Page 7: ...30 second if no key is being pressed during this period 4 Now the unit is ready to use You should see the background CPM rate in absence of a radioactive source Note There is a transparent protective...
Page 8: ...e manger you should see which COM port is assigned to the GMC 300E Plus See the example below Windows assigned COM3 to the GMC 300E PLUS unit in this example For the Data Viewer or the data logger sof...
Page 9: ...m upwards 4 In the menu mode while a popup message box is opened the S2 key changes the value by cycling through the predefined values S3 key 1 In text mode pressing the S3 key will change the display...
Page 10: ...pup Window has timed out after 3 seconds if no key has been pressed Graphic User Interface GUI Graphic Icons Graphic ZOOM factors 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 AUTO Battery Status Data saving enable...
Page 11: ...11 Average CPM of a specific time frame Maximum CPM since power on...
Page 12: ...d time Current radiation level reading in CPM Current radiation level in Sv h or mR h format Total count and elapsed time since power on Press S2 for toggling displayed info Maximum CPM since power on...
Page 13: ...ction S3 Sv h mR h CPM selection S4 Menu NOTE Large Font Mode is available in firmware Ver 2 20 or later only Menu Display Main Menu Navigation keys S1 Back S2 Up S3 Down S4 Select Enter User Option N...
Page 14: ...Back Exit S2 Increase value by 1 S3 Decrease value by 1 S4 Select setting mode between Year Month Date Hour Minute and Second Each key press will change the mode to be set NOTE Setting of Date and Tim...
Page 15: ...into the history data to identify the measurement or location This note location information will be saved together with the radiation data Note Location Input The cursor indicates the position of cur...
Page 16: ...veraging mode Averaging time period is one minute Navigation keys for both data search modes S1 Back Exit S2 Select searching mode Previous Day Previous Hour Previous Minute Previous Note Location S3...
Page 17: ...eds two values to be entered the CPM value and the Sv h value The user can enter up to three calibration points from large to high count rates Procedure 1 Place the testing radiation source close to u...
Page 18: ...item and change the popup Windows message to Yes Wait for popup message window s timeout to confirm the reset request Any other key press will cancel the reset request It may take up to 30 seconds to...
Page 19: ...be turned off if it has been set to ON The LCD back light will be off during the power saving mode Pressing any key will active the LCD backlighting again LED Indicator GMC 300E PLUS has a LED indicat...
Page 20: ...arted after a scheduled time period passed This is useful if a testing target is not ready immediately When it started without a schedule the Timed Count will be started immediately once the timed cou...
Page 21: ...to input data type between Day Hour Minute and Second Start a Timed Count If no Schedule set then the Timed Count starts immediately after the duration set If the Schedule is se then the Timed Count w...
Page 22: ...22 About This menu item is used to gather information about the instruments model number firmware revision and serial number Model information Firmware version Unit serial number...
Page 23: ...ort The USB port is the standard mini USB port It is used for data communication external power and the battery charger connection Data collection time The GMC 300E PLUS radiation data is collected co...
Page 24: ...heir own software based on the published GQ RFC1201 protocol We encourage you to share your generic software with other users Please contact support gqelectronicsllc com if you have any questions You...
