GQ GMC-500/GMC-500+
Geiger Counter
User Guide
GQ Electronics LLC
Revision 1.2
Sep-2017
Page 1: ...GQ GMC 500 GMC 500 Geiger Counter User Guide GQ Electronics LLC Revision 1 2 Sep 2017...
Page 2: ...2 Document Revision History Re 1 20 Sep 2017 Re 1 01 Apr 2017 Re 1 00 Feb 2017...
Page 3: ...ng 16 Data Saving Setting 16 Threshold Data Saving Setting 17 Add Note or Add Location for data saving 17 Note Location Input 18 Erase Saved History Data 18 Display Option 18 Swivel Display Option 18...
Page 4: ...version 28 Unit serial number 28 GQ GMC Data Viewer Software 29 Online Geiger Counter World Map 32 www GMCmap com 32 Software 32 Auto Submit Data Protocol 32 Applications 33 Stationary Application 33...
Page 5: ...th the a standard USB port USB charger or with a computer USB port Using the external power continuous data monitoring is possible Using either power adapter you will not have to worry about the batte...
Page 6: ...ion to location To get accurate reading user may need to get an average value over a longer time period The GM 500 built in intelligent algorithm always select one of the most adequate sensors to meas...
Page 7: ...fter 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 protec...
Page 8: ...m the device manger you should see which COM port is assigned to the unit See the example below Windows assigned COM3 to the GMC 500 unit in this example For the data viewer or the data logger softwar...
Page 9: ...the highlight menu item 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...
Page 10: ...l be stored when the Popup Window has timed out after 3 seconds if no key has been pressed Graphic User Interface GUI Graphic Icons Graphic ZOOM factors 0 5 1 0 2 0 AUTO Battery Status Data saving ena...
Page 11: ...11 Average CPM of a specific time frame Maximum CPM since power on Current radiation level is normal Current radiation level is medium Current radiation level is high...
Page 12: ...isplay preferences Vertical Display and Horizontal Display With the Horizontal Display the user can select one information screen from Text Graphic Large Font or Menu The Vertical Display Mode display...
Page 13: ...ode and Timed Count Graphic Mode Current radiation level reading in CPM format Counts Per Minute CPS Count Per Second in last 60 seconds Text Mode Current date and time Press S3 for toggling between d...
Page 14: ...ys for both modes S1 Text Graphic Display Mode Selection S2 Sv h mR h Total Count Elapsed Time selection S3 Date or Time on title selection S4 Menu Large Font Mode Current date and time Change it in T...
Page 15: ...Back S2 Up S3 Down S4 Select Enter User Option Navigation keys S1 Back S2 Up S3 Down S4 Select Enter Alarm Set Currently the CPM alarm mode is selected The audio alarm will be triggered once the radia...
Page 16: ...d the key down 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 Time is important all history data use Date...
Page 17: ...will be over written Carefully select the data saving interval to save memory space With Threshold saving mode data only will be logged if it exceed the threshold value Threshold Data Saving Setting...
Page 18: ...and S3 to select Yes or No on the screen to confirm the request After about 3 seconds with Yes confirmation the unit will start to erase entire saved history data It may take a few seconds to complet...
Page 19: ...SK TKIP AES and Open security modes Select WiFi On Off item will turn the WiFi connection On Off Make sure the WiFi SSID and Password have been set Note All WiFi settings available from GQ GMC Data Vi...
Page 20: ...to another http server URL for Website server The default web server data receiving URL is log2 asp User is able to change the URL to user specific URL However the URL data parameters in a fixed forma...
Page 21: ...ging Period The default data logging period is 2 minutes This will let unit to log the data to website server every two minute User is able to change the period from 1 to any minutes WiFi Data Logging...
Page 22: ...user can enter up to three calibration points from large to high count rates Procedure 1 Place the testing radiation source 30mm away to the center of unit Geiger Tube side In Text or Graphic mode wai...
Page 23: ...cedure Select Factory Reset menu 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...
Page 24: ...y power The audio signal will not 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 backlight again The unit movem...
Page 25: ...gyroscope data It displays current unit X Y Z axis data and detected motion event Such as single tap OR double tap Communication Baud Rate This Geiger counter serial communication baud rate is selecta...
Page 26: ...edule the Timed Count will be started immediately once the timed count period is set The Timed Count can be set from the menu Set a schedule This example shows the schedule is set to 2 minute Navigati...
Page 27: ...starts immediately after the duration set If the Schedule is set then the Timed Count will be started after a scheduled time period passed This is useful if a testing target is not ready immediately O...
Page 28: ...28 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 29: ...y data from GMC 500 Real time monitoring with graphic when it connected with GMC 500 Save the history data in bin OR csv MS Excel format Synchronize the data and time to GMC 500 with computer s data a...
Page 30: ...30 WiFi Setup Utility With Data Viewer software Settings menu users are able to quick and easily setup the device WiFi connection and data logging...
Page 31: ...PEAKER1 ALARM0 ALARM1 GETVOLT GETGYRO GETCFG GETCPS GETTEMP HEARTBEAT0 HEARTBEAT1 GETDATETIME CFGUPDATE POWEROFF POWERON SETDATETIME FACTORYRESET For detailed communication protocol commands please se...
Page 32: ...any software automatically submitted data The following tested software are free for automatic submit data feature 1 GQ Geiger Counter Data Logger PRO works on all Geiger Counter 2 GQ Geiger Counter D...
Page 33: ...0 075 The result will be returned immediately The following are the returned result examples 1 OK 2 Error User is not found 3 Error Geiger Counter is not found 4 Warning The Geiger Counter location c...
Page 34: ...e Power Saving mode to extend the battery operating time Turn off the speaker if it is not necessary If a fully charged battery run out in less than 5 operating hours then the battery needs to be repl...
