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Model 4525 Gate Monitor 

Operator’s Manual 

Ludlum Measurements, Inc. 

Page 3 

May 2018 

The software provides audible and visual indications of the current status of the 
RPMs.  These include radiation alarms, background failures, power failures, low 

battery, and infrared failures. 

The software supports a network-attached camera, which allows an image to be 

captured when a  vehicle enters  or  exits  the  RPM.    The  image can  be  set  to 
trigger  from  0  to  9  seconds  to  provide  some  flexibility  for  various  camera 

mounting schemes.  These images are stored as standard JPEG files and may 
be captured for every occupancy or only for occupancies that alarm. 

In  addition  to  the  software,  an  optional  hardware  remote  may  be  included, 
which has status lights and a reset switch.  The hardware remote can be used to 

reset alarms and view the current status when the Supervisor computer is not 
available or located in a area that is not near the RPM.  When an alarm occurs, 

pressing the RESET button once will silence the audible alarm.  Pressing the 
RESET button a second time will clear the alarm.  Holding the RESET button 

down for approximately 10 seconds will reboot the RPM. 

Optional system accessories include a strobe/horn, an external video camera in 

weatherproof enclosure, and detector stand sets. 

When  a  radiation  alarm  occurs,  the  Supervisor  and  any  Echo  stations  will 

sound  an  audible  alert.    Once  the  vehicle  has  cleared  the  RPM,  an  alarm 
window  will  be  displayed  showing  a  profile  graph  of  the  occupancy,  which 

detector  panels  in  the  RPM  alarmed,  and  a  camera  image  if  available.    The 
profile  graph  plots  the  background  during  the  occupancy  with  the  Y-Axis 

representing the gamma reading while the X-Axis represents the length of the 
vehicle.  Vertical lines indicate the beginning and end of the occupancy. 

If  enabled,  the  system  will  determine  if  the  alarm  is  a  Naturally  Occurring 
Radioactive  Alarm  (NORM).    NORM  consist  of  materials  enriched  with 

radioactive elements found in the environment, such as uranium, thorium, and 
potassium and any of their decay products such as radium and radon.  These 

types of alarms are characterized as having a high background over the entire 
length of the occupancy rather than the "spike" of a typical gamma alarm.     

All data are stored into a Microsoft Access database.  The following tables are 
used: 

 

Alarms.MDB – Stores all occupancy data including readings and 
alarm status for alarming occupancies.  

 

NoAlarms.MDB – Stores all occupancy data, including readings 
and alarm status for all occupancies. 

Summary of Contents for 4525

Page 1: ...LUDLUM MODEL 4525 RADIATION PORTAL MONITOR OPERATOR S MANUAL May 2018 Version 3 7 8 39653N08 39653N09 or higher 39651n31 39651n40 or higher ...

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Page 3: ...IATION PORTAL MONITOR OPERATOR S MANUAL May 2018 Version 3 7 8 39653N08 39653N09 or higher 39651n31 39651n40 or higher LUDLUM MEASUREMENTS INC 501 OAK STREET P O BOX 810 SWEETWATER TEXAS 79556 325 235 9432 FAX 325 235 8768 ...

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Page 5: ... fitness which extend beyond the description of the face thereof If the product does not perform as warranted herein the purchaser s sole remedy shall be repair recalibration or replacement at the discretion of Ludlum Measurements In no event will Ludlum Measurements be liable for damages lost revenue lost wages or any other incidental or consequential damages arising from the purchase use or inab...

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Page 7: ...ON ECHO 18 STATION CONFIGURATION DATA VIEWER 19 SUPERVISOR RPM SETUP 19 POWER DOWN PROCEDURE 20 SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT 21 5 NETWORK COMMUNICATION 23 6 SYSTEM CHECKS 24 INITIAL INSTRUMENT CHECK 24 OPERATIONAL CHECK 24 ANNUAL CHECKS 26 MAINTENANCE 26 7 SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS 27 ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS FOR NORMAL USE 27 WARNING MARKINGS AND SYMBOLS 28 REPLACEMENT OF FUSES 29 CLEANING PRECAUTIONS ...

Page 8: ...RES AND SPECIFICATIONS 77 MAIN ELECTRONICS INSIDE MASTER DETECTOR ASSEMBLY SPECIFICATIONS 77 INDOOR MOUNTED COMPUTER SPECIFICATIONS 78 DETECTOR SPECIFICATIONS 80 OPTIONAL SYSTEM ACCESSORIES 80 12 DATA ARCHIVING 81 ARCHIVE BACKUP PROCESS 81 13 TROUBLESHOOTING 83 TROUBLESHOOTING RPM TO COMPUTER CONNECTION 85 TROUBLESHOOTING COMPLEX NETWORK CONNECTION WITHOUT WIRELESS 86 TROUBLESHOOTING NETWORK CONNE...

Page 9: ...the RPM provides the user with the best chance of avoiding radiation The RPM performs these functions with minimal disruption to the normal processes of handling materials inbound and outbound Model 4525 systems are normally operated in a pass through or drive through configuration with a scan occurring while the vehicle is passing through the portal Several configurations are available The most c...

Page 10: ...wireless connection The software is composed of the following components 1 Supervisor Station Responsible for communication and controlling the RPMs All installations must have one Supervisor station 2 Echo Station Provides a remote view of the Supervisor display There can be multiple Echo stations 3 Data Viewer The Data Viewer application can be installed on multiple computers to provide the capa...

Page 11: ...tional system accessories include a strobe horn an external video camera in weatherproof enclosure and detector stand sets When a radiation alarm occurs the Supervisor and any Echo stations will sound an audible alert Once the vehicle has cleared the RPM an alarm window will be displayed showing a profile graph of the occupancy which detector panels in the RPM alarmed and a camera image if availab...

Page 12: ... to a user specified drive During the archive process the free space on the hard drive is checked If the amount of free space drops below 20 the archived databases and image files are automatically purged beginning with the oldest data first If the RCM4300 Ethernet board is installed instead of the RCM3700 the RPM has the ability to log data to an internal SD card in the event that communication i...

Page 13: ...mera supports either streaming or static images Ability to monitor lanes from remote Echo stations in addition to the Supervisor station Data can be saved for each occupancy or only occupancies that alarm Images can be saved for each occupancy or only occupancies that alarm Custom site location can be printed on reports and saved to database A serial number can be set up for each lane and saved to...

Page 14: ...omatic purging of the oldest data if hard drive space falls below 20 User defined caption can be set up for each lane and is saved to the database View print and search records in the live or archived databases using the Data Viewer software A pop up window with audible alarm indicates high or low background alarms or a problem with the sensors System status messages recorded to event log database...

Page 15: ... materials such as radium uranium and others occur naturally and are found in the ground These and other sources of naturally occurring radiation make up what is commonly referred to as background radiation This is low level radiation that is always present We are all exposed to background radiation every day with no ill effects The problem therefore is not in detecting radiation in scrap metal bu...

Page 16: ... part of the background radiation thus increasing the sensitivity of the detector to the small changes in radiation levels caused by a source When taking all of the above circumstances into consideration it can be determined that the best way to monitor loads is to have large detectors as close to a lightly packed small load that is moving through the system as slowly as possible Another factor to...

Page 17: ...d charge 3 Proceed toward the vehicle increasing the range if necessary to keep the meter needle from pegging full scale 4 Circle the load slowly trying to get the front part of the radiation detector as close as possible to the load Also look for any radiation symbols or anything that appears as though it may contain radiation If possible get a contact reading If you are able to identify the load...

Page 18: ...st sensitive systems then have to dynamically change the alarm point as the vehicle drives through and look for anomalous spikes or bumps in the radiation level For right now the point is that the amount of radiation that we are looking for is roughly ONE THIRD that of the change caused by the presence or absence of the vehicle itself Also note that the changes in background radiation due especial...

Page 19: ...re stacked on a flat bed trailer but not if the bales are inside a roll off trailer 4 Driver with Medical Tests If the radiation profile shows a large increase at the very beginning of the vehicle the driver should be screened with a portable radiation detector to determine if he is hot This will not happen with X rays but with stress tests colonoscopies and other tests involving radioactive dyes ...

Page 20: ... to inspect pipe or thick steel structures for cracks and thus requires high levels of radiation Such radiography can set off these sensitive portal systems from a mile away Some radiography is done in fixed locations which is unfortunate if in close proximity to your portal system But it is even harder to diagnose when temporary radiography work sites are set up and are gone before they can be lo...

Page 21: ...is number is called the Internet Protocol IP Address This number can either be dynamically or statically assigned A static IP Address is assigned to the device manually A dynamic IP Address is automatically assigned by a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP server The format is a 32 bit numeric address written as four numbers separated by periods dots Each of the four numbers ranges from 0 to ...

Page 22: ...200 23 This is just an example of how to number the IP Addresses Because of the many ways a network can be configured consult the Network Administrator before connecting any devices to the network RPM NIC Configuration Note The network settings are stored in the RPM s network interface card If this card is replaced it will need to be reconfigured to the correct settings When configuring a site for...

Page 23: ...experiencing timeouts might indicate a network problem First check to make sure there are no firewalls running on the computer and that there are no devices between the computer and RPMs that might interfere with communication Examples would be optical converters wireless access points or routers Windows XP includes a firewall application that will need to be either disabled or modified to allow c...

Page 24: ...the computer The default install location for the software will be C Program Files Ludlum Measurements Inc Model 4525 Gate Monitor Note The 64 bit version of Windows changes the default install location to C Program Files x86 Ludlum Measurements Inc Model 4525 Gate Monitor Note The user must agree to the terms and conditions of the Software License Agreement before installing the software The Supe...

Page 25: ...through a mapped network drive or a UNC path To share the Supervisor folder 1 Double Click on My Computer 2 Double Click on Drive C 3 Double Click on ProgramData 4 Double Click on Ludlum Measurements Inc 5 Right click on the Model 4525 Gate Monitor folder and select Sharing and Security 6 Check Share this folder on the network 7 Make the share name SupervisorShare Note The share name can be any na...

Page 26: ...pervisor station All other computers must be Echo stations 5 Click on the Save button The Supervisor application must be restarted for the station ID change to take effect Station Configuration Echo 1 Start the Supervisor application If this is the first time the station will be set to Unknown 2 Click on the tools menu and select Options 3 Click on the Station Configuration tab 4 Set the station I...

Page 27: ...ter the path to the Supervisor folder This should be C ProgramData Ludlum Measurements Inc Model 4525 Gate Monitor 4 If the station is configured as an Echo enter the path to the Supervisor share This can either be a mapped drive z or a UNC path Supervisor SupervisorShare 5 Click on the Save button Supervisor RPM Setup 1 Run the Supervisor software 2 Click on the Tools menu and select Search Netwo...

Page 28: ...t up computer IP Address Set up computer names and work group Install software on computers Set RPM network configuration Share Supervisor folder Map Supervisor folder on Echo Data Viewer computers optional Setup Echo and Data Viewer software to use mapped drive letter or UNC path Set up Supervisor to connect to RPMs Power Down Procedure 1 Close all running programs including the Supervisor and Da...

Page 29: ...d of ninety 90 days from the date of shipment from Ludlum i the media on which the Software is furnished will be free of defects in materials and workmanship under normal use and ii the Software substantially conforms to its published specifications Except for the foregoing the Software is provided AS IS This limited warranty extends only to Customer as the original licensee Customer s exclusive r...

Page 30: ...n Act and its associated regulations and may be subject to export or import regulations in other countries Customer agrees to comply strictly with all such regulations and acknowledges that it has the responsibility to obtain licenses to export re export or import Software This License shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas United States of America as ...

Page 31: ...The IPSetup and the Supervisor application use UDP to search for available RPMs on the network The Echo station attempts to make a connection to the Supervisor station on TCP Port 64501 This temporary connection is used to notify the Supervisor that an Echo computer wishes to communicate The Supervisor uses the IP Address and Port from the Echo computer closes the temporary connection and establis...

Page 32: ... to the ON position When this is done all of the relays that control the external horns or lights will be activated for approximately five seconds The relays then turn off with the exception of the POWER OK light that stays on and the CHECKING light that will flash for 30 seconds 4 At the end of 30 seconds confirm that there are no INSTRUMENT FAILURE indications on the remote display or computer s...

Page 33: ...ile placing one hand in front of the infrared sensor position the check source over the Ludlum Measurements Inc sticker on the detector a The CHECKING light on the remote display should now be lit and the Supervisor software should show that the lane is occupied b After three to four seconds remove the source from the detector and your hand from in front of the sensor 2 Verify that the alarm circu...

Page 34: ...within the system Yearly checks should include Check backup battery voltage status Check for loose wires etc Check for water leakage or metal corrosion Check system parameters Check occupancy sensors alignment Run computer diagnostic routines and check memory storage Replace the internal gel cell backup battery every four years to provide assurance of backup power during power outages Maintenance ...

Page 35: ...ned by IEC 1010 1 Pollution Degree 3 as defined by IEC 664 Notice In order to ensure safe working conditions it is a requirement of Ludlum Measurements that all work platforms and equipment used by Ludlum employees while on a customer s site meet OSHA requirements and the requirements specified in the Ludlum Safety Manual For new installations or non warranty repair trips it is the customer s resp...

Page 36: ...e CAUTION per ISO 3864 No B 3 1 designates hazardous live voltage and risk of electric shock During normal use internal components are hazardous live This instrument must be isolated or disconnected from the hazardous live voltage before accessing the internal components This symbol appears on the bottom panel and inside the master enclosure Note the following precautions Warning The operator is s...

Page 37: ...ent of Fuses Warning For continued protection against risk of fire replace only with fuses of the specified type and current rating Cleaning Precautions The Model 4525 is ruggedly designed and requires very little maintenance The only routine maintenance item is the periodic cleaning of the infrared occupancy sensors Cleaning of the sensors should be done using a soft cloth and water only ...

Page 38: ...ptions including RPM setup RPM parameters software options and archive functions Echo stations are allowed to only change options that relate directly to the Echo station s functions The main screen displays four tabs with each tab displaying the data for one lane Each tab displays a camera image battery and AC power status infrared sensor indicators vehicle counts including number of radiation al...

Page 39: ...w camera image when a vehicle enters or exits the portal The camera image may be triggered when a vehicle enters or exits the RPM A user definable time can be set to allow the image to be triggered up to 9 9 seconds after the vehicle enters or exits the RPM If a camera is not enabled then the image area displays an animated truck or train image that moves to the left or right to represent a vehicl...

Page 40: ... alarms are displayed in purple and high background alarms are displayed in red If the sensors are misaligned or blocked long enough to trigger the sensor fail timeout the sensor fail window will pop up and the status will change from Connected to Sensor Fail These windows must be closed manually and will reappear if closed before the failure is corrected Clicking on the Audio Ack button will sile...

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Page 44: ...layed and an alarm report is printed when a gamma alarm or over speed alarm occurs The alarm window is grouped into five tabs each representing a different aspect of the alarm The bottom of the alarm popup displays the gamma alarm status over speed alarm status and the direction date and time of the occupancy A Print button allows ...

Page 45: ... sum of the left right and top if available panels The readings are displayed in counts per second CPS or in µR hr If a valid speed was calculated for the occupancy the X Axis will display the profile samples in either feet or meters If no speed was calculated the X Axis will display as 100 ms sample intervals The front and back of the occupancy is denoted by two black vertical lines A vertical re...

Page 46: ...or 1 and 2 status detector panel readings and the sum The readings are the counts received in 100 ms intervals and include the pre samples values before the RPM is occupied occupied samples and the post samples readings after the occupancy The background color for the infrared fields is green when a sensor is blocked The background color for the panel readings are red to indicate where the backgro...

Page 47: ...ed The Alarm Type indicates if the alarm was a Sigma Sum or Percent Sum alarm The Camera tab displays the image taken during the occupancy or a representation of the type of vehicle If a camera is enabled then the image captured during the occupancy will be displayed The image may not be displayed immediately depending on the camera s trigger time If the camera is disabled then either a picture of...

Page 48: ... indicate the approximate location of the alarm Double clicking on the image will display it in a larger window The Metadata tab displays information that may be entered for the alarm This information includes the commodity shipper consignee license plate and comments This information can also be entered through the Data Viewer ...

Page 49: ...visor software retrieves its unit ID and displays it next to the IP Address The Supervisor software displays several codes when retrieving the unit ID if a problem occurs They are 997 Supervisor is unable to make a TCP connection 998 Network socket error 999 Supervisor timed out waiting for response to unit ID command Assigning RPMs to a Lane Use the Tools Assign RPMs menu option to assign RPMs to...

Page 50: ...ht an RPM and click on the OK button Disable To disable a lane highlight it and click on the Disable button Enable To enable a lane highlight it and click on the Enable button Enable All Clicking on the Enable All button will set all lanes with an assigned RPM to enabled Disable All Clicking the Disable All button will set all lanes with an assigned RPM to disabled Move Up Click the Move Up button...

Page 51: ... parameters together An RPM can be selected by clicking on the Select Lane list box and selecting a lane To change a parameter click the Set button next to the parameter or the button for the current tab Reset Counters Reset all occupancy counters to 0 Reboot Reboot the RPM After rebooting it will take approximately 30 seconds for the RPM to be ready for operation Refresh Reloads all parameters fr...

Page 52: ... rate of 1000 counts is calculated as 3 0 times the square root of 1000 which equals 95 In this simple example a sudden count of 1095 counts would cause an alarm As a correction for Poisson statistics which deviate from normal Gaussian statistics a constant of 2 7 is added to the alarm calculation The addition of this constant is negligible at higher backgrounds but is especially important with th...

Page 53: ...e parameters control the NORM alarm function When enabled a check for NORM occurs at the end of the occupancy Set the percent to define the percentage of the occupancy that the background must exceed the alarm set point to be considered a NORM alarm If the background exceeds the Max Sigma parameter then a gamma alarm is triggered instead of a NORM alarm Ignore Direction This parameter allows the R...

Page 54: ... changed The system size is determined by the total cubic inches of the detector panels Refer to the RPM calibration procedure for information on how to set these values properly After changing the high voltage the RPM should be rebooted 2 Channel energy discrimination Enables the configuration of a gamma high and gamma low channel and allows alarms to be set based on a net ratio Enable Neutron Wh...

Page 55: ...er than the current background When set to this option the background filter is still in effect Enable Neutron Filter Takes the number of samples 2 and discards the two highest neutron samples to eliminate false neutron alarms caused by spurious events Enable Individual Alarms When individual alarms are enabled each detector panel is checked for a radiation alarm Enable Sum Alarms When sum alarms ...

Page 56: ...mber of minutes an infrared sensor must be blocked before an infrared sensor failure will occur Infrared Sensor Distance Sets the distance between the infrared sensors This parameter must be set accurately or the calculated length and speed of the occupancy will be incorrect Speed Limit Sets the limit on how fast a vehicle can enter the RPM before an over speed alarm occurs Rail Car Gap The rail c...

Page 57: ...ly reset Setting this parameter to 0 will hold the alarm until manually reset either through the reset button on the hardware remote or through the Supervisor If both a radiation alarm and over speed alarm occur at the same time then the alarm hold time takes precedence Ignore Alarm n Seconds After Front Sets the number of seconds that are ignored at the front of the vehicle for determining if an ...

Page 58: ...Samples Sets the number of 100 millisecond samples after in time time to the test the samples Gamma Neutron Low Set Point Sets the low background set point for all detector panels If any panel s background reading drops below this value a low background failure will occur This can indicate a problem with a detector panel Gamma Neutron High Set Point Sets the high background set point for all detec...

Page 59: ...ly 45 seconds to go from 0 to 90 of the final value A setting of 2 will take 90 seconds The Preamp tab is used to set the type of detector preamp that is installed This should only be changed under the supervisor of an LMI technician Options Use the Tools Options menu option to set the operational parameters for the Supervisor application The options screen is divided into eight separate tabs ...

Page 60: ...o clear alarms Audible Alert Language Sets the language for the audible alerts played on the Supervisor computer The WAV files for the audible alerts are stored in the WAV folder under the Supervisor folder Data Viewer Director Specifies the path where the Data Viewer application is installed This is necessary for the View button on the main screen to function correctly Profile Smoothing Sets the ...

Page 61: ...unts per second cps Metric When checked the speed and vehicle length are displayed using metric units Check Source Test This adjust the timeout for the Check Source Test feature When the Check Source Test button is clicked on the main screen every occupancy will be tagged in the commodity field as a Check Source Test The system returns to normal operation either once the button is clicked again or...

Page 62: ...r right RPM S1 Direction Set the direction of the occupancy when infrared sensor 1 is blocked first The choices are inbound or outbound RPM Serial Number Sets the serial number for the RPM The serial number is saved to the database for future reference RPM Caption The caption is a user defined 10 character field that can be used to help differentiate one RPM from another The caption appears on the...

Page 63: ...ived automatically to the archive folder and new database files are created The archive time can be set to any time but is typically midnight Archive Alarm Images Only This option determines if all images are copied to the archive drive or only images that were taken for alarming vehicles Backup to Archive Drive When enabled the files created during the archive are also copied to this drive for ba...

Page 64: ...software uses the static method for retrieving the image used in the alarm popup and for saving to disk The streaming method is only used to update the main screen Camera Enabled Enable or disable the camera for this lane IP Address Sets the IP Address for the camera URL Stream Image Sets the URL required for telling the camera to start pushing images stream and for retrieving a static image There...

Page 65: ...trols the direction the image scrolls across the screen Camera Auto Update When checked the streaming URL is used to display a live image which is updated continuously When unchecked the main screen is only updated when a new camera image is triggered Currently only IQeye cameras support this feature Printing Enabled When unchecked all automatic report printing is disabled Print All Vehicles When ...

Page 66: ...sum of the gamma channels on each panel Level 1 is less than the lower threshold Level 2 is greater than or equal to the lower threshold and less than the upper threshold Level 3 is greater than or equal to the upper threshold This feature provides the ability to categorize alarm levels to provide information to the user This could indicate specific procedures that may need to be performed when an...

Page 67: ... name of the SMTP server and then connects to that server on port 25 to send the email If MX Lookup is disabled the SMTP server and port must be manually entered for email to be sent It may be necessary to enable relaying on the SMPT server to send emails to other domains When using MX Lookup with an external mail server it may be necessary to modify the host file The problem arises in that outbou...

Page 68: ...faults to undefined This should be changed when the software if first run to the appropriate value After changing a station ID the software must be restarted Echo stations now support a list of multiple sites that can be accessed from the drop down list on the main screen Stations configured as Echoes require two additional parameters First is the path to the Supervisor This path can either be a m...

Page 69: ...r Software Number Event Error message and the Background readings for the detector panels Lane Number 0 is used for messages errors relating to the Supervisor computer The following items are logged to the database Supervisor Started Logged when Supervisor is initially run Supervisor Terminated Logged before Supervisor is closed down Archive Started Logged when an archive process is started Archiv...

Page 70: ... Sensor Fail Logged when a sensor failure occurs Background Fail Logged when either a high or low background failure occurs Sensor Fail Cleared Logged when the sensor failure is cleared Background Alarm Cleared Logged when the background alarm is cleared The Supervisor logs information about all active lanes and monitors when the program is first started and after the nightly archive process compl...

Page 71: ...e current query re print alarm profile reports and print summary reports Searching Data To search the databases click the Search button on the main screen After selecting the options to configure the search parameters click the Search button The current database path is shown at the top of the window Select RPM The search can include all lanes or a single lane Start Date Specify the starting date ...

Page 72: ...kground records can be viewed at a time The Alarms database contains every vehicle that alarmed The Exclude Over Speed checkbox will exclude over speed alarms from the search results The No Alarms database contains all vehicles that did not alarm if enabled in Supervisor Software and all vehicles that alarmed The Event Log database shows the events that occurred since the last archive Finding a Sp...

Page 73: ... are several buttons allowing the user to print and navigate the search results The first tab displays information relating to the occupancy such as lane number vehicle number date direction and speed This tab also allows the user to view and update the metadata association with this occupancy A list box at the bottom allows the user to select from a list of sites configured from the Options scree...

Page 74: ...te Location The name of the site where the data was recorded Edit Button The Edit button allows the user to add or update the metadata for this record The Alarm tab displays the status for each detector panel and sum channel for the current record The alarm type background reading max reading during the occupancy and set point if enabled are shown Any detector panel or sum channel that alarmed wil...

Page 75: ... calculated the X Axis will display as 100 ms sample intervals The front and back of the occupancy is denoted by two black vertical lines A vertical red line will indicate the location of the gamma alarm The status of the infrared sensors is plotted at the bottom of the graph as either dark red squares one infrared sensor blocked or bright red both infrared sensors blocked If enabled the graph wil...

Page 76: ...or 1 and 2 status detector panel readings and the sum The readings are the counts received in 100 ms intervals and include the pre samples values before the RPM is occupied occupied samples and the post samples readings after the occupancy The background color for the infrared fields is green when a sensor is blocked The background color for the panel readings are red to indicate where the backgro...

Page 77: ...is enabled then the image captured during the occupancy will be displayed The image may not be displayed immediately depending on the camera s trigger time If the camera is disabled then either a picture of a truck or train car will be displayed A radiation symbol will be displayed to indicate the approximate location of the alarm Double clicking on the image will display it in a larger window ...

Page 78: ...ere used during the current record The Simulation tab can be used to modify the percentage alarm parameters and retest the vehicle for a percent alarm Adjust the samples as desired and click the Simulate button The Minimum position of the alarm and the locations of possible alarms are calculated based on the current records profile data ...

Page 79: ...nc Page 71 May 2018 Background Data The main screen consists of a grid displaying the background readings recorded for all active RPMs when viewing background data High background readings are colored with red while low background readings are colored in purple ...

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Page 81: ...s the number of samples that are averaged together to smooth out the plots on the profile graph Supervisor Path The Supervisor path must point to the location of the Supervisor EXE file The Echo supports creating a list of sites each with its own Supervisor path Printing Reports The summary report will display the number of vehicles and alarms recorded as well as the totals during the specified ti...

Page 82: ...m the AC mains input The fuse is 250 Vac at 1A AGC1 or equivalent BAT FUSE Fuse to limit current from the battery The fuse is 10A ABC10 or equivalent Mains Supply Line Voltage input of 100 240 Vac 50 60 Hz 250 W BATTERY Back up power is provided by a 12 V 12 amp hr battery Power on Self Test POST When the RPM is first powered up all relays lights and audio devices are momentarily activated This PO...

Page 83: ...ed Separate indicators on the RPM warn of GAMMA ALARM and OVERSPEED The alarm status is normally latched held in an on state until the RESET button is pressed However a period of time can be specified for automatic resetting of the alarm status instead of having to operate the manual RESET button each time Note The alarm status cannot be reset until the occupancy sensors have been cleared pressing...

Page 84: ...ND The instrument continually checks the gamma detectors for abnormally low readings When this condition is detected the orange strobe and audio on the master panel will activate The remote display will show an orange INST FAIL indicator and the remote audio will sound Pressing RESET will silence the audio but the visual indicator will remain on until the condition is cleared This condition normal...

Page 85: ...ng condition Fuse 250 Vac 1 amp main AC fuse AGC 1 10 amp battery fuse ABC 10 Detector Cable Belden 9768 or equivalent 12 twisted pair conductors with individual shields 22 gauge wires Preamp Cables Belden 8305 or equivalent 5 pair 22 gauge wires Output RS 232 Ethernet and dry contacts for radiation alarm and status conditions Remote Cable Belden 9946 or equivalent 15 conductors overall shielded 2...

Page 86: ...izes automatic background updating and dynamic alarm setting capabilities Upon startup the instrument will take a background count and calculate alarm levels for each detector Self diagnostic routines check the background count and warn if background radiation becomes either too high or too low The user will also be warned any time the occupancy sensors become blocked or if the instrument is opera...

Page 87: ...ved to the database Automatic daily backup of databases Each lane can be set up to print a report on all vehicles or only vehicles that trigger alarms User defined upper and lower threshold value can be used to display three user defined watermarks on the alarm report Automatic purging of the oldest data if hard drive space falls below 20 User defined caption can be set up for each lane and is sav...

Page 88: ...57 355 cm3 for a total of 14 000 cubic inches 229 419 cm3 Other Model 4525 systems may have different numbers and sizes of detectors Photomultiplier Tube PMT each detector utilizes two PMTs an increase in efficiency of 30 over one PMT Enclosure Construction stainless steel with aluminum door Enclosure Dimensions 208 x 62 2 x 22 9 cm 82 x 24 5 x 9 in H x W x D Weight per detector 295 kg 650 lb Sens...

Page 89: ... Files Ludlum Measurements Inc Model 4525 Gate Monitor Supervisor CD If a backup process is unsuccessful the data will remain in the CD folder until a backup has been completed successfully Archive Backup process 1 The Alarms mdb is copied to the CD folder and then moved to the archive folder The Alarms mdb file is renamed to include the current date and time 20030128_000113_Alarms mdb 2 The NoAla...

Page 90: ... the front camera images There are separate folders for each lane 7 New databases are created for alarms no alarms and background 8 The databases in the CD folder are moved to the backup drive 9 The images in the CD folder are moved to the backup drive 10 The free space on drive C is checked If it is less than 25 a warning appears in the status bar indicating that a purge will begin when the free ...

Page 91: ...g the most common problems Where several steps are given perform them in order until the problem is corrected We hope these tips will prove to be helpful As always please call one of our numbers if you encounter difficulty in resolving a problem or if you have any questions Our phone number is 325 235 9732 or our toll free 24 hour line is 1 800 717 9506 or 1 866 420 9732 SYMPTOM POSSIBLE SOLUTION ...

Page 92: ...SYMPTOM POSSIBLE SOLUTION Dead Channel or Loss of Counts 1 Make sure the preamp is not dead by checking for the red Power OK LED 2 Check to see if photo multiplier tubes are bad 3 Check all MTA connections SYMPTOM POSSIBLE SOLUTION High Background 1 Use a portable radiation meter and check for material in area that might cause higher background readings 2 Check if anyone has been exposed to radiat...

Page 93: ... Use the IPSetup utility to verify that all RPMs are found If the Model 4525 is shown 1 Make sure the subnet mask is the same for the RPM and the computer 2 The default IP address on the system outside should be 192 168 200 1 or similar to it 3 The normal setting for the Supervisor IP address should be 192 168 200 2 or similar to it 4 See pages 42 44 for information about Configuring Assigning Lan...

Page 94: ...r a link light on the switch or media converter plugged directly into the Model 4525 RPM a If NO link light make sure a straight through CAT5 cable is making connection and replace if necessary If a media converter is in use make sure both are turned on and the fiber optic cables are correctly connected b Make sure the Ethernet switch hub that the Model 4525 is plugged into has 10BASE T capabiliti...

Page 95: ...ittent Connection check the alignment of the antenna The smaller flat part of the smaller 8 5 dB antenna is the front so it needs to be pointed towards the larger antenna The Data Rate in the wireless settings may need to be changed to a lower setting to obtain maximum range Next change the wireless channels on both Access Points Team Viewer Ludlum Quick Support Users who are in need of remote acc...

Page 96: ...n the support technician and user can interact with one another while the support technician troubleshoots the problem and the user is able to watch every step The user may also continue to control the computer with the support technician s guidance Once the Ludlum Quick Support application is closed the support technician can no longer connect to the user s computer ...

Page 97: ...ion 3 7 0 39651n31 39651n40 or higher 39653n09 or higher Version 3 6 2 39653n08 or higher Version 3 6 1 39653n08 or higher Version 3 6 0 39653n08 or higher Version 3 5 4 39653n06 or higher Version 3 5 3 39653n06 Version 3 5 2 39653n05 Version 3 4 0 39653n01 Version 3 3 0 39651n36 or higher Version 3 2 4 39651n31 or higher Version 3 2 3 39651n31 or higher Version 3 2 2 39651n31 or higher Version 3 ...

Page 98: ...f alarm Added beginnings of French language Version 3 7 7 Added option to ignore n seconds at the front of the vehicle to prevent alarming on truck radiators Version 3 7 6 Changed camera control to use the axis media control This better supports other cameras beside iqeye vicon Version 3 7 5 Email messages are stored in a queue before sending Changed format of email subject line use dashes instead...

Page 99: ...port for the 28000E Version 3 5 4 Added support for downloading logged data from the SD Card with the RCM4300 Ethernet board Version 3 5 3 Bug fixes Version 3 5 2 Added support for new detector configurations Version 3 3 0 Added Ratio alarms Version 3 3 0 Added NORM support Added MX Lookup options Added ability for Data Viewer to highlight background failures Required background mdb format to be c...

Page 100: ...ata Viewer to create a default local site when installed Version 3 1 0 Added ability to configure multiple sites for the Echo and Data Viewer Version 3 0 0 Finalized Chinese support Version 2 9 6 Added support for Spanish and Chinese Added support for firmware 39651n31 Added parameter to disable train proximity alarms Added parameter for rail car gap skips Version 2 9 5 Added support for localizat...

Page 101: ... is no longer a separate program and is integrated into Supervisor Profile report is now a data report using a designer instead of having to manually create it Removed option for small format printer Change camera configuration so it should work with other cameras Currently supports live streaming on the IQeye camera Other cameras should work with static images Database is incompatible with all pr...

Page 102: ... 2 3 0 Fixed camera problems Fixed other minor problems Version 2 1 0 Added compatibility with 39651N04 and new percentage alarm Version 2 0 0 Added 6600 capability Fixed database and miscellaneous errors Fixed camera pausing Version 1 0 10 Fixed compatibility problems with N23 Fixed problems with a long sensor timeout affecting sensor triggered graph Version 1 0 9 Added cursers marking the start ...

Page 103: ...ed alarm count not updating correctly Version 1 0 5 Added ability to exclude events from sending e mails Version 1 0 4 Added direction north south east and westbound of occupancy Added Rail System type Added ability to count rail cars Fixed Data Viewer not showing speed under graph Resized main screen so its not necessary to hide the taskbar Added e mail support Added conversion to µR hr on alarm ...

Page 104: ... Therefore Ludlum Measurements Inc does not suggest one particular method over another but simply desires to inform its consumers of the range of recyclable materials present in its products so that the user will have flexibility in following all local and federal laws The following types of recyclable materials are present in Ludlum Measurements Inc electronic products and should be recycled sepa...

Page 105: ... sManual Ludlum Measurements Inc Page 97 May 2018 each material must be separated The symbol will be placed near the AC receptacle except for portable equipment where it will be placed on the battery lid The symbol appears as such ...

Page 106: ... 4511 364 1 ea Main Module 4511 365 1 ea Preamp Module 4511 410 1 ea Master Interconnect Module 4511 182 1 ea Det I O Module 4511 411 2 ea Fuse 312001 21 9277 2 ea Fuse 10 AMP 21 9511 2 ea Fuse 1 AMP 21 9664 2 ea Fuse 2 AMP 21 9988 2 ea Model 44 166 PMT Assembly 4384 846 1 ea Computer Printer and Wall Brackets 4396 850 1 ea Printer HP L 2311141 1 ea UPS APC DELL ES750 2310985 Consumables Printer i...

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