ORTEC
®
Fission Meter
®
(FM-P3) Portable Neutron Source Identification System
931026D / 060118
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Figure 1. Fission Meter Panels in Padded Travel Case (l); Empty Case (r).
The bill of materials for your Fission Meter may vary, but at minimum you will receive the following:
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Fission Meter panels with black, shielded interconnecting cable, and two (2) inter-panel hinge pieces.
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Trimble Ranger 3L with user instructions, AC power adapter, carrying strap, and 9-pin serial cable.
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Fission Meter user manual (P/N 931026D).
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Pressurized
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He tube shipping note (P/N 932722).
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Padded carrying cases.
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Fission Meter Spare Parts Kit (P/N 1109403) containing at minimum battery tube cap O-rings, O-ring
grease, disposable latex gloves, humidity indicator removal tool, and bulk desiccant packets .
1.3 Setup and Startup
1.3.1
The Trimble Ranger
See the Ranger’s user materials for instructions on attaching the carrying strap,
accessing the SD card drive,
and charging the 34-hour battery.
1.3.1.1
T
URNING THE
R
ANGER
O
N AND
O
FF
To turn on the Ranger, lower-left, green power button (
) until the PDA boots and Windows Mobile starts.
To turn the PDA off, press and hold the green button for 1
–
2 seconds, then release it. This will display a Power
Menu screen that will give you the choice of aligning the touchscreen, restarting Windows, or shutting down
the PDA. Tap
Shutdown
.
1.3.2
The Neutron Detector Panel Assembly
Figure 2 shows the master panel with the top of its padded case open, the so-called
“thin” (
3
He detector) side
up, with the second/slave panel visible on the far right. The master panel includes the power button, count-
rate/battery readout, serial port for the Trimble Ranger, inter-panel cable jack, and humidity indicator. The
