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D.4 Checking the Proper Function of the System radEAGLE User Manual
D.4 Checking the Proper Function of the System
To ensure your radEAGLE is working properly, we will supply a short checklist for successful
operation.
1. Check the status of the battery failure LED
a) After some time, the booting screen of the radEAGLE should appear.
• If the screen does not appear, check if the display has backlight. If not, there
might be a problem with the battery. Power the instrument with external
power and check whether the problem persists.
• If the instrument boots with power cable connected, check the status of
the battery switch in the rear battery chamber of the instrument.
b) Is the orange battery fault LED on?
• If yes, there might be charging problem or some other problem with the
batteries. If it is running, turn off the instrument, and try charging the bat-
teries.
2. System boot-up and welcome screen
a) Self-checking routines run in the background of the boot process. If a self-check
fails, a corresponding error message will appear on the device and give you fur-
ther advice.
b) Once started, the system should welcome you in dose rate mode. If no source
is around, the ambient dose rate is expected to be between 0.01 µSv/h and
0.08 µSv/h.
c) The count rate in cps should be greater than 0. There are always natural radia-
tion counts.
d) If you have a neutron detector, the neutron cps should be close to 0.00 cps.
Sometimes values of about 0.05 might occur. If you observe a neutron count
rate of 0.5 cps or greater, it is likely that a neutron source is nearby.
e) If the battery was charged, the battery status bar should indicate fully charged
status
f) If the bar shows a low battery, this might point towards a problem with the bat-
teries. Try charging the battery again.
3. Specific checks in spectrum mode
a) Enter spectrum mode. Without a source, start a spectrum acquisition and ob-
serve the area around 1460 keV. After a few minutes, the natural potassium
peak should appear at 1460 keV. You can use this peak to verify the correct po-
sitioning of the instrument even if no cesium calibration source is available. After
fresh startup, the instrument should have at least a precision of around ±0.5 %
of the line energy or a maximum deviation of ±7 keV around the 1460 keV line.
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