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C Troubleshooting
C.1 Checking the Proper Function of the System
To ensure your RADEAGLET 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 RADEAGLET 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 the charger or check whether the
problem persists.
• If the instrument boots with power cable connected, check the status of the on/off switch
in the rear battery chamber of the unit.
b) Is the orange fault LED on?
• If yes, there might be charging problem or some other problem with the batteries. If it is
running, turn the instrument off and try charging the batteries.
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 corre-
sponding error message will appear on the device and give you further 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 radiation 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 system 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 batteries. Try
charging the battery again. If the problem occurs again, exchange the battery.
3. Specific checks in spectrum mode
a) Enter spectrum mode. Without a source, start a spectrum acquisition and observe 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 positioning 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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