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1. 

  SAFETY INFORMATION 

 

Read  the  following  safety  information  carefully  before 
attempting to operate or service the meter. 
Use the meter only as specified in this manual: 

 

Environment conditions 

    Altitude lower than 2000 meters 

    Relatively humidity ≤90

RH 

    Operation Ambient 0 ~ 40°C 

 

Maintenance & Clearing 

    Repair or servicing not covered in this manual   

should be performed by qualified personnel.   

    Periodically wipe the case with a dry cloth. Do not   

use solvents or harsh chemicals on this 

instrument.   

 

  Safety symbols 

Comply with EMC 

 

2. 

FUNCTIONS DESCRIPTION   

This  Sound  Level  Meter  is  designed  for  noise  project; 
quality control; illness prevention and cure and all kinds of 
environmental  sounds  measurement.  It  is  applied  to  the 
sounds  measurement  at  factory;  school;  office;  traffic 
access and household, etc. 

 

This unit confirms to the IEC61672-1 CLASS2 for   
Sound Level Meters. 

 

MAX & MIN measurements 

 

Over range display 

 

Under range display 

Summary of Contents for PCE-322A-ICA

Page 1: ...SOUND LEVEL METER INSTRUCTION MANUAL...

Page 2: ...rmed by qualified personnel Periodically wipe the case with a dry cloth Do not use solvents or harsh chemicals on this instrument Safety symbols Comply with EMC 2 FUNCTIONS DESCRIPTION This Sound Leve...

Page 3: ...0dB Auto 30dB 130dB Frequency weighting A C Time weighting FAST 125ms SLOW 1s Microphone 1 2 inch electret condenser microphone Display 4 digits LCD display with a resolution of 0 1dB Display Update 2...

Page 4: ...9V battery 006P or NEDA1604 or IEC 6F22 Power life About 30hours Operation temperature and humidity 0 C 40 C 10 RH 90 RH Storage temperature and temperature 10 C 60 C 10 RH 75 RH Dimension 280 L x 95...

Page 5: ...measure at wind velocities of 10m s use the wind protection on the microphone 1 Rec 2 Setup 3 Backlight 4 Fast Slow 5 A C 6 Max Min 7 Hold 8 Level 9 Power 10 9 VDC power supply mini USB interface ana...

Page 6: ...lue too high UNDER Out of range indication value too low FAST Fast response SLOW Slow response dBA A weighting dBC C weighting 88 188 Range selection Battery indicator Battery low FULL Memory full REC...

Page 7: ...ction is deleted then it can power off Adjusting DATALOGGER response Press the button continuously before power it on then press it will be displayed as following Press LEVEL button to adjust sample t...

Page 8: ...TUP the meter will be under time adjustment mode at the time the display will show the date as following Press the SETUP button second time the display showing The display showing minute adjustment mo...

Page 9: ...e adjustment mode press LEVEL to make the adjustment press HOLD to keep the setup Press the SETUP button fifth time the display showing The display showing month adjustment mode press LEVEL to make th...

Page 10: ...factory setup When the battery is exhausted or replaced if the time can t be adjusted then please initialize the time chip first USB communications setting Turn on the meter connect the meter with th...

Page 11: ...button again MIN will appear on LCD and minimum sound level will be captured and held until new lower sound level is captured Press the button one more time to exit MAX MIN measurement LEVEL button L...

Page 12: ...LD button Press HOLD button The hold function freezes the reading in the display Power button Turn the meter power ON OFF External DC 9V power supply terminal For connection with DC 9V power supply Ap...

Page 13: ...computer 2 Run the file CP210xVCPInstaller exe in the directory driver Windows YOUR VERSION OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM with a double click 3 Hit Install 4 Restart your computer after the installation is...

Page 14: ...Device Manager of your computer 7 If the driver is installed completely the computer will show CP2101 USB to UART Bridge Controller COMX in the device manager submenu COM and LPT Note the COM connecti...

Page 15: ...re operation Symbols Open file Save data as txt file Save data as xls file Start real time measurement End real time measurement Print measurement data Information on the software version Real time me...

Page 16: ...es with the exact time MAX Lowest measured volume of the measurement series with the exact time DataNo Amount of measurement points Sample Rate Sampling rate Average Average sound level of the measure...

Page 17: ...17 In order to compare two measurement points you can set two different cursors The data can then be analyzed...

Page 18: ...und B Cursor B Wert Cursor B Average Between A and B Gemessener Durchschnittswert zwischen A und B Quantity Between A and B Gemessene Messpunkte zwischen A und B You can zoom certain part of the graph...

Page 19: ...are described above They help you to analyze the data Open open file Save as save data in txt format Export To Excel save data in xls format Print Graph print graph Print Data print table Exit close s...

Page 20: ...y Auto Choose communication interface automatically ToolBar activate deactivate symbol bar StatusBar activate deactivate status bar Color Setting Change the colour of the graph background or grid Cont...

Page 21: ...h settings Frequency weighting A weighting Time weighting FAST Level range 50 100dB Insert the microphone housing carefully into the 1 2 inch insertion hole of the calibrator 94dB 1kHZ Turn on the swi...

Page 22: ...nto the DC 9V connector on the side panel 8 OPERATING PROCEDURE Power on the meter Press LEVEL button to select desired level base on UNDER or OVER do not appear on LCD Select dBA for general noise so...

Page 23: ...trument iii When using the instrument in the presence of wind it is a must to mount the windscreen to not pick up undesirable signals iv Keep microphone dry and avoid severe vibration 10 Accessories 1...

Page 24: ...ants batteries must not be disposed of as household waste They must be given to collection points designed for that purpose In order to comply with the EU directive 2012 19 EU we take our devices back...

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