PerkinElmer Photovac MicroFID, User Manual

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MicroFID Software Manual
MicroFID measures the concentration of airborne organic,
combustible gases and vapors and automatically displays and
records these concentrations. It does not distinguish between
individual pollutants. The reading displayed represents the total
concentration of all ionizable chemicals present in the sample.
MicroFID does not distinguish between individual pollutants.
MicroFID operates automatically. The user reads concentrations
directly from the display. The display updates itself twice per
second.
MicroFID has many datalogging options. You can select an
averaging interval, you can log all data with no averaging or you
can use the Method 21 mode. If you select an averaging interval, the
minimum, maximum, and average concentrations measured in each
period are automatically recorded in MicroFID’s datalogging
memory, if the datalogger is turned on. If you are recording all data
with no averaging you will only be able to log data for a short time
before the datalogger becomes full. If you are averaging data you
can log data for a longer period of time. The exact duration will
depend on the averaging interval.
The Method 21 mode prompts you to locate a site and then to
record a background and sample reading for the site. You can
record up to 750 such entries. There is no averaging of data in
Method 21 operation.
Recorded data can be played back from memory on MicroFID’s
display, sent to a printer in either tabular or graphical format or sent
to a computer. Data are recorded by date, time, and by an event
name. Event names can be entered using the MicroFID keypad, an
external bar code reader or a computer. Data are played back by
specifying the start event name.
The keypad is used to set up and calibrate MicroFID, and allows
you to manipulate the concentrations measured and recorded by
MicroFID in various ways. MicroFID has 16 keys for direct
numeric entry and for using MicroFID’ s functions.
All information entered from the keypad, the bar code reader or the
computer and stored in MicroFID’s memory is retained when the
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