RS-
330/332 Operators’ Manual – Revision 2.00
SURVEY
Radiation Solutions Inc
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Revision Date: May 16, 2017
MESSAGES (STATUS LINE) -
typical messages are:
o
SYSTEM OK
– means Normal Operation
o
LOW BATTERY
– means battery level is below 10% capacity so needs charging
o
SYSTEM ERROR
– means the system has automatically detected an error
o
STAB ERROR
– means the auto stabilization system has problems so Assay data is
compromised
NOTE: See Reference Manual D-1037 for a full list of messages and recommended actions.
b)
TOTAL COUNT
Display from the Gamma detector in counts/second used for
SURVEY applications
– this display is updated 1/second. Max display is
999,999 cps
c) Data table for real-time user information
BG
=
BACKGROUND
– this is the currently computed
local radiation background which is updated automatically
DR
=
DOSE-RATE
– this is the currently computed Dose-
Rate in selected units
NOTE: The Dose Rate calculation may not be
accurate until the System stabilizes (max 2 minutes), so the DR may show a
display something like DR <4738uR. Once Stabilization is OK (Stab icon is
visible) then the Dose rate will be correct.
Dose
=
Accumulated DOSE
– this is the instantaneous Dose Rate
accumulated
from the
time the unit was last reset (powered ON)
d)
GRAPH DISPLAY
– this real-time graphic display is
updated 1/second and displays 120 seconds of current
data. The data is auto scaled vertically as changes
occur. This graph is useful to see small changes in the
local radiation levels that have occurred which the user
may have missed when scanning.
The lower X-axis shows the time the data was taken.
3.2 AUDIO
The RS-330 has a specially designed
audio
capability that is updated 20 times/second to ensure
maximum SURVEY usage. This audio is used to locate the maximum radiation level and its
’ audio
tone varies with intensity. So at "NORMAL
” background radiation levels the audio is silent with the
very occasional beep to show it is active. When the radiation level exceeds the programmed
threshold, the audio tone begins and the pitch increases as the radiation intensity increases. Thus the
unit can be easily used in an
EYES-FREE
mode to locate radioactive material.
3.3 MENU
During
SURVEY
, if the user presses
OK,
a menu appears permitting various
options to be selected. The Up/Down Arrow joystick keys permit user selection
on the display. Pressing the joystick
OK
button
selects the highlighted function.
CONTINUE
– this selection moves back to the
SURVEY
display with no
other action (often used by a user pressing
OK
by accident)
IDENTIFY
– this starts the Identify process detailed in
Chapter 5.0
.
D-1036 REV 02.00 Status: RELEASED printed 16/05/2017 9:45:26 AM by Radiation Solutions Inc.
