OPERATION OF MULTIRAE PLUS
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2.3 Power On/Off
To turn on
the MultiRAE PLUS Multi-gas Monitor, press
[MODE]
key. The audio buzzer will beep once and the
display will show “ON!..” and then “MultiGas Monitor Ver
n.nn” to indicate the software version number. The custom
power-on-name which can be changed by the customer using
the ProRAE Suite Software. The model number, serial
number, current date and time, temperature of the monitor
are displayed next. The monitor will then go through each
sensor socket to check if a valid sensor is installed. If a new
sensor is installed, a message to remind the user to calibrate
the sensor will be displayed followed by a message that the
alarm limits have been reset to default values for the new
sensor. If a sensor reaches its expected end of life, a
“Warranty Expired” message will be displayed.
Next, the monitor displays the preset alarm limits for each
sensor, battery voltage, shut off voltage, user mode, alarm
mode, datalog mode, available data storage memory (in
hours), datalog mode and datalog interval (in seconds) and
then after 10 seconds, the display shows the instantaneous
reading of the gas concentration in ppm and is ready to
monitor gases.
To turn off
the MultiRAE PLUS Multi-gas Monitor, press
and hold the
[MODE]
key for 5 seconds. Monitor will beep
once per second during power-down sequence with a count
down timer showing the number of remaining seconds. The
message “Off!..” flashes on the LCD display and the display
will go blank, indicating that the monitor is turned off.
