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Recording Real Time Data in Waveform

1.  Press 

POWER

 to turn the meter 

on

.

2.  Connect the meter to the PC’s RS232/USB serial port with the USB cable. 
3.  Start the software program.
4.  If the connection is successful, the same value will appear on the 

Panel Window and the meter. If the meter fails to connect with the PC, 

“No Connection” appears on the Panel Window. 

5.  When successfully connected to the PC, click the play icon to start 

recording real time data. A waveform appears on the Real Time Graph 

Window.

6.  Click the stop icon to stop recording. 

Saving Real Time Data to a File

1.  Select the graph window to save to the PC and click on the graph 

window to make it active. 

2.  Select File_Save from the main menu or click the disk icon from the 

tool bar. 

3.  The save dialog window appears on the screen. Select the file name 

and file type to save. 

Note… 

There are three file type options: binary (*.ghf), text (*.txt) and Excel 

format (*.csv). Of the three file types, *.ghf files use much less disk 

space to save the data but the format can only be used with the SE390 

software. Text files can be opened by SE390 and any other word 

processing program such as Word, Notepad, etc. Excel files can be 

opened by SE390 and Microsoft Excel. 

Loading Recorded Data from the Meter’s Memory and  

Saving to a File

1.  Press 

POWER 

to turn the meter on. 

2.  Press 

REC

 to start recording data.

3.  When finished recording, press 

REC

 to stop recording data. 

4.  Connect the meter to the PC’s RS232/USB serial port with the  

USB cable. 

5.  Start the software program.
6. Select datalogger from the main menu or click 

from the tool bar.

7.  Refer to the datalogger section of this manual (page 12) for more 

information. 

Summary of Contents for 850013

Page 1: ...Advanced Datalogging Sound Meter 850013 Instruction Manual...

Page 2: ...other means that do not yet exist or may be developed including photocopying recording or any information storage and retrieval system without the express permission from Sper Scientific INTRODUCTION...

Page 3: ...measurements in science and engineering the decibel is most commonly recognized as a measure of the intensity of a sound wave The decibel is a unit of power ratio with the number of units equal to a...

Page 4: ...battery power is almost empty the empty battery symbol will disappear from the LCD Press MEM or REC Lo Bat appears on the LCD If the meter is in recording mode it will stop recording For battery repl...

Page 5: ...utton 13 Battery compartment on back 14 A C Sets frequency rating to A or C scale 15 CAL potentiometer Calibration control for level calibration adjustment 16 External DC 9V power supply jack Connect...

Page 6: ...ttery fluid leakage After reinstalling the batteries set the date and time CALIBRATION The meter has been factory calibrated Annual calibration is recommended for best results 1 Prepare for calibratio...

Page 7: ...N MAX again to view the minimum 4 To exit this mode and clear all maximum and minimum values press and hold MIN MAX until MAX MIN disappears from the display Note Maximum and minimum values cannot be...

Page 8: ...RECALL press and release POWER CLr appears on the LCD The LCD displays SURE 5 4 3 2 1 0 The meter allows 5 seconds to abort the operation by releasing RECALL Continue holding RECALL until the meter r...

Page 9: ...her applications Close other applications If the problem is still not resolved restart the computer and run the software again 2 Saving the graph to a file that can be used in Excel When saving the gr...

Page 10: ...nstalling corresponds to the Operating System platform running on your machine 3 Aside from the general hardware requirements some computer programs also have software requirements prior to installati...

Page 11: ...n completed and the setup wizard has terminated reboot your machine before launching the newly installed software Main Menu File_Open Retrieves files from the disk File_Save Saves the active window th...

Page 12: ...en selected the mouse cursor will become a cross sign when moving through the graph Click on the graph to mark a cross sign on the graph When selected the mouse cursor will become a I sign text tool w...

Page 13: ...al time graph is not allowed to open the popup menu To zoom in on the graph using the mouse Click the left mouse button and drag the cursor to select the new graph boundaries Release the mouse button...

Page 14: ...icon from the tool bar 3 The save dialog window appears on the screen Select the file name and file type to save Note There are three file type options binary ghf text txt and Excel format csv Of the...

Page 15: ...OVER indicates that the input is over the upper range limit UNDER indicates that the input is less than the lower range limit Datalogging capacity 31 000 records Operating temperature 0 to 40 C 32 to...

Page 16: ...y does not cover probes batteries battery leakage or damage resulting from accident tampering misuse or abuse of the product Opening the meter to expose its electronics will break the waterproof seal...

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