Measuring and Viewing
Overview of Running a Session
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Measuring and Viewing
Once you have setup your logging parameters and calibrated the instrument, you are ready to begin
measuring. The focus of this chapter is to give you a brief overview of what is measured, how to
navigate, what measurements screens will appear, and how to run and stop your measurements. The
chapter concludes with an explanation of the file system management functionality which is comprised
of the following: reviewing past measurements, deleting files, viewing file storage and memory, and
viewing the estimated run-time.
NOTE:
The subsequent sections show examples of views which you may have disabled on your
instrument (refer to
, “Setting-up the EVM” for more details).
Overview of Running a Session
The list below is a brief overview of the steps for running a study.
Quick Help
Figure 5-1: Quick help list for running a study
Measuring
Once you have placed the Environmental Monitor (EVM) in a specific location, you are ready to
take measurements.
With a couple pushes on the keypad buttons, you will be running and viewing your sessions. Following
your sessions you can load the data/files into DMS to manipulate, analyze, save, and create reports
for viewing your logged data in DMS).
Quick Help List: typical gas/particulate/air quality overview
1.
Turn the EVM on and check your battery power (see Chapter 2).
2.
Reset/Clear
memory (if necessary).
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This will clear out all of the data history before your study begins to ensure you have sufficient
memory space.
3.
Set-up your study parameters (see Chapter 3).
4.
Calibrate each sensor/parameter (see Chapter 4).
5.
Place the EVM in a specific location for area monitoring.
6.
Press the
Run/Stop
key to start the study (see Chapter 5)
7.
When you are ready to end your study, press the
Run/Stop
key to stop the study.
8.
Review your results either on the instrument or download to DMS for further analysis (graphs/charts,
saving and printing).
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