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6. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW
The Ultraprobe 10000 is an ultrasonic inspection information, storage, sound event recording and retrieval system in a pistol housing.
There are two modes that are important to understand:
OPERATION MODE
:
The operation mode will be described in detail under the operation mode section. In this mode you will perform all inspection actions
such as scanning, probing, “Click and Spin” activities, sound recording and data storage. NOTE: “
Click
” operations require
pressing
a dial. “
Spin
” operations require
turning
a dial.
SET UP MODE
:
The setup mode will be described in detail under the Set Up Mode section,. There are 24 menu options that will be described in that
section. To use the set up mode, you must “click” to the bottom of the display column, “spin” to “setup mode and press the yellow
button labeled “enter”. For more details, see the SETUP Mode section.
A. OPERATION MODE
1.
MAIN DISPLAY NAVIGATION
Moving around the Display Panel is easy. Basically three clicks (presses) of the
Sensitivity Dial
will move the cursor on the
Display Panel
to three key spots: the
Decibel Indicator
, the
Frequency Indicator
and the
Function Selection Indicator
. When
an indicator is selected, or “active”, it will blink. When the cursor is moved to the
Decibel Indicator
and the
Decibel Indicator
is blinking, the
Sensitivity Dial
may be spun (rotated) clockwise or counter clockwise to adjust the sensitivity/volume of the
instrument. When the cursor is moved to the
Frequency Indicator
and the
Frequency Indicator
is blinking, the
Sensitivity
Dial
may be spun to change the frequency. When blinking, the Function Selection, located on the bottom of the screen can be
changed by spinning the
Sensitivity Dial
up or down to select a specific feature which may be entered by pressing the yellow
Enter Button.
Main Display Information
:
When the trigger is pressed to turn the instrument on, the Display Panel will display intensity levels simultaneously on a bar graph and
as a numerical decibel value. The current selected frequency will also be shown. Remaining Battery Charge is shown in the upper
right corner. Immediately under the dB reading is the Sensitivity value which may be used as a reference for comparing readings or
for specialized trending purposes. The letters
RT
,
SS
or
PK
note the current display mode.
RT
indicates that the instrument is
running in
“Real Time”
,
SS
indicates
“Snap Shot”
and
PK
indicates
“Peak Hold”
. Should the instrument be set in the Offset Mode,
then the letters
RO
,
SO
and
PO
will be displayed. Along the bottom right you will see the record number (identified as 001-399 Rec).
On the bottom line of the display panel, you will find the Function Select Indicator: “
Press Enter for
:”
(you can use this to select
any of the following function fields.) The default function fields are:
Click for dB
Click for Function Options
Click for Frequency
002 Rec
Storage Location
(Record Number)
