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D3S ID

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Page 2: ...isclosed herein The recipient by accepting this document agrees that neither this document nor the information disclosed herein nor any part thereof shall be reproduced or transferred to other documents or used or disclosed to others for any other purpose except as specifically authorised in writing by Kromek Limited ...

Page 3: ... 17 5 4 ALERT HISTORY 20 6 D3S TO SMARTPHONE CONNECTION 23 6 1 BLUETOOTH CONNECTION 23 6 2 BLUETOOTH TROUBLESHOOTING 23 6 2 2 Bluetooth configuration 24 6 2 3 Power Cycling 26 6 2 4 Un Pairing 26 6 2 5 Re Pairing 27 6 3 USB CONNECTION 28 The D3S LED indicator light should turn green indicating that it is ready for use 29 7 SYSTEM MENU 30 7 1 PULL OUT MENU 30 7 2 SYSTEM SETTINGS 33 7 2 1 Alarms Thr...

Page 4: ...8 SAVED DATA 42 8 1 SEARCH MODE 42 8 2 CONFIRMATION MODE 43 9 TECHNICAL APPENDIX 44 9 1 LIST OF D3S ID DETECTABLE ISOTOPES 44 10 SPECIFICATION 45 11 END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT 47 12 DISCLAIMER 49 12 1 FCC WARNING 49 12 2 VERSIONS DOCUMENT 49 ...

Page 5: ... The D3S hybrid gamma neutron platform neatly combines high sensitivity small form factor and a long battery life to produce an ideal portable instrument that seamlessly connects via Bluetooth with the D3S ID smartphone application 1 Power On Off The D3S is powered on by holding the power button for 1 second and the indicator light will start to flash The D3S is powered off by holding the button f...

Page 6: ...he tick mark at the bottom right hand side and that gamma and neutron dose rate are displayed The warm up time is 40 seconds 2 Charging the D3S The D3S detector can be charged by connecting power via the USB cable or by placing the D3S into the Kromek induction charging station 2 1 USB Charging When power is connected via the USB cable the D3S will start charging and the indicator light will pulse...

Page 7: ...or The light s color indicates whether the device is switched on charging and or connected to the smart phone Indicator Light Colours Unlit White Orange Yellow Purple Blue Green Off Off Charging Fault Waiting for Data Connection Bluetooth Pairing Mode Bluetooth Data Connection USB Data Connection The light flash indicates the battery and charging status Indicator Light Operation Pulse Every 5 seco...

Page 8: ... D3S Detector Reference Points D3S contains 2 detectors gamma and neutron The following figures show the locations and the measurement reference points for each detector Neutron detector 32 mm x100 mm LiF ZnS Gamma ray detector 2 x 1 x CsI Tl ...

Page 9: ...MAL OPS 0927 Revision 4 0 Page 9 of 52 4 1 Gamma Detector Reference Point 10 mm Gamma Detector 22 mm 8 5 mm ...

Page 10: ...MAL OPS 0927 Revision 4 0 Page 10 of 52 4 2 Neutron Detector Reference Point 24 mm Neutron Detector 62 mm 5 mm m 24 mm ...

Page 11: ...terface and visualisation of the acquired data from the D3S detector To use the D3S ID smartphone application turn on the phone and press the D3S ID logo The smart phone application home screen display is shown below D3S ID application mode indicator Neutron count rate Gamma dose rate D3S status Time graph slide bar Alert history App menu ...

Page 12: ...erial number of the connected D3S Temperature shows the temperature of the D3S Connection shows the type of connection between the D3S and smartphone Bluetooth or USB Calibration shows the K 40 tracking status Acquiring shows when counts of natural K 40 are being acquired When enough counts have been acquired to feed into the algorithm Tracking status is shown Battery shows the battery level of th...

Page 13: ...ck to the Search Mode The time graph showing background reading in counts per second CPS in 10 minutes period can be displayed by dragging the slide card up The device uses a three second rolling average to detect and identify radioisotopes and the screen is updated every second When radiation is detected the smartphone will vibrate and an audible alarm will sound Alert and name the detected isoto...

Page 14: ...next alert Click SNOOZE ALL to acknowledge the alarm Visual notification panel of the alert will be displayed until the radioactive source is removed The icon on the time graph can be clicked to display the alarm information Below is the list of icons for each isotope classification Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material NORM Medical Industrial Special Nuclear Material SNM ...

Page 15: ...fer to Section 1 Error Not a valid result for table for more information 5 2 Confirmation Mode After a radiation source has been detected during Search Mode user can select the CONFIRMATION tab to go to Confirmation Mode to confirm the isotope identification Click the Start Scan button to initiate the Confirmation Mode scan and confirm the isotope identification Note The Search Mode scan will stop...

Page 16: ...tion After 30 seconds if a radioisotope is identified the smartphone will vibrate and an audible alarm will sound Alert and name the detected isotope e g Alert Americium 241 detected or Alert high neutron count A pop up window will be displayed which contains information on the detected isotope and isotope classification NORM Medical Industrial or Special Nuclear Material Similar to the Search Mod...

Page 17: ...s a clickable link which opens the Reachback Report panel The acquired data is saved onto the phone Refer to Section 1 Error Not a valid result for table for more information 5 3 Reachback Report Reachback Report is a feature to share the acquired data including the background reading It can be accessed by Pressing the clickable link on the notification panel after a confirmation scan as described...

Page 18: ...s are optional Once a reading has been completed a tick is displayed next to it Select Background Reading and ensure the detector is away from any radioactive source Press Start Scan to initiate the scan The background reading needs to be carried out for a minimum of 30 seconds to maximum of 5 minutes Stop the scan once the required scan time has been acquired ...

Page 19: ...rther expand the Reachback Report panel by dragging up the slide card Up to 5 photos can be included within the Reachback Report The Details section can be filled in to further aid adjudications Click Share to send the reachback report package ...

Page 20: ...hanged to N42 file format by simply changing the file extension 5 4 Alert History The Alert History clock icon shows a list of previous alerts where each of the items are expandable The Alerts History can store up to 100 most recent alerts of which 50 can be from Confirmation Mode scan result The Confirmation Mode alerts are indicated by the yellow tick on the classification icon while Search Mode...

Page 21: ...tected simultaneously Note Location may display No GPS Lock in locations with no GPS signal e g inside of a building Similar to the Search Mode alert expanding a Confirmation Mode alert will display the alert details Additionally a spectrum plot in exponential scale is also shown The yellow buttons indicate there is an N42 associated with the alert item which can be viewed or shared If the N42 had...

Page 22: ...PS 0927 Revision 4 0 Page 22 of 52 Deleting the alert is done by swiping left There is an option to UNDO delete by pressing on the yellow snack bar for the next 5 seconds The data itself will not be deleted ...

Page 23: ...ed from the original D3S before pairing it with the new D3S as detailed in the Bluetooth Trouble Shooting section below 6 2 Bluetooth Troubleshooting Should there be a problem with the Bluetooth connection between the D3S and the smartphone the procedure outlined below should be followed in order to identify and resolve the problem 6 2 1 Bluetooth is on and paired Ensure that the D3S is turned on ...

Page 24: ...MAL OPS 0927 Revision 4 0 Page 24 of 52 6 2 2 Bluetooth configuration From the D3S ID application go to Menu Settings Click Bluetooth Settings ...

Page 25: ...r is displayed Click the serial number to reset comms The D3S status at the bottom right hand side should now be connecting Go back to the app home screen The D3S status at the bottom right hand side should now be connected indicated by the tick mark Gamma and neutron dose rate should now be displayed ...

Page 26: ...as been established The D3S status at the bottom right hand side should now be connected indicated by the tick mark Gamma and neutron dose rate should now be displayed If not repeat this process once more 6 2 4 Un Pairing From the smartphone home screen open the Settings application go to Connections and select Bluetooth to access the Bluetooth menu Under Paired devices click the settings cog icon...

Page 27: ...lect the corresponding D3S serial number to pair with the phone If the D3S is not listed under the Available devices select Scan from the top right corner of the screen to initiate a scan to detect the D3S device d If the D3S is still not listed under the Available devices once the scan is complete use the toggle switch below Scan to turn Bluetooth off and on again then repeat step c e The D3S det...

Page 28: ...at the D3S has been turned on From the D3S ID application go to Menu Settings Within the Settings Menu switch on USB Tethering Go back to the app home screen Connect the D3S to smartphone via the male micro USB to male micro USB connector ensuring that the host end is plugged into the phone and the other end is plugged into the D3S ...

Page 29: ...s USB device and click Ok If the pop up message does not appear swap the USB cable connections over in case the host end has been plugged into the D3S by mistake After a few seconds the D3S should be connected to the phone via USB as indicated within the D3S status The D3S LED indicator light should turn green indicating that it is ready for use ...

Page 30: ...accessed by clicking the app menu icon on the top left corner Clicking on D3S ID on the Pullout menu will show version history Share menu will share the latest N42 file from Confirmation Mode scan saved on the phone Update menu will check for any available update for the app Ensure there is internet connection ...

Page 31: ...Volume and vibration can be set either in the settings or the pullout menu In the pullout menu it will cycle through in the following order Sound On Vibrate On Sound Only Vibrate Only BOTH sound and vibration can only be turned OFF by going to Settings Alarm Thresholds As shown in Section 7 2 1 ...

Page 32: ...on 4 0 Page 32 of 52 Data Management Will show a list of days with data present Swiping to left will give a message to confirm delete Data will only be deleted when it is confirmed to be deleted Deleting data is permanent ...

Page 33: ...e Personal Gamma Alarm Neutron k is a multiplier of the n sigma above threshold set to 5 by default Gamma k is only enabled when identification capability is turned off in PRD MODE refer to Section 7 2 Gamma k will only be enabled when identification capability is turned off in used for PRD MODE refer to Section 0 Allow Audio and Vibration Off allows complete silence of the alarms i e both Sound a...

Page 34: ...Radionuclide library can be accessed using the Restricted Mode Access password The default password is 123456 Any isotope within this library can be muted Once muted the isotope will not be removed from the algorithm the alarm will simply not be displayed Unknown isotope indicates any isotope that has been identified by the algorithm that is outside the isotope library ...

Page 35: ...s for Neutron Long click on the Gamma Background or Neutron Background will display the current rate and sigma Enabling Update Reminder Notification will alert user that background needs to be refreshed after 1 hour every 5 minutes 7 2 5 Advanced Settings Advanced Settings can be accessed using the Restricted Mode Access password The default password is 123456 The PRD Mode settings is outlined in ...

Page 36: ...MAL OPS 0927 Revision 4 0 Page 36 of 52 D3S ID Licencing shows your active licence validity This utility can also be used to upgrade or activate a new licence ...

Page 37: ...vice versa via the advanced settings provided the appropriate licence key is employed 7 3 1 Switching from ID to PRD Mode Advanced Settings can be accessed using the Restricted Mode Access password From the app screen go to Menu Settings Advanced Settings enter password PRD Mode The default password is 123456 ...

Page 38: ...MAL OPS 0927 Revision 4 0 Page 38 of 52 Turning the PRD Mode on will disable the Confirmation Mode Reachback Report and Alert History capabilities Clicking Restart will restart the app not the phone ...

Page 39: ...L OPS 0927 Revision 4 0 Page 39 of 52 Once restarted the app should be in the PRD mode as indicated by the mode status at the bottom left corner ID indicates that the identification capability is enabled ...

Page 40: ... Capability The identification capability can be disabled by going to Menu Settings Advanced Settings enter password PRD Mode disable Search Mode ID The default password is 123456 The ID of the mode icon is stricken off indicating the identification capability is disabled ...

Page 41: ...ion 4 0 Page 41 of 52 Turning off the Search Mode ID disables the Search Mode identification capability This means when a radioisotope is present a high gamma alert will appear however the isotope will not be identified ...

Page 42: ...an also be accessed within the phones file management system software capable of opening the specific file types are required to open them The path to the saved data files from the phone is as follows Files Device Storage Android Data com Kromek android D3S_ID files 8 1 Search Mode Search Mode collects data from the detector in one second bunches and analyses the last three seconds worth of data i...

Page 43: ...n the column below represents the number of counts 8 2 Confirmation Mode Whenever a Confirmation Mode scan is completed two files are saved to the location specified above they are the Confirmation Spectra file and the Confirmation Result file The Confirmation Spectra file contains the data from the confirmation scan in csv file format The naming convention for this file is Date_Time_SerialNumber_...

Page 44: ...134 Lutetium 177 Strontium 90 Caesium 137 in various shielding Lutetium 177m Technetium 99m Californium 252 Manganese 55 Thallium 201 Chromium 51 Molybdenum 99 Thorium 232 Cobalt 57 Neptunium 237 Tin 113 Cobalt 60 in various shielding Palladium 109 Uranium 235 Europium 152 Plutonium 239 Uranium 238 Fluorine 18 Plutonium reactor grade in various shielding Uranium depleted in various shielding Galli...

Page 45: ... cps in a 1 neutron per cm2 field Neutron detector gamma rejection Better than 10 7 meets ANSI N42 34 section 6 7 Maximum throughput for neutron channel 5 000 cps Communications Micro USB Bluetooth Operational battery life 12 hours 24 hours with add on battery pack Operational temperature range 20 C to 50 C meets ANSI N42 32 section 7 1 section 7 2 section 7 5 Device size excluding phone 5 2 x 3 1...

Page 46: ...oid Smartphone Spectra storage ANSI N42 42 compliant Spectra sharing Reachback Report Isotope Identification Confirmation mode complies with ANSI 42 34 within 30 seconds Search mode Isotope ID within 3 seconds Isotope ID Special isotope s detected Classification of isotopes industrial medical NORM SNM False Alarm Rate Superior false alarm rejection ANSI N42 32 for the gamma and neutron channels in...

Page 47: ...TIFICATION OF ANY PREVIOUS CONSENT GRANT OF SOFTWARE LICENSE THIS EULA GRANTS YOU THE FOLLOWING LICENSE YOU MAY USE THE SOFTWARE ONLY ON THE DEVICE NOT FAULT TOLERANT THE SOFTWARE IS NOT FAULT TOLERANT NO LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN DAMAGES EXCEPT AS PROHIBITED BY LAW MS SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PER...

Page 48: ...YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE SOFTWARE IS OF US ORIGIN YOU AGREE TO COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL LAWS THAT APPLY TO THE SOFTWARE INCLUDING THE U S EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS AS WELL AS END USER END USE AND COUNTRY DESTINATION RESTRICTIONS ISSUED BY U S AND OTHER GOVERNMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON EXPORTING THE SOFTWARE SEE HTTP WWW MICROSOFT COM EXPORTING ...

Page 49: ...his document The information contained in this document shall be subject to change without notice 12 1 FCC Warning The D3S device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 The device may not cause harmful interference 2 The device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation 12 2 Versions Documen...

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