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Failure to follow can result in serious personal
injury or death.
Do not use this detector to sample for oxygen in
gases other than air.
Perform an alarm function check and a response
check before each day's use. If the instrument
fails either check, the instrument must be taken
out of service.
Recheck response and alarm function if the
instrument is subjected to physical shock.
The instrument is factory sealed and contains
no user serviceable parts. Substitution of
components may impair intrinsic safety.
This unit contains a lithium battery; dispose of
properly.
Do not rely on the vibrating alarm (if equipped) in
cold tempuratures (<
0
°C) as the vibrating alarm
may cease to operate under these conditions.
To prevent sensor damage, store the instrument
under the following conditions:
Intermittent
Optimal Storage
(
24
hours)
Temperature
-
20
to +
4
°C
4
to
32
°C
(-
4
to +
40
°F)
(
40
to
90
°F)
32
to
50
°C
(
90
to
120
°F)
Activating the PULSAR Detector
The unit must be activated before it can be used
to warn the user of a potentially hazardous
condition.
·
To activate the personal protection
instrument, press and hold the TEST button
for
3
seconds. The instrument will indicate
the initialization sequence by counting up
1
,
2
,
3
…on the display.
·
The instrument will then perform a
99
second activation countdown.
·
Calibrate instrument in fresh air immediately
after activation to adjust to ambient
conditions.
Once activated, the instrument will remain active
until the months remaining counter reaches
0
or
a low battery error occurs.
PULSAR Alarms
There are two alarm setpoints in the instrument.
Refer to your instrument for your factory-set
alarm points. The instrument is factory
configured with EITHER one oxygen enrichment
and one oxygen depletion alarm OR two oxygen
depletion alarms.
1
. If the gas concentration reaches or falls
below the first depletion alarm setpoint
(depletion-depletion configuration) or
reaches and exceeds the enrichment alarm
setpoint (enrichment-depletion configuration):
·
the instrument will display and flash
"Lo" on the LCD and enter a low alarm
sequence.
·
The low alarm can be silenced for five
seconds by pushing the TEST button or
it will automatically clear once the
oxygen level exceeds the setpoint
(oxygen depletion) or falls below the
alarm setpoint (oxygen enrichment)
2
. If the gas concentration reaches or falls
below the second depletion alarm setpoint
(depletion-depletion configuration) or
reaches or falls below the depletion alarm
setpoint (enrichment-depletion
configuration):
·
The instrument will display and flash
"Hi" on the LCD and enter a high alarm
sequence.
·
The high alarm can be silenced for five
seconds by pressing the TEST button or
it will automatically clear once the
oxygen level exceeds the setpoint
Refer to instrument markings for factory-set
alarm setpoints.
PULSAR Calibration
False oxygen alarms can occur due to changes in
barometric pressure (altitude changes) or
extreme changes in ambient temperature. The
PULSAR Detector is equipped with a feature to
allow calibration at pressure and/or temperature
of use. Be sure that the instrument is in known
fresh air before performing a
calibration.
To calibrate the oxygen sensor:
1
. Press and hold the TEST button for five seconds
·
the instrument displays "rc"
2
. Release the TEST button
3
. Immediately push and hold the TEST button
again for five seconds
4
. The display will count down from
5
to
1
5
. The instrument will calibrate the oxygen
sensor while “rc” flashes on display
6
. "dn" will be displayed to indicate a
successful calibration
7
. The instrument will return to normal mode.
If the oxygen sensor cannot be calibrated, "Er"
and "
6
" will alternately flash on the display. The
instrument must be removed from service.
PULSAR Function Checks
Confidence Flash
The alarm lights will flash approximately every
30
seconds to indicate that the PULSAR Detector
is operating.
Alarm Test
(Check before each day's use)
If the TEST button is momentarily pressed, a
one-second test of the alarms must occur. This
test includes testing the:
·
display
·
alarm lights
·
vibrator (if installed)
·
horn
Time Remaining
(Check before each
day's use)
After the alarm test, the PULSAR Detector's
remaining operating time (in months) will be
displayed for nine seconds.
·
The months remaining (
24
to
0
months).
·
When the months remaining reaches zero,
the instrument must be taken out of
service. The instrument will remain active
until the TEST button is pushed three more
times or until four days have elapsed,
whichever comes first. After this, the
instrument's alarm LEDs will light and the
display will alternate between "Er" and "
10
".
The instrument will no longer warn of
hazardous gas concentrations and must be
removed from service.
The alarm can be silenced by pushing the
TEST button.
The time remaining display will decrement faster
if the instrument experiences alarms or the test
feature is used more than approximately two
minutes per day.
Response Check
(Check before each day’s use)
To ensure proper operation of the PULSAR
Detector, it must be gas checked daily. To
perform a response check:
·
Connect one end of the calibration tubing
to the response check cylinder and the
other end to the sensor inlet on the PULSAR
Detector.
·
Turn on the cylinder valve. The display must
indicate an alarm and the alarm lights, horn
and vibrator (if installed) must activate.
Remove the gas, close the valve and reset
the alarm.
Gas Reading Display
Following the operating time remaining, the
current oxygen reading in %O2 is displayed in
the following format:
· “rd” will be displayed for 1 second followed by
· The oxygen reading for 5 seconds
o
If reading is >1.0% O2, for example,
20.8% O2, the “20”, “8” will toggle on
the LCD
o
If reading is <1.0% O2, for example, 0.5%
O2, then “”,”5” will toggle on the LCD
Software Version
To view the software revision of the instrument,
press and hold the TEST button for three seconds
during the months remaining period. The instru-
ment will display "rE" for
0
.
5
seconds, followed by
the revision of the software (
1
-
99
) for
1
.
5
seconds.
Low Battery
Should the PULSAR Detector's battery become
too low to operate the instrument:
· the alarm lights will light
· the horn will sound
· the display will alternate between "Er" and "11".
The battery has sufficient capacity to power the
instrument for two years with approximately
two minutes of alarms per day. Alarms beyond
two minutes per day, or excessive use of the Test
feature, may cause the battery alarm to occur
sooner than normal.
The alarm can be silenced by pushing the TEST
button.
Optional Clips
The PULSAR Detector is supplied with two
mounting clips. When choosing a clip, be sure
that the inlet to the sensor is not covered or
obscured by clothing, paper or anything else
that may prevent the sensor from being fully
exposed to the atmosphere being monitored.
Ac
tiv
a
te By
:
O
2
Ox
yge
n
Specifica
tions
Oper
a
ting T
emper
a
tur
e
R
ange:
-
20
to +
50
° C (-
4
to +
122
° F)
Humidity
:
10
to
95
% R
H
,Non c
ondensing
Oper
a
ting Lif
e:
2
years with a
ver
age of
2
minutes of alarm per da
y
A
udible Alarm:
85
dB
Siz
e:
3
.
4
" H x
2
.
0
" W
x
0
.
75
" D
(
8
.
6
cm H x
5
.
1
cm W
x
1
.
9
cm D
)
W
eigh
t:
2
.
4
oz (
68
gr
ams
)
Ce
rtifica
tions
- US and C
anadian cU
L cer
tifica
tion f
or Class I,
Division
1
Gr
oups A,
B
,C and D
Accessories
Description
P
a
rt
No
.
Cy
linder
,
5.0
% O
x
yg
en,
R
P
493580
Cy
linder
,
20
.
8
% o
x
yg
en,
R
P
479857
R
egula
tor
,
0
.
25
lpm
467895
R
egula
tor
,
0
.
25
lpm C
ombina
tion
711175
Tu
bing
,
40
cm (
16
”)
10030325
Suspender Style Clip
10032389
Spring W
ir
e
Clip
10032387
PULSAR™ Oxygen Detector
Instructions for Use and Maintenance
MS
A W
arr
an
ty
PU
LS
AR
O
x
y
g
en Detec
tor
1.
W
arr
an
ty
- MS
A w
arr
an
ts
tha
t
this pr
oduc
t
will be fr
ee fr
om mechanical def
e
cts and f
a
ulty workmanship f
or a peri-
od of
two (2) y
ears fr
om da
te of shipmen
t,
p
ro
vided it
is main
tained and used in acc
o
rdance with MS
A's instruc
tions
and/
or r
e
commenda
tions.
MS
A shall be r
eleased fr
om all obliga
tions under
this w
arr
an
ty in
the e
ven
t
repairs or
modifica
tions ar
e made by persons other
than its own or authoriz
ed ser
vice personnel or if
the w
arr
an
ty claim
results fr
om ph
ysical abuse or misuse of
the pr
oduc
t.
No agen
t,
employ
ee or r
epr
esen
ta
tiv
e of MS
A has an
y author-
ity
to bind MS
A
to an
y af
firma
tion,
repr
esen
ta
tion or w
arr
an
ty c
oncerning
the goods sold under
this c
o
n
tr
a
ct
.
T
H
IS
WA
RR
ANTY IS I
N
LI
EU OF ALL O
T
H
ER
W
A
R
R
ANT
IES
,E
XPR
ESSED
,IMPLI
ED OR S
TA
T
U
T
OR
Y,
AN
D IS S
T
R
ICT
LY
LIMIT
ED
T
O
TH
E
T
ERMS H
E
R
EOF
.
M
S
A
SPEC
IFIC
ALL
Y DISC
LAIMS AN
Y
W
A
R
R
ANTY OF MER
C
HANT
A
B
ILITY OR OF FIT
N
ESS FOR A
PA
RT
ICU
LAR PU
R
P
OSE.
2.
Ex
clusiv
e R
emedy
- It
is e
x
pr
essly agr
eed
tha
t
P
ur
chaser's sole and e
x
clusiv
e r
emedy f
or br
each of
the abo
ve
w
a
r-
ra
nt
y,
for an
y
tor
tious c
onduc
t
o
f MS
A,
or f
or an
y other cause of ac
tion,
shall be
the r
epair and/
or r
eplacemen
t
a
t
MS
A's option,
of an
y equipmen
t
or par
ts
ther
eof
,
which af
ter e
x
amina
tion by MS
A is pr
o
ven
to be def
ec
tiv
e.
R
eplacemen
t
equipmen
t
and/
or par
ts will be pr
o
vided a
t
no c
ost
to P
u
rc
haser
,F
.O
.B
.MS
A's Plan
t.
Failur
e of MS
A
to
successfully r
epair an
y nonc
onf
orming pr
oduc
t
shall not
cause
the r
emedy established her
eby
to f
ail of its essen
tial
purpose.
3.
E
x
clusion of C
onsequen
tial Damage
- P
u
rchaser specifically understands and agr
ees
tha
t
u
nder no cir
cumstances
will MS
A be liable
to P
u
rchaser f
or ec
onomic,
special,
inciden
tal or c
onsequen
tial damages or losses of an
y kind
wha
tsoe
ve
r,
including but
not
limited
to
,loss of an
ticipa
ted pr
ofits and an
y other loss caused by r
eason of non-oper-
a
tion of
the goods.
This e
x
clusion is applicable
to claims f
or br
each of w
arr
an
ty
,t
or
tious c
onduc
t
or an
y other cause
of ac
tion against
MS
A.
Gar
antía de MS
A
Detec
tor de O
xíg
eno
PU
LS
AR
1.
Gar
an
tía -
MS
A gar
a
n
tiz
a que este pr
oduc
to no
tendr
á def
ec
tos mecánic
os ni elabor
ación def
ec
tuosa por un período de dos (2) años a
par
tir de la f
e
cha de en
vío
,
siempr
e que r
eciba man
tenimien
to y se le utilice de acuer
do c
on las instrucciones y/
o r
e
comendacion
es
dadas por MS
A.
MS
A quedar
á libr
e de
toda obligación bajo esta gar
a
n
tía en el caso de que las r
e
par
aciones o modificaciones se ha
gan
por personal que no sea de MS
A o personal de ser
vicio autoriz
ado
,o
si la r
eclamación de la gar
a
n
tía es c
omo r
esultado del abuso
físic
o
o mal uso del pr
oduc
to
.N
ingún agen
te,
empleado ni r
epr
esen
tan
te MS
A
tiene alguna autoridad de c
ompr
ometer a MS
A c
on ninguna
afirmación,
repr
esen
tación o gar
a
n
tía r
espec
to a las mer
cancías v
endidas bajo este c
o
n
tr
a
to
.E
S
TA G
A
R
A
NTÍA SE OFR
EC
E EN L
U
G
AR DE
TO
DA
S LA
S DEM
Á
S
G
A
R
A
NTÍAS
,
YA
SE
AN E
X
PR
ES
A
S
,T
Á
C
IT
A
S
O R
EGLA
MENT
A
R
IAS
,
Y
SE LIMIT
A
ES
T
R
ICT
A
MENT
E
A LA
S C
O
N
DIC
ION
ES
EX
PU
ES
TA
S EN EL PR
ESENT
E
DOCU
MENT
O
.M
S
A
R
E
N
U
NC
IA ESPECÍFIC
A
MENT
E
A
T
O
D
A
G
A
R
A
NTÍA DE C
O
MER
C
IALI
D
AD O I
DON
EI
D
A
D
PA
R
A
U
N
P
R
OP
ÓSIT
O
EN P
A
R
T
ICU
LAR.
2.
R
ecurso legal e
x
clusiv
o -
Queda e
xpr
esamen
te c
o
n
venido que el r
ecurso únic
o y e
x
clusiv
o
del C
ompr
ador an
te la violación de la gar
a
n-
tía an
tes mencionada,
p
or cualquier c
onduc
ta agr
a
van
te de MS
A,
o por cualquier otr
a
causa de acción,
ser
á la r
e
par
ación y/
o el r
e
e
m-
plaz
o de cualquier equipo o piez
a mencionados aquí a la discr
eción de MS
A,
si r
e
sulta estar def
ec
tuoso después de la v
erificació
n hecha
por MS
A.
Se pr
opor
cionar
án equipos y/
o piez
a
de r
epuesto sin c
osto alguno al C
ompr
ador
,l
ibr
e
a bor
do (F
.O
.B) desde la f
ábrica de
MS
A.
La nega
tiv
a por par
te de MS
A de r
epar
ar sa
tisf
ac
toriamen
te cualquier pr
oduc
to c
on el que no se está c
onf
orme no deber
á causar q
ue
falle el pr
opósito esencial del r
ecurso legal que establece el pr
esen
te documen
to
.
3.
Ex
clusión de daños emer
gen
tes -
El C
ompr
ador en
tiende específicamen
te y está de acuer
do que bajo ningún c
oncepto MS
A ser
á
responsable an
te el C
ompr
ador por daños ec
onómic
os
,especiales
,i
nciden
tales o emer
gen
tes
,o
pér
didas de ningún
tipo
,incluidas de
maner
a e
x
clusiv
a
más no limita
tiv
a,
la pér
dida de ganancias an
ticipadas y cualquier otr
a pér
dida causada por el no funcionamien
to de
los enser
es.
E
sta e
x
clusión se aplica a las r
eclamaciones por la violación de gar
a
n
tía,
conduc
ta agr
a
van
te o cualquier otr
a
causa
de
acción c
o
n
tr
a
MS
A.
Gar
antie MS
A
Détec
teur d’
o
x
y
g
ène
PU
LS
AR
1.
MS
A gar
a
n
tit
par la pr
ésen
te que ce pr
oduit
ser
a indemne de déf
auts mécaniques et
de main d’
œuvr
e pendan
t
une période de deux
ans à c
o
mpter de la da
te d’
e
xpédition,
dans la mesur
e où il est
utilisé et
main
tenu c
onf
ormémen
t
aux instruc
tions et
/ou aux r
e
co
m-
manda
tions de MS
A.
MS
A ser
a libér
é de
toute obliga
tion dans le cadr
e de cette gar
a
n
tie en cas de r
épar
a
tions ou de modifica
tions
ef
fe
c-
tuées par des personnes autr
es que celles appar
tenan
t
à
ses ser
vices ou dûmen
t
autorisées ou si le r
e
cours en gar
a
n
tie pr
o
vien
t
d
’un
abus ph
ysique ou d’
un mésusage du pr
oduit
.A
ucun agen
t,
employ
é
ou r
epr
ésen
tan
t
de MS
A n
’est
autorisé à associer MS
A à aucune
af
firma
tion,
re
pr
ésen
ta
tion ou gar
a
n
tie c
oncernan
t
les biens v
e
ndus au
titr
e de ce c
o
n
tr
a
t.
C
ETT
E G
A
R
A
NT
IE
R
E
MPLA
C
E
T
O
U
T
E A
U
T
R
E
GA
RA
NT
IE
,
E
XPR
ESSE,
IMPLIC
IT
E OU LEG
ALE,
ET R
E
S
T
E S
T
R
ICT
EMENT LIMIT
EE A
U
X
T
ERMES C
I-C
ONT
R
E.
MS
A DEN
IE
SPEC
IFIQU
EMENT
TO
UT
E G
A
R
A
NT
IE
DE QU
ALIT
E
M
A
R
C
HAN
DE OU D’
ADEQU
A
T
ION A U
N
E U
T
ILIS
A
T
ION P
A
R
T
ICU
LI
ER
E.
2.
Re
cours e
x
clusif –
Il est
e
x
pr
essémen
t
con
venu que le seul et
unique r
e
cours pour l’
acheteur en cas d’inobser
va
tion de gar
a
n
tie ci-
dessus
,en cas de c
onduite délic
tueuse de la par
t
de MS
A ou pour
toute autr
e cause d’
ac
tion,
ser
a la r
épar
a
tion et
/ou le r
emplacem
en
t,
à la discr
étion de MS
A,
de
tout
équipemen
t
ou pièce,
qui apr
ès e
x
amen par MS
A ser
a pr
ouv
é c
o
mme étan
t
déf
ec
tueux
.L
e r
emplace-
men
t
de l’
équipemen
t
e
t/
ou des pièces ser
a
ef
fe
ctué gr
a
tuitemen
t
à
l’
acheteur
,F
.O
.B
.usine MS
A.
L’incapacité par MS
A de r
épar
er a
vec
succès
tout
pr
oduit
non c
onf
orme ne ser
a pas à l’
origine de l’
échec du r
e
cours ici établi dans son essence.
3.
Ex
clusion des dommages indir
ec
ts –
L’
acheteur c
ompr
end et
est
spécifiquemen
t
d
’a
cc
or
d qu’
en aucune cir
constance,
MS
A ne ser
a
responsable en
vers l’
acheteur quan
t
aux per
tes ou dommages indir
ec
ts
,é
conomiques
,s
péciaux ou r
ésultan
ts d’
aucune sor
te,
y c
o
m-
pris mais sans s’y limiter
,toute per
te de pr
ofits an
ticipés et
toute autr
e per
te pr
o
voquée en r
a
ison du f
onc
tionnemen
t
des biens.
C
ette
ex
clusion est
applicable aux r
éclama
tions pour inobser
va
tion de gar
a
n
tie,
conduite délic
tueuse ou pour
toute autr
e cause d’
ac
tion
à
l’enc
on
tr
e de MS
A.
WARNING
!
CAUTION
!
© Mine Safety Appliances Company 2005
P.O. Box 427, Pittsburgh, PA 15230
(L) REV.
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PART NUMBER 10028554