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SVANTEK 977W User Manual
5.1
Setting the measurement parameters - General Settings
The
General Settings
list consists of the following
parameters: the delay of the start of measurements
(
Start Delay
), the maximum delay period for the
synchronization with RTC (
Start Sync.
), the
integration period / measurement run time
(
Integration Period
),
the
repetition
of
the
measurement cycles (
Repetition Cycles
), the
RMS detector type (
RMS Integration
) and the
intervals for day time period (
Day Time Limits
) in
case of Sound modes.
Time delay before the measurement start
The
Start Delay
position defines the delay period from the moment the
<Start/Stop>
push-button is pressed to the start of the actual measurements
(the digital filters of the instrument constantly analyse the input signal even when
the measurement is stopped). This delay period can be set from
0 second
to
60 seconds
(with 1 second step by means of the
◄ or ► push-buttons and with
10 second step by means of the
◄ or ► push-buttons pressed together with
<Shift>
).
Note: The minimum delay period is equal to 0 second. In the Calibration mode, the delay period is
always equal to 3 seconds.
Synchronisation of the measurement start
The
Start Sync.
position defines maximum delay period from pressing the
<Start/Stop>
push-button to the start of the measurements to allow
synchronisation with the instrument’s RTC. The
Start Sync.
parameter can be
set as:
Off
,
1m
,
15m
,
30m
and
1h
. For example, if
1h
was selected, then each
measurement starts from the first second of next real time hour after pressing
<Start/Stop>
push-button, and then each hour after
Integr. Period
, if
Rep. Cycles
is greater than one. The default value is set to
Off
.
Switching on/off the measurement period settings
The integration period can be set as infinite or can be defined together with the
Repetition Cycles
number. The
Integr. Period Inf
position defines if the period
during which the signal is being measured is infinite or not. If the
Integr. Period Inf
parameter is switched on then the signal will be averaged all
the time until the
<Stop>
push-button is pressed and the measurement is
stopped. If integration period is infinite, then two next positions become inactive.
Measurement period
The
Integr. Period
position (integration
period) defines the period during which the
signal is being measured (integrated) and
stored as the set of Summary Results (
SR
).
The integration period can be set in the
special window, which is opened by pressing
the
◄ or ► push- buttons.
►
The measurement will stop automatically after this period, or the measurement will start again when the selected
Repetition Cycle
is greater than one. The definitions of the measurement results in which the integration period
is used is given in App. D.