SOFTWARE GUIDE PM1405 DATA PROCESSING SOFTWARE

SOFTWARE GUIDE PM1405 DATA PROCESSING SOFTWARE

Equipment Software Manufacturer Survey meter РМ1405 "РМ1405 Software" Polimaster Copyright Polimaster 2015. All rights reserved. According Copyright protection laws and regulations, current Software Guide cannot be copied in any way without the prior approval in writing from the Polimaster company. Validity The software guide has passed validity and correctness check. It contains instructions and descriptions that are considered to be true for "РМ1405 Software" as of the time of this Software Guide publication. Documented Software and its settings are subject to change with no substantial effect on its functionality. Polimaster reserves the right to change Software in such a way not mentioning it in Software Guides. Developed by Polimaster company.

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION... 4 NOTE ABOUT THE GUIDE... 4 GETTING STARTED... 4 SOFTWARE OVERVIEW... 5 SOFTWARE IS INTENDED FOR... 7 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS... 7 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION... 8 WORKING WITH PROGRAM... 12 MAIN PROGRAM WINDOW... 14 MAIN PROGRAM WINDOW STRUCTURE... 14 MAIN PROGRAM WINDOW MENU... 16 TOOL BAR... 17 SOFTWARE UPDATES CHECKING... 21 SOFTWARE/INSTRUMENT SETTINGS... 22 INTERFACE LANGUAGE... 22 THRESHOLDS SETTING... 23 RESET STATISTICS... 24 DOSE RESET... 25 MEASUREMENT UNITS... 25 HISTORY MODE... 27 HISTORY EVENTS... 28 HISTORY EXPORT... 29 HISTORY RESET... 30 INSTRUMENT OPERATION... 31 MEASUREMENT MODE... 31 ALPHA AND BETA MEASUREMENTS... 32 3

INTRODUCTION NOTE ABOUT THE GUIDE Software Guide provides full and detailed information on "РМ1405 Software" software (further software) interface structure, describes all the program functions and softwarehardware communication. The Software Guide familiarizes users with technical specifications and functions of the software. GETTING STARTED Carefully study this Software Guide before start working with the РМ1405 software and РМ1405 instrument. It is recommended to avoid wrong actions and to enhance software operational reliability. Upon reading retain this Software Guide for future references. 4

SOFTWARE OVERVIEW "РМ1405 Software" software (further software) developed by the Polimaster company, enables operational control over radiation situation and output on the PC display of the data read in the real time mode by detector of the connected instrument. Software is installed on the personal computer (further PC) and intended for use with the Polimaster-manufactured instruments of the PM1405 (further instrument). Attention! Using the software with any other instruments can lead to unpredictable results. The instrument is connected to a PC by means of an USB cable (mini USB-USB cable type). The instrument and PC communicate by means of USB interface. User must have at least initial experience in working with PC under Windows family system to operate "РМ1405 Software". 5

SOFTWARE APPLICATION FIELD The software is an integral part of the instrument. Graphically simple, convenient and intuitive user interface of the "РМ1405 Software" is designed for the wide range of specialists as well as for the customers, without expertise and pretraining, for: 1. Providing personal safety while working with ionizing radiation sources when carrying out researches; 2. Providing personal safety of personnel by means of constant dose and dose rate control, and instant alarm if there is personal radiation hazard; 3. Early warning of possible radiation contamination or terrorist attack. SOFTWARE ENABLES: 1. Reading out events information (further instrument history) from the instrument s non-volatile memory; 2. Conducting on-line real time measurement and displaying the results in digital mode; 3. Read/record operation settings of the connected instrument: DE and DER threshold values; History saving/recording interval; Measurement units; Enable/disable different alarm types. 4. Save measurement history on PC (history export); 6

SOFTWARE IS INTENDED FOR: Instrument-PC USB interfacing; Reading out events information (further instrument history) from the instrument s nonvolatile memory and saving it to PC (history export); Conducting on-line real time measurement and displaying the results in digital mode; Displaying of the β and α flux density measurement; Control and alarm on the DER thresholds exceeding; Control and alarm on the DE thresholds exceeding; Read/record operation settings of the connected instrument: 1. DER and DE thresholds values; 2. History saving/recording interval; 3. Measurement units; 4. Reset of the accumulated DE; 5. Enable/disable different alarm types. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Hardware and software requirements for proper "РМ1405 Software" operation: 1. IBM PC compatible PC, Pentium III processor or higher; 2. 1 GВ free HDD space; 3. CD-ROM drive (for installation); 4. Compatible operating systems: Microsoft Windows Vista; Microsoft Windows XP Professional; Microsoft Windows 7. 5. USB cable. 7

SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Stop all active Windows applications before software installation. To install the software it is necessary to carry out following procedure. 1. Insert the CD with the software installation package (included in the delivery set) in the CD drive of your computer. Then using any file manager open the CD and run the file setup.exe, located in the root directory. 2. After the file is running the Setup Wizard window will open. 8

Click the Next button to run the setup of the РМ1703M-GN Software. In the new window Setup wizard will ask you to select a different folder to install the software, or agree with the proposed folder. Default folder is C:\Program Files\Polimaster\РМ1405. Click the Next button to continue installing the of the РМ1405 Software. In the new window choose the Next button to confirm the Installation. It will start the installation process of the РМ1405 software. 9

After finishing the installation the system will begin searching for the pre-installed drivers required for the program and instrument operation. In case the auto installation failed, on the task bar will appear the following minimized window: In that case the user should install the drivers in the manual mode. Maximize the window and run the driver installation by clicking the Install button. After successful driver installation will appear the following message Installation completed successfully. Click the Close button to finish installation of the PM1405 software. 10

If you need to restart the PC, the screen displays a dialog box informing that to save the configuration changes you have to restart the PC. The user can restart the computer immediately (click the Yes button) or later (click the No button). The "РМ1405 Software" is successfully installed. 11

WORKING WITH PROGRAM Start the program/exit the program. Instrument-PC connection. Further are described the procedures of connecting the instrument to the PC, connecting the instrument to the software, start the software, exit the program and disconnecting of the instrument. During installation "РМ1405 Software" creates all necessary icons and shortcuts in Window menu or on the desktop. To launch the software after the installation: - choose the Start menu line ; - choose the Main menu line Start > Programs > Polimaster > 1405; - or click a quick-start icon on the desktop. As a result main program window will appear. Without the instrument connected the main program window remains inactive (Fig. 2). Connect the РМ1405 instrument to PC by the USB cable (mini USB-USB cable type); Software starts to read the instrument characteristics, and the status bar with the Reading settings message will appear at the bottom of the window (Fig. 3). Program will establish connection with the instrument and display the serial number and software version of the instrument on the top of the main program window. 12

After parameters reading the main program window becomes active. For proper program exit select one of the following ways: Select Device menu of the main program window and click Exit command or use the standard Close button. Disconnect the USB cable from the PC. 13

MAIN PROGRAM WINDOW Simple graphic interface of the main program window represents a set of commands and tools for PC user to interact with the connected instrument and work with measurement results. Figure 3 MAIN PROGRAM WINDOW STRUCTURE Main program window consists of: 1. Menu of the main program window (Device, Help). 14

2. Field for displaying of the device serial number; 3. History button on the right of the serial number; 4. Battery charge indication bar under the History button; 5. Main program window Tool Bar. The toolbar is located under the battery charge indication bar. Toolbar buttons correspond to the five parameters of the instrument settings: Device status, Indication, Sound and Light, Thresholds, History settings, Actions and Menu configuration. 6. Refresh and Apply buttons are located under the Tool bar. Detailed description of all the commands and functions of the main program window and toolbar is given further in the Guide. 15

MAIN PROGRAM WINDOW MENU Menu Device commands: Refresh device settings command allows to view, update and change instrument settings; History command allows to view instrument history; Device status displays the instrument real time operation; Clear History command allows to clear the history of the instrument; Reset Dose command allows to reset the accumulated dose value; Show Info containing information about the instrument and detector versions; Exit command allows closing and quitting the program. Menu Help commands: Language change of the program interface language; About - information on Software version and the EULA; Check for update check for updates manually; Check for update on startup check for updates automatically. 16

TOOL BAR By selecting options from the toolbar you can change various settings of the program and of the instrument. To save the changes made to the instrument settings you need to click the Apply button at the bottom right of the main window. To save the changes made to the software, you need to click the Refresh button in the bottom left of the main window. Some of the toolbar buttons can duplicate basic commands of the main program window. 1. Device status tab Device status tab can be opened from the Device menu of the Main program window, Device status line, or from the corresponding tab on the Tool bar. 17

The Device status tab of the toolbar contains following items: - Display imitating the instrument display and showing all the instrument readings in real time; - Measurement mode switching buttons in the lower left corner of the tab; - Reset statistics button in the right corner of the tab; - Reset dose button in the right corner of the tab. Reset dose function is repeated in the main program window menu, as well as in the Actions tab of the Toolbar. Reset statistics function is repeated in the Actions tab of the Toolbar. Descriptions of these features will be described in the Program/Instrument Settings Item. 2. Indication tab The Indication tab contains only one line Display in Sievert. This check box when selected by the user shows that measurements are made in Sievert, when not in Roentgen. 3. Sound and Light tab The Sound and Light tab of the toolbar contains following items: Sound alarm enabled - switches on/off the instrument sound alarm; Search sound alarm enabled - switches on/off the instrument sound alarm in the search mode; Light alarm enabled - switches on/off the instrument light alarm; 18

4. Thresholds tab The Thresholds tab of the toolbar contains following items: - Attention Gamma Threshold - first alarm threshold value in the gamma measurement mode; - Danger Gamma Threshold - second alarm threshold value in the gamma measurement mode; - Attention Beta Threshold - first alarm threshold value in the beta measurement mode; - Danger Beta Threshold - second alarm threshold value in the beta measurement mode; - Accumulation Dose Threshold accumulated dose alarm threshold value; - Search Threshold - alarm threshold value in the search measurement mode. 5. History settings tab The History settings tab of the toolbar contains following item: History Recording Interval - value of time intervals in which the current count rate values are recorded in the instrument memory (hh:mm); 19

6. Actions tab The Actions settings tab of the toolbar contains following item: - Synchronize time if this check box is selected, the time synchronization between instrument and PC after the battery replacement is carried out; - Clear history this item allows clearing the instrument history; - Reset statistics this item enables resetting of gamma-background measurement data buffer accumulated by the instrument and measurement will be started anew. - Reset dose if this check box is selected, the dose equivalent accumulated by the instrument, as well as dose accumulation time reset is carried out. 20

SOFTWARE UPDATES CHECKING Software has the function of checking the availability of information about the new product releases. If there is a software update available, the user can download it from the company's website. If the updates are available, notification window displays the changes related to the instrument or software, as well as the links for getting more information and downloading the updated software. If the item Check for update on startup of the Help menu is selected, the notification window appears automatically each time you start the software. 21

There is the possibility to check the availability of the updates manually by clicking the Check for update item of the Help menu. If there are no updates the following message will appear: SOFTWARE/INSTRUMENT SETTINGS Do all required software/instrument settings before starting software operation. In this section we will examine different configurations of instrument and program settings, as well as more detailed describe some of the menu items and toolbar functions. Interface language This software allows switching between the Russian and English languages. Default software interface language is English. To switch to another language select the Language item of the Help menu. Changes will take effect only after restarting the software. 22

Thresholds Setting Software enables continuous monitoring over two thresholds within the whole DER indication range during gamma radiation measurement, over two thresholds during beta radiation measurement, two thresholds within the whole DE indication range, as well as one threshold in the search mode. Instrument will indicate an alarm (red LED blinking and sound alarm) when any set threshold is exceeded. Thresholds can be set with the help of the Thresholds tab of the toolbar. Using the adjustment buttons one can choose the needed value of the threshold and press the Apply button in the main program window to save the settings changes and then confirm the action by clicking Yes in the dialog box. The changed value will be highlighted in bold. After pressing the Apply button configuration reading is carried out and changed threshold value will be saved. 23

Attention! Set DER Danger value must be higher than DER Attention value. Otherwise the DER Danger value will be reset during the process of settings recording into the instrument. Reset Statistics User has the possibility to reset statistics using the Reset Statistics item of the Action tab of the Program tool bar or Reset Statistics button of the Device status tab. Statistics reset enables resetting of gamma-background measurement data buffer accumulated by the instrument. The instrument uses these data for averaging. Resetting is required when: doing successive measurements at slowly changing gamma-background; gamma-background has changed a little. Otherwise the statistics reset is done automatically. Increasing statistical error value indicates the statistics reset. After the statistic reset the averaging of measured values will be started anew. 24

Dose reset User has the possibility to reset accumulated dose and dose accumulation time using the Reset Dose item of the Action tab of the Program tool bar, Reset Dose button of the Device status tab, or use the menu Device line of the same name, and then confirm the action by clicking Yes in the dialog box. After confirming the intention to reset the accumulated DE, program will start to reset the accumulated value of the equivalent dose and the accumulation time. Value of the accumulated equivalent dose (DE) and the accumulation time are read from the instrument and are displayed on the screen of the Device Status tab in the measurement mode. Measurement units The program allows selecting the measurement units. This function is necessary to synchronize the measurement units set in the instrument with the units displayed on the screen of the Device Status tab. Using the Indication tab you can choose between R and Sv, selecting or clearing the check box Display in Sievert, and then clicking the Apply button. 25

Switching of the units dimension is provided by the program automatically. 26

HISTORY MODE When the instrument is working in the autonomous mode (the instrument is not connected to PC) it records all the operation history into its non-volatile memory. When the instrument is connected to the PC and software, all its operation data will be read by the program and displayed in the History mode window. The process is being continued all the time the instrument is connected to the PC. So user can get a complete picture of the radiation environment. To enter the History mode: use one of the following ways: press History button in the Main program window; choose correspondent line of the Device menu; use the key combination Ctrl + H. Following window will appear: At the top of the window there are three buttons for choosing the file extension. Below there are measurement data represented in tabular style. The first column shows the date and time of measurement in chronological order, the second - the type of event, the third DER value, the fourth - the accumulated dose, the fifth statistical error value. 27

The history events will not be written by the instrument with the low battery! History events Instrument history consists of the following events: Gamma measurement, dose measurement; DER threshold exceeding Attention ; DER threshold exceeding Danger ; DER overload; DE threshold; DE reset; Background saving; Switching on; Switching off; Search Beta; Search Beta threshold exceeding; Beta measurement; Search Beta threshold exceeding Attention ; Search Beta threshold exceeding Danger ; Alpha measurement. 28

Software does not use any of the history filters, except one possibility to change the events chronology - the first or the last event in the first line, which is produced by pressing the Time column heading. History records setting In the History tab of the toolbar (item History Recording Interval), using the adjustment buttons one can choose the value of time intervals in which the current count rate values are recorded in the instrument memory. Minimum value 1 min, recommended value 60 min. After selecting the necessary functions you need to press the Apply button in the main program window to save the settings changes to the instrument and then confirm your action by clicking Yes in the dialog box. History export History export buttons choosing the file extension. are located at the top of the window and are used for 29

When you select one of the file types (.rtf,.pdf,.txt), the standard Windows dialog box Save As appears and allows you to save the history to a file of the selected type. It is necessary to name the file and to save it in the specified folder, after that it can be opened using any program for the spreadsheets viewing. History reset To reset the instrument history you can choose the item Clear History of the Device menu or the Action tab item of the same name, and then confirm the action by clicking Yes in the dialog box. 30

INSTRUMENT OPERATION MEASUREMENT MODE Measurement mode is the main instrument operation mode. It is displayed at software start by default. The mode enables software to display following measurement data coming from the instrument: - measured dose equivalent rate of photon radiation; - measured dose equivalent of photon radiation; - measured α radiation flux density; - measured β radiation flux density; To enter the measurement mode it is necessary to choose the Device Status of the main program window. Opened tab screen displays real-time measurement, measurement units, statistical measurement error (in percent), the accumulated dose and the time of its accumulation. 31

Measurement modes To switch to other measurement mode it is necessary to choose the mode buttons in the right lower corner of the Device status bar. By default instrument displays the photon radiation dose equivalent rate measurement mode. When the instrument is in the DER measurement mode, the Device status tab screen indicates continuously measured DER values in "µsv/h", "msv/h" and statistical error of the measured dose rate in percentage. Alpha and Beta measurements If the alpha or beta measurement is chosen, instrument enters the α- or β flux density measurement mode, and the screen displays the following image as long as the necessary actions to carry out the measurement will be done. All the measurements steps will be displayed on the program screen. 32

Alpha measurement Display indicates the count rate value, determined by the joint α- β- γ-radiation during the α- particles flux density measurement. On the display could be read the results of the α-flux density measurement in the min -1 /cm 2. Beta measurement Display indicates the count rate value, determined by the joint β- γ-radiation during the β- particles flux density measurement. On the display could be read the results of the β-flux density measurement in the min -1 /cm 2. 33

The software is not designed to carry out direct measurements, rather to display processes performed by the instrument. For detailed instructions on carrying out the measurements consult relevant chapters and sections of the Instrument Operation Manual. Thank you for choosing the Polimaster products! 34