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Overview of running a study

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Running and operating your dosimeter

The focus of this chapter is to discuss the procedures for running and operating the Edge and includes positioning, calibrating, and viewing the Edge measurements.

Overview of running a study

The list below is a brief overview of the steps for running a study.

Quick Help List: typical dosimetry session

1.Turn the dosimeter on and check your battery power.

2.Reset the dosimeter.

3.This will clear out all of the data history before your study begins to ensure you have sufficient memory space on the Edge.

4.Set-up your study parameters via DMS.

5.Calibrate the dosimeter.

6.Attach the dosimeter for your personal noise study.

7.

Press the Run/Stop

button to start the study.

 

8.

When you are ready to end your study, press the Run/Stop

button to stop the study.

9.Review your results either on the meter or download to DMS for further analysis (graphs/charts, saving and printing).

Figure 4-1: Quick help list for running a study

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3M eg4 user manual Overview of running a study, Quick Help List typical dosimetry session