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About Us

3M Detection Solutions is a world class manufacturer of rugged, reliable instrumentation and software systems that help monitor and evaluate occupational and environmental health and safety hazards, including noise dosimetry, sound level monitoring, heat stress, indoor air quality and select toxic/combustible gases. The 3M Detection brand of instrumentation is used by safety and industrial hygiene professionals to help comply with applicable occupational standards and regulations.

About 3M Personal Safety

3M offers a comprehensive, diverse portfolio of Personal Safety solutions providing respiratory protection, hearing protection, fall protection, reflective materials for high visibility, protective clothing, protective eyewear, head and face protection, welding helmets, and other adjacent products and solutions such

as tactical safety equipment, detection, monitoring equipment, active communications equipment and compliance management. In 2012, 3M celebrated 40 years of safety leadership – recognizing the company’s respiratory and hearing protection solutions introduced in 1972. Visit www.3M.com/PPESafety or http:// m.3m.com/PPESafety

Personal Safety Division

3M Detection Solutions

ISO 9001 Registered Company

ISO 17025 Accredited Calibration Lab

1060 Corporate Center Drive

Oconomowoc, WI 53066

Customer Service: 262-567-9157

Toll Free: 800-245-0779

3M and SoundPro are trademarks of 3M Company, used under license in Canada. Please recycle. Printed in USA.

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3M SE, DL user manual About Us, About 3M Personal Safety

Contents

Page 3MTM SoundPro Sound Level Meter Table of Contents Turning on Setting up auto-run Locking setup or run modeDigital outputs/Triggering Communications Calibrate Running a session/study Measurement navigationMeasurement screen icons Measurement screens Curves Captured curves Criterion curve familiesAudiometric background curves Running and viewing curves Configuration directory Viewing Past MeasurementsFiles File directories Specifications Mechanical characteristicsElectrical characteristics Special features 133 134AC/DC jack 135 Selecting measurements with Lookup softkey STI-PA setup screen Selecting past study data review modeSaving/Creating setup file config. file Viewing, loading, deleting setup files This page left blank intentionally Models and options SoundPro Models SE and DL and Option 1 and Option Frequency resolution Octave bandsLevel Third -octave bands Naming bands Acoustical range bands Exact Center Names of Octave Physical Characteristics Logging explainedAnalysis type Display Hardware interfaces Memory card slotUSB port Power jack AC/DC portAuxiliary port Screen contents Information screen Detection Management Software DMS DMS StartNavigational buttons This page left intentionally blank Optional feature Checking the equipmentPreamp SoundPro Microphone USB cable Microphone and accessories Installing the preamp Connecting an extension cable Class/Type 1 and Class/Type 2 instrument WindscreenClass/Type 2 microphones Remove Providing power Installing Batteries To install batteries Battery power explained Checking or changing type  Battery Check screen SetupSoftkey buttons Using power supply or auto adapter Base or bottom of SoundPro Turning on Start screen and the keypad SoundPro functionality Keypad explained Indicators explained Screen IndicatorsIcon Significance Turning off NavigatingArrows and left/right arrows are primarily used This page left blank intentionally Basic setups Basic setupsSignal Input BK4936 QE7052 QE4110 QE4130 QE4150 QE4170 Required microphone settings Changing microphone settings  Microphone settings  Changing time and date settings Time and date  Setting Measurement type Measurement type SLM, 1/1, 1/3, STI-PA, RT601st softkey Meter 1/Meter 2 Parameters i.e. response time, weighting  Setting up Meter 1 and/or Meter 2 parameters Measurement setup for community noise  Setting up community noise measurements refer to -5 belowData fields Measurements Explanation Measures screen explained Measurement settings Meter Logging Logging optionsExceedance level Filters Setting logging options  Enabling or disabling logging optionsExceedance options Filters Setting up display options 9Display setup screen \setup\display\LANGUAGE Language Changing the language Fran çAIS  Setting or viewing Backlight options Backlight settingsBacklight Contrast setting Contrast Changing the contrast on the display Advanced setups Setting up auto-run Date setting Setting up or changing auto-run with date parameter Auto-Run Time settings Auto-Run #1 Days of week setting  Setting the Date of Week DOW Day of the Week DOW setup Auto-Run AR #1 settings Auto-run shutdown screenAuto-run shutdown screen explained Mode Timed run setting  Viewing or changing the Timed Run setupTimed-Run Duration Level-triggered auto-on setting  Viewing or changing level-triggered modeLevel Explanation of Settings Triggered Level- Explanation of Settings Triggered Level Triggered Auto-On settings explainedEither Run/Pause or Run/Stop Action Locking setup or run mode Setting secure run or secure setup lockingAbout Secure Setup About Secure Run  Setting secure run or secure setup locking Setting Lock featureLock Press Enter to Enable 10 Adding code for secure/lock screen Disabling secure run or secure setup unlocking Secure code backup number From Secure Run or Secure Setup screen  From the Start screen To enable Run/Pse or disable Off run tracking Digital outputs/TriggeringTracking runs  Enabling or Disabling run/pause digital outputs/triggers Communications Digital outputs and SPL Managing SPL digital outputs See -13 above QSP/Serial Mass Storage Viewing real-time measurements remotely  USB communications Turning on log to port LOG to Port GPS display GPS explained  Enabling GPS communications 18 Viewing GPS coordinates in COMM-Set screen This page left blank intentionally Virtual meters Measurement notation IEC/ISOMeter 1/Meter 2 explained Notation Explanations Overview of running a session/study Quick Help List Preparing to measure Sessions and StudiesStoring Data Explanations Sessions and studies explained Measurement range Calibrate Calibration screenPre-Calibration Post-Calibration Performing a calibration  CalibratingMicrophone Place calibrator over microphone Cal Adapter QC10/QC20 Setting pre-cal screen Running a session/study  Running a session/studyPost-Cal Measurement navigation Measurement screens explained Analysis type, time response and weighting Changing displayed measurement Changing displayed measurement Selection Panel Measurement screen icons Descriptor typesMeasurement icons and screen descriptors explained Viewing Explanations Descriptors Bar Chart and Filtered Bar Chart Bar Chart ViewSoftkeys menus options Broadband Bar Chart view Measurement screens Community Noise screen Exceedance levelsCommunity Noise View Taxtmaximal Dosimetry screen Dosimetry measurementsDosimetry View 12 Tabulation screen for octave filtering Tabulation view Back-erasing 13 Back-erasing  How to back-erase Results of back-erasing 14 Time Log screen Stopping and pausing Stopping a session This page left blank intentionally RT60, Curves, and STI-PA Additional options Reverberation time RT60 Reverberation RT60 methodsDB level Decay Curve DB level2 Interrupted noise Impulse noise Reverberation options Reverberation time set-up options Setting up reverberation Reverb Time options Running reverberation test  Reverberation RT60 Test Reverberation results Measurement type RT60 bar chart RT60 summary screenViewing RT60 values of each band Deleting RT60 value in a filtered band Decay curve screen  Viewing decay value of each band Tabular RT60 screen TxxTabular RT60 field explanation  Viewing Tabulation RT60 screen Curves Captured curvesCaptured curve applications Setting up captured curves Selecting measurement type for curves Curves screen Mode Type Running captured curves 10 Selecting 1/1 or 1/3 for measurement type Criterion curve families Types of Criterion CurvesCapture Press Capture softkey to Capture a curve Setting up criterion curves 12 Selecting measurement type for curves 13 Curves setup screen example Setting up audiometric background curves Audiometric background curves Press On/Off/Esc Curves screen Running and viewing curves Curve measurements and results Running a curve study and viewing results Sample bar chart with curves Tabulation screen Dosimetry screen Delta screen STI-PA testing Speech IntelligibilityZones Selecting STI scale or CIS scale When to take STI-PA readings? STI scaleCommon Intelligibility Scale CIS STI-PA setup Measures Explanation Setup screenConducting a STI-PA test overview of steps Field Range fieldSelecting measurement type Post Process To select a Captured Curve or OffSpeech Intelligibility screen Captured Curve selection Conducting a level setup for STI-PA  How to run a STI-PA study?Average dB level Displayed while in run or pause mode Running a speech intelligibility study STI-PA results screens STI-PA measurement and scale results screen Viewing STI-PA results STI-PA results STI-PA modulation screen 22 STI-PA Modulation screen Storing background noise/capture curve STI-PA modulation envelope screenScale Mode Captured CAP Applying captured curves for STI-PA testing  Applying captured curves STI-PA test results screen This page left blank intentionally Files File directories Viewing past sessions/studies review mode File directory screen explainedSession Directory Start menu screen File menu screen Session or View Current Study by pressing Data fileRun time  Loading or deleting a file Loading and deleting files Examples of directory screens Navigating in a session/config. directory Naming and renaming files Renaming the session in memory Configuration directory Saving & naming setup file config. file Naming and Saving set-up Save Viewing, loading, deleting setup files config  Viewing, loading, deleting setup filesDelete softkey Load softkey Memory card CompatibilityFormatting a card with the SoundPro  Determining the format of an SD card Using Detection Management Software DMS Using an external card reader Eject procedure Communicating with a PC DMS and working with SoundPro data  Viewing data and Data Finder AC/DC output AC outputDC output AC output This page left blank intentionally Mechanical characteristics Conformance to standardsAcoustics EMC emissions and immunity Electrical characteristics Power sources Preamplifier removable MetersBandwidth Temperature Environmental effectsOctave filters optional Third-octave filters optional User interface Input/output Characteristic BK4936 QE7052 QE4110 QE4130 QE4150 QE4170 AC/DC outputs Measurements Communications portsTypes Ranges Special features CalibrationStudies and sessions Other Replacement parts Logging optionalPart numbers Back-erase Optional parts Auxiliary connector Port pinoutsAC/DC jack Block Diagram for SoundPro Center frequency Criterion Level137 Appendix B Dose Dynamic range ExpHrs ExpSecAppendix B Exceedance Level Ln Exchange Rate ER Level LFT Lavg = ER log20RTIME 2LS ⁄ ER dt log2 Rtime dB LMn LMxLogging LPk NCB Balanced Noise Criterion Curves Noise Criterion Curves NCNoise Rating Curves NR Noise Floor Peak -C Level Range dB Peak C Level Range dB Response time F,S Relative response dB Burst duration, t secondsRelative response dB Burst duration, t milliseconds Room Criterion Curves RC SEL Taktmx Third-octave bandThreshold Upper Limit UL Weighting A, C, Z, F Figure B-5All frequency weightings plotted together 148 Customer service Service Department and Technical Support 1 800Contacting 3M Instrumentation International customers Warranty Appendix D Index 152 SEL SPL About 3M Personal Safety About Us