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3MTM SoundPro Sound Level Meter
Table of Contents
Turning on
Digital outputs/Triggering
Setting up auto-run
Locking setup or run mode
Communications
Measurement screen icons
Calibrate
Running a session/study Measurement navigation
Measurement screens
Audiometric background curves
Curves Captured curves
Criterion curve families
Running and viewing curves
Files
Configuration directory
Viewing Past Measurements
File directories
Electrical characteristics
Specifications
Mechanical characteristics
Special features
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AC/DC jack 135
Selecting measurements with Lookup softkey
Saving/Creating setup file config. file
STI-PA setup screen
Selecting past study data review mode
Viewing, loading, deleting setup files
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Models and options
SoundPro Models SE and DL and Option 1 and Option
Octave bands
Frequency resolution
Level
Third -octave bands
Naming bands
Acoustical range bands
Exact Center Names of Octave
Analysis type
Physical Characteristics
Logging explained
Display
Memory card slot
Hardware interfaces
USB port
AC/DC port
Power jack
Auxiliary port
Screen contents
Information screen
DMS Start
Detection Management Software DMS
Navigational buttons
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Preamp SoundPro Microphone
Optional feature
Checking the equipment
USB cable
Installing the preamp
Microphone and accessories
Connecting an extension cable
Windscreen
Class/Type 1 and Class/Type 2 instrument
Class/Type 2 microphones Remove
Installing Batteries
Providing power
To install batteries
Battery power explained
Checking or changing type
Setup
Battery Check screen
Softkey buttons
Using power supply or auto adapter
Base or bottom of SoundPro
Turning on
Start screen and the keypad
SoundPro functionality
Keypad explained
Screen Indicators
Indicators explained
Icon Significance
Navigating
Turning off
Arrows and left/right arrows are primarily used
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Signal Input BK4936 QE7052 QE4110 QE4130 QE4150 QE4170
Basic setups
Basic setups
Required microphone settings
Changing microphone settings
Microphone settings
Changing time and date settings
Time and date
Measurement type SLM, 1/1, 1/3, STI-PA, RT60
Setting Measurement type
1st softkey
Meter 1/Meter 2 Parameters i.e. response time, weighting
Setting up Meter 1 and/or Meter 2 parameters
Setting up community noise measurements refer to -5 below
Measurement setup for community noise
Data fields
Measurements Explanation
Measures screen explained
Measurement settings
Meter
Exceedance level
Logging
Logging options
Filters
Exceedance options
Setting logging options
Enabling or disabling logging options
Filters
Setting up display options
9Display setup screen
Changing the language
\setup\display\LANGUAGE
Language
Fran çAIS
Backlight settings
Setting or viewing Backlight options
Backlight
Contrast
Contrast setting
Changing the contrast on the display
Advanced setups
Setting up or changing auto-run with date parameter
Setting up auto-run
Date setting
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 shutdown screen explained
Auto-Run AR #1 settings
Auto-run shutdown screen
Mode
Timed-Run
Timed run setting
Viewing or changing the Timed Run setup
Duration
Viewing or changing level-triggered mode
Level-triggered auto-on setting
Level Explanation of Settings Triggered
Either Run/Pause or Run/Stop
Level- Explanation of Settings Triggered
Level Triggered Auto-On settings explained
Action
About Secure Setup
Locking setup or run mode
Setting secure run or secure setup locking
About Secure Run
Setting Lock feature
Setting secure run or secure setup locking
Lock
Press Enter to Enable
10 Adding code for secure/lock screen
From Secure Run or Secure Setup screen
Disabling secure run or secure setup unlocking
Secure code backup number
From the Start screen
Tracking runs
To enable Run/Pse or disable Off run tracking
Digital outputs/Triggering
Enabling or Disabling run/pause digital outputs/triggers
Digital outputs and SPL
Communications
Managing SPL digital outputs See -13 above
QSP/Serial
Mass Storage
Turning on log to port
Viewing real-time measurements remotely
USB communications
LOG to Port
GPS display
GPS explained
Enabling GPS communications
18 Viewing GPS coordinates in COMM-Set screen
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Meter 1/Meter 2 explained
Virtual meters
Measurement notation IEC/ISO
Notation Explanations
Overview of running a session/study
Quick Help List
Storing Data Explanations
Preparing to measure
Sessions and Studies
Sessions and studies explained
Measurement range
Pre-Calibration
Calibrate
Calibration screen
Post-Calibration
Microphone Place calibrator over microphone Cal Adapter
Performing a calibration
Calibrating
QC10/QC20
Setting pre-cal screen
Running a session/study
Running a session/study
Post-Cal
Measurement navigation
Measurement screens explained
Changing displayed measurement
Analysis type, time response and weighting
Changing displayed measurement
Selection Panel
Measurement icons and screen descriptors explained
Measurement screen icons
Descriptor types
Viewing Explanations Descriptors
Softkeys menus options Broadband Bar Chart view
Bar Chart and Filtered Bar Chart
Bar Chart View
Measurement screens
Community Noise View
Community Noise screen
Exceedance levels
Taxtmaximal
Dosimetry measurements
Dosimetry screen
Dosimetry 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
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RT60, Curves, and STI-PA
Additional options
DB level Decay Curve
Reverberation time RT60
Reverberation RT60 methods
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
Viewing RT60 values of each band
RT60 bar chart
RT60 summary screen
Deleting RT60 value in a filtered band
Decay curve screen
Viewing decay value of each band
Tabular RT60 field explanation
Tabular RT60 screen
Txx
Viewing Tabulation RT60 screen
Captured curves
Curves
Captured 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
Types of Criterion Curves
Criterion curve families
Capture 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
Curve measurements and results
Running and viewing curves
Running a curve study and viewing results
Sample bar chart with curves Tabulation screen
Dosimetry screen Delta screen
Zones
STI-PA testing
Speech Intelligibility
Selecting STI scale or CIS scale
STI scale
When to take STI-PA readings?
Common Intelligibility Scale CIS
Measures Explanation Setup screen
STI-PA setup
Conducting a STI-PA test overview of steps
Selecting measurement type
Field
Range field
Post Process
Speech Intelligibility screen
To select a Captured Curve or
Off
Captured Curve selection
Average dB level Displayed while in run or pause mode
Conducting a level setup for STI-PA
How to run a STI-PA study?
Running a speech intelligibility study
Viewing STI-PA results
STI-PA results screens
STI-PA measurement and scale results screen
STI-PA results
STI-PA modulation screen
22 STI-PA Modulation screen
STI-PA modulation envelope screen
Storing background noise/capture curve
Scale
Mode
Captured CAP
Applying captured curves for STI-PA testing
Applying captured curves
STI-PA test results screen
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Files
File directories
File directory screen explained
Viewing past sessions/studies review mode
Session Directory
Start menu screen
File menu screen
Data file
Session or View Current Study by pressing
Run time
Loading or deleting a file
Loading and deleting files
Examples of directory screens
Naming and renaming files
Navigating in a session/config. directory
Renaming the session in memory
Naming and Saving set-up
Configuration directory
Saving & naming setup file config. file
Save
Viewing, loading, deleting setup files
Viewing, loading, deleting setup files config
Delete softkey Load softkey
Formatting a card with the SoundPro
Memory card
Compatibility
Determining the format of an SD card
Eject procedure
Using Detection Management Software DMS
Using an external card reader
Communicating with a PC
DMS and working with SoundPro data
Viewing data and Data Finder
DC output
AC/DC output
AC output
AC output
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Acoustics
Mechanical characteristics
Conformance to standards
EMC emissions and immunity
Electrical characteristics
Power sources
Meters
Preamplifier removable
Bandwidth
Octave filters optional
Temperature
Environmental effects
Third-octave filters optional
User interface
Input/output
Characteristic BK4936 QE7052 QE4110 QE4130 QE4150 QE4170
AC/DC outputs
Types
Measurements
Communications ports
Ranges
Studies and sessions
Special features
Calibration
Other
Part numbers
Replacement parts
Logging optional
Back-erase
Optional parts
Port pinouts
Auxiliary connector
AC/DC jack
Block Diagram for SoundPro
Criterion Level
Center frequency
137 Appendix B
Dose
Dynamic range
Appendix B Exceedance Level Ln
ExpHrs
ExpSec
Exchange Rate ER
Level LFT
Lavg = ER log20RTIME 2LS ⁄ ER dt log2 Rtime dB
Logging
LMn
LMx
LPk
Noise Rating Curves NR
NCB Balanced Noise Criterion Curves
Noise Criterion Curves NC
Noise Floor
Peak -C
Level Range dB Peak C Level Range dB
Relative response dB Burst duration, t seconds
Response time F,S
Relative response dB Burst duration, t milliseconds
Room Criterion Curves RC
SEL
Threshold
Taktmx
Third-octave band
Upper Limit UL
Weighting A, C, Z, F
Figure B-5All frequency weightings plotted together
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Contacting 3M Instrumentation
Customer service
Service Department and Technical Support 1 800
International customers
Warranty
Appendix D
Index
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SEL
SPL
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