TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION | 5 | ||
1.1 | Description | 5 | |
1.1.1 ‘DualSpot™’ Technology | 6 | ||
1.1.2 Automatic Zero and Span | 10 | ||
1.1.3 | User and Communications Interfaces | 11 | |
1.1.4 | Modular Construction | 12 | |
1.2 | Technical Specifications | 13 | |
1.3 | Functional Description | 14 | |
2 SAFETY NOTES and LABELS | 21 | |
3. INSTRUMENT INSTALLATION | 25 | |
3.1 | Unpacking the system | 25 |
3.2 | The sampling line | 25 |
3.3 | Powering on the Aethalometer | 27 |
3.4 | Filter tape installation | 29 |
3.4 | Manually lifting/lowering chamber optical head | 36 |
4 USER INTERFACE, SETTINGS and OPERATION | 37 | |
4.1 | User interface and settings | 37 |
4.2 | Instrument Status | 39 |
Single Status Condition | 40 | |
Multiple Status Conditions | 40 | |
4.3 | Downloading and Viewing Data | 40 |
Data file structure and description of the fields | 41 | |
4.4 | Connecting to External Datalogger or PC | 43 |
4.5 | Serial Commands for Communication with the Aethalometer | 44 |
4.6 | External Devices | 45 |
5 MAINTENANCE and SERVICE | 47 | |
5.1 | Cleaning the cyclone | 48 |
5.2 | Leak test | 50 |
5.3 | Automatic flow meter calibration | 51 |
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